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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

Absolutely. And should now be a factor in the reopening negotiations.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13h

And what they did to CDC last night? A disaster.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

So these patients going from bringing in revenue to increasing deficits is 100% going to lead to some hospitals and community health centers closing.
And when they close, entire communities will be cut off from health care.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

🧵 regarding the shutdown:

The Democrats aren’t being clear enough about this but we can be: this shutdown is about saving lives.

If we don’t reverse the Medicaid cuts (and the ACA subsidies on insurance bought through the exchanges) that Republicans made this year, people will die.

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Bunny Shelton @bunnyshelton.bsky.social · 17h

That's clearly unlawful on various fronts. That's why they're looking for voter information from the states. They want to fire people registered as Democrats in the last election. That's something that no politician should want, even Republicans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Daughter du Dusk @daughterdudusk.bsky.social · 13h

That’s wild because what are you fighting about?

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Earn @nregib.bsky.social · 13h

This just made me think of the emergency Hall and Oates hotline, callin Oates! It still works!

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 19h

🗣You got the body... now you want my soul.... don't even think about it.... say no go...

Happy 79th Birthday, Daryl Hall 🎊🔥🥳

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josh @joshjenks.bsky.social · 15h

Not Diane done gone to glory! 😩

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Daughter du Dusk @daughterdudusk.bsky.social · 14h

I have so many thoughts that don’t need to be posted.

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Daughter du Dusk @daughterdudusk.bsky.social · 14h

Some people aren’t embarrassed to show they don’t understand history.

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Daughter du Dusk @daughterdudusk.bsky.social · 14h

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Thad Ochocinco, Active Listener @thadochocinco.bsky.social · 16h

From the people that repeatedly shoot at the Emmitt Till Memorial Marker comes Brent Jones, who was arrested for pissing in the reflecting pool and destroying the eternal flame at Martin Luther King's burial site www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19h

The person in this costume has been doxed by Andy Ngo and should be protected at all costs.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · Aug 24

Think slavery doesn't matter today? Wrong. Current Congress members whose families owned 16+ enslaved people now have 4 million $ more than members who did not own slaves. Slave owning = 2024 money and influence 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Slaveholder ancestry and current net worth of members of the United States Congress

Background Whether and how much past slavery affects contemporary social and economic conditions in the United States is an area of active debate. Newly available data on which members of the United S...

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Daughter du Dusk @daughterdudusk.bsky.social · 18h

Zero posts/reposts and no replies? Nah, that’s an instant block. This isn’t a zoo.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 3d

i know annie is somewhere confused on why she doesn't look grey

❛ 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂⁠. ✿ @dailyrunway.bsky.social · 3d

Ayo Edebiri in Chanel by Matthieu Blazy for the cover of Vogue November 2025 issue #fashionsky

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

This one featuring @karenattiah.bsky.social discusses how the broader center-to-left has failed to understand power, at both personal and organizational levels.

We have to seek power and use it in order to protect our beliefs.

To stop Trump’s authoritarianism, his opponents must understand and wield power

Karen Attiah, a victim of Trumpist purge at the Washington Post, discusses how liberals and progressives can get their groove back

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 3d

Just today, the streets were occupied by a dancing unicorn!

Is this all a game to the citizens of Portland?

Why do they not value our sacrifice? We are here to save them, no matter how many tear gas canisters it takes.

Why do they not appreciate us? I feel despondent. I was meant to be a hero.

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ᒍᗩᗴ 🇿🇦 ᖇOK @jaerok.bsky.social · 3d

ᕼIᔕ ᑎᗩᗰᗴ Iᔕ ᗷᖇᗩYᒪOᑎ ᗷᖇOᗯᑎᗴᖇ

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adelita the rabbit @adelita.space · 1d

BOW DOWN TO ME

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to listening to this over the weekend.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...

Better Than Ezra - 368 | Left Anchor

Now that the dust has started to settled around the whole Charlie Kirk thing, we've brought on Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown, to discuss his Boston Review piece ab...

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LaShawnda Jones @harvestphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Since the beginning of our known history, the war has been against women. Sometimes we forget because progress is such a good illusion.

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

- Rep. Hortman was killed
- Gov. Whitmer had to live under FBI protection for a year
- Speaker Pelosi’s home was invaded
- Judge Goodstein’s house burned to the ground as she watched her family jump from 2 floors to safety
- Rep. McIver was arrested
- AG James is being indicted

It’s a war on women

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

YALL.

Remember what I said to yall about preordering. Even if you dont plan on reading an author’s book, preordering is EXTREMELY important because it tells book publishers the kind of books they need to invest more in.

Preorder TODAY

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Drake lost that rap battle so badly that I wrote about it in my book about SPACE-TIME

A rap battle loss of literally cosmological proportions

Find out how by preordering a copy!!

The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

anybody who's good at history want to tell me if it's good or not to starve your troops

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

NEW ICE recruits get $50,000 sign on bonuses and are eligible for student loan forgiveness

But your active duty military starving?

Yikes.

Gommy @gommyatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Deplorable much? Our military has to line up at a food bank bc they haven't gotten paid bc of the govtshutdown!!! And I'm REALLY not interested in anyone saying it's the Dems fault! Wake up!!!

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