@jacob2947.bsky.social
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"The Trump administration has been quietly dismantling federal departments tasked with uncovering and reducing police violence as well as ensuring that local law enforcement agencies are permitted to run lawless." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump Administration Dismantles Protections Against Law Enforcement Abuses
Opinion | Leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril.
www.democracydocket.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The Trump administration has been quietly dismantling federal departments tasked with uncovering and reducing police violence as well as ensuring that local law enforcement agencies are permitted to run lawless." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Portland, OR - spread the word!
#portlandprotests #pdxprotests #50501portland #portlandor #mayday #resist #50501movement #impeachtrump
#portlandprotests #pdxprotests #50501portland #portlandor #mayday #resist #50501movement #impeachtrump
April 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Portland, OR - spread the word!
#portlandprotests #pdxprotests #50501portland #portlandor #mayday #resist #50501movement #impeachtrump
#portlandprotests #pdxprotests #50501portland #portlandor #mayday #resist #50501movement #impeachtrump
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families' lawyers say
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S.…
buff.ly
April 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.
April 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.
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Zeteo warned about Project Esther six months ago.
As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
'Project Esther': The Right-Wing Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crack Down on America's Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network” – groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and American Muslims for Palestine.
zeteo.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Zeteo warned about Project Esther six months ago.
As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
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China just dropped an 84% tariff on us. You know, kissing his ass.
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
China just dropped an 84% tariff on us. You know, kissing his ass.
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!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
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I’m all for reducing spending, but to do that during a recession is economic suicide.
Anyone who knows anything knows that
Anyone who knows anything knows that
April 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I’m all for reducing spending, but to do that during a recession is economic suicide.
Anyone who knows anything knows that
Anyone who knows anything knows that
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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What the actual fuck:
March 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What the actual fuck:
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Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
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“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
March 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
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If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
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It just seems insane to me that this would be legal, but what do I know.
Elon Musk is offering people in Wisconsin $100 if they sign a petition.
This is in the context of his efforts to swing the court to conservatives. www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
This is in the context of his efforts to swing the court to conservatives. www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against "activist judges"
The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump's priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for a crucial seat on the state's Supreme Court.
www.axios.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It just seems insane to me that this would be legal, but what do I know.
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AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
March 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.
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Seems like @mcuban.bsky.social has this handled
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Seems like @mcuban.bsky.social has this handled
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Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
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A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and used search terms like "gay," which led to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry
A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like "gay," leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and used search terms like "gay," which led to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
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The secretary of transportation went on Fox & Friends this morning and trashed air travel, portraying the current air traffic control system as a disaster, and then claimed taking public transit is "dangerous."
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
March 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The secretary of transportation went on Fox & Friends this morning and trashed air travel, portraying the current air traffic control system as a disaster, and then claimed taking public transit is "dangerous."
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.