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Brenda Berry
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Feminist, community activist, strong Democrat in the red state of Indiana
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9b1.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
9b1.bsky.social
@hancockindems.bsky.social Our amazing team of women participated in the women build habitat for humanity yesterday!!! In this bad news world it feels good to do something right!!#womanbuild #habitatforhumanity
April 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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tcinindy.bsky.social
#Hoosiersky #HandsOff #Indiana #Indy #Resist
April 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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bloomingtonian.bsky.social
bloomingtonian.com/2025/04/05/g...

Gallery: Hundreds Protest Trump and Musk During “Hands Off” Day of Action in Bloomington, Indiana

#protests #handsoff #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #50501Movement #TeslaTakedown #Bloomington #Indiana
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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lovekat41.bsky.social
#Indiana
#HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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laresistance47.bsky.social
Go #Indiana !!
thejenniwren.teamlh.social Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Apr 5
We know the big, blue cities are turning out for #HandsOff

Let’s lift up those showing up & showing out in red states like this rowdy crowd in Indianapolis, Indiana 🔥

VC Brian Daniels on IG
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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hpsc24.bsky.social
4/5/25💪 #Indianapolis #Indiana 🇺🇸
April 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I think it's hard to conclude the shoddy coverage of the protests stems from Trump pressure (w/o more evidence).

After all, the anti-Iraq War protests got the same shoddy coverage over 20 years ago, when the press was far more vibrant.
timkarr.bsky.social Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · Apr 8
@sulliview.bsky.social writes that tamped down coverage of the nationwide demonstrations is a sign that the media "refs have been successfully worked," by a Trump administration that's painted a target on any outlet that doesn't toe the official line.

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...
April 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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indivisiblecentind.bsky.social
It’s time to call Senator Young’s office and thank him for backing this bill!
(202) 224-5623

#Indivisible #Indiana #Tariffs #Trump #Doge #Musk #Democracy #Resist #Protest

www.yahoo.com/news/7-gop-s...
These 7 GOP senators are backing a bill to curb Trump's tariff powers
Several Republicans signed onto a bill to make Trump's tariffs expire after 60 days if not approved by Congress. The White House says he'd veto it.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Picking up on this point, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent:

"To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court. "
So too do we all agree with the per curiam’s command that the Fifth Amendment requires the Government to afford plaintiffs “notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act, . . . within reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs.” Ante, at 3. That means, of course, that the Government cannot usher any detainees, including plaintiffs, onto planes in a shroud of secrecy, as it did on March 15, 2025. Nor can the Government “immediately resume” removing individuals without notice upon vacatur of the TRO, as it promised the D. C. Circuit it would do. See 2025 WL 914682, *13 (Millett, J., concurring) (referencing oral argument before that court). To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court.
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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lonsj.bsky.social
Imagine what this family could have gone through

He ordered armed Marshalls to go to this person's home

To intimidate her into silence

Her son was home alone while she was with senior parents

Terrifying!

He lost, she testified against him. Truth wins

#Voices4Victory
April 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"He's been absent. I haven't seen him," said Snyder, an Army veteran. "He hasn't had a town hall. It's been a decade."

Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service."
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
Frustrated voters in Georgia's District 8 to hold town hall outside Rep. Scott's office
Some Central Georgia residents plan to hold a town hall outside the congressman's Warner Robins office. Here's why
www.13wmaz.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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aneshajoy.bsky.social
The economy might be a smaller problem

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johnhatchard.bsky.social John Hatchard @johnhatchard.bsky.social · Feb 19
#CurtisYarvin #Yarvinism #MenciusMoldbug #PeterThiel #JDVance #RAGE #DOGE #TechBros #Trump #Musk #ElonMusk #MAGA #Project2025 #TheFourthReich #BadFaith #Fascism

Curtis Yarvin's RAGE 'Retire All Government Employees' manifesto and Elon Musk's DOGE 'Department Of Government Efficiency'.

Petrifying.
March 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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davidbloomberg.bsky.social
They voted for Trump in 2024. Months later, his administration fired them

Congrats on being idiots.

Then there’s this guy: “Still, Graugnard said he does not regret voting for Trump.” He’s a special kind of stupid.

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They voted for Trump in 2024. Months later, his administration fired them — CNN
Many federal workers lost their jobs months after casting their ballot for President Trump. They believed Trump’s policies aligned with their values and would improve their lives, but now they have be...
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March 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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lawrencesview.bsky.social
A few more scenes from the #StandUpForScience2025 rally on the National Mall, DC.
A large crowd in front of the speaker's platform, focused on a sign that says SCIENCE PREVENTS BRAIN WORMS. A sign on a person's backpack with an illustrated cat with a knife in it's mouth reads NO GODS / NO MASTERS / AND ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING KINGS! Person in the crowd holding a sign reading MAD SCIENTIST (pointing to herself). Picture of the crowd with person holding sign reading RESEARCH SAVES LIVES PROTECT NIH and a person holding a flag reading THIS SUCKS.
March 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
UPDATE: Judge Howell unsurprisingly denied DOJ’s request to put this NLRB removal case ruling on hold pending DOJ’s appeal. Most notably, she distinguished this from Hampton Dellinger’s case (see image). Expect a similar DOJ request now at the DC Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Defendants' failure to show likelihood of success is "an arguably fatal flaw for a stay application," CREW, 904 F.3d at 1019, but defendants also fail to satisfy the other factors. Defendants do not describe any cognizable harm they will experience without a stay, let alone an irreparable one. See Defs.' Mot. at 3; see also Mem. Op. at 34-35 (noting the President can exercise control over the NLRB in ways other than removing plaintiff). Plaintiff and the public, on the other hand, experience harm every day that she is not able to fulfill her statutory role and the NLRB is thus unable to function. See Mem. Op. at 33-35. 3 Case 1:25-cv-00334-BAH Document 41 Filed 03/08/25 Page 4 of 4 Finally, as plaintiff correctly notes, contrary to defendants' suggestion, the D.C. Circuit's grant of an emergency stay pending appeal in Dellinger v. Bessent, No. 25-5052, Dkt. 2104160 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 5, 2025), is not dispositive here. That case involves "a rare single-head agency," PI.'s Opp'n at 1, and thus is not as directly controlled by Humphrey's Executor as is this case. Accordingly, it is hereby-- ORDERED that defendants' motion to stay the judgment pending appeal, ECF No.39, is DENIED. SO ORDERED. Date: March 8, 2025 This is a final and appealable order. BERYL A. HOWELL United States District Judge
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: "A board that protects the rights of federal employees ordered the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reinstate over 5,000 probationary workers fired by the Trump administration." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Protections Board Orders USDA to Reinstate 5k Workers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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craigspencer.bsky.social
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.

They did it for PEPFAR.

Now Ebola.

I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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If you’re into seeing Elon & DOGE get called out for their lies about *savings* — this account is doing a very nice job of it: x.com/electricfutu...
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"'When we saw that the police wasn’t helping us, every able-bodied man in the neighborhood, with or without a gun, has stood guard and has been standing guard ever since,' said Dominic Brewton Jr., who runs a maintenance and repair company in the town..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Neo-Nazis targeted a majority-Black town. Locals launched an armed watch.
Residents of Lincoln Heights, Ohio, have organized armed guards after a neo-Nazi march and the spread of Ku Klux Klan leaflets rocked the Cincinnati suburb.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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rollingstone.com
House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.

🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
Hegseth is going to fire every woman or Black person in military leadership.
February 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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meidastouch.com
So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.
February 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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annemuntean.bsky.social
🚨Not just the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Trump Pentagon Purge.🚨

Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership

www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership | CNN Politics
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM