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Follow Trump's Authoritarian moves scientifically

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!

Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

There we go. Support this man.

Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · Apr 14

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return

"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM

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The Bad Apple

@thebadappleid.bsky.social

To draw horses

March 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM

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Financial Times

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM

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Szabolcs Panyi on X: "💰Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz was spotted with a €600K Ferrari SF90 Spider in Marbella, per MP @hadhazyakos's findings. Tiborcz and Orbán’s daughter Ráhel lived there and likely still own undisclosed assets in Spain. 🧵A short thread on the Orbán family's luxury.👇 https://t.co/xie6NezNli" / X

💰Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz was spotted with a €600K Ferrari SF90 Spider in Marbella, per MP @hadhazyakos's findings. Tiborcz and Orbán’s daughter Ráhel lived there and likely still own undisclosed assets in Spain. 🧵A short thread on the Orbán family's luxury.👇 https://t.co/xie6NezNli

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April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts

Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season

www.independent.co.uk

March 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM

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Sir William Browder KCMG on X: "BREAKING: A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia & found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia https://t.co/tHRM015aMP" / X

BREAKING: A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia & found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia https://t.co/tHRM015aMP

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March 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM

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lukelukeluke

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social

Here are some nice mushrooms

A colony of vibrantly purple colored false turkey tail mushrooms grow atop and down the sides of a fallen log, their white edges contrasting with their fuzzy purple tops. All photos by me

March 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM

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Jay 🦋

@jay.bsky.team

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."

Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

March 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”