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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.

This shutdown has Republicans' name written all over it.

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Russ Copeland @rcopelander.bsky.social · 2d

I'd like to report a murder

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 2d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s TIME Cover Tantrum, Alex Jones’ Billion-Dollar Loss, Letitia James’ Defiant Roar, and Obama’s Prop 50 Push

No filters. No lies. Just the raw truth.

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

A federal court just blocked a ridiculous law that banned almost all speech on public college campuses in Texas after 10 p.m., including student journalism.

Huge win by @thefireorg.bsky.social defending the First Amendment.

Free speech doesn’t have a curfew.

VICTORY: Federal court halts Texas’ ‘no First Amendment after dark’ campus speech ban

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the University of Texas from enforcing a law that bans virtually all free speech on public university campuses after dark

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🥾☁️🌏💌🍃Paces in Places 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🌳💌 @pacesinplaces.bsky.social · 1d

Dreadful scenario!

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

I guess accepting donations in crypto makes sense for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. It could help the party to hide the identities of pro-Russian benefactors.

Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’

Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve

www.ft.com

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🥾☁️🌏💌🍃Paces in Places 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🌳💌 @pacesinplaces.bsky.social · 1d

Staying locally just now & o! Staggering number of new homes (detached & semi-detached) & housing estates planned for Warwickshire near Leamington Spa & Warwick. Don’t see much in way of multi-family blocks of flats though -? Disorienting (disorientating, too 😵‍💫) And where are the public footpaths?

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 1d

Between 638 and 720 million people faced hunger in 2024.

@FAO’s Hunger Map sheds light on the prevalence of undernourishment and food insecurity in each country.

🗺️ buff.ly/0Aptti7

#SOFI2025 #HungerMap

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Under the Tories they used a test called IELTS. So as far as I can tell there's nothing that different going on here. It's just a combination of very bad messaging and a hunger to please the press/GB News

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 1d

Lise Cristiani was the first professional female cellist known to perform publicly, at a time when it was considered unacceptable for women to play the cello. 🎻
Read more: clssicfm.co/48o6oLo

Have you heard the story of the world’s first female cellist, also an intrepid explorer?

Lise Cristiani was the first recorded female cellist to perform publicly, at a time when women playing the cello was considered unacceptable. She was also an explorer, but died tragically young aged j...

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🥾☁️🌏💌🍃Paces in Places 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🌳💌 @pacesinplaces.bsky.social · 1d

Louise Perry utterly missing the point about feminism here & I suspect she does so deliberately: “Feminism has encouraged women to reject this sense of duty, and not without cause.”

Feminism invites (dare we say expects, includes?!) men to participate in this sense of duty. Together is the way.

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 3d

SHARE if you stand with Letitia James! Because I do!

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🥾☁️🌏💌🍃Paces in Places 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🌳💌 @pacesinplaces.bsky.social · 2d

I get it 💯— and yet pithy slogans do not necessarily make effective policy.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 2d

We held a press conference this morning.
“This round of firings, as with all the others experienced at CDC in the last 10 months, was an intentional attack on the American people and the public’s health.”
stated Abby Tighe with National Public Health Coalition.

Help us save public health.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs

CDC Firings Are ‘Intentional Attack on the American People,’ Ex-Employees Say

A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs

www.scientificamerican.com

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🥾☁️🌏💌🍃Paces in Places 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🌳💌 @pacesinplaces.bsky.social · 2d

🤢 If you can stanch your gag reflex regarding this latest Meta decision, you might become fully sick 🤮 about this FIFA-related news. Or vice versa!

Why Was the President of FIFA at the Gaza Summit?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

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Sen. Maria Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov · 2d

If enhanced premium tax credits aren’t extended, new costs will hit some seniors hard. A 60-year-old woman in Yakima County earning $41K/year with a husband on Medicare would see her annual health insurance costs skyrocket from $70 to $1,945.

Net Premium Increase for a 60-Year-Old in Eastern WA: 2,600%

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

During #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth and beyond, it's on adults to help youth build resilience 📣!

The #ResistingHateInEducation #LearningForJustice series offers resources and strategies to help us work together to resist hate and bias 📲: https://bit.ly/3EbQBlL

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and arson for setting fires inside the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

What to know about the arson fire and attempted murder at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion

A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and arson for setting fires inside the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

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