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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

Congressional Democrats Find That Taking a Stand is Popular

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1h

Tina Smith says Democrats are digging in: “If anything, we’re feeling more strong.”

“I think we've tapped into something that's really important to Americans.”

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 1h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 3h

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i've already helped 43 PEOPLE MIGRATE TO THE BLACKSKY SERVERS and would love to make it 50 !!

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 9d

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my username on insta is "dapurplesharpie"

A screenshot of DaPurpleSharpie's (@sharpiepls.com) Instagram account for authenticity.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 4h

I subscribe to @veryimportant.lawyer‘s ‘Everybody is Twelve Years Old’ thesis but this guy is by far the most twelve. The twelvest.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 4h

It took me a second to figure out the person on trial is the victim of the shooting and not the ice agent who shot somebody

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

It's not looking good for DHS's account of yet another shooting theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 3h

some really thorough state tax discussion here

Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 4h

ICYMI: In my most recent newsletter, I dive deep into the unraveling of the federal government and how it directly impacts us on a fiscal level here in Massachusetts. I break down how we got here and what we can do moving forward.

You can find my newsletter here:
www.electerika.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s attack on Massachusetts and what we can do about it (Part 1) — Erika Uyterhoeven for Somerville

www.electerika.com

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 4h

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4h

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 15h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 3h

The thing is, they're trying to convince the American people who will appreciate it that they're the *bad* guys. The Hindutva combine & regime has been doing the same on social media since 2015; lynching videos, hate speech, etc & on.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 3h

same, same

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 12h

this made my night
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Jack Russell puppies attacking the cat

YouTube video by Salt Flat Jacks

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 4h

me with my philosophy major and my job playing math games for rich people who like cogent explanations of the math games

Bionic Woman @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · 6h

I've said this ten million times because this stupid take never dies. The BUSINESS VALUE is that you can teach a kid just about anything if they know how to read and write. I can teach a kid math, but they're useless to me if they can't at least outline the memo about what the math means

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 4h

similar, I backed away from studying politics after a particular internship experience, but it's not all that surprising I fell in love with the tax code

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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 4h

Senators will vote today on whether to block Trump’s use of US Armed Forces to attack vessels in the Caribbean.

Trump may soon expand these illegal attacks into a full-on war with Venezuela.

Call your Senators and ask them to vote for the Schiff-Kaine resolution.

Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 1d

One of the fundamental truths we need to acknowledge in this moment is that domestic violence is where fascists learned how to get away with their violence.

“What did you do to provoke him?” is exactly what victims hear when they try to seek help in an abusive relationship.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things that brings me the greatest despair in authoritarianism is watching people react to state violence the way they react to domestic violence.

By justifying anything and everything the perpetrators does through blaming a victim for failing to be submissive enough.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 14h

Society's view of trans people (and this was in the mid-2000s which was the height of Mrs. Garrison and other nightmare shit) is so deeply damaging and harmful that it made me terrified to get support and love from a parent because I didn't think anyone COULD love a freak like I was inside

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 15h

love that we had a whole national reckoning over the media's coverage of Biden's advanced age and none of the scolds who High Horsed us can be bothered to spend even a minute reflecting on the fact that Trump has basically become Mr. Burns in the "Spruce Moose" episode of THE SIMPSONS

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 17h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 16h

...and the only reason they built it is because access to Assembly from Winter Hill/EastSom is so bad that the fire station less than a mile away on Broadway can't safely service the neighbourhood

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 16h

from a tax POV it doesn't matter what state you marry in, ever, only where you reside/work

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 21h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 16h

Louisiana runs a well known active slave plantation, as a 'farm prison' - Angola Plantation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisia...

Louisiana State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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