@west-mars.bsky.social
It is unbelievable that this is happening in our country
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It is unbelievable that this is happening in our country
Why isn't this the top story in the New York Times? Israel, National parks, IVF all above this. If any other country in the world had this going on, it would be the headline. Do better NYT!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Why isn't this the top story in the New York Times? Israel, National parks, IVF all above this. If any other country in the world had this going on, it would be the headline. Do better NYT!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
If thoughts and prayers are enough to protect children from gun violence, why aren't they enough to protect us from immigrants (no need for ICE)? Or from crime (no need for National Guard or active military in US cities)? Or to protect US trade (no need for tariffs)?
August 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If thoughts and prayers are enough to protect children from gun violence, why aren't they enough to protect us from immigrants (no need for ICE)? Or from crime (no need for National Guard or active military in US cities)? Or to protect US trade (no need for tariffs)?
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🚨BREAKING: North Carolina formally launched a project Thursday that could disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters, despite pushback from national Democrats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Launches Voter Roll Program That Could Disenfranchise Tens of Thousands
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina formally launched a project Thursday that could disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters, despite pushback from national Democrats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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The estimate for yesterday's rallies/marches is 4 million people. And yet, the NYT and other mainstream media headlines read "thousands". NYT, grow a spine and report the truth! Can't even find it on today's front page of the Times' website: www.nytimes.com #NoKings, #HandsOff!
April 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The estimate for yesterday's rallies/marches is 4 million people. And yet, the NYT and other mainstream media headlines read "thousands". NYT, grow a spine and report the truth! Can't even find it on today's front page of the Times' website: www.nytimes.com #NoKings, #HandsOff!
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm.
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
www.elias.law
April 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm.
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
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If you're furious at Dems who are not fighting, help the Dems who are.
We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1.
Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.
We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1.
Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.
March 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you're furious at Dems who are not fighting, help the Dems who are.
We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1.
Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.
We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1.
Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.
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So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
March 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
Don't cave!!
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Don't cave!!
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“.. The gloom is becoming bipartisan ..
‘Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan)
- Vital Knowledge 🇺🇸
‘Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan)
- Vital Knowledge 🇺🇸
March 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“.. The gloom is becoming bipartisan ..
‘Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan)
- Vital Knowledge 🇺🇸
‘Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan)
- Vital Knowledge 🇺🇸
A massive decline, caused by the reckless actions of this administration. No outside cause like COVID this time.
“The outlook consumers have for their household financial situation in the next year has fallen to a record low per the March UMich update”
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
March 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A massive decline, caused by the reckless actions of this administration. No outside cause like COVID this time.
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“The outlook consumers have for their household financial situation in the next year has fallen to a record low per the March UMich update”
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
March 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The outlook consumers have for their household financial situation in the next year has fallen to a record low per the March UMich update”
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
(via Kevin Gordon) 🇺🇸
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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
March 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
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I’m reviewing an official DOGE staff list. Everybody’s number. Everybody’s email. Yes, including Elon’s. This Amy Gleason isn’t even on the list.
March 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I’m reviewing an official DOGE staff list. Everybody’s number. Everybody’s email. Yes, including Elon’s. This Amy Gleason isn’t even on the list.
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Mockler: If you could say one thing to Donald Trump, what would it be?
Clark: Resign
Clark: Resign
March 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Mockler: If you could say one thing to Donald Trump, what would it be?
Clark: Resign
Clark: Resign
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The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.
March 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.