Salty pockets
@saltypockets.bsky.social
OUR AMERICAN REPUBLIC IS NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM OLD ROME. CAN WE
PRESERVE OUR PAST AND ALL ITS WONDROUS
HERITAGE?
OR WILL WE TOO FALL VICTIM, LIKE OLD ROME, TO THE INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR POWER OF A FEW MEN,
PRESERVE OUR PAST AND ALL ITS WONDROUS
HERITAGE?
OR WILL WE TOO FALL VICTIM, LIKE OLD ROME, TO THE INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR POWER OF A FEW MEN,
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JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
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Connecting the Authoritarian Dots
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Connecting the Authoritarian Dots
It's not just about Harvard, Comcast, or Abrego Garcia
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Connecting the Authoritarian Dots
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
March 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
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When you have to get news about Constitutional breaches via foreign news outlets, that’s how you know you’re no longer living in a democracy.
March 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When you have to get news about Constitutional breaches via foreign news outlets, that’s how you know you’re no longer living in a democracy.
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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These numbers suck, but by the way things are going, they’re going to look like Trump’s presidential high.
Check back in 60 days.
Check back in 60 days.
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
These numbers suck, but by the way things are going, they’re going to look like Trump’s presidential high.
Check back in 60 days.
Check back in 60 days.
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How are those tariffs going?
‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading — Guardian US
Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items
apple.news
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
How are those tariffs going?
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A theater screened the Oscar-winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, so...the Miami Beach mayor is ending the theater's lease.
Free speech warriors, where you at? Bari Weiss and the Free Press? Anyone?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Free speech warriors, where you at? Bari Weiss and the Free Press? Anyone?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Miami Beach mayor moves to end O Cinema lease after screening of Israeli-Palestinian film
Meiner is introducing city legislation that seeks to terminate the lease agreement with the cinema, which rents space from the city.
www.miamiherald.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A theater screened the Oscar-winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, so...the Miami Beach mayor is ending the theater's lease.
Free speech warriors, where you at? Bari Weiss and the Free Press? Anyone?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Free speech warriors, where you at? Bari Weiss and the Free Press? Anyone?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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@softtail65.bsky.social
Hello Monica. I still admire everything you do here, politically and musically.
I hardly ever see you these days and I know that you are always busy and active.
Just wanted to say hello🌊🙏🎉.
😃👍💙
Hello Monica. I still admire everything you do here, politically and musically.
I hardly ever see you these days and I know that you are always busy and active.
Just wanted to say hello🌊🙏🎉.
😃👍💙
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
@softtail65.bsky.social
Hello Monica. I still admire everything you do here, politically and musically.
I hardly ever see you these days and I know that you are always busy and active.
Just wanted to say hello🌊🙏🎉.
😃👍💙
Hello Monica. I still admire everything you do here, politically and musically.
I hardly ever see you these days and I know that you are always busy and active.
Just wanted to say hello🌊🙏🎉.
😃👍💙
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ICYMI: Today a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, blocking Trump from “cutting hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training
A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at address...
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
ICYMI: Today a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, blocking Trump from “cutting hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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It’s been a busy few weeks at WIRED, and we’re just getting started. Many of you have asked how you can support our journalism in a bigger way, so we’ve introduced a new option for WIRED Superfans: wrd.cm/superfan-blu...
Thanks for supporting our work.
Thanks for supporting our work.
Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It’s been a busy few weeks at WIRED, and we’re just getting started. Many of you have asked how you can support our journalism in a bigger way, so we’ve introduced a new option for WIRED Superfans: wrd.cm/superfan-blu...
Thanks for supporting our work.
Thanks for supporting our work.
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The Founders were well aware of the gravity of the charge of treason, and that it could be abused for political reasons. And so they could have foreseen Musk's denunciation of Sen. Kelly.
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @jimswift.bsky.social:
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @jimswift.bsky.social:
Maybe the Sleepy President Wasn’t So Bad!
When Trump said he would lower costs, we didn’t realize he meant the cost of stocks.
www.thebulwark.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Founders were well aware of the gravity of the charge of treason, and that it could be abused for political reasons. And so they could have foreseen Musk's denunciation of Sen. Kelly.
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @jimswift.bsky.social:
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @jimswift.bsky.social:
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Wall St is calling this recession- a “ Trumpcession”
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wall St is calling this recession- a “ Trumpcession”
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Yes. Get vaccinated
Another flip from insane RFK Jr, who last week urged people to get MMR vaccines.
Now, he’s spreading disinformation by falsely claiming malnutrition causes measles outbreaks & healthy individuals can’t die from measles.
Please get vaccinated & ignore the lies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Now, he’s spreading disinformation by falsely claiming malnutrition causes measles outbreaks & healthy individuals can’t die from measles.
Please get vaccinated & ignore the lies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories (Gift Article)
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Yes. Get vaccinated
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Few realize what happened at USADF (not USAID).
The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force.
It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.
The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force.
It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate
The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Few realize what happened at USADF (not USAID).
The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force.
It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.
The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force.
It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.
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All Americans need to listen to this man tell you exactly like it is. Just strait up tell you like it is.
Just play it, share it, and hear it
Just play it, share it, and hear it
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
“I’D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE GIVE A DAMN”…
~Michael Steele
“I’D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE GIVE A DAMN”…
~Michael Steele
February 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All Americans need to listen to this man tell you exactly like it is. Just strait up tell you like it is.
Just play it, share it, and hear it
Just play it, share it, and hear it
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“When I say we will run out of money, that’s counted in weeks and months.”
No one voted to defund 1,000 community health centers
"When I say we will run out of money, that's counted in weeks and months."
www.motherjones.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Pulls no punches.
Justice Sotomayer - "We're going to lose our democracy."
www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/...
www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/...
Justice Sotomayor says 'we will lose our democracy' without media literacy
The Supreme Court justice said American democracy will fall unless people start to improve their ability to discern fact from fiction.
www.msnbc.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Pulls no punches.
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Trump's Cultural Purge Of DEI Is Attempting To Rewrite The History Of The Military http://dlvr.it/TJP73M
March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump's Cultural Purge Of DEI Is Attempting To Rewrite The History Of The Military http://dlvr.it/TJP73M
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"Listen this IS, in fact how it’s done."
'Bravo': Legal experts laud Georgetown law dean's response to Trump official's threat
Georgetown Law School Dean William Treanor earned cheers Thursday from legal observers for his response to the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, who attacked the school for having d...
www.rawstory.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Listen this IS, in fact how it’s done."
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I don’t care that Lindsey Graham is gay.
I care that Lindsey Graham is a fascist, vile, spineless fool who is aiding in demolishing our democracy.
I care that Lindsey Graham is a fascist, vile, spineless fool who is aiding in demolishing our democracy.
March 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I don’t care that Lindsey Graham is gay.
I care that Lindsey Graham is a fascist, vile, spineless fool who is aiding in demolishing our democracy.
I care that Lindsey Graham is a fascist, vile, spineless fool who is aiding in demolishing our democracy.
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Monday - Roll back tariffs
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Monday - Roll back tariffs
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
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The real State of the Union… not good!
📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession.
📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession.
March 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The real State of the Union… not good!
📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession.
📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession.