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OKayLady 😁 #DefendDemocracy @okaylady.bsky.social · 4h

1500 a month! no one can afford that.

All these folks 👇were just fine with starving kids when #USAID was slashed and kids dying when HIV meds were cut. They’ll be fine with you or a loved one dying.

#Trump #musk #doge #Theil #GOP #MTG #MikeJohnson #Thune #RandPaul #JohnRoberts #AmyConeyBarrett

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6h

This is how the GOP thinks it can achieve permanent minority rule.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

The new map targets the district of Democratic US House Rep. Don Davis, which has been represented by a Black member of Congress for more than three decades, shifting it from a district Trump won by 3 points to 12 points under the new lines.

"Today’s strategies are about cheating outright.”

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged

North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

www.motherjones.com

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 6h

Arizona's attorney general filed a lawsuit to get the state's newest representative seated as Democrats continue to point to an effort to release the Epstein files as a reason for the delay.

Why hasn't Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva been sworn in yet? Democrats cry foul over delays.

Arizona's attorney general filed a lawsuit to get the state's newest representative seated as Democrats continue to point to an effort to release the Epstein files as a reason for the delay.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h

This week, THOUSANDS of people in Massachusetts are getting notices that Republicans have increased their health insurance premiums. By a lot.

These changes could mean some people have to drop their coverage altogether.

I will not stop fighting to lower the cost of health care.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 15h

ICE tries it with NYC. Canal Street wasn’t having it.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Russia struck a kindergarten full of children this morning in Kharkiv.

Trump’s appeasement of Putin only emboldens the Russian war criminal.

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OKayLady 😁 #DefendDemocracy @okaylady.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent piece👇

“I’ve been thinking about the failure of our system of #ChecksAndBalances.

It turns out, in the end, that there’s only one check and balance that actually matters: #GoodCharacter. Everything else in a constitutional system follows and relies on that simple foundation.”

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.bsky.social · 5h

Perhaps a better framing would be “what should you prepare them for?”

Independence. Quiet self confidence. Mental fortitude. Critical thinking. Reading. Problem solving.

We’ll need these things in abundance.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10h

In the age of AI, what should your kids study at university? on.ft.com/4hkGXg1 | opinion

In the age of AI, what should your kids study at university?

Artificial intelligence is changing the calculus when it comes to career paybacks

on.ft.com

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UnCivil Defense™ 8647 🗽 @musiccomposer.com · 5h

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LIVE: Illinois father detained by ICE amid teen daughter's cancer treatment

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 5h

“We didn’t vote for this!”
Yeah…. Ya did

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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UnCivil Defense™ 8647 🗽 @musiccomposer.com · 5h

there will be no just forget it and be fellow citizens. not until they are all in prison or 6 feet under, its coming.
#resist #ice #immigration #NoKings #Terrorism #Fascism #gestapo #nazi #epstein #economy #democracy #veteran #va #military #medicare #law #constitution

WIRED @wired.com · 5h

Experts in civil unrest don’t think a civil war is around the corner. But they’re still nervous about what happens next: “The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.

Are We on a Path to Civil War, or Something Else?

Experts in civil unrest don’t think a civil war is around the corner. But they’re still nervous about what happens next: “The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on...

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 5h

Online merch isn’t just fandom — it’s financing.
Enjoyed reading our latest article? Tomorrow we’re unpacking how groups like Rusich use merchandise sales to bankroll far-right and paramilitary activity.
Join the discussion live at 5pm CEST / 11am EDT: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...

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UnCivil Defense™ 8647 🗽 @musiccomposer.com · 5h

a hero of democracy... @normeisen.bsky.social
#resist #ice #immigration #NoKings #Terrorism #Fascism #gestapo #nazi #epstein #economy #democracy #veteran #va #military #medicare #law #constitution

Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Trump is expanding his shutdown shenanigans—so we & our great partners are expanding the lawsuit to stop them!

We already secured 2 TROs & we are not stopping

Honored to fight for AFGE @afscme.bsky.social @nffe.bsky.social NAGE @seiu.org @nteunational.bsky.social AFTunion & more👇

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22h

The North Carolina legislature is set to pass a new Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map.

The move is likely to give Republicans nearly 80 percent of US House seats in an otherwise closely divided swing state where Trump won 51 percent of the vote in 2024.

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged

North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

www.motherjones.com

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OKayLady 😁 #DefendDemocracy @okaylady.bsky.social · 5h

[The] ‘ “rainbow"is a visible witness to the gospel we preach: that every person is created in the image of God." "It’s important because silence is not neutral — silence in the face of harm always sides with the oppressor.”

America
#BeKind #BeHuman #SaveDemocracy #YourSoulisWatching

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22h

Texans fighting back in Dallas. This is so great.

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painting steps rainbow after Gov. Abbott's order on crosswalks

The church in the Oak Lawn neighborhood says it's painting its steps in rainbow colors in response to Gov. Greg Abbott's order targeting rainbow crosswalks.

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anotherAKGorman ❌👑 @anotherakgorman.bsky.social · 23h

This help is desperately needed because food banks have been badly depleted of resources by the Trump administration. They're not keeping up with demand now. So if you can only do one thing, donate to a food bank.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

With Trump and his cronies using the shutdown as cover to shut off the food stamp program, food banks will soon be flooded with demand from the 42 million Americans--including 16 million kids--who rely on the program. Which means the rest of us will need to step up and give whatever we can.

Thanks to Trump's Shutdown, Food Stamps Funding is About to Run Out.

Republicans have just days to reopen the government before the crucial program is forced to halt.

Article in the New Republic by Edith Olmstead, with a cover photo of Trump with his mouth open, looking like he's either yelling or just swallowed a fly.

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Dorian @flvillager.bsky.social · 22h

What a shocker. Not

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

If ANYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET did to our White House what Donald Trump just did to our White House, Republicans would be losing their motherfucking minds.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 22h

I've gotta make myself let go of both the imagery of the poop plane video and the imagery of the East Wing being torn down, but I'm not there yet. Just feeling a lot of despair about my country right now.

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▪️Sandy▪️ @sandynikond700.bsky.social · 22h

The east wing is still being destroyed, so there is no construction yet started of the ballroom.

Picture from yesterday or today. This is the stage the destruction is in. It’s sickening.

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Mrmikeup @mrmikeup.bsky.social · 22h

Maga Lardo north. The destruction of our White House at our expense no matter what he says. We are losing history. He paved over the rose garden now this a gross, temple to his gaudy tastes.

What was the East Wing of our White House

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ACLU @aclu.org · 23h

The Defense Department banned nearly 600 books from schools on military bases — but in a win for free speech, a federal judge just ordered those books back to the shelves.

Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools

Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

www.advocate.com

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