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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly!!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Good piece: DOGE was the battering ram, but Russ Vought was the one enabling it, and then hiding it's impacts.

During the months when DOGE was most aggressively canceling contracts, O.M.B. was concealing how it was moving money through to agencies. Mr. Vought removed a legally required public database tracking those records. When a court forced the administration to restore it in August, the spending logs showed O.M.B. exerting unusual control over agency spending, using other documents the public can’t see.

Under a 1974 law, it’s illegal for the administration to “impound” or block money appropriated by Congress (to not spend the funds on those credit cards). But Mr. Vought has made clear he believes that law is unconstitutional and wants to test it in court.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 21h

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 4h

It’s considered impolite to use language like this, but “evil” is the best word for what these folks are doing. It’s bad enough to screw over workers to attack political enemies. But here, doing so will literally kill people and lead to avoidable disease.

open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 16h

What in the actual… he does know the internet exists, right?

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

There are very few stores left in Portland that aren't made of wood. FYI

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

Rich people on the bus?

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ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

No - at some point they traded it to give staff Juneteenth off instead. A lot of people take PTO because schools are off, but we have pretty generous PTO so it’s ok

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

What

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ALT: a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` wait , what ? ''

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure “Assaults” include stuff like sandwiches getting tossed at them

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“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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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

Big takeaway so far: community is everything. I had remembered that the Montgomery bus boycott was never just Rosa Parks deciding to take a stand one day, but the doc reminded me of the intense strategy, planning, organizing, mutual aid, and community building that made it a success.

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! I started rewatching “Eyes on the Prize” recently too… To take notes!

a woman in a black dress is holding a piece of paper in her hands .

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

If you have some time this weekend, have a look and a read: www.life.com/history/life...

Civil Rights: Photos From Sit-ins and Protest Training Sessions, 1960

LIFE.com presents a gallery of photos from a series of protests and sit-ins in Petersburg, Virginia, in May 1960.

www.life.com

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

We’re already off to a great start with the WWII memes so let’s keep it going!

Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

#Nonprofits everywhere: this is why you need a gift acceptance policy!!!

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

So terrifying and also so, so stupid. Humans created all the conditions that now threaten our existence. AI, climate, nuclear weapons.

AI to humans:

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Alt: GIF from 80s anti drug commercial where a dad catches teen son smoking pot and the kid says “You, alright? I learned it by watching you!”

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Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who isn’t nuts should unite around saying “anti-fascist” in full every single time the term ever needs to be used. Correct anyone who says “antifa.” Force the right to have to start saying “Anti-fascists are terr0rists.” Make the cognitive dissonance hurt.

Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

Saying someone is a "member of antifa" is like saying someone is a "member of socialism" or something. it makes zero sense. But they can't use the ideological form of the word because it makes it too clear what the ideology actually is and it would include our grandpas

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 1d

Ka-ching. Thousands in tax cuts to some members of Congress because of the law they voted for.

Some Members of Congress Will Cash in from New Tax Law

Many lawmakers who were vocal supporters of this bill will see direct personal benefits while most of their constituents benefit little or will be worse off.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

pepe is antifa lol

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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