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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · Dec 24

Updated Starter Pack!

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 1d

We’re going to need the I.C.C. to prosecute our I.C.E.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

OPINION: If ever there were a moment to defend the International Criminal Court, this is it.

America is exerting enormous financial and political pressure on it, which may be the cause of its dismay.

If ever there were a moment to defend the ICC, this is it

Without more robust assistance from its allies, financial and political pressure from the U.S. will make the court a weaker institution — if it survives at all.

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 2d

I’d like a version of YouTube TV (or any other virtual cable company) where I could opt out of MSM channels altogether. Let me pick what I want and boycott the bad actors

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 2d

I’d like effect how billionaires live their lives however

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 6d

Nationalize Space X

ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

NEW: In newly unsealed testimony, a SpaceX insider revealed that Elon Musk’s company had directly received money from Chinese investors, raising questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

www.propublica.org

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 6d

So important to have active hope

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 7d

This has been happening for decades in the Democratic party and I’m tired of it

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 7d

This also speaks to the lack of a coherent and aggressive communications strategy by the Democrats

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 8d

Yet another day that will live in infamy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 9d

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 10d

Bizarre. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social needs to go.

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 10d

Let’s get rid of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the U.S.

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

So interesting, lean into it

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

It’s amazing he didn’t shoot himself and bleed out at the femoral

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely! It’s time for the opposition parties to commit to reform

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

Time to commit to adding new justices to the Supreme Court. 13 total sounds about right.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11d

It looks like Trump's hand picked Supreme Court isn't going to stop him from rescinding money that Congress already agreed to use.

How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?

Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $4B in foreign aid in 'pocket rescission'

The Supreme Court on Friday moved to allow the Trump administration to effectively cut $4 billion of foreign aid previously enacted by Congress.

abcnews.go.com

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

We are on the verge of some amazing breakthroughs, we need more investment in education and science communication to combat misinformation and conspiracy theories

Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 11d

What if you were immune to all viruses? 🦠🧪

A small number of people carry a rare genetic mutation that causes their bodies to produce interferons, virus-blocking proteins, all the time, keeping them immune without activating the rest of the immune system.

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t train youth players to head the ball anymore.
For all ages, it may be time to change the game

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 12d

And hopefully giants don’t go back to sleep easily

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

I can’t tell you exactly how I know but after sixty years in and around politics I’ve developed a sixth sense, and my sixth sense tells me the tide is now turning on Trump.

This past week did it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-is-awakening

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 12d

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Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 15d

Reddit any other publishers should be held accountable in the next phase of the internet

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 16d

The answer is yes: nationalize Space X!

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

With SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk controls more than half the world’s rocket launches and thousands of internet satellites. That amounts to immense geopolitical power.

www.wired.com

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 17d

Regulate social media algorithms, make them transparent to users

Schaeffer Somers @schaeffer-s.bsky.social · 21d

We need a coastal alliance, Pacific and Atlantic