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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h

The fossil fool fallacy "it was arson, not climate" targets audience bereft of critical thinking, unable to distinguish between what *starts* a fire & what determines magnitude & destructiveness. Google nicely summarizes my past explanations (w/ links): www.google.com/search?q=Mic...

Freebeacon spouts dishonest fossil fuel industry propaganda

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

If this deal holds, if it goes beyond the 1st phrase, if all of the hostages on both side are released, if Israel withdraws its troops & doesn't resume bombing, if aid gets in, then I'll give Trump credit.

But I count 5 "ifs" above. Let's see. Trump always tends to disappoint.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on "first phase" of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 5h

Federal agents cosplaying as military are turning Chicago into a war zone

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 8h

Democrats are standing up for Americans by demanding Republicans cancel the cuts, lower the costs, and save health care!

@frost.house.gov

A graphic with a dark background and a photo of Rep. Maxwell Frost . The text in white and yellow font says, "The reason the government has been shut down is because Donald Trump and congressional Republicans would rather shut down the government than ensure that working people have healthcare."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Mark @crosetti.bsky.social · 14h

Donald Trump should be in jail for crimes against humanity!

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h

This is not what democracy looks like. Anyone who cares at all about the Constitution has to take a stand against this and against MAGA.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

For the first time since Trump took office in January, it feels like Democrats are the ones with the upper hand and Republicans are the ones in disarray.

Read about it in the latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 15h

"If I had to enact it, I do," Trump said. "If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I’d do that."

Undermining states’ rights and the judiciary in one fell swoop.

Pure, unadulterated authoritarianism.

abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Trump says he'd consider invoking the Insurrection Act. What does that mean?

He has been discussing and his allies have been talking about insurrection.

abcnews.go.com

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 14h

“Think what I think. Do what I do. Or, else.”

Trump’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” is an attempt to further control universities across the country.

Austin Sarat unpacks what’s inside the compact and why this attack on educational freedom is one we can’t ignore.

Trump’s blueprint for tyranny

Don’t be fooled. The “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” is not just about higher education.

contrarian.substack.com

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Paul Ferguson @fergdawg.bsky.social · 15h

"The point isn’t that we’re headed irreversibly toward totalitarianism, but that we should at this point be on guard against complacency, exploiting all legitimate means to change our course."

www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

www.offmessage.net

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17h

Hot on the heels of bribing Trump with $24.5 million, YouTube has ramped up shoveling right-wing gateway slop into recommendations. YouTube has no reason to believe I'm interested but even more of this is now nestled between videos actually relevant to my viewing history.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

More good work by Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Part of what frustrates me is how much people just didn't listen to the things that he said he was going to do."

"He was telling us he would do these things....he's a sick man."

ICYMI, @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of George Conway Explains It All:

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Mark @crosetti.bsky.social · 14h

An extremely sick & dangerous man!

List of traits of personality disorders that Trump appears to exhibit!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and I start with this clip of me from 2024 on Jimmy Kimmel Live and we talk about how Trump told us for years what he was going to do to the country now.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Part of what frustrates me is how much people just didn't listen to the things that he said he was going to do."

"He was telling us he would do these things....he's a sick man."

ICYMI, @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of George Conway Explains It All:

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Mark @crosetti.bsky.social · 14h

There is one I’d almost bet on, which by the way is fine if he is!

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 16h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 16h

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

www.scientificamerican.com

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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 16h

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy. @propublica.org

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 16h

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Twenty-four million Americans are going to have their premiums increased, almost doubled. Four million Americans are going to lose their coverage...A family of four is going to end up paying close to $4,000 more for their insurance."

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