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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Context matters

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19h

Pennsylvania, wtf?

Who are you going to get to primary this wolf in sheep's clothing?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19h

FFS.

This isn’t about saving lives for Trump, it’s about building a justification for an illegal third term.

He’s such a little gremlin.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 19h

They don't understand that the "weak" opinion is because Americans want the Dems to FIGHT HARDER to stop The Regime. We want the opposite of caving.

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Rob Benson 🦋 @robnellie.bsky.social · 21h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19h

📌I am not a religious man, but I stand with this man, and against the most grotesque man on earth, and the broken, immoral people who worship him.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 19h

Hey Chris! Can you tell me who is running our PNW Northern Borderlands division? I was brought on board to help plan the Puget Sound to Canada Railroad route for our vulnerable populations, but someone on the Board keeps trying to send us through Idaho! And I'm not getting any answers to my calls.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20h

I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel.
That's all erased now.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

I keep hearing from people who say they bought my book on Amazon but received something with empty pages or with what appears to be filled with AI crap.

I don’t want you to be defrauded, so please read this for more info. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/because-amazon-wont-police-its-offerings

Because Amazon won’t police its offerings, you’re getting shafted (and so am I)

Here’s direct evidence

robertreich.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22h

"We can't do something to solve the problem because then we won't have the problem to blackmail the other side with."

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“.. GOP congressional leaders are resisting standalone military pay legislation, fearing it will take pressure off Democrats.”

@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22h

At some point they're going to run out of time, and the petition will be signed. Then we'll see whether the files are actually released, or if they'll break the law to keep them hidden.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“.. it's every day, some new excuse why he won't sign, right? Look at the core. He knows that, that is the deciding signature on the discharge petition," Gallego added.

@nbcnews.com #AZ07
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 22h

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

ICE shot a clergy member in the head in broad daylight.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a Zohran Mamdani and Robert Reich comms mash up.

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Add a sommelier and we're set!

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

And I'm following just for that.

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LE Murphy @lemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Can you please tell me if any cheeses have penicillin-like moulds in them? I love cheese but have a penicillin allergy that occasionally gets tripped by some less mundane ones.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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

Cartoon by @christopherweyant1.bsky.social.

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