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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 1h

Oh

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Setting aside the absurdly xenophobic framing, once again, there is ZERO truth to any of this. Everyone qualifies for Emergency Medicaid equally. Hospitals do not receive more for treating undocumented immigrants in an emergency than Americans. Speaker Johnson is flatly wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 10h

Hi5!!!

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 10h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 10h

You met me, duh 💁‍♀️

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 10h

He absolutely does. To 40 more.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 10h

Would have guessed the Bx19 or Bx12

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 12h

It was kidney stones, she has to give us context! We are fragile!

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 14h

Girl, we are fragile, you have to be careful with us! Glad to know these were just regular prayers and not you know.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

Freida Parton says she did not mean to scare anyone when asking for prayers for her older sister, Dolly:

Freida Parton
“I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Under Title 32 USC, The Adjutant General (TAG) in each state is the military commander for both the Army and Air National Guard for that state and usually coordinates directly with the governor for domestic operations including emergency response.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic

Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 1d

Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!

#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 1d

Praying but also pretending this is not happening, absolutely not 2025

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 1d

We're winning tho, yay!

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 1d

I am watching thru ESPN and I guess I lost ESPN Deportes, even tho I had it previously. I hate capitalism.

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 1d

My package is racist. I don't have Deportes.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 2d

Happy chuseok, everyone. I am going to stare at the moon and celebrate the harvest.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 2d

Not just any environmental lawsuit, but a lawsuit in part by a local Indigenous nation, the Miccosukee Tribe, about their sovereignty over the land.

This was a (very small) step toward Land Back, which is in fact sexy as hell.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Look I get that it's not sexy that the Florida facility was closed via an environmental lawsuit but Al Capone got taken down by tax evasion. Not everything is sexy!

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jazzagold.bsky.social @jazzagold.bsky.social · 2d

Stare. This man needs some pastoring, Pastor him, Pastor!!!!

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