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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 23m

Not only is Lisa Cook VERIFIABLY innocent of mortgage fraud (WSJ and others have already looked at PUBLIC property records to account for this) but you know who IS guilty of illegally claiming multiple homes as a primary residences?

Almost EVERYONE in Trump’s cabinet and the line of succession.

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 1h

Letitia James. Lisa Cook. Fani Willis. Gwynne Wilcox. Carla Hayden. Telita Crosland. Peggy Carr. And the 300,000 Black women who have lost their jobs since January.

Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump

www.nytimes.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Dec 23

Climate change isn't woke. Or rather, it's a bit woke and there's nothing wrong with that, but that's not all it is. Political and business leaders urgently need to reject the lazy thinking that is trying to paint climate action as an elite endeavour. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/43...

Climate change isn't 'woke'

Donald Trump's victory has triggered fresh calls for a rolling back of climate action, but such arguments are based on lazy and dangerously flawed assumptions - in an end of year essay BusinessGreen e...

www.businessgreen.com

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 39m

ICE alert Chicago Foster Ave cross street Lincoln 8:45am, woman taken from her car screaming and put into a blue minivan by people in vests and bandanas.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23m

Makes sense because Musk has no idea what it takes to produce anything, and Weiss doesn't understand what it takes to produce journalism.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 25m

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 17h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Chicago ICE raids, National Guard troops prompt new lesson plans: ‘Know your rights’ reut.rs/3KOos7v

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 1h

A win? Neat.

Can't be roller derby tough if you're a terf.

Judge halts New York county from enforcing trans athlete ban after roller derby league sues

The ban would have affected more than 100 sports facilities in Nassau County, just east of New York City.

www.nbcnews.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.

www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

Part of a letter sent by a bunch of GOP members of Congress in favor of granting Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won today.

The last three paragraphs, before Rick Scott and Marco Rubio's signature, reads:

The Maduro regime's abuses and assaults on the civil society and legitimate
political activity of Venezuelan citizens have caused millions to flee to other countries,
while millions more have had no choice but to remain in the prison Maduro has
imposed on them. The peace of the region has been greatly disturbed by Maduro’s
welcoming of some of the world’s worst actors, including terrorists and dictators who
support him.
It is our firm belief that María Corina Machado’s courageous and selfless
leadership, and unyielding dedication to the pursuit of peace and democratic ideals,
make her a most deserving candidate for this prestigious award. Her efforts not only
highlight the urgent need for international solidarity in the face of aggressive and
expansive authoritarianism but also serve as a reminder of the power of individual
bravery in the quest for justice.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 1h

“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 1h

The Sum of All Inchoate Fears

The Frog Wizard will protect you. While looking through some old posts, I came across this post, "My Fellow Riders and I Will Attack You on the Metro", which described a woman who had moved from Southern Virginia to Tysons Corner, VA and was scared of the Metro–though…

The Sum of All Inchoate Fears

The Frog Wizard will protect you. While looking through some old posts, I came across this post, "My Fellow Riders and I Will Attack You on the Metro", which described a woman who had moved from Southern Virginia to Tysons Corner, VA and was scared of the Metro–though she managed to overcome it. She still was doing things like not standing within ten feet of the platform and was concerned about people with lots of full shopping bags (presumably they were criminals?).

mikethemadbiologist.com

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 5h

Note the wording.. Ms. Machado receives the prize for:
- promoting democratic rights
- struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition
- At a time when democracy is under threat
- where democracy is in retreat
- more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norm
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en

Nobel Peace Center | Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway

The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize. Experience our exhibitions, events and guided tours inspired by the ideas and work of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

www.nobelpeacecenter.org

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Heidi Moore @heidim.bsky.social · 1h

“We see the same trends globally: rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair.”

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2h

It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1h

The guy has threatened to seize the territory of our closest NATO allies, taken us from a working JCPOA to bombing Iran, & repeatedly sided with Putin about Ukraine. Stop it. This stuff should have ended his presidency months ago, let alone won him a Nobel Peace Prize.

David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1h

MAGA Has Utter Meltdown Over Trump Nobel Peace Prize Snub

'Absolute Joke': MAGA Freaks Out Over Trump Nobel Peace Prize Snub

Donald Trump's failure to win was slammed by his base.

www.huffpost.com

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 1h

Milwaukee a la René Magritte

Aerial photo of large and well-defined clouds out over Lake Michigan with downtown Milwaukee visible in the bottom right

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Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 59m

Oh fuck this guy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 1h

In all seriousness, money is power because it is a general tool for mobilizing/acquiring real resources. There is a difference between hoarding those resources per se, thereby depriving others of what they may have had, and using those resources as political leverage to destroy our institutions.

Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 2h

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Peru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge

Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history.

Peru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge

www.nytimes.com

Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

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"Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1h

I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1h

THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY EVERY BILLIONAIRE IS A POLICY FAILURE. IT'S THE INSTABILITY LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF POWER CREATE. NOT THE LOST REVENUE.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Trump, the Self-Styled “President of PEACE” Abroad, Makes War at Home

The President’s martial rhetoric against fellow-Americans is a striking contrast with his push for an end to hostilities in Gaza.

Trump, the Self-Styled “President of PEACE” Abroad, Makes War at Home

The President’s martial rhetoric against fellow-Americans is a striking contrast with his push for an end to hostilities in Gaza.

www.newyorker.com

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Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Weiss’ identity as a lesbian doesn’t negate the harm she has done by amplifying voices hostile to trans people, giving oxygen to transphobic rhetoric and framing bigotry as reasoned dissent. In fact, it makes that damage more insidious.

Bari Weiss at CBS News isn’t a win for queer journalists

By platforming anti-trans content, Bari Weiss has betrayed her community

www.salon.com

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