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Rajan Narang
@rdnarang.bsky.social
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Working for a just democracy. Venting for my sanity. Explaining so we do better with our next opportunity. We’re mobilized and now it's time for us to organize. Personal account
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · Apr 6
Convinced that defeating the other side on displays of proud patriotism is necessary.

It’s completely correct to disagree with historical (and recent!) decisions this country’s made. But we’re fighting for its ideals, and in that fight, we get to define what patriotism means to us
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Apr 5
As the crowd at #HandsOff Boston files into City Hall Plaza, someone got up on a barrier waving the flag, and folks started singing the Star Spangled Banner.

This too is America.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1h
“Mr. Benioff said that he avidly supported Pres Trump & thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco — an action that city leaders would consider beyond the pale.”

No matter the giant phallus in the skyline, SF is not his city. It is ours.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h
This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help. "I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed. "I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions. "I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, 'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 40m
Huge respect for the Aces players; as a former Raiders fan it hurts my soul to watch Mark Davis lift a trophy.

Anyway, pay them what you owe them!!!
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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 5h
Welp. I think we know where the fan loyalty is gonna be during these post-season CBA negotiations...

PAY. THEM. WHAT. YOU. OWE. THEM.

(Peep A'ja's face 😂😂😂)
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h
George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 10h
Oh absolutely hell yes.

“Agency leaders who direct this work and Human Resources employees who conduct this work run the risk of being prosecuted under the Antideficiency Act, which could result in fines or imprisonment.”

democrats-budget.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 13h
More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 12h
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 6h
Inviting *this* administration to invade a city that you claim to love is a sign of deep delusion, at best www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7h
Doing comms work for billionaires slowly melting their brains must be quite a job.
At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have. “What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?” Then he hung up.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h
These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7h
Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help. "I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed. "I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions. "I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, 'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 12h
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8h
Only to be mocked by the Supreme Court.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h
As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h
Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13h
The RIFs began months ago. This is just recycled DOGE, just as unpopular and just as illegal.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15h
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
Russ Vought v @russvought The RIFs have begun. 12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h
Took a break from the Supreme Court's ongoing horrorshow to focus on what really matters: how funny it is for a federal judge to decide, as a matter of law, that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef
Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory
Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 16h
they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 15h
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!
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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h
“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d
Was a mistake to drop the "weird" attack
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 19h
highly relatable tbqh www.axios.com/2025/10/10/j...
The labor market is now "bed rotting"
The longer the labor market naps, the harder it is to wake up, which adds risks to the economy.
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 19h
I mean, it’s both
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21h
“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.
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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 1d
I think the correct lesson is probably that Big Fiscal works and also we should never, ever do direct cash payments while the other guy is in charge, only when we're in charge.
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d
This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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