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lenniesaurus.bsky.social
Nice person. youtube.com/shorts/gIFaA...
nice person. 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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May 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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aridrennen.bsky.social
Best wedding date a girl could ask for 🫶
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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tedroach.bsky.social
Here is the official Harvard University website!
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000

The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
May 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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marciamoments.bsky.social
This is just so embarrassing 🤦🏼‍♀️
May 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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harlowsmusings.bsky.social
Harvard said: “Here’s your syllabus, now go save democracy.”

Free online courses for every U.S. citizen on:
• Basic U.S. government
• Understanding the Constitution
• Spotting dictatorship red flags 101

#CivicEducationMatters #HarvardCourses #FreeEducation #ProtectDemocracy #LearnSoYouCanResist
May 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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esqueer.net
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.

There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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esqueer.net
>be utah
>ban gender affirming care and commission a study to support the ban
>study comes out showing the care is safe and effective
>ignore the study and continue the ban anyways
May 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
This is the woman who just got promoted to press secretary for the Department of Defense

“Proud to be an enemy of globalist Ukraine”
Kingsley Wilson & @KingsleyCortes Proud to be an enemy of globalist Ukraine And thankful for fighters like @RepJimBanks who put AMERICA FIRST IM BANKS Congress of the Cinited States Douse of Representatibes Clasbington, 0E 20515-1403 June 12, 2024 Dear Mrs. Wilson, I'm writing to inform you that your name appears on a list of individuals and groups "in the U.S. impeding aid to Ukraine" published by a Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO) called the Data Journalism Agency (TEXTY), which has worked with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As you may be aware, other Ukrainian NGOs have published similar lists, which have published the personal information of those named in apparent attempts to intimidate them. I have enclosed a copy of a letter that I sent to Appropriations Committee Chairman Cole as well as State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz Balart, urging them to stop the State Department and USAID from partnering with any actors overseas who encourage the harassment of Americans. The Appropriations Committee's markup of its bill to fund the State Department and USAID during Fiscal Year 2025 is scheduled to take place tomorrow. I appreciate your attention to this serious matter. Sincerely,
May 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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tamrakat.bsky.social
Respect!!!

@harvard.edu 😍

The link to the FREE GOVERNMENT COURSES is ...

pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
May 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Specifically the report found "patients that were seen at the gender clinic before the age of 18 had a lower risk of suicide compared to those referred as an adult.”
May 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.

They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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katymontgomerie.com
There are only two possible options available for Gender Criticals: suppress research, or ignore research. No matter how many studies and trials they do it'll always show the same thing
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 24
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.

They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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groovyshelly.bsky.social
Here is the official Harvard University website!
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000

The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
May 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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nicholasbednar.bsky.social
The relationship between structural independence and the expertise and experience within an agency's policymaking workforce is significant and positive.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Two graphs. Graph 1 has an X axis with Decision-making Independence and a Y axis with Policymaking Capacity. Graph 2 has an X axis with Political-Review Independence and a Y axis with Policymaking Capacity. Both graphs have a line showing a positive relationship.
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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ektashahmd.bsky.social
Read re read and re read again until it sinks in

Your antisemitism won’t save you and you are not as righteous as you think
May 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Posted this afternoon. Masked ICE agents arresting immigrants at their court hearings in Dallas.
Cristina Salazar Law CONFIRMED: ICE agents in Dallas Immigration Court are detaining people as soon as they exit the courtroom. WHO: If your case is dismissed by the government attorney or judge AND you have been here less than 2 years. WHY: If you have been here less than two years, ICE can then use the "Expedited Removal" process to detain and remove you from the U.S. WHAT CAN YOU DO: Depending on your case, do not agree to get your case dismissed if you have been here less than two years, request a date for an individual hearing on your claim (most are requesting asylum).* Go to your hearing with an attorney or a trusted family member. WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR: ICE agents are arriving undercover, masked, in jeans, and hang out in groups of 2-3. They will be hanging out in the hallways. I personally observed three arrests today, with no warrant and no identification by the ICE agents. *Please speak to an attorney or BIA accredited representative before making your decision on whether you should decline or agree to a dismissal.
May 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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esqueer.net
I can't stop laughing. The Calvinball nature of our legal system is on full display. It's all a joke set up to prop up billionaire oligarchs.
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · May 22
The Supreme Court goes out of its way to say that its order today does NOT allow Trump to remove members of the Federal Reserve because it is "uniquely structured" and has a "distinct history tradition." (I do not think those distinctions hold water.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Refugee Assistance Project, 582 U. S. 571, 580 (2017) (per curiam) (“The purpose of . . . interim equitable relief is not to conclusively determine the rights of the parties, but to balance the equities as the litigation moves forward.” (citation omitted)). A stay is appropriate to avoid the disruptive effect of the repeated removal and reinstatement of officers during the pendency of this litigation. Finally, respondents Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris contend that arguments in this case necessarily implicate the constitutionality of for-cause removal protections for members of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors or other members of the Federal Open Market Committee. See Response of Wilcox in Opposition to App. for Stay 2−3, 27−28; Response of Harris in Opposition to App. for Stay 3, 5−6, 16−17, 36, 40. We disagree. The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States. See Seila Law, 591 U. S., at 222, n. 8. The March 4, 2025, order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25−cv−412, ECF Doc. 39, and the March 6, 2025, order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25−cv−334, ECF Doc. 34, are stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
May 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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macfarlanenews.bsky.social
NEW: Court sets hearing for Wednesday in request for temporary restraining order by ousted head of US Copyright Office

Among other things it would order "That defendant Todd Blanche is enjoined from exercising the powers of acting Librarian of Congress"
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May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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rightwingwatch.bsky.social
Christian nationalist pastor Jack Hibbs claims that the Founding Fathers banned Catholics from serving as president or in Congress. They did nothing of the sort and the Constitution explicitly prohibited religious tests for holding federal office. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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rightwingwatch.bsky.social
If the Founding Fathers intended to ban Catholics from serving in Congress, that must have been a surprise to Daniel Carroll, a Catholic, who signed the Constitution and then served in the very first Congress. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
May 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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joshablock.bsky.social
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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esqueer.net
In case you missed it, public records requests I sent to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy revealed that Ken Paxton likely used warrantless access to a database of prescription records to target gender affirming care providers.

www.thedissident.news/texas-ag-ken...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Can Access Your Prescription Records
Ken Paxton and other Republican officials can access your prescription records without a warrant and use it to target you and your healthcare as he's done with gender affirming care. Early last fall,...
www.thedissident.news
May 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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npr.org
The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.
Graphics: Here's what it will take to transform the Qatari jet into Air Force One
The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: Here's Harvard's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against the Trump admin, asking the court to block the govt from revoking its ability to enroll international students. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INTRODUCTION For more than 70 years, Harvard University ("Harvard" or the "University") has been certified by the federal government to enroll international students under the F-1 visa program, and it has long been designated as an exchange visitor program sponsor to host J-1 nonimmigrants. Harvard has, over this time, developed programs and degrees tailored to its international students and invested millions to recruit the most talented such students and integrate them into all aspects of the Harvard community. Yesterday, the government abruptly revoked Harvard's certification to host F-1 and J-1 students' without process or cause, to devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 Harvard students and affiliates on F-1 and J-1 visas. The government's revocation of Harvard's certification was not a product of the ordinary review process set out in detailed regulations that define the limited circumstances under which a school's certification may be revoked and put a premium on the due process rights of institutions and students. On its face, the revocation is part of the government's broader effort to retaliate against Harvard for its refusal to surrender its academic independence? In response to the government's disagreement with the perceived viewpoints of Harvard, its faculty, and its students, the government issued a series of demands requiring Harvard to submit to government oversight Scholars and others at the University also could have J-1 visa status and thus be affected by the revocation. ≥ This case stems from the same campaign of retaliation as described in President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., No. 25-cv-11048 (D. Mass. Apr. 21, 2025) (the "Funding Case"), in which Harvard has challenged the government's freeze and terminations of billions of dollars in multi-year grants to Harvard. DHS's revocation of Harvard's longstanding certification to enroll international students involves a different a…
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM