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Anchorage, look up!
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
tristanwalsh.bsky.social
Anchorage, look up!
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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kevinberryecon.bsky.social
I'm joining the Covenant House Alaska sleep out, and right now there is a dollar for dollar match to provide their kids (who are disproportionately LGBTQ, Alaska Native and/or young mothers) with housing & education. Please donate!

www.sleepout.org/participants...
I'm giving up my bed in solidarity with youth facing homelessness.
I'm giving up my bed for one night in solidarity with youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House.
www.sleepout.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
tristanwalsh.bsky.social
Screenshot of quoted text: “Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter. Fannie's ethics and investigations group had received internal complaints alleging senior officials had improperly directed staff to access the mortgage documents of James and others, according to the people. The Fannie investigators were probing to find out who had made the orders, whether Pulte had the authority to seek the documents and whether or not they had followed proper procedure, the people said.” Screenshot of quoted text: “.. In the wake of the probes, and other investigations inside Fannie, about a dozen members of the ethics and internal investigations unit of Fannie were fired, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Suzanne Libby, Fannie Mae's chief ethics officer, was removed and Danielle McCoy, who served as general counsel, also stepped down after being pressured by leadership, the Journal reported.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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centeronbudget.bsky.social
As 22M people face rising premiums and 4M risk losing coverage, proposals to expand health savings accounts do nothing to make care affordable; extending premium tax credit enhancements would ensure enrollees continue to have access to care. www.cbpp.org/blog/expandi...
Expanding Health Savings Accounts Would Do Little to Improve Access to Affordable Health Care
Amid the urgent debate over whether Congress will act to prevent cost increases for millions of people in 2026 marketplace plans, some Republicans are promoting expansions of health savings accounts.....
www.cbpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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dermotcole.bsky.social
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan backs plan to pocket $500,000 as revenge for Jan. 6 phone records search
Sen. Dan Sullivan and seven other GOP senators would be able to try to pocket $500,000 from the federal government under an outrageous retroactive provision hidden by Republicans in the measure to reo...
www.dermotcole.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
tristanwalsh.bsky.social
Perhaps it’s still lost in the background (or I missed it) but a major point of Democratic opposition to any budget deal was the power Trump and Vought claim with recissions.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.

Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.

In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.

Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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alkapdc.bsky.social
New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. ... They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely. JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend? RHODES: Yes, sir. ... RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time. ... So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets. STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. ... And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country. ... He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially “docked.” For those Air Traffic Controllers who who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the “Democrat Shutdown Hoax,” I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last “Administration” wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated “junk.” They had no idea what they were doing! Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU - I won’t be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: The First Circuit denies DOJ’s stay request in the SNAP case, refusing to stay the Nov. 6 enforcement order.

Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
But the district court did not order the government to use the Section 32 fund until November 6. It did so after it concluded that the government had failed to comply with its October 31 TRO. As a remedy for that noncompliance, the court ordered the government to make the full payment of November SNAP benefits by November 7. Thus, even if we were to stay the second TRO, the government could not obtain the relief that it seeks unless it also meets its burden under the stay factors as to the enforcement order. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the government has failed to meet the stay factors as to the enforcement order, and we deny a stay of that order. In any event, the district court has now found that the government failed to comply with that October 31 TRO, from which no stay was sought and no appeal was taken that would have prevented the order from taking effect during the period of alleged noncompliance. Thus, for present purposes, the question that the government's motion to stay the enforcement order presents is this: Has the government made a strong showing that it is likely to succeed in establishing either (a) that the district court erred in finding noncompliance with the October 31 TRO or (b) that, insofar as it did not err in that regard, it could not order full funding in consequence of that noncompliance? As we have explained, the answer is no. In the single paragraph it devotes in its stay motion to addressing the enforcement order, the government does not make a strong showing of likely success in either respect. And in the only other passage of the stay motion that could be read to address the finding of noncompliance, the government fails to grapple with the actual basis for that finding.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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zeyiyang.bsky.social
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."

latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
🎯🎯
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at the Thursday event. .. a seemingly stark illustration of the strain of the presidency on a 79-year-old ..

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. Nearly half previously defended immigrants in court.

Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g-s1-96437/trump-immigration-judges-fired
The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
This is what oligarchy looks like:

If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.

If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.

Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
Maine rejected a ballot measure that’d have restricted mail voting and imposed voter ID.

By a large margin, 64/36.

The no got 90% in the city of Portland. (!) boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy - Bolts
From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.
boltsmag.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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peaceandteachin.bsky.social
ICE agents drove off with a 1-year-old toddler in the backseat of the car of man they just arrested. The grandmother of the baby received a call to come get the child.
The man who is a US citizen is still being held somewhere.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father — Guardian US
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.

100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
Imagining South African Dolphins fans.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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matthew.flux.community
Despite having different ideologies, all three major candidates—Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, and Zohran Mamdani—were laser-focused on how Donald Trump has damaged Americans' lives and how they'd fix things.

And all 3 also rejected establishment Democrats' advice to abandon trans people.
But one thing they had in common is that they were unapologetic about their stances—something that Trump is also known for. From the beginning of his run, Mamdani proudly identified as a “democratic socialist,” and he kept true to his record Tuesday night by beginning his victory speech with a quote from 20th century socialist Eugene Debs and proudly reaffirming his ideological label. For her part, Spanberger, has a long record of moderate positions, however she was still was unapologetic in her own right, particularly in regards to LGBTQ people. Implicitly rejecting advice from certain Democratic campaign consultants, Spanberger stood by her repeated votes for the Equality Act, a bill that would expand anti-discrimination protections in credit, employment, housing, and public accommodations. Spanberger also refused to buckle under millions of dollars in attack ads on the subject of trans rights, saying that she wanted sports leagues, not government, to decide who should be allowed to compete. Mamdani and Mikie Sherrill, who won the governor’s race in New Jersey, were even more affirming in their support for trans rights. All three major candidates were laser-focused on affordability, telling voters in detailed ways how Trump has harmed them, and how they would build a broader society together rather than trying to tear it apart.
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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erininthemorning.com
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.

From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.

If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.

Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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melissamichelson.bsky.social
It’s the economy, stupid
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM