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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · Apr 19

Damon Linker writing on substack.
#trump2.0

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An American Gulag in the Making

Things are getting very bad, very fast

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 3h

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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social spell yiddish, for kicks. You batstard, put the money back, it’s mine.

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 10h

Momdani dares criticize Cuomo. Whats he going to do about this 👇🏼?

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 19h

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Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump speak in Israel after ceasefire announcement

YouTube video by ABC News

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/courage-ma...

'Courage matters'

Beau Tremitiere and Ben Raderstorf break down the ongoing domestic deployments, what they mean, and how we can push back

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

Breakfast in NYC, the Capital of Capital. @qatar.bsky.social

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 1d

S.F. supervisor slams Lurie’s move of tiny cabins to Bayview as ‘dishonest’.
Mayor’s office says move is temporary. Supervisor Walton is skeptical — and says Lurie won’t return his calls missionlocal.org/2025/10/s-f-...

S.F. supervisor slams Lurie’s move of tiny cabins to Bayview as ‘dishonest’

Mayor Daniel Lurie is moving tiny cabins from the Mission to the Bayview — and Supervisor Walton says, not with promised community input.

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Kinzinger said this.

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

@AmbEricAdams Visual Diary for December when you’re officially OUT of office and Tracey Collins is out of a job! You MotherFucker.

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

This is in the District of Virginia.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Judge moves up hearing (Thursday to Wednesday) on union suit over Trump shutdown RIFs plan. Also wants update by Tuesday on RIF details. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

If carried out, the move could provide Netanyahu with a renewed leadership mandate, project unity within the party, and preempt potential internal challenges to his authority.
Electioneering; listen to the mothers holding out hope for their children to come home now. #CombatantsforPeace

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 1d

Are you kidding me? Marriage Equality passed in the SCOTUS is meaningful to a lot of Americans!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are enemy #1.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 3d

@kateriga.bsky.social and @joshtpm.bsky.social analyze the oddly muted shutdown, as well as the alarming escalation of state violence in Chicago. Head to TPM to listen to the latest episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast now!
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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 4d

yep

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 4d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

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Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 4d

The only reason for global warming at this point is to fatten the wallets of a small but powerful group of people who would rather kill the planet than be less wealthy.

Euronews @euronews.com · 4d

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 4d

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Elizabeth Warren on the House floor.

‘Trump helped Wall Street donors through tariff flip-flop’: Elizabeth Warren calls for investigation

YouTube video by The Economic Times

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 4d

Mrs. Goldberg-Polin has remained a fierce advocate for the release of all remaining hostages. "[It requires] those in power to relinquish [their power]." #Oct7

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 6d

people have wondered, “what was livejournal like?” well—

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 6d

Jean Lorraine, Clara Bow, and Adrienne Doré in an Otto Dyar publicity portrait for The Wild Party (1929) featured on a French cigarette card:

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 5d

iPhone Air is here, I think the lens pays the price of admission. The image of the right is all Harry Evans and his time being a newspaperman.

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 5d

Trump responded: to the MEDIA

We’re dealing – as you know – with all of the different – and not just evangelicals, Christians. We’re dealing with lots of different faiths, religions. And I felt for a long time that if a country doesn’t have religion, doesn’t have faith, doesn’t have God.

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 5d

@phonakins.com Today is a day of remembrance, Bitch.
So remember when your ancestors came to this country and let's honor that- for kicks.

Color Image of rabbis for peace in NYC during Hanukkah

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 6d

This is the decentralized conversation. “Welcome in…”

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 6d

Leader Thune (Back) and Speaker Johnson (Foreground) on Day 6 of the shutdown.

Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 6d

Mr Dimon will be speaking at www.nyit.edu/student-life...
NYIT on Day 10 of #the shutdown.

New York City Campus Life

Prepare for career success in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Learn more about the student experience at New York Tech’s Manhattan campus.

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 6d

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