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Hilary Perkins, a conservative lawyer who was hired at the Justice Department during the first Trump administration, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion pill. Perkins abruptly resigned, forced out by a pressure campaign.
Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator’s Pressure Campaign
Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion pill.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere

The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
Chatterbox Jazz Club in Indianapolis is the place to be! Be certain you stop by and support them!
chatterboxjazz.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Send an email! Then call your electedes. Then call a different office.
And here is a tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help you send an email to key members of the House & Senate.

action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025
March 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Buy books. They can't be deleted.
March 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I promise you. PROMISE YOU, that in four years nobody among us will ever admit to supporting Trump in mixed company.

“Big Balls” good Lord America
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Former U.S. ambassador to #Zambia Dan Foote explains that #PEPFAR, the program that has saved 26 million people worldwide who live with HIV/AIDS, is more than a humanitarian duty. It is in the U.S. national interest. My article @thenation.com. @ambdanfoote.bsky.social thenation.com/article/world/
February 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:

100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Trump White House told the three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign by tomorrow or be fired. Ousting them would paralyze the independent, bipartisan watchdog agency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Dear members of the press,

Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE:

When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here:

www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
www.govinfo.gov
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Curtis Yarvin’s extreme political ideas were once dismissed as fringe. Now, as President-elect Trump returns to the White House, some of the most powerful people in the U.S. are listening. Read or listen to The Interview. nyti.ms/4jnQJyQ
January 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A Shadow Cabinet. A People's Cabinet. An Alternative Cabinet. Naming, and establishing, a positive form of political opposition in the United States:
snyder.substack.com/p/an-alterna...
The People's Cabinet
Naming a Positive Form of Opposition
snyder.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The Texas Legislature is a lab for bad legislation that is then spread throughout the US. Thankfully, @frankstrong.bsky.social has the receipts.
Six Anti-Book Bills I'm Watching in the Next Texas Legislative Session (besides HB183)
It's already started, y'all. We need to get working.
franklinstrong.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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When you can't let the cat go out because he might invade Poland
December 5, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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You nominate Hegseth if you want America helpless abroad and fractured within.
www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.
In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery.
foreignpolicy.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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November 14, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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Sorry, Ben. We done messed up.
November 14, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
A majority of pro-book ban school board candidates lost in Texas, but education advocates are worried about other election results.
www.lonestarlive.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM