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JohnnyMangu

@johnnybarbu.bsky.social

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

August 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

🔥WATCH: “White people should be down here protesting too…”

@tndemocrats.bsky.social Reps @jrclemmons.bsky.social Hardaway & @aftynbehn.bsky.social rip Lamberth & Watson’s cruel Tennessee Republican bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools across 🇺🇸

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHORAb_...

March 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

😬😕

March 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM

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Steven T. Dennis

@steventdennis.bsky.social

Waiting until after Democrats caved on the CR, Trump issues a late night order to eliminate 7 agencies “to the maximum extent” allowed by law, including the organization running the Voice of America, the agency that helps fund museums and libraries in all 50 states, and so on. Order in alt text:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary.

Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law:
(i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service;
(ii) the United States Agency for Global Media;
(iii) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution;
(iv) the Institute of Museum and Library Services;
(v) the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness;
(vi) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and
(vii) the Minority Business Development Agency.
(b) Within 7 days of the date of this order, the head of each governmental entity listed in subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming full compliance with this order and explaining which components or functions of the governmental entity, if any, are statutorily required and to what extent.
(c) In reviewing budget requests submitted by the governmental entities listed in subsection (a) of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the head of any executive department or agency charged with reviewing grant requests by such entities shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law and except insofar as necessary to effectuate an expected termination, reject funding requests for such governmental entities to the extent they are inconsistent with this order.

March 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

"Watch for the moment near the end where Charles Lindbergh is seen saying that we can’t help Britain win its war against Germany and shouldn’t be offering assistance: substitute Ukraine and Russia and fast-forward to 2024." From the archives: plus.thebulwark.com/p/nazi-town-...

‘Nazi Town, USA’: It Did Happen Here

A PBS documentary about the German-American Bund in the 1930s has some startling lessons for the present day.

plus.thebulwark.com

March 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM

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Joy-Ann Reid

@joyannreid.bsky.social

My latest: www.joyannreid.com/p/a-saturday...

A Saturday Reid: the Ides of March

Chuck Schumer leads ten should-be opposition Senators in rendering America's most vulnerable unto Caeser.

www.joyannreid.com

March 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

The British are devilishly good at this.

A tweet from John O'Connell (@jdpoc) with the caption, "Today, in Tottenham, North London." The image shows a large satirical billboard under a bridge. The billboard features a parody movie poster titled "The Fast and the Führer," depicting Elon Musk in a pose reminiscent of a Nazi salute, with a Tesla Model S below him. The text includes a fake quote from Donald Trump: "Tremendous. So, so good," and a four-star rating from JD Vance. Additional text reads, "Heil Tesla," and references to Nuremberg. A worker on a ladder is installing or adjusting the billboard, while a woman walks past below.

March 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

"I don’t think Vance—or Trump, for that matter—really understands Putin’s burning hostility toward all Americans, especially American leaders." Or what he's doing to Ukrainians.

@nataliaantonova.bsky.social on America's betrayal of Ukraine:

Ukrainians Are in Shock

What other reaction can there be when America turns against its allies, its values, itself?

www.thebulwark.com

March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM

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Rep. Jamie Raskin

@raskin.house.gov

Federal workers at HHS conduct critical medical research for America. I led my colleagues in demanding Sec. Kennedy immediately reinstate illegally purged civil servants in his agency.

Democrats From D.C., Maryland and Virginia Warn That NIH Cuts Are ‘Devastating’ for Medical Research

“Without immediate action, the harmful consequences of this outrageous purge will be with us for decades to come as the fired employees are forced to find new careers outside of their chosen field: me...

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March 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM

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Joy-Ann Reid

@joyannreid.bsky.social

Investigating a university because students protested for human rights and an end to a war that has killed 45,000 people including 10,000 plus children and counting is nasty work.