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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 12h

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The Reproductive Police State #duet #texas #reproduction #abortion #patient #police #maga #tracking

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 14h

To my conservative Catholic friends & relatives: this should not be taken as a political statement. There’s nothing here that you would dispute. If it feels like a scolding, please think about what that says about the people you support & those you hate.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 14h

If you want to understand how Obama’s Wall St “bipartisanship” dovetails with & sweeps under the rug Trump’s wildly corrupt extortion in international trade, check out Tommy’s interview with Froman, Obama’s Trade Rep & prominent DC groupthinker! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · “Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor thought foreign policy was boring and complicated until he got the education of a lifetime working for President Obama’s Nati...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS are harassing two 15-year-old boys on bicycles in Chicago.

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

I'd add that they calculate that fear and desperation often make people turn to strongman leaders for simple answers.

InscribaJournal @inscribajournal.bsky.social · 1d

If I were to guess, at some point in the last 30+ years (since Gingrich) they slowly came to the decision that Democrats are illegitimate leaders in politics and that they and they alone should have the right to rule--a feedback loop between their media and political elites.

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InscribaJournal @inscribajournal.bsky.social · 1d

If I were to guess, at some point in the last 30+ years (since Gingrich) they slowly came to the decision that Democrats are illegitimate leaders in politics and that they and they alone should have the right to rule--a feedback loop between their media and political elites.

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David King @kingdare.bsky.social · 1d

There's something totally wrong with the immigrant #'s 1200 missing presumably dead that were taken to Florida by ice

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
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Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone deserves help when we need it, but it's particularly infuriating when people who've volunteered to put their f'ing lives on the line for all of us get treated like this.

Why do Republicans hate Americans so much?

Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in El Paso, home to Ft. Bliss and Biggs Field, and need food assistance, the Mustard Seed Cafe (where I volunteered) provides hot fresh food Wed-Friday. No questions asked. It’s main purpose was providing meals in a restaurant and dignified setting for unhoused, but is now for all… free.

SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1d

It’s heartbreaking that the richest country in the world needs food banks to feed its people but it’s unbelievable that our billionaire politicians have forced our military to feed themselves and their families from food banks.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Military
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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

This is the kind of BS that reinforces the fact that ICE is not a 'law enforcement agency' but a racist gang.
Not every ICE employee is bad, many are just guys w/o a lot of skills who need to feed their families, but they're working in an org that often won't allow them to treat people decently.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

In this video I run through all of the big voting and democracy cases the Supreme Court will hear this term and what we need to be watching for. youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

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AnthonyF272 @anthonyf272.bsky.social · 2d

I copied that to ChatGPT and asked if it was true information, and the answer was:

"true, partly true, and unverified/misleading".

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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 1d

Totes we need source credentials when we put up stats or a link to the website at the very least. We already won the hearts, noo we need to win the heids!

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

Please share the sources! This is super interesting. I'd love to learn more. The time period, the factors that made such a difference, etc. Surely it must be in Scottish media...

David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

Specifically, a consensual blow job between adults...

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 1d

There is no leader of Antifa.
There is no girlfriend of the leader of Antifa.

They are creating imaginary people so they can justify going after real people.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Iago López (Centro Médico Pontevedra) @iagolopez.bsky.social · 2d

Al respecto de esto, yo hace muchos años que fantaseo con devolverles la hostia a los chinos montando un "centro de medicina tradicional europea" en Shangái para que vengan los pijipis chinos a hacerse sangrías, mirarles el color de las heces, ponerles a rezar, etc.

Mon García-Ontiveros @monontiveros.bsky.social · 4d

Salgo de la convención de Turespaña. He visto a la redactora jefa de Elle India diciendo que un motivo para los indios para viajar a España es nuestra forma de vivir, de la que pueden aprender mucho. ¿A QUE EMPIEZAN A VENIR LOS INDIOS A ESPAÑA A ENCONTRARSE A SÍ MISMOS?

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Audrey de Witte @audjde.bsky.social · 2d

The waters below
gently held the wonder
of a new day,
shimmering the fleeting image
on it’s aqueous canvas.
Time is not stationary,
it moves from one breath to the next
seeking what is yet to be,
leaving behind
remembered moments.

#Wordsmith #Reflection #Dawn #Ocean

The sky is cloud filled, leaving a small opening of blue on the right, just above the middle. The ocean is a flat, murky blue colour, separating the sky and the shallow pool. In the foreground is a sandy, shallow pool, which reflects the cloud above. Toward the top of the image, on the right, a Gull is flying from right to left.

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 1d

What's particularly piquent is that Ms. Corina *thanked* Donny for pressuring the Machado govt, yet he couldn't bring himself to not b*tch & moan about being neglected.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

After Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,President Obama welcomed her to the club. They celebrated her achievement & had a good laugh at Yam Tits expense for not receiving one despite him calling Norway to demand one
I condone this AI representation 😎

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 3d

Want to know how to make Dems sell out the American people? Megan Mineiro is happy to let you know!
Who'd want to make MAGAs compromise by not kicking millions off health insurance? Asking Repubs to compromise in any way is evil radical left extremism!
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These Democrats Could Hold the Key to Ending the Shutdown

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 5d

It will also add a revenue stream to all the tech oligarchs.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.

The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).

"The party of small government,” folks.

David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 5d

I just posted the LinkedIn version to the Gunn class of 75 FB group (they just had their 50th year reunion). I also want to share it with a small men's group I meet with every few months; One members is Peter Jacobs, who recently told me stories about grant issues at Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab.