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A divided Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court’s ruling on foreign aid funding, requiring the USAID to resume payments.

March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Chrystia Freeland

@chrystia-freeland.bsky.social

Make no mistake: Ukraine is leading the fight for democracy. A just and lasting peace requires Ukraine to be at the negotiating table, and its victory will make all of us safer.

Ukraine must win. Putin must lose.

Slava Ukraini.

February 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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Alt National Park Service

@altnps.bsky.social

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

February 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Call to action: 50 protests, 50 states, one day.

#3E #USprotests #endimpunity #endautogenocide #endoligarchy #Feb5

February 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM

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Indivisible ❌👑

@indivisible.org

Amidst the chaos and harm, remember: Trump does not have the constitutional authority to do any of this. It’s all illegal. The Constitution says so, and the Supreme Court agrees. This is a dictatorial power grab and we need to fight it accordingly.

Let’s get to work.

January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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Indivisible ❌👑

@indivisible.org

The chaos Trump has unleashed with this unconstitutional power grab has already touched millions of Americans as agencies, nonprofits, and people who rely on government grants for education, housing, and food assistance try to figure out what the hell is going on. 🧵

Trump administration orders federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid

The freeze could have wide-ranging implications, with the White House noting that $3 trillion was spent in 2024 on federal assistance programs.

www.cbsnews.com

January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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Sahil Kapur

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MURKOWSKI comes out against Hegseth for DOD, first GOP opponent. "The leader of the Department of Defense must demonstrate and model the standards of behavior and character we expect of all servicemembers, and Mr. Hegseth’s nomination to the role poses significant concerns that I cannot overlook."

January 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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Nsikan Akpan

@monscience.bsky.social

ScienceInsider has confirmed h/t @merz.bsky.social. NIH has frozen study sections through at least Feb. 1 www.science.org/content/arti...

A news article headline from “SCIENCE INSIDER” under the category “Science and Policy.” The headline reads: “Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring.” Below the headline, a subheading states: “Researchers facing ‘a lot uncertainty, fear and panic.’” The article is authored by Meredith Wadman and Jocelyn Kaiser, published on January 22, 2025, at 5:45 PM ET.

An excerpt from the article discussing the impact of the NIH freeze. It states that the freeze affects meetings of federal advisory committees and study sections, leading to the cancellation of advisory council meetings at NIH’s dental and bioengineering institutes. These council meetings include a critical closed-door session for finalizing grant awards. The article mentions uncertainty about the status of grants if the review meetings are canceled. Additionally, the pause on study sections is highlighted as a major concern for researchers, as it prevents NIH from issuing research awards.

January 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM

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George Takei

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So many have not learned them at all.

Post from 'Rev. Benjamin Cremer' states, "If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ."

January 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do.

When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.

We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide.

One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic.

We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.

Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions.

The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA."

What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted.

The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen.

I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs.

Yours sincerely,

A former employee who can't sleep at night.

January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues. You may notice them as posters who are smearing Chrystia Freeland, pushing anti-Ukrainian narratives, Germany's election, anti-EU rhetoric, anti-NATO rhetoric, etc.

Their numbers are still low, so stay vigilant