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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings Milford, CT” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
No Kings Milford, CT · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
Want to join me for this Showing Up for Racial Justice event? www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
White People's Work Combating White Nationalism in this Moment · Showing Up for Racial Justice
The first eight months of the Trump regime have been an ongoing reign of white supremacist-fueled attacks on immigrants, trans people, and the working class. And- recent events combined with MAGA’s re...
www.mobilize.us
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ya...
Yale Athletics-Cancel the Avelo/ICE Air contract
Yale is a welcoming university in a welcoming city. Partnering with Avelo undermines those values. Just as the City of New Haven cut ties with Avelo for profiting from ICE’s abuses, we call on Yale to...
sign.moveon.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
James Talarico: If Republican policies are popular, why do they need to redraw these maps?
James Talarico stuns Fox News host into silence with facts:
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Hartford,Ct” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Hartford,Ct · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day 2025: Dignity and Justice For All” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/7...
May Day 2025: Dignity and Justice For All · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Our Connecticut labor-community-immigrant coalition is gearing up to take action on May 1st - in Hartford and New Haven - in celebration of International Workers Day to honor the strength and resilien...
www.mobilize.us
April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day 2025: Dignity and Justice For All” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/7...
May Day 2025: Dignity and Justice For All · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Our Connecticut labor-community-immigrant coalition is gearing up to take action on May 1st - in Hartford and New Haven - in celebration of International Workers Day to honor the strength and resilien...
www.mobilize.us
April 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
I'm attending Indivisible Amity's event, “Hands OFF with Indivisible Amity on Patriot's Day!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblea...
Hands OFF with Indivisible Amity on Patriot's Day! · Indivisible Amity
This Saturday, April 19th, we’re gathering on the New Haven Green for a peaceful rally with purpose. We’ll meet by the Roger Sherman sign—he’s the only person who signed all four of America’s founding...
www.mobilize.us
April 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
alwaysdefender.bsky.social
Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/9bcZtJu8
Join me on April 5th
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March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
A lot happened last night. Including this —>
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 15
NEWS: Two days after a federal judge ruled that Trump’s order against one law firm likely violated multiple constitutional provisions, Trump tonight issued a similar order against the firm of Paul Weiss.

Here’s the unhinged “background” section:
Section 1. Background. Global law firms have for years played an outsized role in undermining the judicial process and in the destruction of bedrock American principles. Many have engaged in activities that make our communities less safe, increase burdens on local businesses, limit constitutional freedoms, and degrade the quality of American elections. Additionally, they have sometimes done so on behalf of clients, pro bono, or ostensibly "for the public good" -- potentially depriving those who cannot otherwise afford the benefit of top legal talent the access to justice deserved by all. My Administration will no longer support taxpayer funds sponsoring such harm. My Administration has already taken action to address some of the significant risks and egregious conduct associated with law firms, and I have determined that similar action is necessary to end Government sponsorship of harmful activity by an additional law firm: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LP (Paul Weiss) • In 2021, a Paul Weiss partner and former leading prosecutor in the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller brought a pro bono suit against individuals alleged to have participated in the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, on behalf of the District of Columbia Attorney General. In 2022, Paul Weiss hired unethical attorney Mark Pomerantz, who had previously left Paul Weiss to join the Manhattan District Attorney's office solely to manufacture a prosecution against me and who, according to his co-workers, unethically led witnesses in ways designed to implicate me. After being unable to convince even Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that a fraud case was feasible, Pomerantz engaged in a media campaign to gin up support for this unwarranted prosecution. Additionally, Paul Weiss discriminates against its own employees on the basis of race and other categories prohibited by civil rights laws. Paul Weiss, along with nearly every other large, influential, or industry leading law firm, makes decisions around "targets" based on race and sex. My Administration is committed to ending such unlawful discrimination perpetrated in the name of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies and ensuring that Federal benefits support the laws and policies of the United States, including those laws and policies promoting our national security and respecting the democratic process. Those who engage in blatant discrimination and other activities inconsistent with the interests of the United States should not have access to our Nation's secrets nor be deemed responsible stewards of any Federal funds.
March 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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katykabloom.bsky.social
Slinging my non binary childless cat lady art to the queer masses 💗💗

#manicpixiedreammarket #sandiego #queerartists
Queer fat art on display at a San Diego queer market
February 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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rincewind.run
Sassoon was a member in good standing of the Federalist Society and clerked for Antonin Scalia, if you want a sense of just how beyond the pale this is to get someone like her to resign
jenniecoughlin.bsky.social Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · Feb 13
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, resigned on Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order that she drop a corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, that she had championed, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.

Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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rincewind.run
the thing they don't understand about forcibly taking over cultural institutions is that it will not make people love them or their sad excuse for a culture

the actual creators will simply take their talents elsewhere and the institutions will crumble behind them
wutangforchildren.bsky.social WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Feb 12
Shonda Rhimes resigns from Kennedy Center board 🔥
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
February 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM