Rocketelle
@rocketelle.bsky.social
Former public librarian. Still here to help :)
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
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Breaking | Israeli Knesset Advances Bill Allowing Israel to Shut Foreign Media Outlets Without Court Approval
The Israeli Knesset has approved the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” granting the occupation government sweeping powers to shut down any media outlet without a court order.
The Israeli Knesset has approved the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” granting the occupation government sweeping powers to shut down any media outlet without a court order.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Breaking | Israeli Knesset Advances Bill Allowing Israel to Shut Foreign Media Outlets Without Court Approval
The Israeli Knesset has approved the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” granting the occupation government sweeping powers to shut down any media outlet without a court order.
The Israeli Knesset has approved the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” granting the occupation government sweeping powers to shut down any media outlet without a court order.
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It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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The U.S. spends $13.6 billion every year locking people up who haven't even been convicted of a crime.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The U.S. spends $13.6 billion every year locking people up who haven't even been convicted of a crime.
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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Let’s start naming it. This isn’t an “admin,” a government,” a “president,” it’s a Dictatorship, and a Dictator fleecing all for profit. We are just watching all vanish while journalists and Dems normalize them, or use “fascism, autocracy, kleptocracy” (which most of the US can’t define). 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Let’s start naming it. This isn’t an “admin,” a government,” a “president,” it’s a Dictatorship, and a Dictator fleecing all for profit. We are just watching all vanish while journalists and Dems normalize them, or use “fascism, autocracy, kleptocracy” (which most of the US can’t define). 🌱
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@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
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You wanna know why
We are paying the price?
Because @schumer.senate.gov & his Family
Need TrumpFucker &
His backers
His family works for em.
All of them....
We are paying the price?
Because @schumer.senate.gov & his Family
Need TrumpFucker &
His backers
His family works for em.
All of them....
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You wanna know why
We are paying the price?
Because @schumer.senate.gov & his Family
Need TrumpFucker &
His backers
His family works for em.
All of them....
We are paying the price?
Because @schumer.senate.gov & his Family
Need TrumpFucker &
His backers
His family works for em.
All of them....
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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It's worse than you thought.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It's worse than you thought.
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This had me at "American Vandal."
DC Studios and HBO Max is developing a Superman spin-off series titled DC Crime, which will star Superman's Skyler Gisondo as The Daily Planet’s Jimmy Olsen. American Vandal’s Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault are the showrunners.
DC Crime TV Series in Development Starring Skyler Gisondo’s Jimmy Olsen, Gorilla Grodd as Villain
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This had me at "American Vandal."
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Sounds like a violation of the 27th Amendment.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Sounds like a violation of the 27th Amendment.
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The deal to end the shutdown would pave the way for senators to sue over phone searches.
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The deal to end the shutdown would pave the way for senators to sue over phone searches.
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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The absence of leadership coming from the Federal Government of the United States at COP30 is jaw dropping.
In the U.S., the approach from subnational and local governments is where the action is in this space.
In the U.S., the approach from subnational and local governments is where the action is in this space.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The absence of leadership coming from the Federal Government of the United States at COP30 is jaw dropping.
In the U.S., the approach from subnational and local governments is where the action is in this space.
In the U.S., the approach from subnational and local governments is where the action is in this space.
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Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
Too many news outlets & pols framing Tuesday as affordability *Instead Of* "woke"/"DEI"/whatever the fuck when Mamdani & Sherrill both *explicitly* embraced trans & other LGBTQ+ rights, VA solidly rejected Republicans' virulent anti-trans attack adz, & a PA elected their 1st trans mayor. Be serious.
Pro-Equality Candidates Win, Anti-Trans Campaigns Lose Again, in Election 2025 | GLAAD
History was made, and repeated, in the 2025 election, with significant impacts for LGBTQ Americans and candidates who campaigned to support LGBTQ people. Virginia voters elected the Commonwealth’s fir...
glaad.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
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WHAT HAPPENED?
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
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The democrats didn’t just give up leverage and millions of Americans healthcare they voted for expressly illegal and corrupt actions by the administration and their colleagues. They literally are helping materially to dismantle American democracy.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The democrats didn’t just give up leverage and millions of Americans healthcare they voted for expressly illegal and corrupt actions by the administration and their colleagues. They literally are helping materially to dismantle American democracy.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
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The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
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Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...
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@padilla.senate.gov, thank you for voting NO. Time to ask @schumer.senate.gov to step down. He has failed us & is unfit to lead. I will have no confidence in Senate Dems as a whole until he does.
I am a constituent.
#DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/gcw3YbR0
I am a constituent.
#DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/gcw3YbR0
Click to tell YOUR Senator to Fight for Us!
app.sosha.ai
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@padilla.senate.gov, thank you for voting NO. Time to ask @schumer.senate.gov to step down. He has failed us & is unfit to lead. I will have no confidence in Senate Dems as a whole until he does.
I am a constituent.
#DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/gcw3YbR0
I am a constituent.
#DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/gcw3YbR0
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@schiff.senate.gov, thank you for voting NO. Time to ask @schumer.senate.gov to step down. He has failed us & is unfit to lead. I will have no confidence in Senate Dems as a whole until he does.
I am a constituent. #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/VFnbfv8F
I am a constituent. #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/VFnbfv8F
Click to tell YOUR Senator to Fight for Us!
app.sosha.ai
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@schiff.senate.gov, thank you for voting NO. Time to ask @schumer.senate.gov to step down. He has failed us & is unfit to lead. I will have no confidence in Senate Dems as a whole until he does.
I am a constituent. #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/VFnbfv8F
I am a constituent. #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/VFnbfv8F
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🚨 The shutdown isn’t over. The Senate vote was a procedural step, not a deal. Nothing is reopening. Nothing is fixed. Eight Democrats helped move an old GOP bill while families go unpaid and SNAP stays frozen.
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
🧵1/2
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
🧵1/2
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨 The shutdown isn’t over. The Senate vote was a procedural step, not a deal. Nothing is reopening. Nothing is fixed. Eight Democrats helped move an old GOP bill while families go unpaid and SNAP stays frozen.
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
🧵1/2
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
🧵1/2
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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After DHS agents descended upon a Home Depot in Los Angeles, @latenantsunion.bsky.social spent the summer experimenting. @city.bsky.social reports on how organizers built a long-term protective presence for Issue No. 8
hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After DHS agents descended upon a Home Depot in Los Angeles, @latenantsunion.bsky.social spent the summer experimenting. @city.bsky.social reports on how organizers built a long-term protective presence for Issue No. 8
hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
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Neoliberalism will not stop fascism and in fact will defend fascism as long as it can as an act of self defense because actually dealing with fascism and its root causes also ends neoliberal political theater and it’s corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Neoliberalism will not stop fascism and in fact will defend fascism as long as it can as an act of self defense because actually dealing with fascism and its root causes also ends neoliberal political theater and it’s corruption.