@peggyflynn.bsky.social
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See? You use the power you have. Someone let Ruben Gallego know.
Van Hollen (an Episcopalian) discussed the potential leverage he brings to this situation in a separate interview (next skeet): "Congress has to approve funding from the U.S. to El Salvador, and I'm not gonna support one penny if this Marylander continues to be illegally detained there."
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: "I hope to have the chance to actually see Kilmar and see what his condition is."
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
See? You use the power you have. Someone let Ruben Gallego know.
@alsobrooks.senate.gov please vote no on the CR
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@alsobrooks.senate.gov please vote no on the CR
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NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
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We already knew in 2018 that he was a traitor.
March 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We already knew in 2018 that he was a traitor.
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Seriously. They lost their minds when a Black woman planted a garden & encouraged exercise.
But now they worship a brain worm that shut down cancer research & vaccines.
But now they worship a brain worm that shut down cancer research & vaccines.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Seriously. They lost their minds when a Black woman planted a garden & encouraged exercise.
But now they worship a brain worm that shut down cancer research & vaccines.
But now they worship a brain worm that shut down cancer research & vaccines.
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Skeet thread.
Or the abridged version:
They platform Nazis because they want to platform Nazis. Not because the First Amendment compels them.
Or the abridged version:
They platform Nazis because they want to platform Nazis. Not because the First Amendment compels them.
Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.”
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
February 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Skeet thread.
Or the abridged version:
They platform Nazis because they want to platform Nazis. Not because the First Amendment compels them.
Or the abridged version:
They platform Nazis because they want to platform Nazis. Not because the First Amendment compels them.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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Lots of good, decent Americans losing jobs that benefit all of us because the world’s richest man (who none of us elected) doesn’t think they’re important. Sure, MAGA.
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Lots of good, decent Americans losing jobs that benefit all of us because the world’s richest man (who none of us elected) doesn’t think they’re important. Sure, MAGA.