@moomjyneiman.bsky.social
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wanted to follow his recent foreign policy wins with a clampdown on opposition at home.
But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has prompted a mass movement, which is struggling to save Turkish democracy.
But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has prompted a mass movement, which is struggling to save Turkish democracy.
The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey
Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has forced it into a more activist posture as it faces a growing mass move...
jacobin.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wanted to follow his recent foreign policy wins with a clampdown on opposition at home.
But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has prompted a mass movement, which is struggling to save Turkish democracy.
But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has prompted a mass movement, which is struggling to save Turkish democracy.
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“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history,” Gov. Wes Moore said.
Trump’s Latest Executive Order Is 'Erasing History' In Smithsonian Museums, Governor Says
“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history,” Gov. Wes Moore said.
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history,” Gov. Wes Moore said.
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“It is chilling that people could be disappeared, kidnapped, kidnapped in plain view, simply for dissenting opinion, and that's what a dictator does."
Ayanna Pressley Calls Trump A 'Dictator' After Feds Grab Tufts Student Off The Street
“It is chilling that people could be disappeared, kidnapped, kidnapped in plain view, simply for dissenting opinion, and that's what a dictator does."
www.huffpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“It is chilling that people could be disappeared, kidnapped, kidnapped in plain view, simply for dissenting opinion, and that's what a dictator does."
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The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.
Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service
The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.
Tesla investors telling Elon to step down: news.sky.com/story/tesla-...
Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to step down as boss
Wealth manager Ross Gerber tells Sky News that Musk's time has become too stretched and his work alongside President Donald Trump too divisive.
news.sky.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tesla investors telling Elon to step down: news.sky.com/story/tesla-...
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"New political leadership is popping up everywhere, and that's all to the good."
Democratic Congressmember @raskin.house.gov responds to calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down following his controversial decision to allow a Republican funding bill to pass last week.
Democratic Congressmember @raskin.house.gov responds to calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down following his controversial decision to allow a Republican funding bill to pass last week.
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"New political leadership is popping up everywhere, and that's all to the good."
Democratic Congressmember @raskin.house.gov responds to calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down following his controversial decision to allow a Republican funding bill to pass last week.
Democratic Congressmember @raskin.house.gov responds to calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down following his controversial decision to allow a Republican funding bill to pass last week.
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Democrats are angry and want party leaders to put up a fight against the Trump administration's "Project 2025 on steroids," says @waleedshahid.bsky.social.
"You don't say there’s a fire and then you give the arsonist a match and gasoline, and that's effectively what Chuck Schumer did."
"You don't say there’s a fire and then you give the arsonist a match and gasoline, and that's effectively what Chuck Schumer did."
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Democrats are angry and want party leaders to put up a fight against the Trump administration's "Project 2025 on steroids," says @waleedshahid.bsky.social.
"You don't say there’s a fire and then you give the arsonist a match and gasoline, and that's effectively what Chuck Schumer did."
"You don't say there’s a fire and then you give the arsonist a match and gasoline, and that's effectively what Chuck Schumer did."
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Make America Drink Sewage Again 🇺🇸🫡🚽
SCOTUS holds that the EPA *cannot* order cities to maintain acceptable water quality standards by limiting the discharge—usually sewage—that they dump into nearby bodies of water (like oceans and bays). The four women justices, dissenting, say that's ridiculous. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Make America Drink Sewage Again 🇺🇸🫡🚽
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more sewage water and $10 eggs, let's gooooo
The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
more sewage water and $10 eggs, let's gooooo
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“The principle of checks and balances only works if people don't voluntarily remove their spine,” one lawmaker said ahead of the president's speech.
Trump Set For Victory Lap In Congress Even As He Usurps Its Power
“The principle of checks and balances only works if people don't voluntarily remove their spine,” one lawmaker said ahead of the president's speech.
www.huffpost.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“The principle of checks and balances only works if people don't voluntarily remove their spine,” one lawmaker said ahead of the president's speech.
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This is absolutely the truth!!
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is absolutely the truth!!
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Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
March 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
Ilhan Omar CLAPS BACK at Elon Musk and the GOP’s Racist Attack
YouTube video by Zeteo
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February 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden
Patients “Abandoned”: Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials “Profoundly Unethical,” Says Dr. Faden
We speak to bioethicist Ruth Faden about the Trump administration’s abrupt shutdown of USAID-funded clinical trials, ending access to critical healthcare and putting patients at serious risk. “We’re...
www.democracynow.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden
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Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" Revisits Lumumba Assassination
Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” Revisits Lumumba Assassination
The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach’s 1961 protest at the United Nations of the...
www.democracynow.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" Revisits Lumumba Assassination
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
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"I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth."
Black Panther founder and revolutionary Marxist Huey P. Newton was born on this day in 1942.
Black Panther founder and revolutionary Marxist Huey P. Newton was born on this day in 1942.
February 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth."
Black Panther founder and revolutionary Marxist Huey P. Newton was born on this day in 1942.
Black Panther founder and revolutionary Marxist Huey P. Newton was born on this day in 1942.
Protests Against Musk Grow:
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
#TeslaTakeover protests take aim at Elon Musk
Protesters organized small #TeslaTakeover demonstrations on BlueSky, the rival to Musk's platform X.
bbc.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Protests Against Musk Grow:
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
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RIP Tom Robbins. Great writer to challenge your mind. A true icon.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
RIP Tom Robbins. Great writer to challenge your mind. A true icon.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...