RalphLoeffler
@ralphloeffler.bsky.social
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Passionate about resisting rising fascism, closely following U.S. politics, and advocating for LGBTQI+ rights. Living between Berlin and Paris. Climate change, inequality are our greatest challenges.
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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politico.eu
One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being overflown by increasing numbers of drones.

And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.
Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines
Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones.
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whitehouse.senate.gov
AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
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atrupar.com
Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
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muellershewrote.com
Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.
atrupar.com
Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"
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denisedwheeler.bsky.social
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
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strandjunker.com
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
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volksverpetzer.de
Dass Leute inklusiv sein wollten, und freiwillig gegendert haben, wurde als „Sprachpolizei“ gebrandmarkt.

Aber Gendern und vegane Wurst „Wurst“ nennen wurde staatlich verboten.

Die jahrelange Propaganda, autoritäre Rechte als „Freiheitskämpfer“ zu inszenieren, hat viel zu viele gehirngewaschen.
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atrupar.com
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
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caulfieldtim.bsky.social
🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll

RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation."

"...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice
acyn.bsky.social
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.
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muellershewrote.com
We covered this on today's @dailybeanspod.com. Extremely dangerous and these ICE agents should be charged with felonies.
gxldsociety.bsky.social
PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.
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everycourthouse.bsky.social
“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”
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jenrubin.bsky.social
We face an open open question as to whether the president, anywhere, anytime he pleases, can execute or round up people he says are terrorists—without due process. That we are even entertaining such a discussion tells you how far Trump has damaged democracy open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
‘Armed Conflict’? Trump declares war on all of us
open.substack.com
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gtconway.bsky.social
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social