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Jordan (He/Him) - Expert on MA politics. Recovering Executive Director. Now consulting. Proud to appear on what has been called the best podcast on MA Politics https://tinyurl.com/MAPOLIpod Profile Pic: Black Man w/ dreadlocks wearing black Tax the Rich

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · Jul 31

We have this quote as a framed picture on our wall. I think about it all the time, but especially now.

Picture of a quote from Dr. King. Text reads with his picture next to it:
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 1d

30 years of craigslist: missed connections

I've gotten a lot of wedding invitations over the site’s 30 years. I like that.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Soap Opera Network @soapoperanetwork.com · 11h

GH / The annual baseball preemptions that have greatly impacted "General Hospital" in recent years have now concluded with ESPN/ABC and MLB opting out early from their seven-year deal. #GeneralHospital #GH #MLB #Baseball #WildCardSeries

www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/10/espn...

ESPN/ABC End National TV Deal With Major League Baseball; 'General Hospital' Preemptions To Cease

The annual baseball preemptions that have greatly impacted "General Hospital" in recent years have now concluded with ESPN/ABC and MLB opting out early from their seven-year deal.

www.soapoperanetwork.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 11h

I have been thinking this all day.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 1d

Bowl with Peonies and Roses - 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13897

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan notes a surge in grocery fundraisers as inflation and high costs strain Americans. With shrinking budgets and rising prices, more families—especially young and low-income—turn to crowdfunding to afford basic needs.
news.yahoo.com/news/finance...

GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries

GoFundMe’s CEO says more Americans are crowdfunding everyday essentials like groceries as high costs and strained household finances persist.

news.yahoo.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 16h

There it is.

Not only are these guys cruel, they're clueless. No solutions, no plans, no strategy—just bluster & BS.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mike Johnson: "I don't have any strategy"

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19h

Republican Senator Jim Justice is commuting to DC by private jet nearly every day.

The flight takes him about 40 minutes, and he often spends just a few hours in Washington.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17h

As Felon Trump calls Democrats “terrorists,” he has also unilaterally declared cartels “designated terrorist organizations.”

@jahimes.bsky.social wants answers from the Admin about what’s going on & why Trump thinks he’s legally justified to do extrajudicial killings.

youtu.be/ExdL4LQmg64?...

Dems FURIOUS as Trump BYPASSES Congress With DANGEROUS Plan

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17h

Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA. This is the future of the GOP for all to see. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/young-gop-...

Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA

The future of the GOP on parade

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: 45,000 health care workers just launched the biggest strike of the year.

Workers at Kaiser Permanente on the West Coast and in Hawaii have walked out to secure a contract.

These essential workers are fighting for patient care, good wages, and decent staffing.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 1d

How do we know it wasn't ICE?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina still does not have a state budget:

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new U.S. House map as a nationwide redistricting battle unfolds.

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.

bit.ly

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

“There is now a risk that collapse could occur within the lifetime of people born and living on the planet today.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling prayerful may today be a day that leads to an improbably lasting peace and somehow a future of shared humanity and equality.