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Nina M.
@theladinina.bsky.social
Digital person. Producer/Writer/Actor. Alum: Women Forward, MIT Technology Review, Lambda Legal, Paramount, CBS News, EpicReads, The Tenement Museum.

Don’t be a jerk.
This guy is an abomination and a criminal.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Science, education/academia, a free press, the judiciary, civil service, the arts…they are all crumbling before our eyes just like Project 2025 planned.
Kennedy Center Will Be Renamed After Donald Trump, White House Says, Triggering Immediate Backlash
The Kennedy Center is being renamed the "Trump Kennedy Center," after President Donald Trump ousted the previous board and installed himself as chairman.
variety.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
WTF? What is this feeling I am feeling right now? #ElectionNight
a man is walking up the stairs of a house .
ALT: a man is walking up the stairs of a house .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
t’s almost as if T and Musk want Cuomo to lose.
Trump and Musk tell New York to 'vote’ Cuomo over Mamdani on eve of mayoral election
President Trump also threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wins Tuesday's election.
www.cnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This year’s mayoral race saw the highest early in-person turnout ever for a nonpresidential election in New York.
N.Y.C. Early Voting Ends With 735,000 Ballots Cast, as Younger Voters Surge
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This lede.

"It's officially a clash of the Megs in one of the gloomiest corners of conservative social media, as Megyn Kelly and Meghan McCain have squabbled over the handling of the speaking tour controversial figure Charlie Kirk left behind when he was assassinated in September."
Battle of the Megs: Megyn Kelly, Meghan McCain clash over Tucker Carlson's profanity
Megyn Kelly and Meghan McCain clashed online over Tucker Carlson's profanity-laden outburst at a Charlie Kirk event: 'Beneath everyone,' one said in the battle of the Megs.
ew.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
About effing time.
Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What could go wrong?
Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Queer and trans detainees allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: “I was treated worse than an animal.” At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden.
Queer and trans detainees allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"verified adults"
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are living in a fascist state. Not when or if, but now.
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
apnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The rest of the world after Trump’s UN speech.
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This one hurt last night, @nbc-snl.bsky.social.
September 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Reposted by Nina M.
Yesterday, a late-night show vanished with a simple directive from 2 of the largest media companies you’ve never heard of (Nexstar & Sinclair), backed by the FCC. That’s not “the market at work.” It’s concentrated corporate power cooperating with an authoritarian. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Springtime for H*tler,” but make it Autumn.
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump overhauls H-1B visa for high-skilled workers, adds new $100,000 annual fee.
Live updates: Trump overhauls H-1B visa for high-skilled workers, adds new $100,000 annual fee
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, among other changes to the program for highly skilled foreign workers.
apnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Reposted by Nina M.
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This should scare all of us. This is the slow (not so slow) ebb of fascist control, and the “small government” conservatives are shockingly quiet. All of this coming from the guy who was on “Road Rules.”
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says his department is taking management of Washington's main transportation hub away from Amtrak, in another example of how the federal government is exerting its ...
apnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Remember when some people said this would never happen and we were being alarmist?
Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with a Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman’s persona. His fatal attraction puts a spotlight on Meta’s AI guidelines, which have let chatbots make things up and engage in ‘sensual’ banter with children.
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
www.reuters.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
He’s seizing power and control of law enforcement (illegally, as if that mattered) and trying to get rid of his enemies. Someone else did this back in 1934. History is fun.
Trump's moves toward taking over Washington are unprecedented. Here's what the law says
President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C., saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.
apnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM