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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 52m

Wow.

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 26m

@dcombes.bsky.social -what a wonderful gift from @mlipsitt.bsky.social to make a pack to celebrate ur Bday.
💙🥳🎂🎉☮️

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Ricki @simplycommonsense.bsky.social · 27m

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Lemonade Girl @lemonadegirl.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you Melanie for including me in your starter pack! @lilmudda.bsky.social I am very grateful to you🥰🙏 Have a good day!🤗🥰 Thank you again. I RP
go.bsky.app/CfYC1aC

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 1d

“The Constitution’s meaning is not the Supreme Court’s alone to define. It belongs to ‘we the people,’” Kate Andrias writes. “And when we organize collectively, we can change it, even without ratifying formal amendments.”

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

It belongs to us. And we can use it to rescue our democracy.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 18h

Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future: We are noticing.

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 1h

TikTok added to the boycott guide. The new TikTok deal doesn’t protect us—it just swaps one surveillance empire for another. Oracle, Ellison, Thiel, Musk. The MAGA media machine is consolidating power, and TikTok is now part of it. Read and share.
open.substack.com/pub/psychope...

Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Menace

The beast eats money. Don't feed it with yours.

open.substack.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 2h

“We’ve known for months that he’s been sick, but the words radiation and treatment hit differently. They landed in a place I didn’t expect. Because it feels like more than just one man enduring.
It feels like a reflection of all of us.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

The Only Way Out Is Through

What Joe Biden’s endurance teaches us about America’s own capacity to heal.

open.substack.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 56m

This is like Looney Tunes levels of criminal corruption

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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SwampF0x @swampf0x.bsky.social · 55m

ICYMI: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Minority Voters Argue Texas Gerrymander Driven By Race as Hearing Kicks Off

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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david s. pumpkins 🎃 @honkifyouareantifa.bsky.social · 23h

prog frogs 🐸

George Soros paid.. 48m

Aren't frogs a symbol of white nationalism?

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StuffAboutHockey... 39m

That's Pepe, a specific frog.
Frogs arent a monolith.

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Ro Laren RED57... 13m

These are prog frogs, they're cool.

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 3h

THE VOTE COUNTERS HAVE CHANGED HANDS-AND AMERICA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/the-vote-c...

THE VOTE COUNTERS HAVE CHANGED HANDS-AND AMERICA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION

When a firm that counts votes gets sold behind closed doors, the price isn’t what matters. What’s being traded is confidence...and that’s the one currency a republic can’t print more of.

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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amnam2662.bsky.social @amnam2662.bsky.social · 59m

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Karen Fox 🚫👑 @karenfoxcolo.bsky.social · 1h

Of course, someone (Congress) has to enforce the Constitution for it to do any good.

🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 9h

Stephen Miller is a weak lying douchebag Nat-C authoritarian who despises the US Constitution, and his dangerous statement that a POTUS has “plenary authority” tells any constitutionally-bound American he is just that. Our Constitution clearly defines the powers of the President.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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amnam2662.bsky.social @amnam2662.bsky.social · 4h

Democrat oriented, he is such a Malignant Narcissist idiot.

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@radbradley.bsky.social @radbradley.bsky.social · 4h

E P S T E I N

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11h

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The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 6h

go.bsky.app/H4QPh1L

Welcome to the #DefendersOfDemocracy ‘s Friends & Allies Starter Pack #1
We are the same great team. We just have our own handle now. Please follow us at @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
and we highly recommend you give all of these great DoD friends & allies a follow!

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amnam2662.bsky.social @amnam2662.bsky.social · 9h

youtube.com/shorts/mZBG0...

NEWS: Democrats score shock victory in Alaska mayoral election.

YouTube video by Aaron Parnas

youtube.com

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Muddy Waters @muddywater1.bsky.social · 9h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17h

I am deceased

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 10h

@steadystatevets.bsky.social “A president posting a video depicting his opponents as prey for the Grim Reaper and zombies outside the unemployment office is the opposite of what we expect in a healthy democracy.”

Untethered To the Facts www.commondreams.org/further/unte...

Untethered To the Facts | Common Dreams

Armed terrorism by the White House escalates - What stage of fascism is it when the fuhrer defies the courts to send in troops anyway? - as does the batshit rhetoric about left-wing "terrorism" to hid...

www.commondreams.org

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“I got out of my car and tried to explain that I was a U.S. citizen and an Army veteran just trying to get to my job. They didn’t care.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next

OPINION: “No matter your race, background or beliefs — none of us should have to fear being silenced, detained or dehumanized by the very government meant to protect us.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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Dawn❌👑Ocean Harmony🎶☀️🌴♿️ 🐕‍🦺🦮👩‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, OK she dedicated it to him, thank you for clarifying that for me!👍💙🔆

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 10h

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