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delpheous.bsky.social
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???

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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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davidpepperoh.bsky.social
“One analysis found that under those rules, 5% of Missouri voters ( in a single district) could defeat a measure that 95% of Missouri wanted to happen.”

Missouri has one of the worst Laboratories of Autocracy in America

It is on full display this week.

Link here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
September 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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centeronbudget.bsky.social
Our new timeline breaks down when major provisions of the harmful Republican megabill take effect, including the largest cuts to health and food assistance in history, hitting families already struggling to afford basics. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Implementing the Harmful Republican Megabill: a Timeline | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Republicans’ harmful megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, 2025, will raise costs for families and take away health coverage, food assistance, and other essentials from...
www.cbpp.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.
Text says: Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia INVESTIGATION A young woman allegedly in forced labour at a clothes factory in Jordan killed herself while making products for the global fashion brands, i has discovered The sportswear giants Under Armour and Columbia have been hit by claims of forced labour in a factory making their clothes, after systemic abuse and exploitation allegedly led to a worker’s death by suicide, i can exclusively reveal. The two companies have launched urgent inquiries over the death of a young Bangladeshi woman at a major supplier’s facility in Jordan, uncovered by a months-long investigation. American Eagle, a major retailer with more than 1,000 stores in the US, admitted that it also uses the site and is taking remedial action. Tureza Akter, 21, died in her dormitory in November last year, just over a month after arriving at the Fine Apparel site in the city of Zarqa, about 10 miles north-east of the capital, Amman. It is run by Needle Craft, a major Jordan-based clothes manufacturing company. Ms Akter is said to have been fined many times for missing excessive targets. She was abused by a supervisor hours before she died, an official report states. Sources say that migrant labourers are tricked into “dehumanising” 16-hour days in the factory for less money than promised, while bosses intimidate them and withhold their passports. Sexual harassment is also said to be common. Members of the largely female workforce are apparently solicited by staff for sex and made to strip in front of managers. The factory owners have launched an independent review and say they are supporting Ms Akter’s family after her “tragic” death. i began its investigation after being alerted by Labour Behind the Label. The British campaign group, which lobbies for workers’ rights in the fashion industry, called the findings “horrifying and shameful”. Confronted with the evidence, the factory and companies it s… Photo of an American Eagle ad showing Sydney Sweeney. It says "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans." A screenshot of American Eagle's mens jeans. They retail for $50 but have been discounted to $35. These are cotton-poly blended stretch jeans in various cuts, colors, and washes.
July 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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jakeweindling.bsky.social
A rural hospital in a Nebraska county that voted 75-25 for the GOP Senator in November closed due to the Republican Party's impending Medicaid cuts. This is a harbinger of a bleak future to come for rural communities. www.splinter.com/rural-hospit...
Rural Hospital Closes Due to GOP’s Gargantuan Medicaid Cuts
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
A diseased and impoverished nation is easier to control.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jul 1
Spoke with someone who works with a public hospital system. His assessment of the effects of the GOP spending bill: “I think this is going to be a very apparent catastrophe, very quickly.”
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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chriskalohn.bsky.social
Can’t stop watching Portnoy getting CLOCKED by a slice of pizza. It’s incredible.
June 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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ladyofsardines.bsky.social
Comrade card for 6/9/2025.
Many little boxes laid out like an upside down staircase. Some boxes are gray, others rainbow colors. Words by Grace Lee Boggs: We have the power within us to create the world anew.
June 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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hunterw.bsky.social
"We have a debt to pay for Cynthia and eight others who we lost, to make sure that their death is not in vain." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/generat...
Generation Emanuel: Meet The Black Lawmakers Whose Careers Were Ignited By The Charleston Shooting
Reverend Clementa Pinckney knew the Bible from back to front. But according...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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burgessev.bsky.social
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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dame.is
here are a couple more photographs of the pathetic trump supporter who was hopelessly shouting "you are the minority!" all by himself from within the vegetation
A well-maintained green lawn stretches toward a dense border of lush shrubs and trees. A person wearing red and white clothing is partially visible among the thick foliage in the background, nearly obscured by the vegetation.
June 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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gelliottmorris.com
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!

Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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jordanuhl.com
Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”
June 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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esghound.com
being able to hear the wheels on the Sherman tanks squeal on account of no one there is some incredible footage. A+ comedy.
laurajedeed.bsky.social Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Jun 14
THE TANKS! THE TANKS! SHREDDING OUR STREETS! COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!! THE TANKS ARE HERE
June 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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ruddock.bsky.social
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
entire block of crowd control barricades arranged to accommodate a long line of people at security, empty
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
Misogyny is core to the American fascist project and feminism must be core to its opposition.
June 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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lizagoitein.bsky.social
The Department of Defense has confirmed that U.S. Marines detained a civilian—reportedly an Army veteran who crossed a yellow tape boundary on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is an apparent violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. 1/16 www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Fucking hell: “Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer.”
Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot
Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot.
kstp.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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colindickey.com
Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
About 3 dozen LAPD officers in full riot gear, standing around looking confused, bored, aimless. A waste of taxpayer money, a threatening show of force without morality or purpose. Behind them, the north wall of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, covered with Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)" mural: against a field of stark red, white letters that read, in part, WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
We feed you.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
No sleep for ICE tonight as activists found their hotel again. Hotel managers have to decide whether that GSA per diem money is worth having their hotel completely surrounded 24/7 by protesters.
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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igd.bsky.social
Absolute fucking 🔥.

"Over eight hours...people throwing back tear gas...throwing anything that they could to defend themselves...Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers in the factories were able to escape. If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."
June 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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gxldsociety.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM