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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.

This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.

Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'

None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.

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December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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WATCH: “Donald Trump wants to be a king. That is the best explanation for everything he has been doing in recent days. Just look at what he is doing to the White House,” says Chris Hayes.
‘He lied’: Fury grows over Trump’s White House demolition for $250 million ballroom
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Twenty-two people in a broad spectrum of the arts and sciences were awarded the MacArthur Foundation fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 stipend.
MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
Twenty-two people in a broad spectrum of the arts and sciences were awarded the fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 stipend.
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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1775 had Lexington and Concord, 2025 has Chicago
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Oh I also checked out the new Trump Epstein statue on the Mall.
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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For the first time this week, Brazil held accountable a leader who tried to subvert its democracy: Jair Bolsonaro. The former president was sentenced to 27 years in prison for conspiring to cling to power after losing elections. But it's far from clear he'll actually end up behind bars.
Bolsonaro was Sentenced to 27 Years for Plotting a Coup in Brazil. What Comes Next?
Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter.

Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.

#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Floating around with mum!
June 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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In a speech, Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s move to send the military to Los Angeles a “brazen abuse of power” that put the U.S. on the verge of authoritarianism. "The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don,” he said.
Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in an address called “Democracy at a Crossroads,” called on Americans to stand up to President Trump.
trib.al
June 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Vance addressed the U.S. Naval Academy’s commencement. He did not mention the Trump admin tried to have certain books removed from the academy’s library. Most of the books have since been returned. But Americans did not make the ultimate sacrifice for books to be banned in this country.
May 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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2/ As predicted in the conversation, here's the immediate Temporary Restraining Order granted by the federal district court within hours of Harvard's complaint:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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After Bruce Springsteen criticized the Trump administration on tour, the president said he should “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.” Springsteen, undeterred, included his comments on a new release.
Springsteen Releases EP Including Remarks That Angered Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to send a group of migrants to Libya, in a sharp escalation of its deportation program.
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social says the threat Trump poses to democracy isn’t hypothetical, it’s unfolding in real time: “The majority of Republicans in Congress are signed up to put Trump in power forever.”

Read more: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
May 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
May 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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National Law Day of Action -- May 1st

Lawyers, law firms, bar associations, the general public

lawdayofaction.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Out Rep. Robert Garcia demands answers about gay makeup artist held in torture camp - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/out-...
Out Rep. Robert Garcia demands answers about gay makeup artist held in torture camp - LGBTQ Nation
Just after his trip to El Salvador, Garcia is pressuring ICE to explain why Andry Hernandez Romero is being held at CECOT.
www.lgbtqnation.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Memo to big law:

"You have a bunch of decisionmakers who are so used to being right -- or at least being told that they're right -- that they're reluctant to do what's necessary in order to win on this, which is change course on this and admit that they messed up..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Furor over Trump's targeting of law firms heats up with court fight and ad campaign
As judges question the constitutionality of Donald Trump's targeting of law firms he dislikes, a liberal group is encouraging firms to "stop bending the knee."
www.nbcnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Our federal judges are standing in the breach between democracy and dictatorship. In today’s piece, I discuss three heroes of our judiciary and how Trump is very, very unhappy with them. Link to my write-up: buff.ly/uKSPNJ5
April 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
April 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM