Terry Shelton
@silmaril79.bsky.social
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Senator Amy Klobuchar, co-sponsored by 8 Senate Democrats, has introduced a bill to try and reduce rent prices.
The bill targets companies that collect data on rental markets from landlords and create an algorithm to determine rents, something she called a "high-tech" version of collusion.
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The bill targets companies that collect data on rental markets from landlords and create an algorithm to determine rents, something she called a "high-tech" version of collusion.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Senator Amy Klobuchar, co-sponsored by 8 Senate Democrats, has introduced a bill to try and reduce rent prices.
The bill targets companies that collect data on rental markets from landlords and create an algorithm to determine rents, something she called a "high-tech" version of collusion.
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The bill targets companies that collect data on rental markets from landlords and create an algorithm to determine rents, something she called a "high-tech" version of collusion.
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15 years of Citizens United have shown us that money corrupts politics. We are going to have to take back our democracy from the forces of greed! #StopTheOligarchy
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
15 years of Citizens United have shown us that money corrupts politics. We are going to have to take back our democracy from the forces of greed! #StopTheOligarchy
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Trump's attempt to nullify the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision is an attempt to reverse one of the most important outcomes of the Civil War, the idea that American citizenship is not based on race www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Does the text mean what it plainly says?
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump's attempt to nullify the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision is an attempt to reverse one of the most important outcomes of the Civil War, the idea that American citizenship is not based on race www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
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Pete Hegseth was so “abusive” toward his second wife that she hid from him in a closet and had a safe word to call for help.
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Pete Hegseth was so “abusive” toward his second wife that she hid from him in a closet and had a safe word to call for help.
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
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Donald Trump dehumanizes people.
Bishop Mariann Budde tried to bring humanity and actual Christianity back into civil discourse.
MAGA screeches at the Bishop.
Tired of those fake azz Christians.
Bishop Mariann Budde tried to bring humanity and actual Christianity back into civil discourse.
MAGA screeches at the Bishop.
Tired of those fake azz Christians.
January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Donald Trump dehumanizes people.
Bishop Mariann Budde tried to bring humanity and actual Christianity back into civil discourse.
MAGA screeches at the Bishop.
Tired of those fake azz Christians.
Bishop Mariann Budde tried to bring humanity and actual Christianity back into civil discourse.
MAGA screeches at the Bishop.
Tired of those fake azz Christians.
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Danish news is reporting that many of the people wearing MAGA hats in Don Jr & Charlie Kirk’s Greenland videos were homeless rounded up from the area, including one man they found under a bridge, to come into the restaurant for a photo op & a free meal. meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
Busted! Trump’s Greenland Supporters Were Homeless and Socially Disadvantaged People Bribed With Hotel Dinners
Danish news reports on Trump’s scheme
meidasnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Danish news is reporting that many of the people wearing MAGA hats in Don Jr & Charlie Kirk’s Greenland videos were homeless rounded up from the area, including one man they found under a bridge, to come into the restaurant for a photo op & a free meal. meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
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Talking about a treaty ally like a mob boss running a protection racket: "maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark"
Trump: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the United States of America. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs."
January 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Talking about a treaty ally like a mob boss running a protection racket: "maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark"
@dgcomedy.bsky.social i humbly rebleat for your review…
it seems like we’ve all been struggling with this, so hear me out…….
twitter = tweets/retweets
ergo
bluesky = bleats/rebleats
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twitter = tweets/retweets
ergo
bluesky = bleats/rebleats
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January 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@dgcomedy.bsky.social i humbly rebleat for your review…
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The six biggest banks in the U.S. have quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance just before Trump's inauguration.
The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.
The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.
Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration
Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The six biggest banks in the U.S. have quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance just before Trump's inauguration.
The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.
The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.
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BREAKING: Pam Bondi confirmation hearings set to begin January 15.
Will any Senator ask her about the $25,000 she took from Donald Trump while she was Florida AG, while declining to join NY's prosecution of Trump University -- after her office expressed interest in joining?
Will any Senator ask her about the $25,000 she took from Donald Trump while she was Florida AG, while declining to join NY's prosecution of Trump University -- after her office expressed interest in joining?
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
BREAKING: Pam Bondi confirmation hearings set to begin January 15.
Will any Senator ask her about the $25,000 she took from Donald Trump while she was Florida AG, while declining to join NY's prosecution of Trump University -- after her office expressed interest in joining?
Will any Senator ask her about the $25,000 she took from Donald Trump while she was Florida AG, while declining to join NY's prosecution of Trump University -- after her office expressed interest in joining?
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Let me know if anyone in corporate media asks Jim Jordan about how his star witness in the Biden impeachment inquiry just got 6 years in prison for making it all up.
Ex-FBI informant who fabricated claims about Bidens sentenced to 6 years
www.reuters.com/legal/ex-fbi...
Good News!
www.reuters.com/legal/ex-fbi...
Good News!
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Let me know if anyone in corporate media asks Jim Jordan about how his star witness in the Biden impeachment inquiry just got 6 years in prison for making it all up.
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Dear world,
Our incoming president is an unhinged lunatic.
He is fronting for a deranged oligarch who wants to establish a new world order of megalomaniacal oligarchs.
Sorry we screwed up. Again.
Please protect yourselves accordingly.
Sincerely,
America
Our incoming president is an unhinged lunatic.
He is fronting for a deranged oligarch who wants to establish a new world order of megalomaniacal oligarchs.
Sorry we screwed up. Again.
Please protect yourselves accordingly.
Sincerely,
America
December 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Dear world,
Our incoming president is an unhinged lunatic.
He is fronting for a deranged oligarch who wants to establish a new world order of megalomaniacal oligarchs.
Sorry we screwed up. Again.
Please protect yourselves accordingly.
Sincerely,
America
Our incoming president is an unhinged lunatic.
He is fronting for a deranged oligarch who wants to establish a new world order of megalomaniacal oligarchs.
Sorry we screwed up. Again.
Please protect yourselves accordingly.
Sincerely,
America
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Yeah, it’s bad.
If you think that graphic artists, photographers, painters and voice actors have it bad right now - it is nothing of what's happening in the gaming industry next year. There is no regulation there at all, and so many people got fired in 2024, no matter how much good work they did.
December 23, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Yeah, it’s bad.
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It took me FAR too long as a white dude to accept that racism really is at the core of so much that is fucked-up and wrong about the United States. There's a difference between understanding it intellectually and seeing the depressing fact of it until even someone like me can't deny it anymore.
The lesson the American left should learn from the S. Korean protests is that racism enables American authoritarianism more than anything else.
The psychological wages of whiteness are a real currency white people of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are willing to be paid in.
The psychological wages of whiteness are a real currency white people of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are willing to be paid in.
So one of the reasons South Korea is a healthier democracy is that it’s a relatively homogeneous country and racism can’t be used as an effective tactic for attacking democracy. The psychological wages of whiteness in the US are a key reason authoritarian attacks on democracy in the US succeed
December 15, 2024 at 1:45 AM
It took me FAR too long as a white dude to accept that racism really is at the core of so much that is fucked-up and wrong about the United States. There's a difference between understanding it intellectually and seeing the depressing fact of it until even someone like me can't deny it anymore.
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We basically talked about being brave. Now more than ever, we need to be brave
I’ve admired her from afar but today was the first time I had the chance to speak directly with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Her commitment to truth and honesty in her reporting is something I’ve tried to emulate in my own.
If you aren’t following her, you are missing out! Thank you Molly!
Her commitment to truth and honesty in her reporting is something I’ve tried to emulate in my own.
If you aren’t following her, you are missing out! Thank you Molly!
December 15, 2024 at 1:58 AM
We basically talked about being brave. Now more than ever, we need to be brave
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If you are an elected democrat and you are signaling your support for Trump’s cabinet appointments, you are not only disappointing everyone in your party, you are capitulating to his fascist takeover of our government.
We know you names. We will remember your cowardice.
We know you names. We will remember your cowardice.
December 14, 2024 at 2:35 AM
If you are an elected democrat and you are signaling your support for Trump’s cabinet appointments, you are not only disappointing everyone in your party, you are capitulating to his fascist takeover of our government.
We know you names. We will remember your cowardice.
We know you names. We will remember your cowardice.
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This is so gross. And it keeps happening. Why not depose him? The case wouldn’t cost more than $15M and ABC would have won if they bothered fighting. I don’t get it.
December 14, 2024 at 9:36 PM
This is so gross. And it keeps happening. Why not depose him? The case wouldn’t cost more than $15M and ABC would have won if they bothered fighting. I don’t get it.
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ABC News had a very strong case on the merits (“we just used the same word the presiding judge used”)
They have the in-house lawyers and deep pockets to fight it.
They folded anyway.
They didn’t need to announce the settlement sum. But apparently they wanted everyone to see their capitulation.
They have the in-house lawyers and deep pockets to fight it.
They folded anyway.
They didn’t need to announce the settlement sum. But apparently they wanted everyone to see their capitulation.
JUST IN: A day after Trump and George Stephanopoulos were ordered to appear for depositions, they settled the case.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
December 14, 2024 at 9:23 PM
ABC News had a very strong case on the merits (“we just used the same word the presiding judge used”)
They have the in-house lawyers and deep pockets to fight it.
They folded anyway.
They didn’t need to announce the settlement sum. But apparently they wanted everyone to see their capitulation.
They have the in-house lawyers and deep pockets to fight it.
They folded anyway.
They didn’t need to announce the settlement sum. But apparently they wanted everyone to see their capitulation.
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Before this month is over, Prof. @timothysnyder.bsky.social may need to rewrite this chapter to something more like, "Do Not Ignominiously Grovel in Advance"
December 14, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Before this month is over, Prof. @timothysnyder.bsky.social may need to rewrite this chapter to something more like, "Do Not Ignominiously Grovel in Advance"