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Elton S

@elton-s.bsky.social

Ok, that’s it. I’m done with Bill Maher

It’s not about Trump, either. Trump is just the useful idiot for the Tech Billionaires.

And Bill Maher just normalized it

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Bill Maher posts about dinner with Trump as Kid Rock says 'It could not have been better'

Kid Rock had arranged for a meeting at the White House between Maher, host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" and a longtime critic of Pres. Donald Trump.

www.usatoday.com

April 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM

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Brett Meiselas

@bmeiselas.bsky.social

Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…

March 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM

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Brandon Friedman

@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM

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Kara Swisher

@karaswisher.bsky.social

The eventual fate of the GOP

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Mar 15

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

March 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM

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Al Yankovic

@alyankovic.bsky.social

There are still tickets available for the big L.A. wildfire relief benefit show at the United Theater on Broadway tomorrow night. Here I am at soundcheck with Paul Shaffer and Al Jardine - the lineup for this thing is absolutely INSANE. Hope to see you there!

Al poses with Paul Shaffer and Al Jardine

March 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.

March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

This is outrageous. Judge Boasberg’s order went against government agencies which were in the US, and which were in direct contact with the plane. He must hold them in contempt of court.

Axios post on X: EXCLUSIVE: The White House says it ignored a court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply, two senior officials tell @MarcACaputo.

March 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS.

The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.

We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.

March 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. But in hundreds of thousands of ways, you are beacon lights. You are the beginnings of positive change. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-sunday-t...

A Sunday thought

Friends,

robertreich.substack.com

March 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

I’m so tired of hearing Rubio & other rightwingers now claiming that if you’re on a green card you’re a ‘guest’ in this country. BS. You’re a lawful permanent resident. The clue is in the name. If someone is a permanent resident in your home, are they the same as the guests who come and go? Come on.

March 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a peaceful demonstration on Saturday in Belgrade, defying warnings from the country’s embattled authoritarian leader that months of unrest were careening out of control into violence.

Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws Over 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet

The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.

www.nytimes.com

March 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Elton S

@elton-s.bsky.social

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March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Elton S

@elton-s.bsky.social

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle

“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.

www.seattletimes.com

March 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

!! The Alien Enemies Act declaration is now out. Trump declares that the Venezuelan street gang "Tren de Aragua" is actually a "hybrid criminal state" akin to a foreign government and that authorizes rapid deportation with no due process to any accused member of the gang.

(a) No Alien Enemy described in section 1 of this proclamation shall enter, attempt to enter, or be found within any territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any such Alien Enemy who enters, attempts to enter, or is found within such territory shall be immediately apprehended and detained until removed from the United States. All such Alien Enemies, wherever found within any territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are subject to summary apprehension.

(b) Alien Enemies apprehended pursuant to this proclamation shall be subject to detention until removed from the United States in such place of detention as may be directed by the officers responsible for the execution of these regulations.

(c) Alien Enemies shall be subject to removal to any such location as may be directed by the officers responsible for the execution of these regulations consistent with applicable law.

(d) All property in the possession of, or traceable to, an Alien Enemy, which is used, intended to be used, or is commonly used to perpetrate the hostile activity and irregular warfare of TdA, along with evidence of such hostile activity and irregular warfare, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture.

March 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.

March 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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Adam Parkhomenko

@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

I really like her

March 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM

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Ezra Levin ❌👑

@ezralevin.bsky.social

NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside

indivisible.org

March 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM

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VoteVets

@votevets.org

Rep. Jake Auchincloss isn’t mincing words: Trump and the GOP are tanking the economy, gutting healthcare, and cutting Veterans’ benefits—all to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

And when Americans demand answers? Republicans hide from town halls.

Cowardice isn’t leadership.