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phillewis.bsky.social
Two judges appointed by Trump ruled that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map is unconstitutional and called it “an intentional effort to dilute Black Alabamians’ voting strength"
Trump Judges Strike Down Alabama Congressional Map as Racially Discriminatory
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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dschnoeb.bsky.social
Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!
May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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mmpadellan.bsky.social
THIS, 100%.
April 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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libraryfiend.bsky.social
Read Jeff Tiedrich to feed all your hot pent up fuck you - Trump vitriol into a mixer that makes scabrous political sketches that flow like street poetry and take a magnificent flamethrower to the worst set of people in the history of humankind
jefftiedrich.bsky.social Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · Apr 24
here's today's post: "dumbest president ever wants to party like it’s 1912" — when the rich got richer, and the poor got shit on.
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dumbest president ever wants to party like it’s 1912
when the rich got richer, and the poor got shit on
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April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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newrepublic.com
BREAKING: The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government posted their home address to social media.
Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.
newrepublic.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Legal Ethics Nerds Weigh In
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Legal Ethics Nerds Weigh In
Last Friday, with little fanfare, the heavyweights of the legal ethics world weighed in.
open.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
Rep. Gabe Amo is right: The GOP’s budget slashes $230B from SNAP and $800B from Medicaid—ripping food and healthcare from working families—while handing *over $1 TRILLION* to the top 1%.

This isn’t a budget. It’s a heist.
#BillionaireTaxBailout
April 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Chop Wood, Carry Water 4/15
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Chop Wood, Carry Water 4/15
Hi, all, and happy Tuesday.
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Here is where MAGA has gotten us to.
Tweet from user '@quadcarl_carl' reads, "Imagine being afraid of diversity but not a dictatorship."
April 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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missmudd.bsky.social
Don't let this shit scare you. That's the point.

GET MAD NOT SCARED
gadyepstein.bsky.social Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · Apr 15
Highly disturbing story about DOGE but this detail is particularly chilling www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
The new revelations about DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in a detailed report that was then provided to NPR. Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone, according to a cover letter attached to his disclosure filed by his attorney, Andrew Bakaj of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid. The whistleblower's account is corroborated by internal documentation and was reviewed by 11 technical experts across other government agencies and the private sector. In total, NPR spoke to over…
April 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits.
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Five Questions with Olivia Troye
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Five Questions with Olivia Troye
Former Pence advisor explains Trump's EO's targeting his own people
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town.

I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...
The people of Sackets Harbor—and especially the school administrators and teachers—should serve as an example for us all that resistance can work. You do not need to comply in advance. The Trump administration is powerful, but not invincible. This story is a reminder to journalists that reporting on things happening in the smallest places can have the largest impact. My hats off to the local journalists who first made noise about this miscarriage of justice. I feel fortunate that I could help amplify it, and that we can celebrate this small but powerful victory. And we can rest a little easier knowing the third grader will finally get to see the welcome home banner hung by classmates with love.
April 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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nycjayjay.bsky.social
A federal judge has ordered the government to return a migrant wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador due to “administrative error.” The DoJ argues the courts no longer have jurisdiction. My thoughts in today’s write-up: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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politico.com
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block judge's order requiring U.S. to bring wrongly deported man back from El Salvador.
Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge’s order requiring U.S. to bring back man who was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia’s deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”
www.politico.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
What are the odds that enough Supreme Court Justices believe we shouldn't put people in foreign torture prisons without due process & especially when the government misrepresents the evidence it has in briefs it submits to the Court?
April 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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civilwarmemory.bsky.social
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library
The Trump administration is engaged in something much worse than book burning. It is attempting to burn down the entire cultural infrastructure that supports the pursuit of history.
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ithaca, NY
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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michaelbarajas.bsky.social
teens in Newark pushed to extend the voting age to 16 in school board elections, and now for the first time young ppl are gearing up to vote and holding candidate forums to talk about their experiences w/ education

very cool new story by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/newark-teens...
Newark Teens Gear Up for School Board Elections After Voting Age Extended to 16 - Bolts
This month for the first time, 16- and 17-year olds will help decide Newark’s school board members thanks to a measure passed last year, just the third reform of its kind in the nation.
boltsmag.org
April 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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uebey.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump Admin has been "covertly" withholding FEMA funds from Democratic states, seemingly as retaliation for sanctuary laws, a judge ruled.

Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.
Trump slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
The Trump administration had claimed FEMA was just launching a new manual review process for allocations — a process the states showed is covertly based on Trump's funding freeze.
www.courthousenews.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
A true heater 48 hours for The Onion, in my unbiased opinion.
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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nycjayjay.bsky.social
I wish I didn’t have to write about this, but it appears Laura Loomer is back in the headlines. And in a very disturbing way. She got an audience with Trump for 30 minutes, and then carnage ensued. My write-up: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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missmudd.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM