@phoebepal.bsky.social
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When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Putin is preparing for a LARGE-SCALE war with NATO and could be ready by the late 2020s, German intelligence warns, as cited by Bild.
March 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Putin is preparing for a LARGE-SCALE war with NATO and could be ready by the late 2020s, German intelligence warns, as cited by Bild.
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The kind of person that kills dogs.
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The kind of person that kills dogs.
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how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Judge reaffirms order blocking Trump from using wartime powers for deportations.
Judge reaffirms order blocking Trump from using wartime powers for deportations
The new ruling came hours before a critical appeals-court showdown over the issue.
www.politico.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Judge reaffirms order blocking Trump from using wartime powers for deportations.
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Millions of tourists will not come here now. Foreign students will find somewhere else to get an education. Foreign investors will put their money elsewhere because Trump has broken the belief that America is a safe bet. We are only beginning to witness the consequences of this tragic mistake.
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Millions of tourists will not come here now. Foreign students will find somewhere else to get an education. Foreign investors will put their money elsewhere because Trump has broken the belief that America is a safe bet. We are only beginning to witness the consequences of this tragic mistake.
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“It was also unclear if Starlink communications were encrypted. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing White House servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“It was also unclear if Starlink communications were encrypted. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing White House servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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In 1863, on a bloody Gettysburg battlefield, Abraham Lincoln asked for our dedication to self-governance, so that the “dead shall not have died in vain.”
I am not about to let a narcissistic despot & his sycophants, bent on destroying America, achieve their vile goals. How about you?
I am not about to let a narcissistic despot & his sycophants, bent on destroying America, achieve their vile goals. How about you?
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In 1863, on a bloody Gettysburg battlefield, Abraham Lincoln asked for our dedication to self-governance, so that the “dead shall not have died in vain.”
I am not about to let a narcissistic despot & his sycophants, bent on destroying America, achieve their vile goals. How about you?
I am not about to let a narcissistic despot & his sycophants, bent on destroying America, achieve their vile goals. How about you?
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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“It’s just the beginning of the playbook. This was the soft target.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks about watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk make the agency a guinea pig for the government-wide purge now under way.
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“It’s just the beginning of the playbook. This was the soft target.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks about watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk make the agency a guinea pig for the government-wide purge now under way.
Yahoo!
March 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yahoo!
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my old toaster did this :(
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
my old toaster did this :(
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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In our current reality defined by cruelty, incompetence, hatefulness and theft by the richest among us bent on stuffing their own pockets, I see rising anger and the fuel needed to take collective action. This gives me a sliver of optimism.
www.americaamerica.news/p/seven-sliv...
www.americaamerica.news/p/seven-sliv...
Seven Slivers of Optimism
These are dark and heartbreaking times, but let's not miss the bright spots
www.americaamerica.news
March 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In our current reality defined by cruelty, incompetence, hatefulness and theft by the richest among us bent on stuffing their own pockets, I see rising anger and the fuel needed to take collective action. This gives me a sliver of optimism.
www.americaamerica.news/p/seven-sliv...
www.americaamerica.news/p/seven-sliv...
Unbelievable… pretty outrageous and presumptive you can just go in there.
"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal"
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Unbelievable… pretty outrageous and presumptive you can just go in there.
Now this is nuts.
March 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now this is nuts.
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from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...