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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 4d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 5d

By blocking the Kroger–Albertsons merger, the FTC helped keep grocery prices in check and protected workers’ wages. Yet under the “Trump-Vance FTC,” Amazon executives accused of tricking and deceiving millions of consumers faced what @bedoyausa.bsky.social amounts to a “parking ticket.”

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

If you live in Illinois, we need your help.

This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

That’s why I need to ask everyone in Illinois for a favor.

Contact your elected officials TODAY and tell them to stand with the people — not ICE — for a press conference demanding transparency + legality this Friday at 1930 Beach Street, 9AM.

Here’s a template: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Broadview Email + VM templates

URGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND AGAINST ICE ICE is terrorizing our community. From abducting immigrants and subjecting them to inhumane conditions to brutalizing protesters for exercising their ...

docs.google.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

Workers’ wages are increasingly being taken against their will to pay medical bills.

In 45 states wages can be garnished for unpaid medical bills, and medical providers are taking advantage of that fact.

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Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections - KFF Health News

Health care providers and debt collectors are biting from people’s paychecks to cover old medical bills. A KFF Health News investigation in Colorado shows that this aggressive collection practice is w...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 9d

Alvaro Bedoya, one of two commissioners Trump fired in March, warns with the president’s weaponizing of the independent, bipartisan FTC, “We’re seeing corporate executives get off easy.” www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Former FTC commissioner fired by Trump speaks out

Last week, the Supreme Court let President Trump’s firing stand for a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, pending litigation. Alvaro Bedoya, one of two commissioners Trump fired in Marc...

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Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 9d

I was honored to spend Friday afternoon playing bingo with the people in Abernathy Towers (elder care facility) as a part of my campaign. When I was getting ready I asked the property manager what prizes I should get and she told me that everyone needs basic necessities like soap and deodorant.

Picture of me leading a game of bingo in Abernathy Towers

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve disagreed with Pritzker in the past, but he seems to be meeting this moment and I respect that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties.bsky.social · 8d

"You have three corporate executives who the federal government has alleged to have taken $1.5 billion from the pockets of consumers, getting away with what amounts to a legal parking ticket."

@bedoyausa.bsky.social on the FTC's settlement that essentially let Amazon executives off the hook.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 9d

The FTC does quiet, vital work to protect consumers and ensure a fair marketplace. President Trump has fired both Democratic commissioners, breaking a 90-year precedent. One of those fired Dems, @bedoyausa.bsky.social, warns there’s “the appearance, at a minimum, of corruption.”
#Velshi

Former FTC commissioner fired by Trump speaks out

Last week, the Supreme Court let President Trump’s firing stand for a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, pending litigation. Alvaro Bedoya, one of two commissioners Trump fired in March, warns with the president’s weaponizing of the independent, bipartisan FTC, “We’re seeing corporate executives get off easy.”

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 10d

Please join me @velshimsnbc.bsky.social 10a-1p w/
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, M.D @ama-assn.org
@allenorr.bsky.socialial
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
@repbonamici.bsky.social
@bedoyausa.bsky.social
#Velshi
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COOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 10d

I agree. There comes a point when if we know what the playbook is, our leadership needs to shoulder the responsibility of doing something about the creators of the playbook when those said creators are using the playbook to screw around with Democracy, itself...

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 10d

It can’t just be on us to make time every week to unsubscribe from whatever billionaire is behaving badly. Our elected officials NEED to step up to the plate to break up the billionaire conglomerates that made this censorship possible.

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The Ankler @theankler.com · 12d

Paramount circling WBD is an existential threat to Hollywood. In an emergency town hall @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @linamkhan.bsky.social, @bedoyausa.bsky.social and @matthewstoller.bsky.social lay out why this merger is challengeable and what action looks like theankler.com/p/lina-khan-...

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 15d

The censorship of Jimmy Kimmel is part of a campaign by the Trump administration to gut independent government agencies like the FCC and FTC so he can bend their regulatory powers to coerce, punish, or reward. Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social connects the dots:

Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 18d

Media mergers 🤝 censorship

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 18d

They promised cheap rent

They gave us culture war

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 18d

Media mergers 🤝 censorship

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malibu1968.bsky.social @malibu1968.bsky.social · 18d

Watch this ! 👇
There’s nothing “overnight “ abt how we got here w Trump being able to call out a name of a TV host and get them fired for making fun of him It’s taken years of mergers to get to 5 companies holding the reins of TV entertainment and 1 FCC agency weaponizing licenses to tow the line

Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 18d

Media mergers 🤝 censorship

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19d

The defining lesson of this first year of Trump authoritarianism is that kowtowing & capitulating yields zero permanent benefit and only emboldens the admin to come after you more.

This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 19d

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19d

It is remarkable how few national Dems have been willing to put themselves on the front lines here.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 18d

Media mergers 🤝 censorship

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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