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Voline @voline.bsky.social · 10m

First they ignore you.
Then, they laugh at you.
Then, they fight you.
Then, you win …
… Then they try to co-opt you.

theintercept.com/2025/11/06/z...

New York’s Billionaires Are Bending the Knee to Zohran Mamdani

After fighting his candidacy to the bitter end, New York City billionaires are already offering to help incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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Voline @voline.bsky.social · 13m

Better than "independent". Employee owned and managed.

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 3h

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Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday

The administration had said it would distribute partial payments in November, but that the process could take weeks.

www.nbcnews.com

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 2h

Just now, a judge ruled in a separate lawsuit also about SNAP funds – brought by Democracy Forward – that the government must pay full benefits.

We’ll continue to share updates as we have them.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3h

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Voline @voline.bsky.social · 2h

I’m not current with the corpo can. What is a ”samer“?

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Voline @voline.bsky.social · 2h

the small-fingered vulgarian.

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 4h

The courts have spoken. It’s officially legal* to throw sandwiches at ICE agents

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge

A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

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404 Media @404media.co · 3h

“We can be proud of what we have accomplished,” Pelosi said in a video announcing her retirement. “But there’s always much more work to be done."

One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement

Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.

www.404media.co

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 7h

In San Francisco, anti-driverless car sentiment has been reignited by an incident in which an autonomous taxi killed a beloved local bodega cat. The taxi company, meanwhile, is like, “It is inevitable that one day one of our vehicles will kill a human being. The public will accept this.”

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 6h

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations

theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations

The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 6h

As @ahjohnson.bsky.social points out here, the US media is stroking its chin & pondering why Trump wants to attack Venezuela. They somehow overlook his stated motivation, which is that Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves.

Media Pontificating About Trump’s Motives for Attacking Venezuela Keep Ignoring that he Openly Admitted It Was to Take Their Oil

BBC, Politico, WaPo, CNN entertain many reasons for why Trump wants regime change in Venezuela—while ignoring the most obvious.

www.columnblog.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

Jesus I see what you've done for others

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19h

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 11h

The NYT has earned their reputation of bring harmful and dangerous to trans people and especially trans kids. That’s entirely on them. If my kid was trans I wouldn’t trust the NYT either.

your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 1d

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 10h

All those people who dismissed Zohran's victory by pointing to the uniqueness of NYC—check this out. Good things happened in upstate NY (maybe not as good as ZM, but good) too. And upstate NY is in many ways the real America.

nysfocus.com/2025/11/06/n...

It’s Not Just Mamdani: Progressives Rack Up Victories Upstate

Working Families Party–backed candidates flipped county legislatures, won big-city mayoralties, and secured an Assembly seat in Elise Stefanik’s backyard.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 9h

Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 8h

The former vice president’s legacy is one that came with gallons of Iraqi blood and billions in profit for his friends and allies in the private sector.

Dick Cheney Doesn’t Deserve Your Heartfelt Eulogies

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died Monday night. Now is not the time to whitewash his bloody legacy of war and destruction.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 7h

Americans are united in their disdain of the billionaire class, with new polling suggesting many Americans want the rich to pay much more than they are now

Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...

Americans Unite Against Billionaire Influence

Voters across party lines say billionaire power has gone too far and demand higher taxes

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 7h

"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot

The Body as a Password: The Cost of Face ID

Convenience is costing people their freedom. Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities, writes Afsaneh Rigot.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8h

It's worth emphasizing how cowardly these thugs are. It's unprofessional and shitty to escalate a situation and start a fight, but these aren't even fights—if anyone fights back they're facing federal felony charges— it's just beating up totally defenseless people.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”

@reuters.com #Chicago
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Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 8h

“This is not immigration enforcement. This is racial terror. This is state-sanctioned violence. This is the face of fascism. Not in some far off land but in our backyard.”

www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...

Latino community describes terror as ICE intensifies Oregon operations

And Washington County declared a state of emergency over the “fear and anxiety” residents feel amid the nationwide immigration crackdown.

www.oregonlive.com

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Voline @voline.bsky.social · 15h

She so sad her war criminal friend is dead.

Kamala Harris post on Xitter says,

I am saddened to learn of the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Vice President Cheney was a devoted public servant, from the halls of Congress to many positions of leadership in multiple presidential administrations. His passing marks the loss of a figure who, with a strong sense of dedication, gave so much of his life to the country he loved.

Doug and I are keeping Lynne, their daughters Liz and Mary, and the entire Cheney family in our thoughts during this difficult time.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 18h

NEW YORK CITY HAS ELECTED A COMMUNIST MAYOR. THE CITY WILL GO BANKRUPT. SOCIALISM HAS NEVER WORKED anyway we're going to redistribute billions of dollars to the wealthiest men on earth. National security and all that

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 1d

This is big. The new anti-Trump coalition depends on the very working families that billionaire-ran monopolies exploit.

Mamdani having antitrust enforcer Lina Khan on his team is going to keep monopolies and hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman (stay in your lane) in NYC up at night :)

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