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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 2m

“In this environment that we’re in right now, it feels like an understatement to say that there’s misinformation being spread about this community. People really forget that we’re human beings.”

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

capitalbnews.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#GA14

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 15h

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "We have to do something about labor, and that needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them."

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 20h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 8h

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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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 16h

Suddenly the military is getting paid on the 15th?

It would’ve been easier to call Johnson, but he didn’t.

This validates his fear of the Epstein files.

When robbing the military piggy bank, is a better option than simply having the house pass a standalone bill to fund the military - it’s bad.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

ICE GOONS are harassing two 15-year-old boys on bicycles in Chicago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

#MedicareForAll

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 13h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 18m

Therapists decry Trump's ceaseless insults, from dubbing foes "low-IQ" to vilifying immigrants, as a vile cascade normalizing brutality that poisons kids and emboldens division. #Trumpism

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 17h

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 23h

My naive wish is that even one Canadian journalist, one politician, one security analyst, would address the implications of Canada choosing military integration with an authoritarian power that no longer respects the rule of law or international law.
Looks like that’s not going to happen today.

Golden Dome signals change to Canada’s long-time opposition to joining U.S. missile defence

Canada opted to stay on the sidelines in 2005 as the U.S. developed defences against ballistic missiles

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

This Is Fascism

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Dragon Moll Z 🎃 @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 15h

I think it should be clear at this point that like the US federal government has collapsed.

There are no branches. There are no rules.

There is just one man and his truth social posts.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 9h

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4h

we need to abolish this shit

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 7h

Trump and Johnson could be protecting military paychecks. Democrats have a bill to do it. But their top priority is blocking the release of the Epstein files.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

"The courts have no job to do here other than read the plain language of the Constitution." And so far, with the exception of one very big, important court, they're doing it.

Courts Keep Smacking Down Trump’s Lawless Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship

But he keeps plugging away—believing his allies on the Supreme Court will ultimately side with him.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

It’s not enough to round up and detain those here illegally; video of it must be shot, edited, dramatized, and disseminated. ICE is now in the content creation business. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 46m

“In harmony with the Tao,
the sky is clear & spacious,
the earth is solid & full,
all creatures flourish together,

When man interferes with the Tao,
the sky becomes filthy,
the earth becomes depleted,
the equilibrium crumbles,
creatures become extinct.”
Lao Tzu

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 9h

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Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · 9h

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