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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊
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DCish, former States Project and Future Now Fund, missing Brooklyn and Montana always.
CM DC Democratic State Committee, VP @stonewalldems51.bsky.social, @ward3dcdems.bsky.social, Ward 3 Ed Net and Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA)
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Thomas Jefferson was 44 when he started in creeping on 14-year-old Sally Hemings. And Sally, who was enslaved, shared a father with Martha Wayles Jefferson—Tom's wife.

He's been dead literally centuries and the US refuses to reckon squarely with what this meant for definitions of American greatness
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Who could have predict.... oh never mind.
Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Thank you to @reckless.bsky.social and @kcoxdc.bsky.social for this thoughtful episode and for elevating teachers’ voices (including mine) on this issue.
The problems with AI in schools
Teachers had one big question: What are we even doing here?
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Another person taken by immigration enforcement — after being stopped by MPD.

Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...
Video shows apparent immigration detention in DC
Dramatic video shows a man being taken into U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in D.C. as he pleads for help. This is just the latest traffic stop by D.C. police that led to an immi...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
Philadelphia airport passengers may have been exposed to measles, health officials warn
Passengers may have been exposed to the measles at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday, health officials said.
www.mcall.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Please remember this the next time Trump blows up a boat in the Caribbean because he claims those on board are drug dealers.

He’s murdering people with no proof drugs are involved, while pardoning convicted drug dealers.

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of his release
A convicted drug dealer granted clemency by President Donald Trump has been sent back to federal prison for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes
abcnews.go.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?

Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes

The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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IT GOT BETTER

📍Central MN
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The coldest air on the planet - relative to normal - is over FL now! The cold pool is being forced south by overwhelming Arctic warmth.
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.

Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-11-12T02:04:01Z
Additional Details Here.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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My 10-year-old: Mommy, my therapist had me playing games. I thought we were supposed to talk, not her getting cooked in checkers.

Me: How was the session?

Him: Great. I learned that I like other things besides my devices and that other stuff can make me feel relaxed.

Him: …wait…
a man in a blue striped shirt and tie is saying oh my god wow
ALT: a man in a blue striped shirt and tie is saying oh my god wow
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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For some reason @OSSEDC isn’t promoting it’s daily tracker anymore 🤔 Maybe because parents & data revealed it isn’t accurate at @councilofdc hearing yesterday? TY @ChmnMendelson for holding the hearing! #ShareYourBusStory @WashLaw4CR @DCChildrensLaw @DCSBOE @wtopnews.bsky.social @51stnews
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thank you @childrenslawcenter.org for continuing to fight for our families and to PLI for covering this. www.pli.edu/catalog/podc...
Reminder that our DC AG’s office is currently fighting this case and another case with families suing for failing to provide adequate mental health services. In that
Practising Law Institute
www.pli.edu
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Last week @cmzparker5.bsky.social introduced the SOUL Amendment Act, which will help older youth in foster care leave the system with legal, caring relationships and lasting supports as they take on adult responsibilities. Thank you CM Parker for bringing this important bill to the Council!
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Yesterday our new Policy Attorney Patrick Cothern testified in support of the Housing with Integrity Amendment Act of 2025. TY @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @cmfrumin.bsky.social for introducing the bill & @brianneknadeau.bsky.social for your thoughtful questions!
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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A real president does this.

Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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From @candicebernd.bsky.social in our magazine: A Texas Observer analysis found since 2021, at least 60 cryptomines have been developed or are under construction in at least 33 counties statewide. Experts worry our grid, and water supply, can't handle the load.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I just love real America so much
A group of moms from Chicago's western suburbs were arrested for staging a peaceful sit-in protest outside the Broadview ICE detention facility in Illinois.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Always read Dr Kendzior. She predicted all of this based on her research. She described the playbook repeated in every country that went authoritarian.
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.

So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I would be interested to know about the decision by opponents of the bill not to object to the unanimous consent requests that shortened the time to passage.

It rarely gets explored, and I think they’re interesting and very human reasons, though they’ll also make some people mad.
Dem Sen. Andy Kim to me after Senate vote: “What just happened in the Senate chamber was an absolute disgrace. I can't stress it enough,” saying it’s “very profoundly disturbing” to see bill passed in chamber where McCain voted to block repeal. “I'm just really gutted right now.”
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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It's an interesting question though: why are companies happy to pay for an AI to do it, but not a human to do it? If the price is the same and end product is the same, what's the appeal of an AI?
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM