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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 4h

We haven't forgotten Elon Musk waving a chainsaw around, you dicks. We're not unaware you've used our money to bail out the Argentinian psycho who handed him the saw, either.

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans like to call federal workers part of a deep state and government waste one minute, then honorable workers victimized by Democrats the next, while axing even more government workers out of revenge....

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters

www.theguardian.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Jul 30

Collective punishment is a war crime.

Forced displacement is ethnic cleansing.

Intentionally bombing safe zones is genocide.

And remaining silent on all of the above is complicity.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk. Now Stop The Genocide.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

They aren’t afraid of “ANTIFA.”

They’re afraid of accountability, of people who document what they do, and of a public that can still recognize fascism when it sees it.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 22d

A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

go.nature.com

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 5h

His "higher purpose" sounds lower than his "lower purpose". No matter how bad we are, everyone else is worse? The myth of American exceptionalism has always been a cover for evil.

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 1d

VICTORY: Today, after tireless advocacy by @momsdemand.bsky.social and @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteers and survivors, Governor Newsom signed first-in-the-nation legislation to stop the spread of DIY machine guns.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

Maine is a special place, and our future depends on protecting it. I’ll fight for urgent climate action and defend the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, because strengthening these laws is more important than ever.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 8h

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Man will plead guilty to threatening Pride event after Charlie Kirk’s death

Joshua Wayne Cole to admit in court to making online posts about shooting people at an LGBTQ+ parade in Texas

www.theguardian.com

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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 1d

From Wells Fargo bank tellers to Google engineers, workers across the country are waking up to the same truth: CEOs & shareholders won’t protect them, but unions can.

Whether in a bank, law firm, or tech company, every worker deserves a voice in the workplace. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The future of white-collar work may be unionized

Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 1d

Not cool, PP.

vm.tiktok.com/ZMAxuFRCj/

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 8h

She's shown she's willing to be a sycophant to a wannabe dictator, so I don't think she's the defender of democracy the Nobel Prize committee makes her out to be. They gave it to Aung San Suu Kyi in 2018 and she went on to commit genocide against the Rohingya.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 8h

"Frank Miranda's attorney says Miranda, who was born in California, was outside his place of work when he was detained by plainclothes officers wearing masks."

Gee, I wonder why people are protesting outside of this building.

#MeltICE

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

Frank Miranda's attorney says Miranda, who was born in California, was outside his place of work when he was detained by plainclothes officers wearing masks.

www.kgw.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 9h

Hey California, let’s stop Trump from rigging the maps, vote Yes on Proposition 50. Send your ballot today.

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Seth Moulton @sethmoulton.bsky.social · 1d

For more than four decades, France has had trains 3.5x faster than any of ours in the U.S. today.

We built the transcontinental railroad 156 years ago. What in the world are we waiting for?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Back when we had some standards still

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