Talitha Espiritu
@tchrstnne.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Worker for collective liberation.
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This is why the Super Bowl halftime performer who raised a Palestine and Sudan flag did it.
Read more: interc.pt/4hSnmTG
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The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag
YouTube video by The Intercept
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February 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is why the Super Bowl halftime performer who raised a Palestine and Sudan flag did it.
Read more: interc.pt/4hSnmTG
✍️ @jesswash.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
Read more: interc.pt/4hSnmTG
✍️ @jesswash.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
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NEW: DOGE is behind the abrupt cancellation of $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, a Department of Education division responsible for much of what we know about the state of U.S. schools.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data…
propub.li
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
NEW: DOGE is behind the abrupt cancellation of $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, a Department of Education division responsible for much of what we know about the state of U.S. schools.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
Laws Are Not Suggestions: How the CFPB Is Delivering for the American People - American Economic Liberties Project
Under Director Rohit Chopra, the CFPB has held scammers like Wells Fargo accountable, returning billions of dollars of Americans’ hard-earned money to their bank accounts; fought back against Wall Street and Big Tech’s discriminatory and anti-competitive behavior; ensured violating the law can no longer be written off as just a “cost of doing business;” and restored financial freedom to millions of Americans held hostage by the credit reporting cartel.
www.economicliberties.us
February 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
Keep your eye on the big picture
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Keep your eye on the big picture
Five ways Trump is concentrating power in his own hands, thereby replacing democracy with oligarchy
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Keep your eye on the big picture
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
Trump fires US labor board member, hobbling agency amid legal battles
President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
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The federal funding freeze will be catastrophic for everyone.
There are immediate and long-term impacts across housing, healthcare, employment, education, retail, food, public services, and more.
Tell your elected official to fight the freeze immediately.
bit.ly/TELLthem
There are immediate and long-term impacts across housing, healthcare, employment, education, retail, food, public services, and more.
Tell your elected official to fight the freeze immediately.
bit.ly/TELLthem
January 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The federal funding freeze will be catastrophic for everyone.
There are immediate and long-term impacts across housing, healthcare, employment, education, retail, food, public services, and more.
Tell your elected official to fight the freeze immediately.
bit.ly/TELLthem
There are immediate and long-term impacts across housing, healthcare, employment, education, retail, food, public services, and more.
Tell your elected official to fight the freeze immediately.
bit.ly/TELLthem
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Serious props to Marisa here who had this before anyone else I think.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Serious props to Marisa here who had this before anyone else I think.
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Leavitt announced several changes to the White House briefings designed to “bring in more voices.”
The front row in the briefing room — typically occupied by staff — would be reserved for “new media” members moving forward.
The front row in the briefing room — typically occupied by staff — would be reserved for “new media” members moving forward.
White House will reserve front-row seats in press briefings for influencers, podcasters, and others in “new media”
When she took the podium for the first time on Tuesday afternoon, Karoline Leavitt became the youngest White House press secretary in history. The 27-year-old New Hampshire native is the sixth…
buff.ly
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Leavitt announced several changes to the White House briefings designed to “bring in more voices.”
The front row in the briefing room — typically occupied by staff — would be reserved for “new media” members moving forward.
The front row in the briefing room — typically occupied by staff — would be reserved for “new media” members moving forward.
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
Goal for today is to resist the hypernormalization of fascism by imagining and cultivating collective strategies of resistance. I’m talking about mutual aid systems, neighborhood ICE watches, civic journalism. Looking to grow my collective liberation toolbox.
January 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Goal for today is to resist the hypernormalization of fascism by imagining and cultivating collective strategies of resistance. I’m talking about mutual aid systems, neighborhood ICE watches, civic journalism. Looking to grow my collective liberation toolbox.
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The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
Tracing the Roots of the Christian Nationalist Movement That’s Influencing Modern Politics
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
projects.propublica.org
January 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
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These spaces, protectors, and practitioners, will be the ones that help usher us into our liberatory world.
Seek and support the wisdom protectors and practitioners all around us.
Find each other.
Seek and support the wisdom protectors and practitioners all around us.
Find each other.
January 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
These spaces, protectors, and practitioners, will be the ones that help usher us into our liberatory world.
Seek and support the wisdom protectors and practitioners all around us.
Find each other.
Seek and support the wisdom protectors and practitioners all around us.
Find each other.
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Go to neighborhood block association meetings. Hold community discussions. Join a community center. Have and join bookclubs. Have mini conferences.
Find your third places.
Find your third places.
January 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Go to neighborhood block association meetings. Hold community discussions. Join a community center. Have and join bookclubs. Have mini conferences.
Find your third places.
Find your third places.
I believe in our collective liberation, which demands that we stay informed, build political power for working families and all oppressed communities, and protect one another. Looking to build community here.
January 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I believe in our collective liberation, which demands that we stay informed, build political power for working families and all oppressed communities, and protect one another. Looking to build community here.
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I think something progressives and democrats might not realize about evangelical MAGAs is how conditioned they are to accept broken promises.
When evangelical Trump supporters chose a president who promised to take their personal worries seriously, they were choosing in accordance to their faith.
When evangelical Trump supporters chose a president who promised to take their personal worries seriously, they were choosing in accordance to their faith.
January 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think something progressives and democrats might not realize about evangelical MAGAs is how conditioned they are to accept broken promises.
When evangelical Trump supporters chose a president who promised to take their personal worries seriously, they were choosing in accordance to their faith.
When evangelical Trump supporters chose a president who promised to take their personal worries seriously, they were choosing in accordance to their faith.