@thebreez.bsky.social
OMFG! 🔥🔥🔥🔥Rep. Jasmine Crockett:
"We are going to be in your faces, we're gonna be on your ass, we're going to make sure you understand that this is what democracy looks like!"
"We are going to be in your faces, we're gonna be on your ass, we're going to make sure you understand that this is what democracy looks like!"
February 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
U.S. Government agencies have been ordered to enact sweeping takedowns of information— but technologists, librarians, and open access organizations have mobilized a preservation effort.
DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive
Who needs a DDoS (Denial of Service) attack when you have a new president? As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a serie...
www.eff.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The @aflcio.org, EPI, and four major unions have filed an injunction against DOGE and the Trump-appointed Acting Sec of Labor. They’re seeking a temporary restraining order to keep Musk’s minions out of the DOL’s data. More at @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/elon...
February 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We need more people like her
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We need more people like her
February 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax that drives up prices on everyday goods. They disproportionately hurt the working class and poor who bear the brunt of higher costs while wealthier consumers feel significantly less impact.
February 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Some intel: I've talked to journalists and folks on the Hill about this. Last night after OMB's action, some Senate Dems tried to unify the caucus to vote against Duffy. Schumer, among others, opposed it, and it flopped.
The current Dem leadership strategy is to use strong language but not do shit.
The current Dem leadership strategy is to use strong language but not do shit.
Yesterday, every Democrat voted to advance Sean Duffy (DOT)'s nomination.
In protest against Trump's unconstitutional freezing of federal funds, 22 Democrats voted NO on confirmation today.
Glad to see more demonstrated urgency. But that 22 should be 47.
In protest against Trump's unconstitutional freezing of federal funds, 22 Democrats voted NO on confirmation today.
Glad to see more demonstrated urgency. But that 22 should be 47.
January 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
California law enforcement misused access to sensitive information stored in a state criminal justice system more than 7000 times in 2023, largely driven by the LA County Sheriff's Department improperly using it during concealed carry background checks.
California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7,000 Times in 2023
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) committed wholesale abuse of sensitive criminal justice databases in 2023, violating a specific rule against searching the data to run background ch...
www.eff.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
![Witness said a bus driver told an ICE agent to "gargle [his] balls" when the latter requested to enter the bus.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jky6uuetr73nlbaml6ytlzbi/bafkreibjh2gbp75z5bojibdoefdpfdwlclxwspai2i7qfjotajpraru3zm@jpeg)
January 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It wasn't a good look. The CEO miscommunicated to their social media person, which resulted in an official company statement echoing his own (misguided) opinion.
Luckily they're transitioning to a nonprofit structure which should protect against any one person messing things up proton.me/foundation
Luckily they're transitioning to a nonprofit structure which should protect against any one person messing things up proton.me/foundation
January 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It’s reasonable to worry that tech companies’ backbone for protecting users from government data requests "might soften when they get too politically involved with any one administration," EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept.com.
Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)
Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU
drrobertbullard.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you've ever heard your Fox News loving uncle use the term besmirch, mumbling, bumbling, or say that millions of criminal migrants are slaughtering Americans he is probably a fan of Sean Hannity. This is just from last week. None of these clips have been repeated.
youtu.be/Fjd79mSMGFc?...
youtu.be/Fjd79mSMGFc?...
Sean Hannity Repeats the Same Tired Schtick Every Night
YouTube video by Juliet Jeske - Decoding Fox News
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
All those credit being given to people who aren't even in office yet
Last week the folks on Fox News pretended that RFK Jr., a man with no medical training who is not even gone through a confirmation process for any position, was somehow responsible for the FDA's ban of Red #3 food dye. Sean Hannity accidentally gave up the game.
youtu.be/tR-EmY9BSEI?...
youtu.be/tR-EmY9BSEI?...
Fox News Lies About Who Banned Red #3 Food Dye - It wasn't RFK Jr.
YouTube video by Juliet Jeske - Decoding Fox News
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
All those credit being given to people who aren't even in office yet
January 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reminder that Mitt Romney explicitly said the rationale behind the tiktok ban was pro Palestinian content. The renewed push last year was explicitly to help Israel conduct a genocide without scrutiny on social media.
Imperial boomerang in action.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
Imperial boomerang in action.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
Sen. Romney links TikTok ban to pro-Palestinian content
Critics say his remarks belie the "national security" motive and expose free speech suppression.
www.axios.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
They really care about the troops?
SCOOP: State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.
@dougbockclark.bsky.social
@dougbockclark.bsky.social
State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.
Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in...
www.propublica.org
January 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
They really care about the troops?
“Two years ago, #stopcopcity activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán who was known as Tortuguita, Tort and Cami was murdered by Georgia State Patrol Troopers at a Stop Cop City encampment protecting Atlanta's Weelaunee Forest." Via ‘stopcopcity’ on IG
#acab #defendtheforest
#acab #defendtheforest
January 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m curious about how much coverage the march is getting
Just wondering if we’re looking at another W. Bush era when the media ignored some of the largest antiwar protests in US history
Just wondering if we’re looking at another W. Bush era when the media ignored some of the largest antiwar protests in US history
More people will have shown up to the People’s March against Donald Trump than his inauguration.
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January 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
January 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers…
propub.li
January 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM