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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.” The war officially ended in 1973 but the remaining Americans fled South Vietnam in chaotic air and sea lifts two years later as North Vietnam forces invaded to unite their country. […]

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Barton @barton13.bsky.social · 1d

lol, this is the whole point. They didn’t create this system to stop fraud, they did it to make it harder to vote.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.

Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 1d

“If someone needs me out there, I’ll be out there, but I leave that darkness out of my home & out of my life.”

“blessed to be able to do what I do & thankful they would wanna work with me. I’ve had the best life in the world & I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career

As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil rights

www.theguardian.com

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Boston Anarchist Bookfair @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social · 3d

The full schedule of in-person workshops for the 2025 Boston Anarchist Bookfair is now up on our website: bostonanarchistbookfair.org

Boston Anarchist Bookfair
Saturday Workshop Schedule
12:30-1:30 How to Resist a Grand Jury
1:45-2:45 The Anarchism of Lucy Parsons
3:00-4:00 Abolition Write Now: Human Connection, Pen-pals, and Liberation
4:15-5:15 Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help book discussion

Boston Anarchist Bookfair
Sunday Workshop Schedule

12:30-1:30 What the Health?!
1:45-2:45 Intro to Political Education
3:00-4:30 Bookfair closing party with music from Songs of Liberation by Evan Greer

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 1d

“Fifteen years after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, the [Republican] party remains united in criticizing the law but divided on how to move forward.”
Meanwhile, enrollment up to 25 + million, and Trump never had concepts of a plan much less an actual plan. Republicans are clueless liars:

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d

“I think most people are going to say, OK, I had a great deal during COVID,” said Club For Growth President David McIntosh. “But now it’s back to business as usual, and I should be paying for health care.”

Republicans Face Voter Anger Over Rising Health Care Premiums

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters' mailboxes and sending some to Republican town halls to vent their frustration.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 1d

The firing of Debora Patta is disastrous for CBS. Bari Weiss is not fit to carry her handbag. Is the implication here that Chris Livesey is the one? Wrong choice if it had to be one or the other, but he’s at least good at what he does.

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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 2d

Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 2d

And lest there be any confusion or doubt: we need and probably can afford a larger house, but we stay put because we love this neighborhood and we love it for its diversity. We’d vacate for Berkeley or Brooklyn, Pisa or Porto, but not trading Flower Pot/Red Cedar neighborhood for White Hills.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

"High density areas have become economically thriving multicultural havens while whiter, lower density places are facing stagnation and decline as their populations have become increasingly uniform in terms of socially conservative personality, aversion to diversity, and lower levels of education."

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

There was a slight drift toward Trump among some subpopulations in some urban areas in 2024, so people wildly overreacted & have decided the density thing doesn't hold any more, but ... it does. Overwhelmingly, it does. Read Will Wilkinson (where did he go?) for much, much more:

The Density Divide: Urbanization, Polarization, and Populist Backlash - Niskanen Center

In this new paper, I weave recent research in political science, economics, psychology and more into an account of political polarization and the rise of populist nationalism as a surprising and overl...

www.niskanencenter.org

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 2d

I live in clean, super safe hood.
Sidewalk outside BR window sees smoking foreignoids jabbering in Spanish, French, Italian, all of which I understand, Arabic, which I recognize, & God only knows what else as they go to mosque, grocer, or kid pickup.
Welcome to the USA, J.D.
Local elementary school:

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Plans for his golden ballroom are very visible, and I think the folks starving in America are soon to become a whole lot less invisible. youtu.be/w_AZmBT4wWI

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday mocked protesters who took part in “No Kings” demonstrations across the United States while praising his father’s business-first approach to the Middle East during a visit to Saudi Arabia. https://to.pbs.org/47qjYeZ

Trump Jr. mocks 'No Kings' protesters at business summit hosted by Saudi royals

Donald Trump Jr. has mocked protesters involved in "No Kings" demonstrations across the United States while praising his father's business approach to the Middle East.

www.pbs.org

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 2d

I live in clean, super safe hood.
Sidewalk outside BR window sees smoking foreignoids jabbering in Spanish, French, Italian, all of which I understand, Arabic, which I recognize, & God only knows what else as they go to mosque, grocer, or kid pickup.
Welcome to the USA, J.D.
Local elementary school:

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 3d

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 3d

Unwillingness to rule out a third term for Trump punto e basta ought to disqualify you from public service,

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville doesn’t rule out a Trump 3rd term: “If he says he has some different circumstances that might be able to go around the Constitution—but that's up to him… Will it happen? Very unlikely, but don't ever close the book on President Trump.”

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 4d

In the NY Times, historian Jill Lepore called Hillary Clinton’s 2016 DNC speech “depraved,” “cynical,” “the most reprehensible piece of political theater.” She said Clinton painted her enemies as “satanic.”
Unlike the Times, I checked the speech. Lepore is 100% wrong.
www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/p...

Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech: full text | CNN Politics

Full text of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech on July 28, 2016. As prepared for delivery.

www.cnn.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 4d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

Goodness gracious - part 2

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 5d

Billionaires not paying taxes while being bailed out by tax payers & receiving subsidies & members of congress who spend their time on social media attacking those needing food assistance rather than serving the American people are the problem.

#Pinks

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.

And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.

But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Interesting cover from NY Post

Weird fetish art ran by the NYPost of Zohran

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 5d

Reposting with Alt-text:

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after.

And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 5d

With rare exception football programs contribute ZERO $$$ to the university. At best they fund minor sports to keep athletics Title IX compliant & give a boost to freshman recruiting in tuition driven world. Vast majority of football programs lose money and are a drag on a university’s budget.

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