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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans, choosing death, for children.
This was a choice that is on the heads of every Republican senator and representative that did nothing to attempt to stop it.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 1d

“Slavery is not great, but abolitionists are condescending and refuse to listen.”

-Committed Centrists, 1850s

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 6h

Good messaging - 'Feed kids. Fix roads. Fund hospitals'
This is what Dems do.
Dems, do not keep your light under a basket.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.”

TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 6h

❤️Possums.

northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 6h

Super.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 6h

Uniforms 🙄

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

👀👀👀👀

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 11h

Policing the ‘public mood’

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

China’s internet censors are moving to stamp out more than just political dissent. Now, they are targeting the public mood itself — punishing bloggers and influencers whose weary posts are resonating widely in a country where optimism is fraying.

Cheer Up, or Else: China Cracks Down on the Haters and Cynics

As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.

nyti.ms

northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 11h

A good step in the right direction. The tech guys have far, far too much power to shape public opinion and control the public discourse.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 13h

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 13h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 11h

Hmmm
Maybe, and stay with me here, maybe FBI agents in the Cyber Crime unit should not have been pulled from that duty to ASSIST ICE.

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

The cyber intrusions have hit the email accounts of select attorneys at these law firms, as Beijing continues a broader effort to gather intelligence to support its multi-front competition with the US on issues ranging from national security to trade. https://cnn.it/4mW4OE7

US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China | CNN Politics

Suspected Chinese government-backed hackers have breached computer systems of US law firm Williams & Connolly, which has represented some of America's most powerful politicians, as part of a larger spying campaign against multiple law firms, according t...

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s video of the incident

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 20h

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 22h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 23h

How?

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notidefix.bsky.social @notidefix.bsky.social · 23h

America would be far, far better off deporting ICE agents

....keep the hard working migrants

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AnonEMus13 🇺🇸 @anonemus13.bsky.social · 23h

It turns out the terrorists, mentally ill people, and murderous thugs weren’t illegal immigrants.

They were here the whole time and now they’re enrolling in or pretending to be ICE.

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 1d

Wish I could be surprised by this.

Axios @axios.com · 1d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 1d

One thing the right does not lack is gall. Got that in spades.
Often wrong, but never in doubt is an unfortunately apt description.

Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 1d

As one veteran CBS News journalist put it: “She has the gall to write her 10 commandments of journalism and share them with us? She is not a journalist, never has been.”

Must read from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in @signal.org
www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Weiss and Shine

The Bari Weiss era has begun at CBS News, and David Ellison’s push to reshape the storied network has staffers holding their breath about the future of the outlet—especially as the mogul's talking poi...

www.status.news

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 1d

When you chase clicks and access.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Gallup has been surveying Americans' trust in legacy media since 1972. This year, a mere 28 percent of the public have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in legacy media, its lowest level in more than five decades of tracking.

news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“..mThe plan, however, could be difficult to roll out as an ongoing government shutdown prevents the kind of Congressional action needed to approve such a large payout, and existing government reserves fall short ..”

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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northsidejo.bsky.social @northsidejo.bsky.social · 1d

Every journalist there should have asked this question. What a failure in their responsibilities.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Ask him: WHY WOULD SHE DESERVE A PARDON? WHY?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.