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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1h

Y'all, he thinks Habeas Corpus is a person

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 22h

I hope he does!

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 23h

If you visit LA, there’s a vegan Ethiopian restaurant (Rahel) on Fairfax that will make you WEEP WITH JOY. This photo is heaven.

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

Here, let me help

“the article is badly written. he vetoed one bill that made changes to technical language of another bill and has taken no action on the other bills. if he does nothing the bills become law without his signature.”

“sorry, to clarify my own post -- he vetoed one bill that made changes to
*existing policy*, not another bill. and it's policy that's already under review in a study so...again, not worth the fury demanded by the bsky masses”

“I was suspicious when i couldn't find any reporting on this from other sources”

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

Please read the comments before you make your FUCK NEWSOM post. This is NOT the outrage you think it is. Newsom could and should be way better on trans issues, but this is misleading.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

LOLOLOL, thanks for making me smile after that stupid game

A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

“bilaterally”

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to remember the last time I saw a worse-managed inning (bilaterally) in a higher-stakes spot

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 2d

That’s sort of a different issue, though?

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.”

My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 2d

Isn’t this just sports fandom? I don’t know many fans of many teams who don’t find the torture roughly equivalent to the joy. The ones who don’t text me “why do we enjoy this again?” from time to time are the ones who just don’t care as deeply.

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 2d

At least the Rolaids/relief thing made SENSE

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 2d

Now and then I still feel wistful that I never realized my childhood dream of being a baseball play-by-play announcer, but at least I never have to utter the words “the official ready-to-drink canned cocktail of the Detroit Tigers” to get a paycheck, I guess.