@hammerhandle.bsky.social
Ardently progressive. Here to post ideas, and not just kvetch.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer who fought for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer who fought for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
We may want to change one day
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM
We may want to change one day
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✅ Amazon has layed off approximately 30,000 workers
✅ Amazon made $75+ Billion profit in 2025
✅ Amazon made $75+ Billion profit in 2025
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
✅ Amazon has layed off approximately 30,000 workers
✅ Amazon made $75+ Billion profit in 2025
✅ Amazon made $75+ Billion profit in 2025
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A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
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The fact that the rules of air defense "had to be relearned over a major American city next to a large international airport should concern anyone who understands how quickly accidents become tragedies."
The El Paso Balloon Incident Could Have Been a Disaster
Shooting experimental lasers next to a major airport without telling anyone—what could go wrong?
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The fact that the rules of air defense "had to be relearned over a major American city next to a large international airport should concern anyone who understands how quickly accidents become tragedies."
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🔥 REP. @aoc.bsky.social IN MUNICH: “Extreme levels of inequality lead to a sense of instability and drive the ascent of authoritarianism… we have to have a working class-centered politics if we’re going to succeed and stave off the scourge of authoritarianism.”
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
🔥 REP. @aoc.bsky.social IN MUNICH: “Extreme levels of inequality lead to a sense of instability and drive the ascent of authoritarianism… we have to have a working class-centered politics if we’re going to succeed and stave off the scourge of authoritarianism.”
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BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
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A judge stepped in Thursday to block the Pentagon's move to try and reduce Sen. Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) rank or censure him — a loss for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and major win for Kelly.
Pete Hegseth handed loss as GOP-appointed judge blocks move to reduce veteran Dem's rank
A judge stepped in Thursday to block the Pentagon's move to try and reduce Sen. Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) rank or censure him — a loss for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and major win for Kelly. Federal Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., a Republican appointee, decided in favor of Kelly in the emerge...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
A judge stepped in Thursday to block the Pentagon's move to try and reduce Sen. Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) rank or censure him — a loss for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and major win for Kelly.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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I honestly can’t remember any prior AG being this overtly disrespectful in a Congressional hearing.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I honestly can’t remember any prior AG being this overtly disrespectful in a Congressional hearing.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Proud of our athletes who are speaking out‼️
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Proud of our athletes who are speaking out‼️
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Republican tear gassing children and kicking bogs. What is your encore? Assaulting seniors? Oh wait. Protecting r@pists? Oh wait… what evil have you not done yet GOP?
"Republicans want to kill your dog."
Small dog suffers broken rib after being repeatedly kicked by U.S. Marshals deputy. "Action News 5 obtained two videos that show the marshals service employee kicking Yoshi not once, but twice." www.actionnews5.com/2026/02/07/d...
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Republican tear gassing children and kicking bogs. What is your encore? Assaulting seniors? Oh wait. Protecting r@pists? Oh wait… what evil have you not done yet GOP?
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“Please stay calm as we steal the election”.
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
“Please stay calm as we steal the election”.
#fuckice #fuckdjt no to interment camps. No to masked paramilitary. No to destroying probable cause. No to qualified immunity. No to profiling. The nation needs immense reform. This block print gets it.
#linoprint #blockprint #pfeiltools #linogravure #linoryt #linodruck #linoschnitt I did not know if I would post this one, but here it is. Postcards ready to rock.
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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"The revelations provided by the IRS data come at a crucial moment. Wealth inequality has become one of the defining issues of our age."
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
"The revelations provided by the IRS data come at a crucial moment. Wealth inequality has become one of the defining issues of our age."
Please help us celebrate a #newhampshire victory. The #ICE detention center being force on Rockingham County has been permanently tabled. This is despite our Gov. Kelly Ayotte secretly plotting to build. Thank you to All that contacted the commissioners, wrote letters and applied pressure. #fuckdjt
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Please help us celebrate a #newhampshire victory. The #ICE detention center being force on Rockingham County has been permanently tabled. This is despite our Gov. Kelly Ayotte secretly plotting to build. Thank you to All that contacted the commissioners, wrote letters and applied pressure. #fuckdjt
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"This is 'catch and kill' but for a media organization...we're seeing people buy up media organizations to dismantle them knowing that the president is going to think that that's a favor."
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss the massive layoffs at the Washington Post.
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss the massive layoffs at the Washington Post.
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
"This is 'catch and kill' but for a media organization...we're seeing people buy up media organizations to dismantle them knowing that the president is going to think that that's a favor."
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss the massive layoffs at the Washington Post.
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss the massive layoffs at the Washington Post.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
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ICE's budget could fund the ACA (healthcare) extension and expand Medicaid to millions. Instead, it funds home invasions, family separation, and killing protesters. Republicans made this choice for you. Remember in November... #FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
ICE's budget could fund the ACA (healthcare) extension and expand Medicaid to millions. Instead, it funds home invasions, family separation, and killing protesters. Republicans made this choice for you. Remember in November... #FundHealthcareOverICE