@ch5555-z.bsky.social
Academically-trained historian and cultural critic devoted to supporting human rights, women's rights, and freedoms for all people.
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After a weekend of unimaginable violence, one wouldn’t expect the President to make matters worse. And yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump did, David Remnick writes.
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Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
After a weekend of unimaginable violence, one wouldn’t expect the President to make matters worse. And yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump did, David Remnick writes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ur12DI
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ur12DI
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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It cannot be an offense to repeat what the law itself clearly states: Soldiers are not required to follow illegal commands. This is political persecution, and it must end now.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It cannot be an offense to repeat what the law itself clearly states: Soldiers are not required to follow illegal commands. This is political persecution, and it must end now.
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THE DAY AHEAD: “It’s a dangerous path” … the warnings from former intelligence official about Trump’s social media post on Rob Reiner
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DAY AHEAD: “It’s a dangerous path”: warning from intelligence officer about Trump social media post
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
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December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
THE DAY AHEAD: “It’s a dangerous path” … the warnings from former intelligence official about Trump’s social media post on Rob Reiner
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After Rob Reiner’s murder, Donald Trump used his megaphone not to unite the country but in service of his political grievances, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily. theatln.tc/kGcmdPjW
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
After Rob Reiner’s murder, Donald Trump used his megaphone not to unite the country but in service of his political grievances, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily. theatln.tc/kGcmdPjW
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Malicious prosecution, much?
“.. Not only did she confirm that Mr. Trump is using criminal prosecution to retaliate against adversaries, she also acknowledged that he was not telling the truth when he accused .. Bill Clinton of visiting the private island of .. Jeffrey Epstein.”
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December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Malicious prosecution, much?
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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President Donald Trump could be forced to give up his tax returns and medical records in a Pulitzer defamation lawsuit over the Russia investigation reporting awards, according to a report Monday.
Trump may be forced to fork over tax returns and medical records in Pulitzer lawsuit
President Donald Trump could be forced to give up his tax returns and medical records in a Pulitzer defamation lawsuit over the Russia investigation reporting awards, according to a report Monday. Pulitzer Prize board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, and after Dec. 11, Tr...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
President Donald Trump could be forced to give up his tax returns and medical records in a Pulitzer defamation lawsuit over the Russia investigation reporting awards, according to a report Monday.
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16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- TX Dept of Safety continues its efforts to police/track driver's license sex, creating a list of 100+ of its trans citizens who have or tried to update theirs to the correct gender. TDS will not say what the list is for or how it will be used. .
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- TX Dept of Safety continues its efforts to police/track driver's license sex, creating a list of 100+ of its trans citizens who have or tried to update theirs to the correct gender. TDS will not say what the list is for or how it will be used. .
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I mean, let him defend himself. He’s Chomsky, after all.
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I mean, let him defend himself. He’s Chomsky, after all.
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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
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He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/YIUFYxi
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
trib.al
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/YIUFYxi
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In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how we make our voices heard. But threats to the Voting Rights Act silence workers’ voices.
Working people built this democracy, and we’ll defend it. More from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond:
Working people built this democracy, and we’ll defend it. More from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond:
The Voting Rights Act Is Under Threat. So Are Workers’ Rights.
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how working people make our voices heard. The late Rep. John Lewis (Geor...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how we make our voices heard. But threats to the Voting Rights Act silence workers’ voices.
Working people built this democracy, and we’ll defend it. More from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond:
Working people built this democracy, and we’ll defend it. More from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond:
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We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
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The Year in Trump Cashing In
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of which involve crypto and foreign money.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wKHd1v
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wKHd1v
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North Carolina Republicans on county election boards are continuing a broader yearlong GOP effort to narrow voting access.
Their latest effort? Advancing proposals that could:
✔️Nix on-campus early voting
✔️Eliminate Sunday voting
✔️and more.
Their latest effort? Advancing proposals that could:
✔️Nix on-campus early voting
✔️Eliminate Sunday voting
✔️and more.
North Carolina Counties Propose Cuts to Voting Access
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
North Carolina Republicans on county election boards are continuing a broader yearlong GOP effort to narrow voting access.
Their latest effort? Advancing proposals that could:
✔️Nix on-campus early voting
✔️Eliminate Sunday voting
✔️and more.
Their latest effort? Advancing proposals that could:
✔️Nix on-campus early voting
✔️Eliminate Sunday voting
✔️and more.
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JUST IN: Unemployment rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November and the economy added 64,000 jobs, new Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. https://cnn.it/4p8sJ4s
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
JUST IN: Unemployment rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November and the economy added 64,000 jobs, new Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. https://cnn.it/4p8sJ4s
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”Still, most 🇺🇸, good folks, I follow online do not share photos from demonstrations they participated... coz most likely they didn't demonstrate at all
We have a long way to go before the American people take any serious action to push Trump back.”
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund.bsky.social
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We have a long way to go before the American people take any serious action to push Trump back.”
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund.bsky.social
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December 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
”Still, most 🇺🇸, good folks, I follow online do not share photos from demonstrations they participated... coz most likely they didn't demonstrate at all
We have a long way to go before the American people take any serious action to push Trump back.”
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund.bsky.social
3/5🧵
We have a long way to go before the American people take any serious action to push Trump back.”
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund.bsky.social
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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💯💥
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Our community is divided, with anger at the BBC’s Panorama edit, scepticism about Trump’s lawsuit and shared concern over who ends up paying
‘A self-inflicted situation’: Readers on Trump’s BBC lawsuit
Our community is divided, with anger at the BBC’s Panorama edit, scepticism about Trump’s lawsuit and shared concern over who ends up paying
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our community is divided, with anger at the BBC’s Panorama edit, scepticism about Trump’s lawsuit and shared concern over who ends up paying
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Let’s do this!! Everyone vote!! America needs to get back on track!!
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Let’s do this!! Everyone vote!! America needs to get back on track!!
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Why are members of Congress going after law school clinics?
Lisa Davis explains why these investigations punish public interest lawyers for their clients, chilling legal advocacy that is essential to a functioning democracy.
www.justsecurity.org/126738/assau...
Lisa Davis explains why these investigations punish public interest lawyers for their clients, chilling legal advocacy that is essential to a functioning democracy.
www.justsecurity.org/126738/assau...
The Assault on Law School Clinics is an Attack on Democracy Itself
Americans are witnessing a concerted effort to delegitimize legal defense for marginalized or politically disfavored people.
www.justsecurity.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why are members of Congress going after law school clinics?
Lisa Davis explains why these investigations punish public interest lawyers for their clients, chilling legal advocacy that is essential to a functioning democracy.
www.justsecurity.org/126738/assau...
Lisa Davis explains why these investigations punish public interest lawyers for their clients, chilling legal advocacy that is essential to a functioning democracy.
www.justsecurity.org/126738/assau...