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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 20h

A great read so far! @davidepstein.bsky.social

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

#MedicareForAll

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 1d

Today, I talked to a closeted young evangelical whose day job is to make life miserable for LGBTQIA+ folks.

I hope that she discovers the Jesus who hung out with lepers & prostitutes - the Jesus who commanded his followers to accept those of a different gender / sexual orientation (eunuchs).

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Klimawandel Info Schweiz Europa Welt @klimwandel.bsky.social · 1d

Forscher machen alarmierende Entdeckung am Meeresboden www.20min.ch/story/antark...

Forscher schlagen Alarm: Über 40 Methanquellen in Antarktis entdeckt

Im Rossmeer entweicht an immer mehr Stellen Methan. Forscher schlagen Alarm, weil das klimaschädliche Gas offenbar in grossem Umfang freigesetzt wird.

www.20min.ch

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Matovilka @matovilka.bsky.social · 1d

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BundaBunda @bundabunda.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires-without exception- suffer from narcissism and sociopathy.

In Thiel’s mind he is the equivalent of Christ, and the AntiChrist is anyone who opposes him and his goals. He cannot comprehend that the AntiChrist is anyone that embodies the antithesis of Christ’s teachings of love.

Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 2d

[Excerpt:] Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of tech or AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that linked government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 1d

So No Kings = Hate America? It's clear the White House is planning to use state violence on the 18th.

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Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 2d

The Cost of Checking Out: How Political Withdrawal Weakens Democracy.

The impulse to withdraw is understandable. Politics feels toxic and truth seems negotiable. But each quiet exit from civic life widens the silence where democracy once lived.

#Democracy

ourkindredfuture.com/when-we-chec...

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 2d

No fascist crony left behind. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 3d

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 3d

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📢 ECDA webinar: How can Feminists build political power today?

Just signed up for this webinar and I think it’s going to be amazing! The webinar will explore how feminist movements can organize, target, and direct their actions to build power of, by, and for wom...

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Kitchen_Feri_Witch 🖤 ☽❍☾ 🖤 @kitchenferiwitch.bsky.social · 4d

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 3d

Saying you are against anti fascism is an admission that you support fascism

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Martha 🇪🇺 @navadis.bsky.social · 3d

Rutgers-Experte für Antifa versucht nach Morddrohungen nach Spanien zu fliehen
Mark Bray unterrichtete Kurse zum Thema Antifaschismus. Turning Point USA beschuldigte ihn, der Antifa anzugehören, was er jedoch bestreitet.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 4d

#HealingHearts

Survivors of abuse often have a deep need to be understood. We've spent so much time with people who've made snap judgements and don't get us. It stings.

Some people aren't going to understand no matter what. That's okay. Let them.

#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 4d

No kidding! On what planet!?

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