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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 11h

They wouldn’t care about “blue hair” and “nose rings” if the women rocking that look wanted to fuck them

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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B. @missxbri.bsky.social · 16h

Everybody be pro-hoe, until it’s somebody you don’t like. Then y’all get to shaming sex workers 🤣

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Manta Trust @mantatrust.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: All oceanic devil rays are now Critically Endangered.

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foaf1945.bsky.social @foaf1945.bsky.social · 8h

Ooooh if you're a fan of Horror and youre a fan of science, you should check out this

youtu.be/bR8OeDYYD9A?...

The ALIEN Killer Klowns From Outer Space Species Explored | What Exactly Are They?

YouTube video by Roanoke Gaming

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ACLU @aclu.org · 19h

"Nothing is quite like the surreal experience of saying goodbye to someone who is perfectly healthy but preparing to die at the hands of the state."

Claudia Van Wyk, ACLU Senior Staff Attorney, reflects on what it was like for Texas to execute her client, Richard Tabler.

ACLU Attorney Reflects on Texas Death Penalty Case

Marking World Day Against the Death Penalty, Claudia Van Wyk recounts witnessing Richard Tabler’s final moments and the toll of state executions.

www.aclu.org

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foaf1945.bsky.social @foaf1945.bsky.social · 8h

Uh the Dawn of The Dead remake lol, that's just such a good movie, one of my all time favorite zombie flicks.

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foaf1945.bsky.social @foaf1945.bsky.social · 8h

We should have let Sherman burn the South to cinders, then we should have handed governance over to the black veterans that fought for the Union.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 23h

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 12h

We need some ‘I ❤️ Pope’ t-shirts…

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine the future of the Voting Rights Act.

At stake in Louisiana v. Callais is Black voters’ ability to elect their candidates of choice in Louisiana, and all voters' ability to challenge racially discriminatory maps.

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

slate.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 16h

The Trump administration wants the courts to grant them free rein to use immigration enforcement powers to crack down on free speech.

That's not how the First Amendment works. We're fighting back.

Mahdawi and Öztürk’s Legal Battle Highlights First Amendment Constitutional Risks - Documented

Legal experts say the rulings in Mohsen Mahdawi and Rümeysa Öztürk’s cases could redefine First Amendment protections for both immigrants and citizens.

documentedny.com

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 11h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know if y’all can tell or not but AG Letitia James is pissed😂😬

Baaaaaaaaby do these people know state crimes can’t be pardoned by the President?

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

And we're not slowing down.

Join us: ACLU.org

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 22h

Take notice, the ACLU is hard at work…

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Leivve @leivve.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the groups one could argue are worth killing, a group terrorizing blacks, Catholics, and Jews seems like something everyone can get on board with. The only equally unambiguous modern target are Nazis.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14h

I’m calling it now: CA SB79, which legalizes apartments near mass transit stops, will improve rather than ruin neighborhood character

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foaf1945.bsky.social @foaf1945.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly? I'm glad we got some dude from Boston as the pope, if there was ever a chance to get a semi-decent guy in the role, I always thought it'd be from a place like Boston lol

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nda @ndasfw.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t pay much attention to goings on with the Pope, but apparently he’s recently ordered bishops to protect migrants- kudos to the Catholic Church for having a moral backbone there

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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Saw this (credit where credit is due).

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17h

It's been 200 days since masked government goons abducted Rümeysa Öztürk for writing an op-ed they didn't like.

She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.

The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting

If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed

freedom.press

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 21h

I’ve noticed X is now full of right wing politics grads making money off tweets bemoaning our long lost history of designing and constructing heavy infrastructure and grand buildings.

Do they realise *they* could have just studied engineering?

Easier to tweet than do, though. Amirite?

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99fgh.bsky.social @99fgh.bsky.social · 20h

If Congress is looking for something to impeach the felon for, accepting bribes in order to give a military base to a foreign power in our country seems like a good one!

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