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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic

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March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Schumer's whole plan, in his words, is "I am focused on bringing Trump’s numbers down, his popularity down, exposing what he has done to America and what he will do," but when asked about specifics like Columbia & Khalil, he leaps to Trump's defense while admitting he doesn't even know the details.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 16
Here are Schumer’s responses on Columbia and Khalil:
I’m curious how you think about how protests should be addressed, considering the context of what you just said. The Trump administration just announced it’s pulling $400 million in funding from Columbia University, giving the reason as “relentless violence, intimidation and antisemitic harassment.” I’m wondering what you make of that. Columbia did not do enough. I criticized them. And believe me, I believe in free speech, I believe in the right to protest, as you read in my book. I started my career protesting the Vietnam War. I say to some people, “If I were your age, I’d be protesting something or other.” So I get that, and I love it, and it’s about America. But when it shades over to violence and antisemitism, the colleges had to do something, and a lot of them didn’t do enough. They shrugged their shoulders, looked the other way. Columbia among them. So what did they do? They took away $400 million. I’m trying to find out what they took away. Are they taking away money from cancer research, or Alzheimer’s? What is the $400 million? It could be hurting all students. Students who go there who have nothing to do with the protest, students who might have protested peacefully, or Jewish students who were victims of some of those protests. So I think we have to see. My worry is that this $400 million was just done in typical Trump fashion: indiscriminately, without looking at its effect. What do you make of what happened last weekend when ICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate who is Palestinian, an activist and a green-card holder, who was one of the few participants in last year’s campus protests to identify himself publicly. Apparently Trump has made good on his campaign pledge and is set to deport him because of his participation. I don’t know all the details yet. They’re trying to come out, and there’ll be a court case which will determine it. If he broke the law, he should be deported. If he didn’t break the law and just peacefully protested, he should not be deported. It’s plain and simple. What does breaking the law mean to you in this context? It’s a legal issue, and it’s, what are Columbia’s rules, and what does it mean breaking them, and what are the legal rules? What did he do? I don’t know what he did, I don’t know what the charge against him is. So it’s a little premature to make a decision, except if he didn’t break the law, he should not be deported. If he broke the law, he should.
March 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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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 Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found 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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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Something I can't get over about the Trump presidency is just how humiliating it looks from the outside, just total and utter humiliation on the world stage, how pathetic it looks that a president is hawking his billionaire pal's garbage cars from the office, there's no other way to describe it.
March 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Breaking — 10 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to advance their funding bill, including:
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
Angus King
Gary Peters
Brian Schatz
Chuck Schumer
Jeanne Shaheen
March 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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sciencedjv.bsky.social
Think about that 60-some-year-old South Korean senator who was literally climbing over walls to vote for impeachment as martial law was imposed in the country and then looking at…. Chuck Schumer.
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere have been banned in FL, IA, and VA (probably other states too) for "sexual content." These books are not porn. But they do feature characters of color experiencing racism 🤔
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
This is brutal, utterly predictable, and absolutely going to work.
gowder.io Paul Gowder @gowder.io · Mar 13
Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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cait.bsky.social
this keeps replaying in my head bc it's literally this easy to support trans people. the majority of these freaks have never actually experienced pushback and will straight up collapse when confronted. cis people get your heads right. this is your job
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 11
1. Finally some fight.

"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.

McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."

Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.

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"Have You No Decency?": Republican Calls Sarah McBride "Mister," Dems Erupt And End Hearing
During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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justinleeanderson.com
This is classic right wing gaslighting. They do horrendous things and then complain about people being “uncivil” to them for it. And it works, for their base. They think the left are “intolerant” and “extreme” because the dead babies are far away and the American babies are on TV.
A Twitter screenshot of a quoted tweet. The first is by JD Vance, saying: Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protestors followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared. The second, from Tim Miller, says: Dozens are dead in Ukraine because you stopped giving them the intelligence that protected the country from bombs so you can probably handle some yelling in a free country, boss.
March 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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jamellebouie.net
abundantly clear that this administration takes “discrimination” to mean “any regard for minority communities” and treats “merit” as a synonym for “white (and preferably male)”
victorerikray.bsky.social Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Mar 12
I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
In a statement, Mr. Zeldin suggested that environmental justice — which the agency defined in 2013 as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income” with respect to environmental laws — was tantamount to discrimination. “President Trump was elected with a mandate from the American people,” Mr. Zeldin said. “Part of this mandate includes the elimination of forced discrimination programs.”
March 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 10
BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, after having previously turned down many other similar challenges.

The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.
March 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress are reportedly asking Musk’s permission to hold votes
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i will say again that this crop of congressional republicans are the most pathetic, supine people to ever serve in congress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE
Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The Onion Magazine:

Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
The Onion Magazine: Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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johncluverius.bsky.social
Remember @michaelhobbes.bsky.social ‘s Rule: once you scratch the surface of these stories they completely fall apart.
March 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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ladyemily.nebula.tv
I truly cannot think of a more perfect showcase of how the Democratic Party as a whole has addressed trans issues. Lashing out and disregarding an actual real politically engaged constituent in order to court some fictional voter who likes all of the bigotry of Republicans but will instead vote Dem
atldemsoc.bsky.social Atlanta DSA @atldemsoc.bsky.social · Mar 2
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."

"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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bernietranders.bsky.social
It is so 2025 that a film with a trans storyline that the trans community fucking despises wins some of the most prestigious film awards in the world and the cisgender winners don’t even mention what’s happening to the trans community in the very country they’re accepting the awards in
March 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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augetoffmygold.bsky.social
Remains stupefying to me the number of people in power who apparently see trans/nonbinary status as a secret password to a life of absolute unchecked privilege.
peoplesfabric.com The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Mar 1
Rahm Emanuel repeating anti trans talking points.
Highlighted text from Rahm Emanuel interview with Bill Maher: In 7th grade if I had known I could have said 'they' and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it." Complete text: Bill Maher asks Rahm Emanuel why Chicago's mayor has such a low approval rating, and the panel agrees that Democrat policies have ruined large American cities: Bill Maher: "I read that the current mayor of Chicago has an approval rating of 6.6%. What's going on in Chicago?" Rahm Emanuel: "We've gone through 5 years where people became way too permissive as a culture. Which is why everything is locked up at CVS and Walgreens, that's a disaster. I don't want to hear another word about the locker room, I don't want to hear another word about the bathroom. You better start feeüsing on the classroom. In 7th grade if I had known I could have said 'they' and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it." Fareed Zakaria: "This is a huge Democrat party problem. Democrat cities are terribly run. Cost of housing is crazy. The budget of New York state is twice that of Florida. Lots of taxes, lots of regulation, but nothing gets done. Democrats have to own this: The answer to everything is not more taxes. more regulations. People are fed up (end screen cap)
March 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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joshgondelman.bsky.social
The most Conservative I ever feel is when I’m at the back of a long line, and then a bunch of people get in line behind me, and I’m like: “Nice.”
February 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM