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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1h

They aren't even trying to hide it.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1h

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 11h

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 12h

Shortly after I moved here, I was assigned a story in Worcester, but I couldn't find it on the map because I was looking for WOOSTER, which apparently doesn't exist. I finally had to ask an editor for help, and they never let me forget it.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 13h

"First reported by The Boston Globe." Bravo to The Crimson for giving credit where credit is due.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 18h

'Cause I was seriously ready to beat 2025's ass after all it's already inflicted on us.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 23h

I'm so bad with plants, I hesitate to look at this gorgeous dahlia for too long out of fears that I might kill it.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

From shots of Trump's bruised hand and his severely swollen ankles to Bondi's script from yesterday's Senate appearance, photographers have been invaluable in capturing small, but telling details about this hideous administration.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Same house of horrors with a new coat of paint. Or alt-right by a different name.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

Weiss very intentionally does not describe herself as a conservative or Republican and wraps her politics in terms like "free press." That makes more useful at advancing Trumpism than explicitly right-wing figures. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

newrepublic.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. The Nazis learned from Jim Crow, which was already decades old before Hitler came to power.

Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Asked about a possible government bailout for struggling farmers, he said, "I want trade, not aid."

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Call "conversion therapy" what it is: Child abuse.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The US Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional.

A discredited therapy for gay and trans youth is at the center of a Supreme Court case. Here’s what to know | CNN

The US Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constituti...

cnn.it

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats, Frankie!

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

The Tiffany Network becomes a rusty hinge.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm pretty damn sure my ancestors were here during the Civil War.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

I would bet Bari Weiss has never felt imposter syndrome a single day of her life. And that's more galling to me than my own struggles with it.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CENSORED: “They refused to run my column this week. Too critical of Trump, they said.”

Writer Dan Conway left The Daily Memphian after editors rejected his column for criticizing Trump’s unconstitutional military incursions into US cities.

Read the censored column: www.facebook.com/share/p/16uP...

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciated her honesty.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

After paying for my items at the grocery story, the cashier said, "Have a nice day," to which I responded, "You have nice day, too." Her response: "Yeah, I doubt that."

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

Did Johnson, who claims to be a devout Christian, skip the part in the Bible about not bearing false witness?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

Trump said nothing last week about the passing of the great Dr. Jane Goodall. But this remarkable woman had a few things to say about him and other terrible men.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

So sorry for your family's loss.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

The president of the United States is priming the US military for his coming war against Americans on American streets, and there are folks on here squabbling over the proper definition of fascism.

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