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G. Singleton

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🔵Blue Voter-Believe in Gun Control 🟧 From the Texas Hill Country I was taught to expect the unexpected. Sure enough, the unexpected showed up Citizens United vs FEC is a crime against humanity, not just democracy.

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · Jun 24

Everyone’s focused on Trump the King

— but the real power has been “The Kingdom of Washington”. For over 45 years Constitutional Saboteurs working with Financial Overlords and Religious Extremists have ruled over the people. They have methodically been stripping away “our power” granted

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neptune45.bsky.social @neptune45.bsky.social · 48m

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme... Facts: the Supreme Court will gut section two (2) of the VRA make no mistake about that giving the rights to only white voters

In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism

A central grievance motivating today’s conservative legal movement — and the Republican...

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 6m

Overturning this provision allowed the Red States to implement so many of the voter suppression laws that we’ve seen emerge.

And it’s also allowed for the midterm gerrymandering that we’re witnessing today in Texas and other states.

The final blow to the 1965 VRA is near.

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 6m

The swan song for the Voting Rights Act was Shelby County v. Holder 2013

It invalidated the "Preclearance" provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which had required certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to obtain federal approval before changing their voting laws.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15h

We are living in the age of monsters, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes: "They are so much more powerful than ordinary people, mostly but not in every case because of wealth, that they distort the whole fabric of society and politics."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...

The Age of Monsters, Part 2

I titled a recent Editors’ Blog post The Age of Monsters. I’ve...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 12h

How bout all them wild text messages from the Young Republicans?!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

It's frog meme week:

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 12h

It’s getting more difficult to post civil content. But every once in a while…ya gotta say what ya gotta say.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 13h

Swear in Adelita Grijalva
Mr Speaker
She is in DC
Arizona has certified her election
Enough

Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 13h

Enough with the games Speaker Johnson. Call the House back. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. And reopen the government.

We've got work to do.

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 12h

Cheating and rigging elections has its advantages. GOP has been busting balls midterm gerrymandering.

G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 13h

“In the two decades John Roberts has served as chief justice, the Supreme Court he presides over has repeatedly decimated the Voting Rights Act, striking a series of savage blows to the law long hailed as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement.” ~~ The Slate

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 15h

Someone in their twenties is not a boy; they are men. They learned this hate from their families; it's intergenerational hate. It's time to acknowledge the real problem: the adults who enable and promote this dangerous ideology, like yourself, JD.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 13h

She’s could possibly be ignorant about the issues, or she’s in serious denial, or she’s willfully supports RFK Jr.’s disinformation, which in my opinion, makes her equally disgusting.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 15h

Want to know what Republicans are doing during their shutdown?

Letting Vought fire a minimum of 10,000 more federal employees.

Gee, that should be fucking fantastic for our already failing economy.

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 14h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 14h

The rule of law doesn’t exist in Trump World.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 21h

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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G. Singleton @gsingleton.bsky.social · 14h

It’s called fu’king GASLIGHTING MAGA about the “No Kings Protests”, to incite civil unrest, Jeffries! Not disinformation!

Trump wants to make peaceful protests across the country into a reason to unleash his dogs.

Gezzzzus Gawd!

It’s not a right-wing machine! It’s THE FASCISTS machine!

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Sassy Denise @sassydenise.bsky.social · 1d

I am Antifa!

kermit the frog is dancing on a checkered floor .

ALT: kermit the frog is dancing on a checkered floor .

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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