davyzgb.bsky.social
@davyzgb.bsky.social
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Missouri’s age-gate law took effect earlier this week, meaning 25 US states have passed a form of age verification.

“The thing that people misunderstand most about age verification is that it actually applies to all of us ... Everyone will have to interact with this.” www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Catch me on the radio, talking about @makenakelly.bsky.social and my story debunking the myth that DOGE is dead:

www.wired.com/story/what-i...
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Did you really read this whole long thread? Wow! Go spread the word: DOGE isn't actually over.
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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D.A. Fani Willis had the courage, the grit, the experience, the facts, and the law to bring Trump to account.
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Ready to see that patchwork quilt of black permanent marker blocks they release as the "Epstein Files." An erasure poem open to multiple interpretations, making use of black & white space that allows the reader to come to their own interpretations. The artist sought to critique our postmodern world.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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lol white women who are white supremacy apologists are shapeshifters. This remains true FOREVER. Stop getting fooled because you like what's coming out of her mouth.

She's still snake shaped.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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lol people need to stop getting okey doked by people who would GLADLY sacrifice your well being to make a buck.

MTG is no different than the man she pledged allegiance to. She's no longer getting the spoils of her loyalty and this is her revenge tour.
I'd be really curious if someone better versed in feminist theory wrote about what's happening on the right. Because between Greene, Mace, and Bobert, we've got this bloc forming of women who seem tired of serving a patriarchy of sex criminals. And their rhetoric is starting to lean that direction.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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With SNAP expiring, at least one Calif community is responding not by helping people get food, but by threatening hungry people with arrest

This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime

Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
Over 5.5 million Californians, including 2 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits this Saturday.
www.foxla.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The president thinks federal goons haven’t been violent *enough* with the American people.

The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.
Q: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?"

Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The NYT’s @tonyromm.bsky.social puts it plainly:

“.. he has found new and untested ways to spare certain Americans, like the military, from the pain of the government closure, while claiming he has no power to help others, including low-income individuals ..”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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In the Bronx, Louisville, and small towns across Connecticut, it's much the same.

"People from all walks of life are seeking help now. The pantry is no longer for the poor, for the elderly, for the needy. The pantry now is for the whole community, everybody."
SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries
People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through SNAP were suddenly cut off because of the...
www.mprnews.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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NYT: Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs with Robots
NYT: Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs with Robots
In labor news, The New York Times is reporting that Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million jobs with robots.
www.democracynow.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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AI and Trump tariffs are creating higher unemployment than Trump created in 2020 by mismanaging the pandemic.
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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At Law Dork, I wrote a guide to what is happening in the challenges to Trump's National Guard deployment efforts.

Expect significant rulings from the courts — including the Supreme Court — in the coming days and weeks. There are two key hearings set for today.
A guide to what is happening in the challenges to Trump's National Guard deployment efforts
Expect significant rulings from the courts — including the Supreme Court — in the coming weeks. Also: The Supreme Court won't stop an eighth execution by nitrogen suffocation.
www.lawdork.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Maine will vote in under two weeks on a measure that would make voting a lot harder for a lot of people, including disabled folks, older folks, and anyone who struggles to meet strict ID requirements.

If passed, this would really reshape voting in 2026.

My deep dive: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
boltsmag.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I think it’s worth adding that this isn’t uncommon at all.

They will spend more on union busting than they would have to pay if a union is formed. And plenty of other examples.

It’s all about preventing the precedent it would set, and how it would impact their control and power.
this is the telling thing about all the billionaire hysteria

they would literally rather set more money on fire propping up the most uncharismatic sex pest who ever lived than they’d pay in additional taxes

these are not serious people
MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:

“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"

@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Trump thought tariffs would cripple China’s exports. Turns out they had other buyers.

(via B of A) 🇨🇳
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.

· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM