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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Apr 16

This along with Rachel Madow's breaking news last night about DOGE siphoning data from National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made accessible to Russian IP addresses via Starlink - How is dRumpf nto a Russian asset?!?!

Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times

Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 8

2028–just sayin 🔥

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 8

Got nervous for a sec. 😰

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Apr 8

They are snatching people off the street and sending them away to brutal prisons in foreign lands with zero due process - and they won't even bring them back when they realize a mistake was made.

That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.

#StopTrumpsTerror

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 4

How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?

They called it from day one.

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · Mar 15

Millions of Americans are enraged by Musk's wrecking-ball operation

It's time we get all of them into the streets — here's how:

Everyone should sign up here to get rapid response notifications about local actions against illegal cuts to services and jobs.

savepublicservices.com

Pledge to Defend our Public Services and Workers!

Elon Musk is trying to steal our federal government — slashing public services, firing civil servants, and handing power to billionaires like himself. It’s illegal, it’s dangerous, and we won’t stand ...

savepublicservices.com

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Mar 12

A Working Families Party is coming together! Let's Go! Join the call to join the movement.

Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen.

📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.

Alt Text: A digital flyer with a dark red background promotes the "Save Our Services: LET US WORK Mass Call" event. The main text is in bold white and light blue, with "LET US WORK" in large, uppercase white letters and "MASS CALL" in bold outlined text. Below, the flyer highlights four featured speakers with circular headshots: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Robert Reich (Former Secretary of Labor & Co-Founder of Inequality Media), Liz Shuler (President, AFL-CIO), and Maurice Mitchell (National Director, Working Families Party). The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 13th at 8PM ET / 5PM PT, with a call to action in bold: "Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP."

On the left side, logos of supporting organizations are stacked vertically, including the Federal Unionists Network (FUN), AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Working Families Party (WFP), and MoveOn.

At the bottom, white text reads "+ more!!" indicating additional speakers. The flyer visually emphasizes urgency and collective action against federal worker layoffs.

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Mar 8

WATCH: Free America! Yes - this is a hostile takeover of our government! We must act accordingly.

WATCH: Free America!

Tired of Democrats doing nothing? Political sage Anat Shenker-Osorio has some marching orders for the people -- you! -- to take this crisis into your own hands

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Doug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · Mar 2

Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now.

Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings.

I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them.

Get local media there.

Make it real.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Mar 2

The cognitive dissonance is almost impressive.

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · Mar 1

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 16

Just as relevant today…

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcom X (1963)

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 14

It is so twisted over there on the Christian right. I heard from a friend who left the church that she saw this posted in that algorithm - “beware the sin of empathy. It is a slippery road to liberalism.” Gah!

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Feb 13

...they're eating the protections for the people who live there.

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 14

LoL

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Feb 13

The Oregon Trail generation speaks

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · Feb 13

I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Feb 14

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

BY EMAIL
Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH)
Mr. Bove,
I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.
In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.
There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to,
give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.
Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the
Southern District of New York.
Yours truly,
Hagan Scotten
Assistant United States Att…

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · Feb 13

Everything you need to know about the economic blackout Feb. 28. Spread the word.

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The Peoples Union USA

Stand against political corruption with our upcoming economic resistance actions. Join The Peoples Union USA and make your voice heard!

jointhepeoplesunion.com

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · Feb 11

Langston Hughes was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance-a poet, essayist, playwright & activist who gave voice to Black Americans.

Kendrick Lamar is a poet, rapper, & earned the Pulitzer Prize for music.

This image of their work speaks of racial injustice & is thought-provoking.

A photo of Kendrick Lamar and black men forming the flag of the USA during the Super Bowl half time show, juxtaposed with Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, too”. (Credit-Posted by Nina Turner on Facebook.)

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 8

💯💯💯 easy!

D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · Feb 7

*endorsed

LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 6

💯💯💯

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Feb 5

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

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LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 5

Story is on page A22 of New York Times. Give me a f’ing break!

David Freedlander @freedlander.bsky.social · Feb 4

This story is on A22

LauraRae @lraeb.bsky.social · Feb 5

I have always said only 2 types of people support the orange man- stupid or evil. And willfully ignorant is evil.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · Feb 5

China slams U.S. 'suppression' as trade war deepens: by Oliver HOTHAM

Beijing accused the United States Wednesday of "suppression" after its postal service said it was suspending parcels from China and Hong Kong, a move that could hit e-commerce giants Temu and Shein.

Tensions between the US and…

China slams U.S. 'suppression' as trade war deepens

by Oliver HOTHAM Beijing accused the United States Wednesday of "suppression" after its postal service said it was suspending parcels from China and Hong Kong, a move that could hit e-commerce giants Temu and Shein. Tensions between the US and China…

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