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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · 10d

Mehmet Öz is the biggest embarrassment for Turkish and Turkic Americans.

Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · 13d

A nice overview if you are not familiar with Wounded Knee.

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September 26, 2025

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · Aug 24

The most NYC thing I can imagine: walking around the city with my artwork.
#Art

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 23

🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social

🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 30

I miss this clever cat opening every type of door. It was so sad to remove the baby proof door contraptions and wedges after he was gone. I still have one under the water heater door that I still can’t bear to take away.

The best grey blue cat ever. Felix is sitting on his back with his fluffy belly up with big pupils in his yellow green eyes.

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Betsy Good @betsygood.bsky.social · Jul 29

'Twas actually a Scots lassie! Pipe on, Sister!

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 30

I love this. I hope it continues non stop.

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · Jul 28

Bagpipes drown-out a windbag. I love the Scots! Glorious!

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Jul 22

Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.

My latest.
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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

www.theguardian.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · Jul 24

You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.

This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.

Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.

Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Should We Engage With Fascists?" Mehdi Hasan on his Viral Jubilee Debate

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social reflects on his viral debate with 20 far-right conservatives and fascists, which reveals the dangerous mainstreaming of white supremacist & Nazi talking points.

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"Should We Engage With Fascists?" Mehdi Hasan on his Viral Jubilee Debate

Journalist Mehdi Hasan reflects on his viral debate with 20 far-right conservatives and fascists which reveals the dangerous and disturbing mainstreaming of white supremacist and Nazi talking points.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jul 20

I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.'

Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Here's the full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 21

This is such a great episode to learn and think outside our communities. I really appreciate Julie & Simon calling out the water crisis and how Flint got attention but what the indigenous communities go through is eye opening and ignored.

It’s Episode 1097 on John Fugelsang podcast.

Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · Jul 17

We’re back LIVE tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s show (SXMProgress Ch. 127)! @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are talking the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test (the first atomic bomb detonation made famous by Oppenheimer), & what it meant for Native communities! Call in!

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JBParity @jbparity.bsky.social · Jul 20

This is a masterclass in how to respond to haters.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 20

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 12

Great interview Dean Obeidallah has with author Andrea Pitzer.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Ld...

Expert on concentration camps: Trump's Florida camp is just the first of many unless people stand up

YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Love the daily Cheesecake picture for a timeline cleanse. Socks says hi

Brown tabby tuxedo young cat with a grey and black top part of his tail, sitting on a red mat with two cat toys on his left. He’s facing the camera but looking away since he’s mad he got his food late.

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 5

Waiting and watching Socks as he goes around to different hiding spots to see if he needs some gabapentin to chill out :(

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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · Jul 4

Join us tonight at 10 PM ET for our We're Still Here segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's show on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social. Ch. 127.
Simon @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are diving into July 4th, #AlligatorAlcatraz, and what this moment means.

Tune in! #IndigenousVoices

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 3

Ishi is adorable!

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎶 When congress votes to take healthcare away from 17 million people and you’re feeling shitty, then it’s time to post a kitty 🎶

Socks doesn’t have time for all this chaos and is blissfully asleep as I read out loud the SSA email that just went out full of so much propaganda.

Brown tabby tuxedo cat with a grey and black striped tail asleep on a tan cat tree

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Jenny B @jennybsk.bsky.social · Jul 2

I recently started listening and reading the @michaelcohen212.bsky.social substack. It’s unscripted and unfiltered, interesting takes, with the right amount of sarcasm and potty mouth to help you commiserate. His takes on Trump, given his background, are insightful

Michael Cohen @michaelcohen212.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’m asking each of you, my @bsky.app community, to subscribe to my Substack platform where you will have the opportunity to read my daily post and view my daily LIVES. Click and read today’s post: open.substack.com/pub/therealm...

"Billionaire Ego Meets Presidential Wrath"

Elon thought his money made him untouchable. Trump thought loyalty was non-negotiable. I told you the fallout was coming; and now, Musk is about to feel real pain.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 30

This 👇🏽is a really good breakdown of what Zohran has actually said, and why the smears calling him antisemitic are so (intentionally) disingenuous — including from his fellow Democrats.

Full @qasimrashid.com video: www.instagram.com/reel/DLfhcQW...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Jun 27

Justice Jackson did not come to play today (Birthright citizenship/nationwide injunctions)

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · Jun 27

BREAKING: if the Supreme Court wants a class action to hold Trump's birthright citizenship unconstitutional nationwide, we will give them one!

We @democracydefendersaction.org just filed with our wonderful partners @aclu.org, NAACP LDF, LULAC & more

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