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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 14h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

I have made some great clothes out of thrifted sheets and table cloths!

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

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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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

I had the exact same initial reaction

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

💚That deep sadness you feel, the irritability, anger, and numbness. It’s grief. Grief for who we were. Grief for who we could have been. Grief for the loss of CDC as we knew it and all that means for so many.

Be kind to yourself. Be patient. It’s ok to grieve. 💚

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately it’s not so simple for everyone. We were privileged that we could afford it—many can’t—and that my husband works remotely. It’s a horrible choice to have to make—to uproot your life and start over somewhere

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

My husband and I recently moved our family to IL so our two queer sons could have a better future than our red home state

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Okay so I’m not a strategist and I’m trying to not PLAY strategist very much but if I can just say: I think this should be a model for Dems all over the country, even in conservative areas

Not in literal content but in sentiment. “Trans people are vulnerable and targeted and that’s wrong”

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve lived in Hermosa in Chicago nearly my entire life. It’s an 80+% Latino community. There are no words for what we’re experiencing right now. I can’t stress this enough—

My home, my people are being psychologically terrorized
People are going missing
People are terrified

Don’t forget about us.

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

Holding you in deep appreciation

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly, I used to work at a fabric store, and I was astounded by the number of people who would select a garment sewing pattern, but didn’t seem to understand that the fabric they selected didn’t have to match the example photo on the pattern

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent choice!

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 2d

“EDM bagpipers are climbing the bridges” is not something i expected to hear about portland but now that i have i’m like yeah, sure. naturally.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sorry for your loss

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 2d

Can I have the ghost of Peter Jennings?

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 2d

Uh…just when I think there is absolutely nothing left to surprise and disgust me

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 2d

I heard somewhere that people have yard sales to purge their failed hobbies 😅

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birdsinapuddle🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🆘 @birdsinapuddle.bsky.social · 2d

Oh! Oh! I do!!