@kirandurae.bsky.social
President Trump is punishing media organizations for making editorial decisions he doesn't like. Shamefully, companies like Paramount and CBS have fallen in line.
Tell Paramount that their surrender to the president's personal demands is unacceptable.
Tell Paramount that their surrender to the president's personal demands is unacceptable.
Tell media corporations: Don't capitulate to President Trump's demands
Now, more than ever, we need a free and independent press to protect our rights and speak truth to power. Call on the CBS chair to hold strong against coercion attempts from the Trump administration a...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
The takeaway is not that electoral politics will fix everything.
We know it won’t.
Obviously.
The takeaway is that people will show up if you give them hope & a way forward.
And that, my friends, can & must look like a lot of things right now.
We know it won’t.
Obviously.
The takeaway is that people will show up if you give them hope & a way forward.
And that, my friends, can & must look like a lot of things right now.
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Bradder, wake up. The JD Vance memes are back.
June 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Bradder, wake up. The JD Vance memes are back.
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Donations help keep local theatres open and keep the arts accessible. Consider donating to a local theatre today. In fact, @theatre-artemisia.bsky.social has launched a fundraiser for their first show in Detroit this August.
You can learn more at fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/theatre-arte...
You can learn more at fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/theatre-arte...
May 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Donations help keep local theatres open and keep the arts accessible. Consider donating to a local theatre today. In fact, @theatre-artemisia.bsky.social has launched a fundraiser for their first show in Detroit this August.
You can learn more at fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/theatre-arte...
You can learn more at fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/theatre-arte...
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The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
May 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
NEW: A House committee just advanced a bill to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid that would devastate the lives of disabled people and throw millions off the program.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Didn’t know libraries needed planes. Our local branch must be seriously underfunded didn’t see a single jet on the premises.
May 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Our new research shows voters want lawmakers to invest in programs that prevent crime, not punitive policies that harm our communities.
We're on Capitol Hill for Community Safety Week calling on members of Congress to take action.
We're on Capitol Hill for Community Safety Week calling on members of Congress to take action.
Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for "Public Safety" | ACLU
We’re on the Hill this week telling Congress to fund real solutions
www.aclu.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our new research shows voters want lawmakers to invest in programs that prevent crime, not punitive policies that harm our communities.
We're on Capitol Hill for Community Safety Week calling on members of Congress to take action.
We're on Capitol Hill for Community Safety Week calling on members of Congress to take action.
Donald Trump loves posting A.I. images of himself. On a new episode of The Political Scene podcast, the staff writer @xwaldie.bsky.social talks about how she sees these often bizarre representations as the “statements of intent” of a budding authoritarian. Listen here.
Decoding Donald Trump’s Love of A.I. Imagery
The President loves posting A.I. images of himself. The staff writer Katy Waldman sees these often bizarre representations as the “statements of intent” of a budding authoritarian.
www.newyorker.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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In its first 100 days, the Trump Administration has relied heavily on ambiguity, misdirection, and plausible deniability to accomplish its aims. It’s a model that has parallels to other countries that have slid into autocracy, Andrew Marantz writes.
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
www.newyorker.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In its first 100 days, the Trump Administration has relied heavily on ambiguity, misdirection, and plausible deniability to accomplish its aims. It’s a model that has parallels to other countries that have slid into autocracy, Andrew Marantz writes.
The Trump administration is advancing efforts to dismantle mental health services tailored for LGBTQ+ youth, particularly within the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
May 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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JUST NOW: “This should be eye-opening for everyone. It is happening in our state.”
ICE just detained up to 100 people in Nashville — we’re told at least one says MNPD participated in her detention
PRESSER outside the ICE office👇🏽
ICE just detained up to 100 people in Nashville — we’re told at least one says MNPD participated in her detention
PRESSER outside the ICE office👇🏽
May 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
JUST NOW: “This should be eye-opening for everyone. It is happening in our state.”
ICE just detained up to 100 people in Nashville — we’re told at least one says MNPD participated in her detention
PRESSER outside the ICE office👇🏽
ICE just detained up to 100 people in Nashville — we’re told at least one says MNPD participated in her detention
PRESSER outside the ICE office👇🏽
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We said we’d fight Trump’s attacks on our rights at every turn, and we meant it.
100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.
100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.
Our Defense Against Trump: 100 Days In
With 53 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and counting, we will not surrender our freedoms to a lawless executive branch.
www.aclu.org
May 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We said we’d fight Trump’s attacks on our rights at every turn, and we meant it.
100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.
100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
all attention isn't good attention.
March 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“It’s just the beginning of the playbook. This was the soft target.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks about watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk make the agency a guinea pig for the government-wide purge now under way.
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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As co-founder of our Women's Rights Project and a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal work left our country forever changed.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
March 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As co-founder of our Women's Rights Project and a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal work left our country forever changed.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
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Elon Musk holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest loss of personal fortune in history, dropping from $320B to $138B due to #Tesla stock declines. His wealth has fluctuated, and since joining the #DonaldTrump admin, he’s lost $144B.
#ElonMusk #GuinnessWorldRecords #Tesla #DonaldTrump
#ElonMusk #GuinnessWorldRecords #Tesla #DonaldTrump
March 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elon Musk holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest loss of personal fortune in history, dropping from $320B to $138B due to #Tesla stock declines. His wealth has fluctuated, and since joining the #DonaldTrump admin, he’s lost $144B.
#ElonMusk #GuinnessWorldRecords #Tesla #DonaldTrump
#ElonMusk #GuinnessWorldRecords #Tesla #DonaldTrump
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#DonaldTrump’s weekend golf trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers $3M—enough to feed 300,000 starving kids via USAID. Meanwhile, $500M in food aid risks spoiling, and U.S. farmers lose critical contracts. #USAID #FoodAid #TaxpayerDollars #HungerCrisis #Farmers #GlobalRelief
March 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#DonaldTrump’s weekend golf trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers $3M—enough to feed 300,000 starving kids via USAID. Meanwhile, $500M in food aid risks spoiling, and U.S. farmers lose critical contracts. #USAID #FoodAid #TaxpayerDollars #HungerCrisis #Farmers #GlobalRelief
#DonaldTrump’s EPA is rolling back Biden-era chemical safety rules, risking disasters at 12,000 facilities. Weaker oversight means more explosions, toxic leaks, and harm to workers and communities. Industry profits, public danger. #EnvironmentalJustice #EPA #ClimateCrisis #SafetyMatters
March 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM