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gwennieco.bsky.social
@gwennieco.bsky.social
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Are we in the Hunger Games? Love dystopian fiction but not wanting to live it.
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEW — Trump, along with Jared Kushner, Pam Bondi and others stand for the National Anthem.

Crowd boos as the American flag is unfurled on the court. Stadium is still only about 50% full.
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
Happy No Kings Day to all who celebrate!! Let’s gooooo! Stay safe and alert and peaceful!!
June 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
Extortion much?
www.ft.com/content/6946...
Trump Organization to discuss new Vietnam tower as trade talks continue
US president’s son Eric Trump to visit Ho Chi Minh City for talks on project
www.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
Taylor debuted her version of Look what you made me do in latest episode of Handmaids Tale!!! Look what you made her do!!

youtu.be/nXlAUkd7zqE?...
The Handmaid's Tale| Episode 9 Opening Scene | Hulu
YouTube video by Hulu
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May 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
gwennieco.bsky.social
@maddow.msnbc.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com Please investigate this!!
rossmacfarlane.bsky.social Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · May 10
Permits, we don't need no stinking permits. In a textbook case of environmental injustice, Elon Musk is poisoning the air in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood in Memphis with unpermitted gas turbines to power his "Grok" AI facility 1/. @politico.com
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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lizdylan.bsky.social
Newark issues stop work order for a new private ICE detention center.

“They failed to give city officials access to conduct inspections required under municipal ordinances and state code,” “This violates city and state law.” @rasjbaraka.bsky.social

patch.com/new-jersey/n...
Newark Issues 'Stop Work' Order On New ICE Detention Center
ICE has reached a $1 billion deal to reopen a federal immigration detention center in Newark. Not so fast, the city's mayor says.
patch.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
At @maddow.msnbc.com book tour for Prequel. She was inspiring, encouraging and proud of all of us who are rising up to defend our country and our rights. She said it’s up to US, the American people. History has it eyes on us. We can do this!
May 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
WTAF

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump officials seek to bring first white South African refugees to US next week, NYT reports
The United States is working to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the country early next week, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by the newspaper.
www.reuters.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida’s universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach. Some started avoiding terms like “racism.” One student recently told me that when someone used “intersectional” in class, the instructor told her not to use that word. One colleague told me that he stopped assigning an article about lynching and white evangelicalism for fear that those terms could raise red flags. Another said she was censoring her language not just in class and on campus but also on personal social media. Several professors have been subjected to efforts at entrapment. Last year a man posing as a student tried to encourage Muslim faculty members to criticize Mr. DeSantis and Israel. A similar incident happened to me. In October 2024 my department chair called me into his office to tell me that someone claiming to be a student in my Religion and Science class had complained that I spent 20 minutes talking about specific candidates, including who I was voting for and why. I was stunned. That never happened in that class or any other; it is antithetical to the way I teach. Fortunately
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I know how naive this sounds but I actually thought the moral panic over free speech at universities would mean that leftist speech would be protected when the far right gained power and tried to clamp down.
pamherd.bsky.social Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · May 7
Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida’s universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach. Some started avoiding terms like “racism.” One student recently told me that when someone used “intersectional” in class, the instructor told her not to use that word. One colleague told me that he stopped assigning an article about lynching and white evangelicalism for fear that those terms could raise red flags. Another said she was censoring her language not just in class and on campus but also on personal social media. Several professors have been subjected to efforts at entrapment. Last year a man posing as a student tried to encourage Muslim faculty members to criticize Mr. DeSantis and Israel. A similar incident happened to me. In October 2024 my department chair called me into his office to tell me that someone claiming to be a student in my Religion and Science class had complained that I spent 20 minutes talking about specific candidates, including who I was voting for and why. I was stunned. That never happened in that class or any other; it is antithetical to the way I teach. Fortunately
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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US government research institutions have irreplaceable biological collections that are of immense scientific value. As the custodians of those collections lose their jobs, serious questions arise about what could be lost here. www.statnews.com/2025/05/09/t...
From pandemic preparedness to precious frozen spit, NIH contract terminations cut deep
DOGE lists just over 400 NIH contracts it says have been cancelled under its directive to reduce contract spending by 35%
www.statnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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engagelongisland.bsky.social
Spread the word!!
#MomsForMedicaid
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cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · May 8
The GOP budget plan kicks 5.5 million off Medicaid—and 2.4 million will be left with no health insurance at all.

This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s a death sentence dressed up as “fiscal responsibility.”
#MomsForMedicaid
May 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · May 9
MAGA influencers are demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi arrest and prosecute a MeidasTouch host—for the “crime” of reporting the news. If they think intimidation will silence us, they’ve got another thing coming.
MeidasTouch Host Targeted by MAGA with Threat of Arrest
By Ben Meiselas
www.meidasplus.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
gwennieco.bsky.social
What a great turnout in NYC! The energy and JOY in marching for democracy is unrivaled. Special thanks to @singoutlouise.bsky.social for their fabulous songs and lyrics and making our time spent feel so positive and fun!
April 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Indianapolis, IN
April 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Cincinnati, OH
April 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Boise, ID
April 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Chicago, IL
artcandee.bsky.social Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · Apr 19
Another view of the protesters Trump protest in Chicago at Daley Plaza.

Bravo, Chicago!!!
April 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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St Paul, MN
April 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Grand Rapids, MI
kevinbuist.com Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · Apr 19
Good sized protest in Grand Rapids today. #50501
April 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
Looks like hundreds of peaceful (but very loud) protestors showed up outside the Shillbilly House, aka Shady Vance’s house, in DC today—chanting, drumming, and embarrassing Shady. 😂😂

Sorry, JD, but no amount of bootlicking or bad takes will silence the sound of democracy rising.
April 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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NYC!
April 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM