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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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This aged badly
March 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This aged badly
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people say The Great Gatsby is “no longer relevant,” but careless people have never been more brazen, or more prominent.
![[“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiexvgjd7znr3dm5pqixs6ovqor5ngwerzgle7p7w73kdqhj5lipja@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
people say The Great Gatsby is “no longer relevant,” but careless people have never been more brazen, or more prominent.
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Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
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As a surgeon, I know the value of precision. A scalpel allows for careful, targeted intervention—minimizing harm while addressing the problem. But when you’ve already taken a chainsaw to the body, switching to a scalpel won’t stop the hemorrhage.
March 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As a surgeon, I know the value of precision. A scalpel allows for careful, targeted intervention—minimizing harm while addressing the problem. But when you’ve already taken a chainsaw to the body, switching to a scalpel won’t stop the hemorrhage.
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"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.
February 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
Everyday, I wake up happy to be at home with my family until I remember we’re still in Trumps America, regressing into 1930s Germany with no hope in sight…
February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everyday, I wake up happy to be at home with my family until I remember we’re still in Trumps America, regressing into 1930s Germany with no hope in sight…
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Interestingly, in Loper Bright vs Raimondo, the conservative majority on SCOTUS ruled just last year that the judiciary can in fact overrule regulatory decisions made by the executive branch especially when those decisions are not specified by Congress.
February 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Interestingly, in Loper Bright vs Raimondo, the conservative majority on SCOTUS ruled just last year that the judiciary can in fact overrule regulatory decisions made by the executive branch especially when those decisions are not specified by Congress.
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Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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The DEI is coming from inside the house. It's him haranguing and firing the whole of the federal government so it can be "inclusive" of people who paid him off.
Media framing of events is a choice. Trump frames event in way that I think most reporters understand is nonsense.
Don't have to repeat it.
There is a real story about what happens to state capacity over the next 4 years that is better told through specific events like this rather than in abstract.
Don't have to repeat it.
There is a real story about what happens to state capacity over the next 4 years that is better told through specific events like this rather than in abstract.
January 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The DEI is coming from inside the house. It's him haranguing and firing the whole of the federal government so it can be "inclusive" of people who paid him off.
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Imagine watching that sermon and thinking it was "nasty." We elected a man who thinks mercy has no place in a house of worship. God help us.
January 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Imagine watching that sermon and thinking it was "nasty." We elected a man who thinks mercy has no place in a house of worship. God help us.
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Positivity, kindness, and earnestness are about to be even more punk af.
January 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Positivity, kindness, and earnestness are about to be even more punk af.
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me trying to get invited to my grandpa's boathouse but then remembering i need to get pant recommendations from a younger cousin
January 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
me trying to get invited to my grandpa's boathouse but then remembering i need to get pant recommendations from a younger cousin
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Incredible how thoroughly Democrats got played here. Spent four years following through on a Trump executive order, pissed away any shot at building a real youth coalition for 2024 by alienating literally every teenager in America, lost the election, and now Trump gets to "save" TikTok. Clown shit.
In a new post from the official TikTok account, CEO Shou Chew thanked Trump for his efforts to keep TikTok available in the U.S. He characterized Trump's stance as a pro-free speech effort and touted Trump's own success on TikTok
January 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Incredible how thoroughly Democrats got played here. Spent four years following through on a Trump executive order, pissed away any shot at building a real youth coalition for 2024 by alienating literally every teenager in America, lost the election, and now Trump gets to "save" TikTok. Clown shit.