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When you are shopping remember what Trump said this week:
“…the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”
“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
“It was a con job—affordability, they called it. It was a con job by the Democrats.”
“…the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”
“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
“It was a con job—affordability, they called it. It was a con job by the Democrats.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When you are shopping remember what Trump said this week:
“…the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”
“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
“It was a con job—affordability, they called it. It was a con job by the Democrats.”
“…the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”
“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
“It was a con job—affordability, they called it. It was a con job by the Democrats.”
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NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
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Yes-Affordability, No-Fascism is a big tent.
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes-Affordability, No-Fascism is a big tent.
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Transphobia kills, literally.
The stresses of transphobia can cause harm to our physical health. @veraeikon.bsky.social dives into the science in this month's Journal Club.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The stresses of transphobia can cause harm to our physical health. @veraeikon.bsky.social dives into the science in this month's Journal Club.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Health Impacts of Transphobia — Assigned
A 2021 paper links experiencing deadnaming and misgendering with significantly poorer health.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Transphobia kills, literally.
The stresses of transphobia can cause harm to our physical health. @veraeikon.bsky.social dives into the science in this month's Journal Club.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The stresses of transphobia can cause harm to our physical health. @veraeikon.bsky.social dives into the science in this month's Journal Club.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
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Right now, our amazing service members with the California National Guard are helping power expanded food bank operations across the state.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Right now, our amazing service members with the California National Guard are helping power expanded food bank operations across the state.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
California refuses to let the Trump government shutdown's halt to federal food assistance abandon Californians in need.
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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This really was one of my main takeaways
I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This really was one of my main takeaways
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Popok: Letitia James appeared in court today in Virginia, and she's already filed multiple motions against the DOJ, Trump, and Lindsey Halligan.
The first motion is a motion to dismiss because Lindsey Halligan has been improperly, illegally appointed to be the U.S. attorney.
The first motion is a motion to dismiss because Lindsey Halligan has been improperly, illegally appointed to be the U.S. attorney.
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Popok: Letitia James appeared in court today in Virginia, and she's already filed multiple motions against the DOJ, Trump, and Lindsey Halligan.
The first motion is a motion to dismiss because Lindsey Halligan has been improperly, illegally appointed to be the U.S. attorney.
The first motion is a motion to dismiss because Lindsey Halligan has been improperly, illegally appointed to be the U.S. attorney.
All I'm saying is Sarkozy should have taken a copy of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet to prison with him instead of the count of Monte Cristo. When I think about the book that I would want in prison, that would be the one.
October 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All I'm saying is Sarkozy should have taken a copy of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet to prison with him instead of the count of Monte Cristo. When I think about the book that I would want in prison, that would be the one.
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"Looking up 'reparations' in textbooks is to find it absent altogether, or only in reference to end of WWI or US payments in '80s to Japanese Americans (incarcerated in WWII concentration camps)."
See lesson ⬇️ by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...
See lesson ⬇️ by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...
Repair: Students Design a Reparations Bill
In this activity, students take on the role of activist-experts to improve upon a Congressional bill for reparations for Black people.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Looking up 'reparations' in textbooks is to find it absent altogether, or only in reference to end of WWI or US payments in '80s to Japanese Americans (incarcerated in WWII concentration camps)."
See lesson ⬇️ by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...
See lesson ⬇️ by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...
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Notably a state prosecution, not a federal one for threatening to kill a member of Congress.
"A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries."
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Notably a state prosecution, not a federal one for threatening to kill a member of Congress.
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Ending key privacy initiatives at one of the world's largest tech companies, in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the world's oldest democracy, is tragic, unconscionable, and not at all accidental.
“Google has suddenly confirmed privacy initiatives ‘are being phased out.’ The Privacy Sandbox, now in its sixth year, has essentially ended just months after Google confirmed tracking is here to stay and there are no viable alternatives.”
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
‘Phased Out’—Google Confirms Bad News For All 3 Billion Chrome Users
Is it time to quit the world’s most popular browser as privacy nightmare comes true?
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Ending key privacy initiatives at one of the world's largest tech companies, in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the world's oldest democracy, is tragic, unconscionable, and not at all accidental.
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Someone firebombed a queer friendly ice cream shop in Minneapolis.
Just witnessed someone trying to fireb*mb Fletcher’s Ice Cream in NE. Saw a dude acting weird next to a parked car in front of the place. I walked by, heard a smash through my earbuds, smelled gasoline/kerosine. Turned around, snapped some photos instinctively. Thankfully they suck at molot*vs.
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Someone firebombed a queer friendly ice cream shop in Minneapolis.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
We'll know we are winning the dystopian hellscape when the companies start advertising using footage of people humiliating ICE while in their products. Can't you envision a running shoe or bike commercial featuring one of those excellent scenes?
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We'll know we are winning the dystopian hellscape when the companies start advertising using footage of people humiliating ICE while in their products. Can't you envision a running shoe or bike commercial featuring one of those excellent scenes?
So is the silver lining that now we won't have people saying masks keep you from breathing properly?
October 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So is the silver lining that now we won't have people saying masks keep you from breathing properly?
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Devastation in western Alaska has been essentially ignored by our supposed "news" organizations. And by people like Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Where is FEMA?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Where is FEMA?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Sage Smiley, news director of KYUK in Bethel @sgsmly.bsky.social briefs NPR on the evacuation and devastation of western Alaska.
People are not just displaced from their homes but also their traditional ways of life.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
People are not just displaced from their homes but also their traditional ways of life.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
Mass evacuations underway in Western Alaska after storm devastates communities
Hundreds of people are being evacuated from the Alaska villages hardest hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Devastation in western Alaska has been essentially ignored by our supposed "news" organizations. And by people like Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Where is FEMA?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Where is FEMA?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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This is a very good point about DHS. They direct harassment campaigns on Twitter using quote-tweets.
US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a very good point about DHS. They direct harassment campaigns on Twitter using quote-tweets.
The Democrats should have a standing fund that they get billionaire donors to put money into to pay a baseline wage to federal workers during a shutdown. They should do it all the time. They should do it regardless party and it's really stupid that they don't
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Democrats should have a standing fund that they get billionaire donors to put money into to pay a baseline wage to federal workers during a shutdown. They should do it all the time. They should do it regardless party and it's really stupid that they don't