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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 17h

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 20h

ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

"’But what will farmers do once their workers have been deported?’ Don't worry... they planned ahead for that.”

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ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump targeted blue states by canceling energy grants. Red states will see fallout too

A closer look at the canceled funding reveals that the Trump administration also hit states that voted for him

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Trump targeted blue states by canceling energy grants. Red states will see fallout too. - Verite News New Orleans

Several projects listed as blue-state cancellations were slated to take place partially or entirely in states that voted for Trump.

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Kevin @kevinc13.bsky.social · 1d

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How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 1d

Brendan Carr Wants to Let Internet Service Providers Charge Hidden Fees Again

The FCC has submitted a proposal to revise “unnecessary” requirements for internet service providers to itemize every fee on monthly bills, citing that it “may confuse customers.”

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Brendan Carr wants to let internet providers charge hidden fees again

So much for consumer protections

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 2d

A gorgeous Monarch on wild Blue Mistflower. Autumn butterfly season is alive and well.

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #MonarchSeason

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 1d

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Private Prison Companies’ Enormous Windfall: Who Stands to Gain as ICE Expands

For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.

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Alt_Rogue @altrogue.bsky.social · 2d

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Federal Agents May Face Charges After Violent Arrest of WGN Journalist in Chicago in Violation of Court Order

In a disturbing scene that’s now gone viral, federal agents violently arrested a WGN video producer on Friday morning—an act that appears to directly violate a court order meant to protect journalists...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

Link to full article below👇

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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical-The EPA Hasn’t Released It

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. The final report was ready in mid-April but the Trump admin has yet to release it

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

1. Encouraging an Exodus

2. Cutting Federal Funding

3. Injecting God Into the Classroom

4. Promoting Curriculum Choices

5. Weakening Civil Rights Protections

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Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

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There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG

Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections

Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.

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

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

Velshi: Trump’s ‘radical left’ lie is about enabling an authoritarian slide

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Trump’s ‘radical left’ lie is about enabling an authoritarian slide

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Rebecca (Becca) @beccajt.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Latest Big Lie ‘Radical Left Violence’

The GOP is using the lie to censor speech, ban comedians & commentators, prosecute people who’ve spoken out against him, violently attack protesters, & justify the monopolization of media by right-wing billionaires

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Trump's Latest Big Lie: 'Radical Left Violence' | Common Dreams

The GOP is using this lie to censor speech, ban comedians and commentators, prosecute people who’ve spoken out against Trump, violently attack protesters, and to justify the monopolization of our med...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

Trump admin uses language, tactics of war against perceived enemies. “It’s a military language used by the government against its own people at a time, in fact, of relative tranquility,” says @mawaldman.bsky.social. “That’s really damaging, and it’s really rare.”

Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion: 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.

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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.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.

So much for “America First.”

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