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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 3h

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Three Media Leaders convicted for Genocide | United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 9h

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We Need to Have a Talk About Leonard Leo’s Version of Catholicism

Leo’s speech at the Catholic Information Center is worth listening to in its entirety.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21h

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17h

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 17h

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 17h

Trump show trials
#putin #Trump #dictator

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Today would be a great day for slimy Mike Johnson to finally swear in Adelita Grijalva so her district can have representation in Congress for the first time in 7 months.

All this just so Pedo Protector Mike can hide the Epstein files from the American public.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego slammed Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, accusing him of blocking her to hide Epstein files. Johnson claimed it’s the shutdown, but critics call it a blatant, politically motivated cover-up.
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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

Mike #Epstein Johnson says he cares about impressionable children watching the #Superbowl halftime show

While blocking the release of #pedophile Esptein files

#jesuschrist

Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 1d

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

What are the odds that when it pops up with a false provenance in the hands of an art market actor, it will be a familiar name?

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

“scratch-my-back deals”

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

These founders, CEOs and investors—from OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and others—keep getting richer while critics condemn their “circular deals.”

These Billionaires Have Gotten $450 Billion Richer From Striking AI Infrastructure Deals For Their Own Firms

These founders, CEOs and investors—from OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and others—keep getting richer while critics condemn their “circular deals.”

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

‘circular: #Nvidia’s up to $100 billion investment in #OpenAI, announced late last month, for instance, will allow OpenAI to purchase Nvidia GPUs to build out its own data center capacity’

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

US president Donald Trump appeared confused by a question over the possible suspension of habeas corpus, during an “antifa roundtable” event at the White House attended by conservative influencers.

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

‘Yevgenia Berkovich, a 39-year-old poet and theatre director’
‘What happened was a show trial’
‘As with any show trial, this one’s outcome was preordained’
‘Vladimir Putin himself…gave the green light to proceed’

Sound familiar?
#Trump #Putin #showtrial

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

As breathless fawning reports flash by, can only hope that press remembers that Trump is on record lying about everything.

Please verify and reverify with other sources

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Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 1d

American Show Trial.
#Comey

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign