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joshtpm.bsky.social
This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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esqueer.net
ICE just posted this to their Twitter account showing them tearing down an Anti-ICE poster and leaving a dildo behind saying "We're taking America back."

Abolish ICE isn't enough, they should all be tried and sent to prison.
August 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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jenelliot.bsky.social
Newsom releases new ad 🔥
August 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Massive demonstrations erupted in Washington, D.C. over the weekend against Trump, despite heavy patrols by regime forces. Thousands of people filled the streets, chanting “Trump Must Go”; demanding his resignation. ( 📹 @scootercasterny.bsky.social ) #3E #NoKings #TrumpTakeover #Resist #indivisible
August 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
NEWS: New Yorkers are about to face major issues from the Republican budget bill.

Learn more here: act.link/gi-he88ap
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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atrupar.com
Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
April 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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jfallows.bsky.social
In its own way, this is as damaging as what is happening at NIH, CDC, USAID, elsewhere. Even tariffs.

It's the Cultural Revolution. Year Zero.

And GOP grins and claps.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 3
NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.

More here:
EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere.
State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...
www.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Wisconsin folks: please, I am begging y’all to go vote today. Don’t assume this race is won. Every vote is gonna matter. We need EVERYONE to go cast a ballot for Susan Crawford.

Polls close at 8pm.

Go here to find out where you’re supposed to vote: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-M...
Find My Polling Place
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April 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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sahilkapur.bsky.social
NEW: Republicans cannot meet their own budget target without cutting Medicare or Medicaid, budget office says

The math is simple 👇

House Budget requires E&C to cut spending by $880 billion.

CBO says E&C oversees $581 billion outside Medicare/Medicaid.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans cannot meet their own budget target without cutting Medicare or Medicaid, budget office says
The House GOP has ordered the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid funding, to cut $880 billion in a bill to advance Trump's agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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oalexanderdk.bsky.social
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
In order to actually cut $1 trillion from the budget you are going to need massive cuts to programs like Social Security.

Musk is not hiding his intentions
March 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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As a reminder, dei isn't in place to promote less qualified people... It's in place to remind the hiring managers that sometimes the most qualified candidates aren't white men.
February 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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raskin.house.gov
Indiscriminate mass layoffs by Elon Musk are ravaging key programs, depriving our people of nuclear safety inspectors, air traffic controllers and food safety inspectors. These cuts crush democracy and devastate the livelihood of tens of thousands of public servants.
February 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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americanbar.org
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
shawnatm.bsky.social
Can you imagine someone breaking into your house,
then asking those burglars - why did you break into my house?

Why did they steal your bank statements, birth certificate, SS Card?
Why did they steal your your health records?
Why did they steal your education history?
February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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brockm.bsky.social
This has been my most ambitious piece of writing so far. It's long. And I will be working on a much shorter version for a wider audience. But I also don't want to lose sight of the deep truths lurking around us. So, here is The Plot Against America. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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maxwellfrost.bsky.social
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM