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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Andreas Kovar @andreaskovar.bsky.social · 13h

Even the old male white fools.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Andreas Kovar @andreaskovar.bsky.social · 20h

They now get what they deserve.

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Andreas Kovar @andreaskovar.bsky.social · 20h

The good thing is, no one cares what US-Americans think — they can’t even manage to elect a reasonable person.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20h

The Declaration of Independence is revered for its universalist language of freedom. But it also contains a derogatory indictment of Native Americans. On its 250th anniversary, the U.S. should reckon with this complex legacy, Ned Blackhaw argues:

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

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Stephanie Krisper @steffikrisper.bsky.social · 1d

Mit Ende Oktober lege ich mein Mandat als Nationalratsabgeordnete zurück. Ich bleibe NEOS verbunden- dies als Mitglied der Partei und im Erweiterten Vorstand. Es war mir eine Ehre. ❤️🙏
Hier mein vollständiges Statement. ⤵️

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 1d

Heute löscht sich der @der-postillon.com !

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Julian Schmitz @julianschmitz.com · 1d

Ich bin so alt, ich kann mich noch daran erinnern, dass die SPD für soziale Politik und Gerechtigkeit gestanden hat und nicht dafür Menschen in Armut bis zur „maximal verfassungsrechtlich möglichen Grenze“ zu sanktionieren.

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Oliver Scheiber 🇪🇺 @oliverscheiber.eu · 1d

Die Universität Wien ist eine der größten Hochschulen Europas, bietet einen niederschwelligen Zugang, schafft gleichzeitig Spitzenforschung und schneidet in Qualitätsrankings hervorragend ab. Das ist schon eine gewaltige Leistung.

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

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1d

This is where our hard-earned New Yorker taxes are going—incarcerating priests whose only act was singing in peaceful protest. #Pinks

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Andreas Kovar @andreaskovar.bsky.social · 1d

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago and Portland showing us how it’s DONE!!

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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

The Commission is investigating a Hungarian spy ring in Brussels tied to Orbán’s inner circle.
If true, this is not just espionage — it’s a Trojan horse at the heart of Europe.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

In a democracy based on freedom and the rule of law, we don’t jail public officials—or anyone—because of policy disagreements. We need everyone to repudiate this nonsense because a president cannot act as a prosecutor, judge, jury and dictator.

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

ICYMI — bumbling ICE stooges finally chased off by Chicago folks after a humiliating attempt to grab a man they racially profiled

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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 1d

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 1d

Der russische Botschafter kommt auf Einladung seiner eigenen Partei, dem BSW, zum Landtag nach Potsdam - eine Frau protestiert dagegen und die Polizei schreitet ernsthaft ein. Dank an die Frau und den Journalisten Thorsten Metzner, der das dokumentierte.

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