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thetnholler.bsky.social
Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."

Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
You know us. For years, you watched and listened to our coverage of the Chicago area. As journalists, we did our best to bring you accurate, objective information about the people, events and issues that mattered. We hope we gained your trust. So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong. The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done and what they may do in other cities. We are retired, but our colleagues who are still on the job have shown you a brutal and illegal campaign against fellow Chicagoans, mainly Latinos: violent abductions, gutting families, using tear gas around children, roughing up witnesses, ramming cars and even taking a day care teacher from her school.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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razzball.bsky.social
Pope Leo spotted on the 2005 World Series broadcast
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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bcmerchant.bsky.social
I have been appreciating @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social's writing a good deal these days

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-more-y...
The More You Have, the Less You Fight
Who will and will not save us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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currentaffairs.bsky.social
The word “terrorism” is used constantly by authoritarian governments to justify eroding basic civil liberties, and it is far better to provide civil liberties to everyone than to give the government wide license to determine who gets them and who doesn’t. www.currentaffairs.org/news/trust-m...
Trust Me, You Want Due Process
A quick refresher on a principle that everyone should fight to protect.
www.currentaffairs.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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markhertling.bsky.social
This is how people counter dumb executive orders…a great story. www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration
After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
www.cbsnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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thebulwark.com
"The goal of 'America First' isn’t 'America First.' It’s 'Trump Forever.'"
‘America First’ Is a Lie
America has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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altusaid.altgov.info
Thank you Cate Klepacki for your courage and your service! "My colleagues at USAID are the kind of people who run toward the fire. Around the world, in the midst of humanitarian crises, they provide lifesaving aid to those most in need." #saveforeignassistance

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I'm a veteran and I worked with USAID. It is essential to our national security. | Opinion
I joined the military and later USAID because I believed in the American spirit and knew we need both hard and soft power to protect our country.
www.usatoday.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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thejan6plaque.bsky.social
January 6th will not be erased
thejan6plaque.bsky.social J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · Nov 22
“On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten.”

— Me
February 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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drericding.bsky.social
This was posted yesterday morning before the DCA crash. Prescient.
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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wileynickel.com
2009 Obama 28°F
1977 Carter 28°F
1961 Kennedy 22°F

It’s not about the cold… it’s about the small crowd size.
January 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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jaredlholt.bsky.social
Proposal: We make January 6 a national holiday. Every year, the party out of power is given an attempt to capture the government in DC with a two-hour head start before the major police responses begin.
January 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.

Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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lizcheney.bsky.social
Here is my response to Donald Trump’s latest malicious lies:
January 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
The Washington Post’s editorial cartoonist quits after editors spike cartoon mocking tech billionaires (including WashPost owner Jeff Bezos) for sucking up to Trump

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January 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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orinkerr.bsky.social
Today being the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, on December 5, 1933, we pause to remember the particularly measured and balanced reaction of perhaps greatest judge of the 20th century, Judge Learned Hand, to Prohibition's end:
December 6, 2024 at 4:35 AM