@shelleyenglish.bsky.social
Ex-Democratic political operative, ex-NYC.gov employee, working artist, almost ex-shrink.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
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newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social speaking at our candidate forum back in February:
Congestion pricing is "a chance to transform our public transit system."
Congestion pricing is "a chance to transform our public transit system."
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social speaking at our candidate forum back in February:
Congestion pricing is "a chance to transform our public transit system."
Congestion pricing is "a chance to transform our public transit system."
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Immobilization of Russian assets is a very important step towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
Thankful to the EU for standing with Ukraine.
Thankful to the EU for standing with Ukraine.
I welcome the decision of the Council on our proposal to continue the immobilisation of Russian Sovereign Assets.
We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as long as this brutal war of aggression continues, Russia’s costs will continue to rise.
We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as long as this brutal war of aggression continues, Russia’s costs will continue to rise.
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Immobilization of Russian assets is a very important step towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
Thankful to the EU for standing with Ukraine.
Thankful to the EU for standing with Ukraine.
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"There's a difference between heroes ... and systems that forget people are human."
Frank Ray, Cop Turned Country Singer, Blasts ICE After Brother-In-Law Detained
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"There's a difference between heroes ... and systems that forget people are human."
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The European Union has agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank reserves, moving the bloc a step closer to securing a financial lifeline to Kyiv as the war heads into its fourth year.
EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets, moving closer to financial lifeline for Ukraine
The European Union has agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank reserves, moving the bloc a step closer to securing a financial lifeline to Kyiv as the war heads into its fourth year.
"I we...
kyivindependent.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The European Union has agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank reserves, moving the bloc a step closer to securing a financial lifeline to Kyiv as the war heads into its fourth year.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 12/10/25
✨ ' can't think of a more American thing...' ✨
youtube.com/shorts/L1_Es...
✨ ' can't think of a more American thing...' ✨
youtube.com/shorts/L1_Es...
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani "prepared" for arrest in standing up to ICE
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 12/10/25
✨ ' can't think of a more American thing...' ✨
youtube.com/shorts/L1_Es...
✨ ' can't think of a more American thing...' ✨
youtube.com/shorts/L1_Es...
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The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
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The House has gone a little crazy with the reprimands lately, but calling for the destruction of an entire religion (genocide, I believe you call that), would warrant some action in a normal legislative body.
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The House has gone a little crazy with the reprimands lately, but calling for the destruction of an entire religion (genocide, I believe you call that), would warrant some action in a normal legislative body.
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A very small group of billionaires and trillionaires with a lot of power has decided our future will be digital and post-human.
And then, we have cities: bright, rainbow-colored dots of humanity, creativity, industry, and culture.
I vote for cities.
And then, we have cities: bright, rainbow-colored dots of humanity, creativity, industry, and culture.
I vote for cities.
Are you interesting in cities and how to make them better for everyone? Bluesky has, in my observation, the biggest and best community of urbanists and city-builders on social media, and STARTER PACKS were a KEY to creating that! I have a bunch of them. This was my first! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A very small group of billionaires and trillionaires with a lot of power has decided our future will be digital and post-human.
And then, we have cities: bright, rainbow-colored dots of humanity, creativity, industry, and culture.
I vote for cities.
And then, we have cities: bright, rainbow-colored dots of humanity, creativity, industry, and culture.
I vote for cities.
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Good news today 😁
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE detention, attorney says
YouTube video by CBS News
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Good news today 😁
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We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
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Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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The WHO expert group reaffirmed what is already known: There is no link between vaccines and autism.
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The WHO expert group reaffirmed what is already known: There is no link between vaccines and autism.
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“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
"Since August, the US has put a $50m bounty on Maduro’s head, launched the biggest naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and carried out a series of deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats that have killed > 80 people."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
Move is major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás MaduroUS politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Since August, the US has put a $50m bounty on Maduro’s head, launched the biggest naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and carried out a series of deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats that have killed > 80 people."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
Gabor Rona analyzes the U.S. vote against the UN Resolution on Torture, which passed 169-3.
#HumanRightsDay
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Gabor Rona analyzes the U.S. vote against the UN Resolution on Torture, which passed 169-3.
#HumanRightsDay
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
Gabor Rona analyzes the U.S. vote against the UN Resolution on Torture, which passed 169-3.
#HumanRightsDay
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Gabor Rona analyzes the U.S. vote against the UN Resolution on Torture, which passed 169-3.
#HumanRightsDay
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
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These stories are less than 6 weeks apart. Billionaires don’t care about working people. They care about power. Stop defending billionaires. Start taxing them out of existence.
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These stories are less than 6 weeks apart. Billionaires don’t care about working people. They care about power. Stop defending billionaires. Start taxing them out of existence.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Look, the shingles vax does kinda suck.
You know what is like 10,000 times worse? Shingles.
You know what is like 10,000 times worse? Shingles.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Look, the shingles vax does kinda suck.
You know what is like 10,000 times worse? Shingles.
You know what is like 10,000 times worse? Shingles.
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To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
Behold, a room full of cowards, except for Rachel Scott.
The world looks on and wonders if we are all brain-dead.
We are not brain-dead: We are guilty for letting this happen.
Feed Trump's ego and enable corruption and greed, and the death of innocent people and destruction of 🌎 will continue.
The world looks on and wonders if we are all brain-dead.
We are not brain-dead: We are guilty for letting this happen.
Feed Trump's ego and enable corruption and greed, and the death of innocent people and destruction of 🌎 will continue.
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Behold, a room full of cowards, except for Rachel Scott.
The world looks on and wonders if we are all brain-dead.
We are not brain-dead: We are guilty for letting this happen.
Feed Trump's ego and enable corruption and greed, and the death of innocent people and destruction of 🌎 will continue.
The world looks on and wonders if we are all brain-dead.
We are not brain-dead: We are guilty for letting this happen.
Feed Trump's ego and enable corruption and greed, and the death of innocent people and destruction of 🌎 will continue.
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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat
Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats and a frequent target of GOP attacks, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
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He can't remember things he said or did a few days ago, which seems like a problem for a world leader.
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
He can't remember things he said or did a few days ago, which seems like a problem for a world leader.
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In our latest focus groups, we asked participants: If you could wave a wand and make one economic policy or reform happen, what would it be?
A common answer across all three groups: universal health care.
A common answer across all three groups: universal health care.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In our latest focus groups, we asked participants: If you could wave a wand and make one economic policy or reform happen, what would it be?
A common answer across all three groups: universal health care.
A common answer across all three groups: universal health care.