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Heidi Basile

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Heidi Basile @heidibasile.bsky.social · Feb 25

Call out those uncomfortable truths. White people have a lot of unlearning to do. Myself included.

Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · Feb 25

The only cure is white people shaming other white people.

a woman speaking into a microphone with the words there is no vaccine for racism

Alt: a woman speaking into a microphone with the words there is no vaccine for racism

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/10/f...

Fridays with Nicole Sandler - emptywheel

Trump's authoritarianism is drowning out coverage of the shutdown.

www.emptywheel.net

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 12h

I'm telling y'all: do not praise the woman who just won the Nobel Peace Prize. She's begging Trump to bring peace to Venezuela by starting a coup.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 16h

The official trailer for #TheVanishingOfRelishaRudd: A Cold Case Reexamined is here.

This 2-part docuseries revisits one of D.C.’s most haunting missing persons cases, a story of justice, resilience & the power of visibility. Because awareness is key & someone knows something.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 19h

Pretending every huge peaceful protest is worse than January 6th while also pretending January 6th never happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 18h

To all the Trump voters who are only now realizing what they have done to themselves, Kamala Harris told you this would happen.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

Pritzker also says ICE's treatment of peaceful protesters has gotten so bad that Illinois law enforcement has to protect them *from* ICE.

"We’ve got Illinois State Police standing in between ICE and the protesters," he says.

This is the America Miller wants. 4/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 22h

Good MORNING #bluesky!!!!!!! Catch me on CBS News Boston PRIMETIME live in studio today online. Thank you Courtney Cole for featuring me on the show and for such a warm welcome.

If you haven't already, make sure to grab your copy of #TheDoubleTax: annagifty.com! #blacksky #news #booksky

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

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Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

Appalling: JB Pritzker tells me he hasn't been able to get a single conversation with Kristi Noem or any other top Trump officials to even discuss their Chicago operations. Pritzker just wants a heads up for logistical purposes. Nada.

Pritzker opens up on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning

With Trump’s occupation of Chicago worsening, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker shares new details about what’s happening—and tells us the time is now for Americans to rise up against authoritarianism bef...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Pekka Kallioniemi @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 22h

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce American propagandist Alexandra Jost, aka “Sasha”. She’s best known for being paid by the Russian state to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda — and for doing it with a big smile.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 23h

🎯 Statement from Ken Martin on Letitia James indictment.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

Read my latest and lemme know what you think. www.editorialboard.com/in-saying-no...

In saying no to Trump over government funding, Democrats expose a tiger made of paper

Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t rebelling against the president. She’s trying to prevent GOP voters from knowing the truth about him.

www.editorialboard.com

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