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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16h

To go with the tiny hands?

Chart showing "ICE spending on "small arms" (January 20-October 18)" showing an increase of more than $60M in Trump's term.

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Goldeen "Rhondi" Ogawa @goldeenogawa.com · 17h

Sound on for nuthatch noises!!!
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17h

East Wing is gone.

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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙💙 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 18h

Goodbye East Wing 😞 #Pinks

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · Oct 28

ok today was a weird work day, so here's a video of the time i tried to record myself painting some shoes for a client, but then my phone died, and then the file went wrong with the second attempt, so it's just the most "draw the rest of the fucking owl" thing I've ever done

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

The GOP’s Utah redistricting power-play might be its most egregious yet. Not because the most seats are at stake — only one is at stake in Utah. But because of the lengths it goes to put raw political advantage ahead of respect for the will of voters. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/thi...

This is the Most Brazen GOP Gerrymander Yet

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 16h

Cleaning Neptune's teeth

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Jonathan @jonathanjoshua.com · 21h

My 11yo, on his own, just started watching PBS Frontline about how the Trump administration is making a mockery of the constitution. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series

Watch FRONTLINE's documentary on the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over presidential power.

www.pbs.org

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 18h

It’s OK if you don’t immediately recognize the Nazi symbols. But maybe listen to the people who do?

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 16h

And a reminder that I post the FOIA releases worth posting to my free public and humbly named digital archive the Pfeiffer Nuclear Weapons and National Security Archive.

osf.io/46sfd/

Also where I am uploading stuff I cite in dissertation.

#PhDLife
#InfoSharing

OSF

osf.io

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 17h

This and oh hells yes!

I submitted an abstract to the SFAAs to talk about anthro research and using public records & freedom of information requests!

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 19h

FOIA is tough. Responses take years and interpreting released records is a skill that should be rewarded.

I'd say the best way to do that is to share FOIA-based reporting as widely as possible by making it free.

Join me @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social talk about this more.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 2d

🔔 Public records-based reporting should be free. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.

Hear why this is a public service and good for business, ft. @josephcox.bsky.social, @katie-drummond.bsky.social, Caitlin Vogus, and Lauren Harper.

🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 pm EDT

RSVP: freedom.press/unpaywalled

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 1d

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

Might as well put this one in the thread, for reference.

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 18h

Seriously who the fuck do these creatures think they are? HOW DARE THEY!!! 🪶

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 18h

Omg look at the outside 18 minutes ago!!!! 😭 😭

Zero edits. Straight from the camera. 🪶

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h

Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?

www.gao.gov/legal/approp...

www.gao.gov

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Stewart Tan @sstan99.bsky.social · 1d

For those that prefer watching over reading, here's the discussion between Anna Bower and Ben Wittes on Lawfare on this topic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZy...

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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 17h

Poverty rates across OECD countries. The USA has one of the highest rates. This graph shows “Percentage of persons living with less than 50% of median equivalised disposable income, by gender, in 2021 (or nearest year).” Women are poorer than men nearly everywhere.

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Bar graph showing poverty rates across OECD countries. Source: OECD. The countries with the highest rates are South Africa, Costa Rica, USA, and Israel. In most countries women are poorer than men.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 18h

This is... good messaging, actually

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 18h

In Canada, 10.2% of the population lived below the poverty line in 2023. The poverty line for a single person is earning $$27,624 annually.

www.statcan.gc.ca/hub-carrefou...

Line graph showing percent of Canadians living below the poverty line from 2017 to 2023. Source: Statistics Canada. In 2023, it was 10.2%.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18h

Ah yes, the cop tense. “The agent’s weapon discharged.” I have never seem any news outlet describe it this way when a civilian shoots someone.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 20h

CNN reports that a highly trained and responsible ICE agent accidentally shot an immigrant and a US marshal

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John Howl Boo @jholbo.bsky.social · 18h

Release the unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 United States presidential election!

Jamie Fox @whatlawfoxsays.bsky.social · 18h

Or the Senate Intel Committee report. Chaired by Rubio. History indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_...

Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙💙 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 17h

In the middle of a shut down, but don’t worry trump is handing out goody bags to republicans senators! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Saturday was peaceful on the side of the protesters, but trumps police were violent. This part didn’t make the media and took place in Denver, CO. 1/2

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