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"always interrupt, intervene & inconvenience in the name of justice and the children who come next" -ektah shah | auadhd. alzheimer’s caregiver. dismantle racism!
texan. -plz stand united WITH us instead of punching down💙
texan. -plz stand united WITH us instead of punching down💙
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I see the Great Depression recipe of deportation, tariffs, and funneling money to the wealthy still cooks as well as it did a century ago
March 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I see the Great Depression recipe of deportation, tariffs, and funneling money to the wealthy still cooks as well as it did a century ago
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I wrote about the role of the courts and the role of the people (us!) in saving ourselves, and what I saw at yesterday's protest outside the U.S. Capitol.
Heroic work from ordinary people
Courts, crowds, and those who do the background work.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I wrote about the role of the courts and the role of the people (us!) in saving ourselves, and what I saw at yesterday's protest outside the U.S. Capitol.
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For 60 years the NRA touted their awful positions on guns to maintain their ability to resist a tyrannical government and then when one showed up they were like "we are good with this actually"
February 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
For 60 years the NRA touted their awful positions on guns to maintain their ability to resist a tyrannical government and then when one showed up they were like "we are good with this actually"
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i feel like i'm losing my mind. barack obama had a 70% approval rating on inauguration day; gop strategy was absolute intransigence, treat him as illegitimate, one-term president, etc. trump is damaged goods and a lame duck. we should fight like hell.
There is an emerging conventional wisdom that resistance to Trump went too far and I am going to lose my mind.
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January 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
i feel like i'm losing my mind. barack obama had a 70% approval rating on inauguration day; gop strategy was absolute intransigence, treat him as illegitimate, one-term president, etc. trump is damaged goods and a lame duck. we should fight like hell.
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The point of acknowledging Trump started the TikTok ban isn't to excuse the complicity of Democrats who supported it; it's to counter any credit people try to give Trump for "saving" TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The point of acknowledging Trump started the TikTok ban isn't to excuse the complicity of Democrats who supported it; it's to counter any credit people try to give Trump for "saving" TikTok.
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If I'm Chair, the DNC will begin an audit of existing consulting contracts on Day One.
We will root out conflicts of interest, prioritize impact instead of commissions, and ensure all spending aligns with our values and mission.
Spend to win. No grift.
We will root out conflicts of interest, prioritize impact instead of commissions, and ensure all spending aligns with our values and mission.
Spend to win. No grift.
January 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If I'm Chair, the DNC will begin an audit of existing consulting contracts on Day One.
We will root out conflicts of interest, prioritize impact instead of commissions, and ensure all spending aligns with our values and mission.
Spend to win. No grift.
We will root out conflicts of interest, prioritize impact instead of commissions, and ensure all spending aligns with our values and mission.
Spend to win. No grift.
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@juanitatolliver.bsky.social new book, A More Perfect Party, is out today. It’s about the Shirley Chisholm campaign. I read it during the campaign and thought, “danm, same shit, different century.”
Read this before telling me it was about the price of eggs.
Read this before telling me it was about the price of eggs.
A More Perfect Party
From an MSNBC Political Analyst, a riveting account of the legendary party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign, which...
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January 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@juanitatolliver.bsky.social new book, A More Perfect Party, is out today. It’s about the Shirley Chisholm campaign. I read it during the campaign and thought, “danm, same shit, different century.”
Read this before telling me it was about the price of eggs.
Read this before telling me it was about the price of eggs.
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Canine Rescue Club in LA is another great charity.
They're coordinating temporary foster families who can take in dogs from people who have been displaced from the fires.
They could use funds to help feed and cover medical care for animals as many have been burned.
Chip in if you can!
They're coordinating temporary foster families who can take in dogs from people who have been displaced from the fires.
They could use funds to help feed and cover medical care for animals as many have been burned.
Chip in if you can!
January 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Canine Rescue Club in LA is another great charity.
They're coordinating temporary foster families who can take in dogs from people who have been displaced from the fires.
They could use funds to help feed and cover medical care for animals as many have been burned.
Chip in if you can!
They're coordinating temporary foster families who can take in dogs from people who have been displaced from the fires.
They could use funds to help feed and cover medical care for animals as many have been burned.
Chip in if you can!
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Join us today, January 6th in honoring the true patriots, the officers who lost their lives with on Jan 6th or because of January 6. Our duty is to be as brave as they were and hold the line. #Jan6insurrection
January 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Join us today, January 6th in honoring the true patriots, the officers who lost their lives with on Jan 6th or because of January 6. Our duty is to be as brave as they were and hold the line. #Jan6insurrection
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Elated by and proud of our @uncpress.bsky.social / OIEAHC sweep of the @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social Frederick Douglass book prize! Please congratulate Marlene Daut and Sara Johnson and share widely! 🍾⚡️🥳
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Yale Announces 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners
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December 4, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Elated by and proud of our @uncpress.bsky.social / OIEAHC sweep of the @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social Frederick Douglass book prize! Please congratulate Marlene Daut and Sara Johnson and share widely! 🍾⚡️🥳
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“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
Mexican President Claps Back at Trump Over Tariffs
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to implement retaliatory tariffs should Trump implement his proposed economic measures against Mexico.
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November 27, 2024 at 12:55 AM
“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
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Pam Bondi is loyal to Donald Trump. She's not necessarily loyal to Leonard Leo. And I'll take a Trump stooge over a Leo stooge any day.
My latest in @thenation.com
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My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Silver Lining of the Pam Bondi Nomination
While Bondi is a Trump loyalist who will do real damage, she won’t be as dangerous as one of the Federalist-Society ideologues who might have gotten the post.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Pam Bondi is loyal to Donald Trump. She's not necessarily loyal to Leonard Leo. And I'll take a Trump stooge over a Leo stooge any day.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Following Australia’s lead and good riddance to her
November 28, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Following Australia’s lead and good riddance to her
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and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
November 24, 2024 at 12:28 AM
and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
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The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
November 23, 2024 at 10:20 PM
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
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The idea that CFPB is duplicative is horseshit. The reason it was created is that there is no other regulatory agency whose job it is to look out for consumers being ripped off by complex financial products. Thats why ppl like Musk having being trying to eliminate it since its creation.
November 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
The idea that CFPB is duplicative is horseshit. The reason it was created is that there is no other regulatory agency whose job it is to look out for consumers being ripped off by complex financial products. Thats why ppl like Musk having being trying to eliminate it since its creation.
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FINALLY
Bluesky now lets you block account directly from the "..." in the post
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
FINALLY
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To ponder: If rich people paid working people better, they might not have as much need to donate to charity.
November 27, 2024 at 1:17 AM
To ponder: If rich people paid working people better, they might not have as much need to donate to charity.
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I don’t want to hear from any Merrick Garland apologists ever again.
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 AM
I don’t want to hear from any Merrick Garland apologists ever again.
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After a Houston-based doctor advised patients over TikTok that they were not legally required to answer questions about their legal status, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened him and the hospital he works for.
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Gov. Abbott threatens Texas hospital after doctor goes viral
Dr. Tony Pastor, a Houston-based adult congenital cardiologist, spoke out against Gov. Greg Abbott's recent executive order
www.chron.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:11 PM
After a Houston-based doctor advised patients over TikTok that they were not legally required to answer questions about their legal status, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened him and the hospital he works for.
www.chron.com/news/houston...
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W/O the Federal DoE, there is no enforcement for *any* of the 1972 Civil Rights Amendments nor for the EHA in many states.
Millions of vulnerable people need you to speak up.
Millions of vulnerable people need you to speak up.
PLEASE READ THIS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT
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November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
W/O the Federal DoE, there is no enforcement for *any* of the 1972 Civil Rights Amendments nor for the EHA in many states.
Millions of vulnerable people need you to speak up.
Millions of vulnerable people need you to speak up.
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Very good information to know and honestly their content has been sus the last few years.
FYI, public broadcasting listeners:
The Koch’s have been their primary funder for DECADES.
That shit is not safe, is not reliable news, and has had a vested interest in the fossil fuel industry for a very long time now.
The Koch’s have been their primary funder for DECADES.
That shit is not safe, is not reliable news, and has had a vested interest in the fossil fuel industry for a very long time now.
November 25, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Very good information to know and honestly their content has been sus the last few years.