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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM EVERY DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE. Thank you, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM EVERY DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE. Thank you, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury
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March 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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rowicz.bsky.social
If you're a #Progressive #Canadian 😊 2 follow u
Anywhere in the 🌎 we must organize/collaborate & SPEAK OUT to #RESIST dictators
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#NeverConservative
#NoConTrumpAlliance
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#NeverUPC #NeverPoilievre
#BoycottMusk #BoycottTesla
#NeverVoteCPC #NeverVotePPC
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March 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The hubris here is just incredible.
klasfeldreports.com Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · Mar 17
A federal judge DENIED the Trump admin's bid to vacate a 5 p.m. hearing probing whether they violated his order to turn back the flights to El Salvador.

Trump DOJ's top ranks claimed no hearing was necessary because they denied a violation.
MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that Defendants' 24 Motion to Vacate is DENIED. The hearing will proceed as scheduled. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/17/2025. (lcjeb1)
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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radioactivecat.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.
March 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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conifergirl.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Newsletter, day six.

meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
It's raining right now here in the Bay Area--winter rain's mostly a blessing here, the end of fire season, the beginning of the greening hills, the recharging of water systems--and I see a lot of people across the country persevering. For the week after the January 27th attack on federal funding, I felt like a geyser of adrenaline and I put that energy to use writing, watching, interpreting what was going on to the best of my ability and posting about it, organizing various kinds of activity, pulling together a rapid-response team with some brilliant organizers, launching this newsletter. In the last few days, fatigue caught up with me, and yesterday I slowed down enough to feel something between sadness and horror. I suspect a lot of you feel something similar. But I'm not stopping. And I see millions of people who are not stopping either. Ordinary citizens, state attorneys general (here's a statement from 15 of them defending gender-affirming care), the fiercest of our congresspeople, organizers, activists, experts. That line about the single garment of destiny recycled a famous phrase of Martin Luther King's: "In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." I wanted to extend his beautiful metaphor --that garment of destiny, imagined as an actual textile--who wove it, who washed it, who mended it when it was damaged? I wrote it because I knew who they are--men who do not understand that everything is connected, which is a moral truth and also an ecological one and a reality of the systems of finance, international relations, and the rest that are woven together to make a world of interrelated systems and relationships and processes that cannot be severed without harm.
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
mauiboy.bsky.social
We Need More People Like Him
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We Need More People Like Him
Why CNN pushed out Jim Acosta
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January 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness. Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move. Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast. There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.) In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.) The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal." Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e… So what can we do? It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity. At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us: 1) Urge media to cover this story properly This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here. It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it. It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup. 2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined. 3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down. Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela. Warmly, - Choose Democracy
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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everylibrary.bsky.social
Their research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use.

Is this why libraries are such a threat?

bookriot.com/innovative-s...
Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being
"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"
bookriot.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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December 23, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
Don’t make me tap the sign. Strikes are supposed to be disruptive
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
mauiboy.bsky.social
Right now, I need activities that require 100% concentration. So my dog took me for a walk on the beach below our house.
A rock-covered beach on the Atlantic Ocean at low tide.
November 12, 2024 at 3:27 AM