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Matt Todd @matttodd.bsky.social · 3d

Me too

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.bsky.social · 15d

Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.

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Scott Snyder @ssnyder1835.bsky.social · 15d

Absolute Catwoman.
Che Grayson. @bengalart.bsky.social.
Six issues coming in 2026.

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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 15d

“One shall stand, one shall fall!”

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15d

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Mitch Kates @mitchkates.bsky.social · Sep 22

This fall, PA Voters have an important call to duty…

To protect women’s reproductive rights and maintain free & fair elections, PA voters need to show up and VOTE!

#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges

Sign up to receive your ballot by mail:
www.padems.org/mail/

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Mitch Kates @mitchkates.bsky.social · Sep 12

This fall, PA Voters have an important call to duty…

To protect women’s reproductive rights and maintain free & fair elections, PA voters need to show up and VOTE!

#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges

Sign up to receive your ballot by mail:
www.padems.org/mail/

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Aug 27

This video by Alex Pearlman does a really good job explaining why branding changes like his aren't "woke" they're just another chapter in the big book of "Capitalism and the adventure of endless growth for the shareholders".

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Deniz Camp @denizcamp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Bloodshot would hate transphobes and throw himself in front of a hail of bullets to protect a trans kid without hesitation. Just FYI.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 11

Trump mentions NYC, Baltimore, and Oakland, says "they're so far gone," and adds, "this will go further. We'll starting very strongly with DC."

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fuck everyone for not protecting MY LGBTQ+ community and YES I'm looking at lots of Dem electeds and voters too.

Buddy Stone @buddystone.bsky.social · Aug 11

They're going for it. Consequences be damned.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

abcnews.go.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is great, because in one tiny posting it’s clear that Trump is so corrupt he can change his presidential position on a whim, depending on whether he likes you or not.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Jun 30

A federal judge is keeping this man in jail to protect him from the federal government.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 30

BREAKING: A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.

Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Supreme Court isn’t remotely the same institution it was then, both in the public perception of it and the actual conduct of its conservative bloc. Moreover, Court-packing wasn’t the catastrophe many believe it to be today. There were real benefits to FDR’s challenging the conservative bloc then and there would be even greater ones today.
Instead of listening to those who misunderstand the history of “Court-packing,” Democrats should adopt the framing used by Senator Robert LaFollette, Jr. to back FDR’s plan.
A Progressive Republican from Wisconsin, LaFollette argued passionately that the president wasn’t trying to “pack” the Court; rather, he said, FDR was trying to “unpack” the pro-business bloc that had taken it over in the preceding decades.

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Jun 27

Unless something dramatic happens in the interim, a birth certificate will no longer be sufficient to prove the citizenship of any child born in much of the United States after July 27.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · Jun 27

Sotomayor: Trump knew his birthright citizenship order was unconstitutional, so he went after the universal injunctions.

"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The Government does not ask for complete stays of the injunctions, as it ordinarily does before this Court. Why? The answer is obvious: To get such relief, the Government would have to show that the Order is likely constitutional, an impossible task in light of the Constitution’s text, history, this Court’s precedents, federal law, and Executive Branch practice. ...
The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. A majority of this Court decides that these applications, of all cases, provide the appropriate occasion to resolve the question of universal injunctions and end the centuries-old practice once and for all. In its rush to do so the Court disregards basic principles of equity as well as the long history of injunctive relief granted to non-parties.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

From Sotomayor's dissent, which she's now reading from the bench:

"The President has made a 'solemn mockery' of our Constitution. Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way. Because such complicity should know no place in our system of law, I dissent." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any
other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only
if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival.
Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort. With
the stroke of a pen, the President has made a “solemn mockery” of our Constitution. Peters, 5 Cranch, at 136. Rather
than stand firm, the Court gives way. Because such complicity should know no place in our system of law, I dissent.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The majority cannot deny that our Constitution was designed to split the powers of a monarch between the governing branches to protect the People. Nor is it debatable that
the role of the Judiciary in our constitutional scheme is to
ensure fidelity to law. But these core values are strangely
absent from today’s decision. Focusing on inapt comparisons to impotent English tribunals, the majority ignores the
Judiciary’s foundational duty to uphold the Constitution
and laws of the United States. The majority’s ruling thus
not only diverges from first principles, it is also profoundly
dangerous, since it gives the Executive the go-ahead to
sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the
Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate. The very
institution our founding charter charges with the duty to
ensure universal adherence to the law now requires judges
to shrug and turn their backs to intermittent lawlessness.
With deep disillusionment, I dissent.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 26

Pretty sure, in fact, that the CBP Traveler Verification System is explicitly barred from keeping pictures of US citizens?

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Jun 26

New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...

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Doc Shaner @docshaner.bsky.social · Jun 17

ATOM. Urasawa's Pluto was my first manga, after years of friends telling me to read it. It's one of my favorite books, and I search out everything Urasawa's done now. It opened up the way I look at comics in a huge way.