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It is stupifying how much US politics revolves around a guy who's major claim to fame other than being born rich is calling for 5 innocent people to be executed thirty years ago.
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Saturn April 3 2014 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/mK8bme
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Saturn April 3 2014 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/mK8bme
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I was wondering how many members of the Congressional Equality Caucus voted yea for this. The answer is:
* 3 co-chairs (Davids, Pappas, Sorensen)
* 8 vice chairs (Fletcher, Lieu, Peters, Pingree, Quigley, Scanlon, Soto, Wasserman-Schultz)
* 83 members
* 3 co-chairs (Davids, Pappas, Sorensen)
* 8 vice chairs (Fletcher, Lieu, Peters, Pingree, Quigley, Scanlon, Soto, Wasserman-Schultz)
* 83 members
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I was wondering how many members of the Congressional Equality Caucus voted yea for this. The answer is:
* 3 co-chairs (Davids, Pappas, Sorensen)
* 8 vice chairs (Fletcher, Lieu, Peters, Pingree, Quigley, Scanlon, Soto, Wasserman-Schultz)
* 83 members
* 3 co-chairs (Davids, Pappas, Sorensen)
* 8 vice chairs (Fletcher, Lieu, Peters, Pingree, Quigley, Scanlon, Soto, Wasserman-Schultz)
* 83 members
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160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
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United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
by Chris Armitage
Great 8 min. read w/sources. Please read/share/help
@aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
@marcelias.bsky.social
medium.com/@carmitage/e...
by Chris Armitage
Great 8 min. read w/sources. Please read/share/help
@aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
@marcelias.bsky.social
medium.com/@carmitage/e...
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
by Chris Armitage
Great 8 min. read w/sources. Please read/share/help
@aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
@marcelias.bsky.social
medium.com/@carmitage/e...
by Chris Armitage
Great 8 min. read w/sources. Please read/share/help
@aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
@marcelias.bsky.social
medium.com/@carmitage/e...
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
"Mr President, life is still too expensive for the poors."
"I AM A MIRACLE WORKER!"
"I AM A MIRACLE WORKER!"
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Mr President, life is still too expensive for the poors."
"I AM A MIRACLE WORKER!"
"I AM A MIRACLE WORKER!"
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According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
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In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
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ICE claims 'Mobile Fortify' was developed "in-house" but the 'Fortify' facial recognition system is private Israeli software IDF contractor Corsight AI's core product used by the Israeli military to surveil Palestinians.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
ICE claims 'Mobile Fortify' was developed "in-house" but the 'Fortify' facial recognition system is private Israeli software IDF contractor Corsight AI's core product used by the Israeli military to surveil Palestinians.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
I'm stocking up on shelf-stable foods.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I'm stocking up on shelf-stable foods.
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Incarcerated people facing retaliation are confronted with "a maze of onerous procedural requirements" when they try to sue.
Jeremy joined @freedom.press and @aclu.org to talk about how this broken system harms journalists -- both inside and outside prisons.
Jeremy joined @freedom.press and @aclu.org to talk about how this broken system harms journalists -- both inside and outside prisons.
Federal law closes courthouse doors to incarcerated journalists
The Prison Litigation Reform Act keeps us all in the dark about what goes on behind bars.
freedom.press
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Incarcerated people facing retaliation are confronted with "a maze of onerous procedural requirements" when they try to sue.
Jeremy joined @freedom.press and @aclu.org to talk about how this broken system harms journalists -- both inside and outside prisons.
Jeremy joined @freedom.press and @aclu.org to talk about how this broken system harms journalists -- both inside and outside prisons.
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USA Today: "In the Trump era, Satanists may be our saviors in fight to preserve free speech"
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
In the Trump era, Satanists may be our saviors in fight to preserve free speech | Opinion
I spoke with Lucien Greaves, cofounder of the Satanic Temple, about what the organization looks like in the Trump era.
www.usatoday.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
USA Today: "In the Trump era, Satanists may be our saviors in fight to preserve free speech"
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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The Telegraph just said the quiet part out loud…
If banning Graham Linehan from contacting “alleged victims” would “mean anyone from the transgender community,” that’s not because the rule was meaningless, it’s because his harassment has been that widespread.
That’s not a defence, it’s evidence!
If banning Graham Linehan from contacting “alleged victims” would “mean anyone from the transgender community,” that’s not because the rule was meaningless, it’s because his harassment has been that widespread.
That’s not a defence, it’s evidence!
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Telegraph just said the quiet part out loud…
If banning Graham Linehan from contacting “alleged victims” would “mean anyone from the transgender community,” that’s not because the rule was meaningless, it’s because his harassment has been that widespread.
That’s not a defence, it’s evidence!
If banning Graham Linehan from contacting “alleged victims” would “mean anyone from the transgender community,” that’s not because the rule was meaningless, it’s because his harassment has been that widespread.
That’s not a defence, it’s evidence!
Someone made fan art of me awhile back.
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Someone made fan art of me awhile back.
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Repealing the Comstock Act should be a baseline for any rational US poltician.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Repealing the Comstock Act should be a baseline for any rational US poltician.
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Are you familiar with the “Seven Mountains Mandate”?
October 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Are you familiar with the “Seven Mountains Mandate”?