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Batya Kluger
@batyalee.bsky.social
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I read & listen to a lot of nat’l & internat’l political news and share my thoughts. Politically progressive.

Trump’s regime is disturbing, but I enjoy family & friends, nature & sci discoveries, seeing beauty & goodness in humanity.

Home is Oakland, CA
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Batya Kluger @batyalee.bsky.social · Apr 11
How will we get through this troubled time? In a country filled with liars, be someone who tells the truth. Tho our leaders are filled with fear & loathing, offer your trust & friendship. When people are being ostracized for their differences, you reach out & hold on to them w/ strength & caring.
batyalee.bsky.social
tWumpus’ doofus pardon atty made most 2020 voter fraud legal. So tWump’s got nothing more to whine about, does he?
“A blanket pardon for all voter fraud in 2020 would be a paradoxical and somewhat embarrassing result for the Trump administration.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say
Pardons of Giuliani and others who took part in fake elector scheme were largely symbolic, but could have a big effect
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
This ruling nullifies the tWump Admin’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) & permanently prohibits them from taking such actions in the future.

www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
#Libraries #Museums #FightFascism #TrumpFascism
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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cajunblue.bsky.social
🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Rep Jasmine Crockett on MTG quitting: “I was like, you got to be kidding. You’re on the other side of the president for one week and you can’t take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes.”

Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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occupyonelove.bsky.social
🎶

@colbertlateshow.bsky.social presents viral musical sensation Jesse Welles, who performed "Join ice", a tune from his latest EP, 'No Kings'

#joinice #jessewelles #resist #vote #nokings #quietpiggy #piggy #epstein #latenight #colbert
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
Good story for a change.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/former-inmat...
Former Inmate Who Received Contraband Book While in Solitary Has Now Built Hundreds of Prison Libraries
Reginald Betts was in solitary confinement at 17 when a book changed his life. His nonprofit now installs libraries in prisons nationwide.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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steadystatevets.bsky.social
Let's start using the hashtag #holdfast (probably should have remembered to put that in the first time)
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
To the men and women who wear the uniform...my brothers and sisters in arms...I know the message from those six Democratic lawmakers wasn’t just heard...it resonated. The nation will look to you to act with honor. I have full confidence you’ll rise to the moment.
#Holdfast
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
They’re just so dumb. And also, they just really don’t care. Do you?
newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
A federal judge called out federal officers in Chicago for producing unreliable use-of-force reports—noting that at least one had used an AI chatbot to write a report for them.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
In other words, tWumpus says sorry, not sorry. 😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump claims he’s ‘not threatening death’ for Democrats but says ‘they’re in serious trouble’ as he prepares to meet Mamdani – US politics live
Chuck Schumer says Trump’s remarks amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’ as president also says he and Zohran Mamdani will ‘get along fine’ in meeting
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
“Basic civic participation is not a terrorist threat,” added Dr Ryan Shapiro, exec dir of Property of the People. “The FBI treating it like one is yet another example of the Trump regime’s profound contempt for even the most rudimentary of democratic freedoms.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
I’m so proud of the Skyline HS students who staged a walkout protest against 'unsafe conditions' & gun violence. oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/s...
Skyline High students stage walkout protest against 'unsafe conditions'
Hundreds of students walked out of class at 11 a.m. today to protest a lack of safety on campus after a student was injured in a shooting last week.
oaklandside.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
Wow. Somebody’s missed his nap today. So cranky.
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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markpritchard.bsky.social
ICE and other agencies said to plan raids on Catholic churches in Spanish-speaking neighborhoods during the holidays
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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just-1-g.bsky.social
Fucking Video brought a tear to my eyes; Proud of US America!

Thank you scaredketchup - Thank you Good Citizens!
scaredketchup.bandcamp.com/track/no-kin...

youtu.be/8w3o6oKxQHI
NO KINGS 2.0 - The Music Video
YouTube video by scaredketchup
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October 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
Showing an inability to cooperate or negotiate w/ other G20 nations, Trump officials waste everyone’s time over policing words and criticizing common-sense goals at G20 Summit www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Officials Are Policing Words and Foiling Deals at G20 Summit
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
How much is $5 trillion, really?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Something Feels Different About the Economy
Human brains were not meant to think about trillions of dollars.
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
substack.com/@thedangerou...
The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
This is BRILLIANT. Watch the whole thing. 🔥
substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
“Real anxiety and fear are in our communities. Bakeries and coffee shops are empty. Children are not being sent to school.”

IMO These cruel stunts will only serve to unify residents to organize & fight back against this fascist regime.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
Gregory Bovino and CBP are headed next to Charlotte, North Carolina. That was news to city officials | CNN
Before he got a call this week from CNN about reports US Border Patrol agents might be headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, City Councilmember Malcolm Graham had no idea such a plan was even in the ca...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
“At least one student in the classroom was uncomfortable, and I’m sure there are more,” he said. “This type of hateful rhetoric has no place in the classroom.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
batyalee.bsky.social
“The potential dreamy future of a woman in the early 1970s stands in stark contrast to the grim horizon beyond 2025.”

newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
A growing percentage of young women no longer see a future in the United States.
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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atrupar.com
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
“Welcome back from your 8-week vacation!”

substack.com/@thedangerou...
The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
Rep. Yassamin Ansari ROASTS GOP Rep Virginia Foxx to her face.
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
batyalee.bsky.social
I hadn’t seen yesterday’s Democratic cave in from this perspective before. It’s a little bit helpful talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM