@rebeccap8.bsky.social
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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
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Very harsh statement about SCOTUS ruling today from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and appropriately so:
September 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Very harsh statement about SCOTUS ruling today from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and appropriately so:
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
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NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
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Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted Epstein sex trafficker, has been moved to a luxury minimum-security prison. Why is Trump’s DOJ giving special treatment? Rick Wilson breaks down the political cover-up behind this shocking move.
youtu.be/FcdasroszGk?...
youtu.be/FcdasroszGk?...
BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Luxury Prison in Texas
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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August 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted Epstein sex trafficker, has been moved to a luxury minimum-security prison. Why is Trump’s DOJ giving special treatment? Rick Wilson breaks down the political cover-up behind this shocking move.
youtu.be/FcdasroszGk?...
youtu.be/FcdasroszGk?...
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NBC News: Ghislaine Maxwell was ineligible to be transferred to a minimum security prison camp — like the one she was transferred to in Texas — because she is a convicted sex offender, according to the Bureau of Prison's own designation policy.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NBC News: Ghislaine Maxwell was ineligible to be transferred to a minimum security prison camp — like the one she was transferred to in Texas — because she is a convicted sex offender, according to the Bureau of Prison's own designation policy.
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"Sanctioning a UN expert signals the U.S. is behaving like a dictatorship," @nancyokail.bsky.social told @aljazeera.com, responding to the announcement of U.S. sanctions against UN expert Francesca Albanese for supporting ICC war crimes charges against Netanyahu.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
US sanctions UN expert Albanese over Israel criticism
Trump administration says it is targeting Albanese for encouraging ICC war crime prosecution against Israel’s Netanyahu.
www.aljazeera.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Sanctioning a UN expert signals the U.S. is behaving like a dictatorship," @nancyokail.bsky.social told @aljazeera.com, responding to the announcement of U.S. sanctions against UN expert Francesca Albanese for supporting ICC war crimes charges against Netanyahu.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
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The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
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In honor of today's Supreme Court decision
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
July 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In honor of today's Supreme Court decision
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July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Chris Murphy: "By taking away the power of courts to restrain the president when he is clearly acting in an unlawful manner, as he is when he says children born in the US are no longer citizens, you are assisting him in trying to undermine the rule of law and undermine our democracy."
June 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Chris Murphy: "By taking away the power of courts to restrain the president when he is clearly acting in an unlawful manner, as he is when he says children born in the US are no longer citizens, you are assisting him in trying to undermine the rule of law and undermine our democracy."
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I HATE this SCOTUS. This is all in the Project 2025 playbook. Remember Planned Parenthood also provides cancer screenings, yearly women’s health exams, prenatal care, & HIV/STD screenings
Oh, and remember they ARE coming for you. Eventually they’ll come for everyone.
Assholes
Oh, and remember they ARE coming for you. Eventually they’ll come for everyone.
Assholes
The Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explained
The Republican justices just nuked much of federal Medicaid law, in order to spite Planned Parenthood.
www.vox.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I HATE this SCOTUS. This is all in the Project 2025 playbook. Remember Planned Parenthood also provides cancer screenings, yearly women’s health exams, prenatal care, & HIV/STD screenings
Oh, and remember they ARE coming for you. Eventually they’ll come for everyone.
Assholes
Oh, and remember they ARE coming for you. Eventually they’ll come for everyone.
Assholes
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While Israel and Iran trade attacks, and America and Iran trade attacks, do not forget Netanyahu’s horrific genocide in Gaza is still killing and starving Palestinians every day, and Trump is dispatching Gastapo like ICE/Police to kidnap and deport migrants without due-process. Don’t get distracted.
June 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
While Israel and Iran trade attacks, and America and Iran trade attacks, do not forget Netanyahu’s horrific genocide in Gaza is still killing and starving Palestinians every day, and Trump is dispatching Gastapo like ICE/Police to kidnap and deport migrants without due-process. Don’t get distracted.
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Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
June 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com/news/local-n...
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
June 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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EVERY accusation is a FRIGGIN CONFESSION..........
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
EVERY accusation is a FRIGGIN CONFESSION..........
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While Republicans are trying to destroy Medicaid and deprive 11 million Americans of healthcare
By cutting $600 billion from the program so guys like Elon Musk can get more tax breaks
They’re also giving SpaceX $22 billion
Literally setting our money on fire
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
By cutting $600 billion from the program so guys like Elon Musk can get more tax breaks
They’re also giving SpaceX $22 billion
Literally setting our money on fire
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
Video: SpaceX Starship Explodes Before Test Flight
SpaceX said the Starship rocket experienced a “major anomaly” during preparations for its 10th flight test at Starbase, Texas.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
While Republicans are trying to destroy Medicaid and deprive 11 million Americans of healthcare
By cutting $600 billion from the program so guys like Elon Musk can get more tax breaks
They’re also giving SpaceX $22 billion
Literally setting our money on fire
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
By cutting $600 billion from the program so guys like Elon Musk can get more tax breaks
They’re also giving SpaceX $22 billion
Literally setting our money on fire
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.
June 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.
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FLASH: Vance Boelter taken into custody in lawmaker shootings in Minnesota, sources say
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Vance Boelter taken into custody in lawmaker shootings in Minnesota, sources say
A man who authorities believe shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in politically motivated shootings early Saturday morning is now in custody.
www.cbsnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
FLASH: Vance Boelter taken into custody in lawmaker shootings in Minnesota, sources say
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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The cowardice of the Congressional GOP to not put guardrails on the lunatic in the Oval Office - as they are required to by oath - is overwhelming at times.
June 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The cowardice of the Congressional GOP to not put guardrails on the lunatic in the Oval Office - as they are required to by oath - is overwhelming at times.