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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 16h

Honored and humbled to be a judge in this year's HIP Housing calendar contest. K-5 kids create art and share what home means to them. So moving! hiphousing.org/calendar-pro...

Craig Wiesner with 2026 contest entries (there were over 100)

Last year's winner of drawings children submitted

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Democrats @democrats.org · 16h

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar.
He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries.
His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar.

And now this.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 19h

Hegseth: I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.

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Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 16h

MAGA describes how the Qatari Airbase in Idaho is America First:

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

Alt: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

media.tenor.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

I remember when the GOP & right-wing hacks accused all Muslims of being Qatari agents & anyone who worked at Al Jazeera English or AJAM of being terrorists and extremists.

So, what does that make Donald Trump, who accepted a $400 million jet from them & now is letting them build a base on US soil?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

The US is going to host a Qatari air base in Idaho which is somehow fine but Mexican immigrants are somehow not

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 18h

I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣

#ProudBlue

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19h

Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED

Screenshot from link that reads: The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Wendy Willow Wark @wwilloww.bsky.social · 20h

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

If you are a paying subscriber to The Washington Post, this is what you get.

If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.

Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 21h

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 1d

I saw two people do rock, paper, scissors for the last citibike dock in front of NY Comic Con and that is the essence of New York.

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Wendy Willow Wark @wwilloww.bsky.social · 21h

💯 Silence is a powerful sound.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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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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Wendy Willow Wark @wwilloww.bsky.social · 21h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

Apropos of nothing in particular this morning, I've been told that, in essence, there are two things that physicians can't do at the White House medical unit: MRIs and surgeries. Virtually anything else can be done there if you have to or want to.

Wendy Willow Wark @wwilloww.bsky.social · 21h

I will skip the game and watch my fellow Boriquen American super star kick it out of the stadium for the show. #BadBunny iWepaI iPa'lante!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Bad Bunny’s halftime show is going to cook them.

Wendy Willow Wark @wwilloww.bsky.social · 22h

@nytimes.com the publicity firm for the glorious leader. #WeNeedJournalism !

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 23h

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

Rally called for tomorrow in support of New York Attorney General Tish James following an indictment against her which has been broadly criticized as manufactured as a means of attacking Trump’s political enemies.

Foley Square - 530pm - NYC

www.instagram.com/p/DPnHwLegJ0-/

flyer in huge block text that says: solidarity rally. hands off tish james. friday 10/10. foley square at 5:30.

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

But will be pardoned if you hit them on the head with a flag amirite

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 1d

Subway riders are finding themselves face-to-face with thousands of cryptic white posters bearing the word “Friend.”

More: gothamist.visitlink.me/1MJj2i

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