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Beverly @grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 8h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

A new California law will effectively ban officers from questioning the families of people killed by police before alerting them to the news of their loved one's death.

This practice was popularized by Lexipol, the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. 🧵

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 11h

These maps expire in 2030. Prop 50 preserves California’s award-winning redistricting reforms and reaffirms the California Redistricting Commission’s authority to draw congressional districts after the next census. #YesOnProp50

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee filed suit Tuesday accusing Hawaii’s Office of Elections and its chief election officer, Scott Nago (D), of unlawfully refusing to release public records about how the state maintains its voter registration lists. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

RNC Sues Hawaii for Access to Voter Roll, List Maintenance Records

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 11h

This is Colton. He started a fire at his house when he chewed through a lithium ion battery. He's not the first dog to do this, and he won't be the last, but unfortunately his dad is a firefighter, so it's probably going down as one of the most embarrassing instances. We're still giving him a 12/10

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Cyndi Lauper releases her “She’s So Unusual” LP 42 yrs ago today

“I wanted it to be an anthem .. for all women,” she said of the hit single. “I made sure that when a woman saw the video, she would see herself represented — whether she was thin or heavy, glamorous or not, and whatever race she was."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 11h

#NoKings ❌👑

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

MAGA and Nazis. Same target market.

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itchybitchy.bsky.social @itchybitchy.bsky.social · 10h

The master race.

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accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 10h

More specifically, MAGA Nazis, a unique American branch of fascists.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Cartoon by @johnbuss.bsky.social.

The TIME Magazine cover Trump hates.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

I’m pretty sure they don’t even let you *run* for Congress as a Republican unless you’ve got at least one (1) restraining order from a former girlfriend half your age.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

I assume that every single journalist reading this understands that the *first question* to ask the State Department tomorrow morning is how quickly it will provide a list of foreign nationals banned from the United States for statements made about Democrats or Americans perceived to be left-leaning

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

It's hard to take these people seriously.

BREAKING: In an insane moment, Speaker Johnson says that priests being shot with pepper balls, and journalists being arrested doesn't "cross the line..." but the most threatening thing he's seen yet is "naked bicyclists."

Beyond parody.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx

No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism

Robert Reich

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

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