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Keeping an eye on things 👁️
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James Comey: Case tossed.
Letitia James: Case tossed.
Mark Kelly: Investigated… for civics?
Three headlines. One warning.
Letitia James: Case tossed.
Mark Kelly: Investigated… for civics?
Three headlines. One warning.
Comey and Letitia James Cases Tossed. Mark Kelly Investigated.
When prosecutors fail but investigations keep coming, it’s not justice, it’s an ongoing message.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
James Comey: Case tossed.
Letitia James: Case tossed.
Mark Kelly: Investigated… for civics?
Three headlines. One warning.
Letitia James: Case tossed.
Mark Kelly: Investigated… for civics?
Three headlines. One warning.
Gerrymandering does not serve any of us.
"America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Gerrymandering does not serve any of us.
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
What is it with these conservatives who love controversial mouthpieces but then hate those who disagree with them? That is literally the definition of controversial.
September 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
What is it with these conservatives who love controversial mouthpieces but then hate those who disagree with them? That is literally the definition of controversial.
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Charlie Kirk couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech. Now MAGA leaders are seeking to use his death to silence debate, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily:
The Irony of Using Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Silence Debate
The conservative activist couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Charlie Kirk couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech. Now MAGA leaders are seeking to use his death to silence debate, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily:
No one is safe from gun violence in America. Not elected officials. Not school children. Not 2A proponents. No one. #ItsTheGuns
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
No one is safe from gun violence in America. Not elected officials. Not school children. Not 2A proponents. No one. #ItsTheGuns
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The Supreme Court denies South Carolina’s emergency request to enforce an anti-transgender school bathroom policy.
Supreme Court denies South Carolina’s emergency request to enforce anti-transgender school bathroom policy
The justices, in an apparent 6-3 vote, said the decision was not a ruling on the merits of the case.
www.politico.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Supreme Court denies South Carolina’s emergency request to enforce an anti-transgender school bathroom policy.
He’s awful and we know it and there are no consequences and the rage is real.
September 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
He’s awful and we know it and there are no consequences and the rage is real.
Have you read We Do Not Part?
Had you heard about Astronomer before the Coldplay slip, and is it wrong to enjoy the memes?
Will WSJ pay up, or fully disclose? Obviously hoping for the latter.
#MorningMusings
Had you heard about Astronomer before the Coldplay slip, and is it wrong to enjoy the memes?
Will WSJ pay up, or fully disclose? Obviously hoping for the latter.
#MorningMusings
July 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Have you read We Do Not Part?
Had you heard about Astronomer before the Coldplay slip, and is it wrong to enjoy the memes?
Will WSJ pay up, or fully disclose? Obviously hoping for the latter.
#MorningMusings
Had you heard about Astronomer before the Coldplay slip, and is it wrong to enjoy the memes?
Will WSJ pay up, or fully disclose? Obviously hoping for the latter.
#MorningMusings
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"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
The Most Overlooked Value of Political Protest
Small acts of staying quiet may seem merely polite or indifferent, but they can easily spiral.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
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In case you missed it last week, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
July 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In case you missed it last week, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
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Ukrainians: boy, I could be dead from a ru bomb tmrw
westerners: why u so negative
westerners: why u so negative
July 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ukrainians: boy, I could be dead from a ru bomb tmrw
westerners: why u so negative
westerners: why u so negative
Did today feel especially bad, or am I overreacting?
July 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Did today feel especially bad, or am I overreacting?
Today was bad, right?
July 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today was bad, right?
The Supreme Court kinda sucked today, amirite?
“Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from lawabiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.”
“Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way,” she wrote.
https://trib.al/QWWM8Qy
“Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way,” she wrote.
https://trib.al/QWWM8Qy
Sotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship Ruling
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched the Supreme Court for siding with Trump on birthright citizenship—and putting every civil right under attack.
trib.al
June 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Supreme Court kinda sucked today, amirite?
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Based on everything I read, two patterns seemed clear to me:
1) virtually every time the US or Iran has negotiated or tried re-negotiate a deal, Isreal has lobbied against it and/or attacked Iran directly.
2) every time Iran is attacked, they respond by ratcheting up their nuclear capability.
1) virtually every time the US or Iran has negotiated or tried re-negotiate a deal, Isreal has lobbied against it and/or attacked Iran directly.
2) every time Iran is attacked, they respond by ratcheting up their nuclear capability.
June 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Based on everything I read, two patterns seemed clear to me:
1) virtually every time the US or Iran has negotiated or tried re-negotiate a deal, Isreal has lobbied against it and/or attacked Iran directly.
2) every time Iran is attacked, they respond by ratcheting up their nuclear capability.
1) virtually every time the US or Iran has negotiated or tried re-negotiate a deal, Isreal has lobbied against it and/or attacked Iran directly.
2) every time Iran is attacked, they respond by ratcheting up their nuclear capability.
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Vance: We launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on a hunch.
WELKER: Do you and President Trump trust the US intelligence community and its assessments?
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Vance: We launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on a hunch.
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Instead of high-profile battles waged in key states, we’ve seen a handful of mostly smaller red states — many of which already weren’t making things easy for voters — pass laws imposing new restrictions, and largely escaping serious media scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...
Red States Target Voters in New Stealth Attacks
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Instead of high-profile battles waged in key states, we’ve seen a handful of mostly smaller red states — many of which already weren’t making things easy for voters — pass laws imposing new restrictions, and largely escaping serious media scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...
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Standing up for human rights and due process is not a crime. Asking to see a warrant is not a crime.
ICE's unjustified arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was an abuse of power and unnecessary escalation of force.
People can see through the Trump Administration's lies.
ICE's unjustified arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was an abuse of power and unnecessary escalation of force.
People can see through the Trump Administration's lies.
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Standing up for human rights and due process is not a crime. Asking to see a warrant is not a crime.
ICE's unjustified arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was an abuse of power and unnecessary escalation of force.
People can see through the Trump Administration's lies.
ICE's unjustified arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was an abuse of power and unnecessary escalation of force.
People can see through the Trump Administration's lies.
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If you live in the United States, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors.
Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. government created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized.
— @djrothkopf.bsky.social
Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. government created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized.
— @djrothkopf.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you live in the United States, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors.
Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. government created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized.
— @djrothkopf.bsky.social
Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. government created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized.
— @djrothkopf.bsky.social
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Thank you for this, @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The feds keep detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in Trump's way
A timeline of authoritarianism.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thank you for this, @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Saudi Arabia has executed another journalist, Turki Al-Jasser, after 7 years of detention for reporting on corruption.
The failure to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi only encourages further acts of deadly violence against journalists in the Persian Gulf & elsewhere.
The failure to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi only encourages further acts of deadly violence against journalists in the Persian Gulf & elsewhere.
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Saudi Arabia has executed another journalist, Turki Al-Jasser, after 7 years of detention for reporting on corruption.
The failure to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi only encourages further acts of deadly violence against journalists in the Persian Gulf & elsewhere.
The failure to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi only encourages further acts of deadly violence against journalists in the Persian Gulf & elsewhere.
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Melissa Hortman was a brilliant leader, a fierce advocate, and a grounded public servant who got things done. She gave Minnesotans her all — with grit, grace, and heart. We lost a true force for good.
www.startribune.com/assassinated...
www.startribune.com/assassinated...
Assassinated Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves legacy as unflashy leader who ‘got the job done’
Hortman led House Democrats through some of the most difficult and consequential political times in recent Minnesota history.
www.startribune.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Melissa Hortman was a brilliant leader, a fierce advocate, and a grounded public servant who got things done. She gave Minnesotans her all — with grit, grace, and heart. We lost a true force for good.
www.startribune.com/assassinated...
www.startribune.com/assassinated...
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.