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Explorer of human nature, award-winning actor, director, producer and aspiring heretic.
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LaneyVotesBlue
about 8 hours ago
The ignorance of the people who vote for these criminals is why we are where we are. Good morning everyone. āļøāļøāļø
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 hour ago
FRANKLIN, TN conservative David French: āIāve changed my perception of the lingering severity of race problems. We adopted a child from Ethiopia- maybe naive: didnāt think sheād have a different experience than our older kids. There wasnāt a school she wasnāt called the N word.ā
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 hours ago
REP.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
: āWell, that concludes our 250 year šŗšø experiment, because Grandma Gone Wild @MarshaBlackburn decided to eliminate the last Democratically held seat in Tennessee, in MEMPHIS, where 65% of the constituents are Black. We need international attention on this.ā
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Jon Cooper
about 4 hours ago
ICE has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of ātortureā and āenforced disappearanceā to assist in tracking down undocumented immigrant children who arrived in the US alone, a contracting document shows.
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āDeplorableā: ICE hires firm accused of ātortureā to track down undocumented children
Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including āenforced disappearanceā and will help locate unaccompanied minors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/02/ice-contracter-torture-allegations-undocumented-children
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Kimberley Johnson
about 4 hours ago
Look at all of "Sleepy" Joe's accomplishments. donald just farts and reminisces about past rapes.
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The Immersive Experience Institute
about 16 hours ago
Due to incredible demand The L.A. Immersive Invitational has added an 8:15pm show on Sunday May 3rd! The teams are devising their pieces RIGHT NOW.
www.eventbrite.com/e/los-angele...
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Los Angeles Immersive Invitational
Journey through four immersive pieces created by LA's top immersive storytellers, challenged to innovate in 48 hours.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/los-angeles-immersive-invitational-tickets-1988663287426?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
about 23 hours ago
BREAKING: FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE! Gov. Mikie Sherrill announces a plan to redistrict New Jersey to add two more Democratic seats and offset new right-wing gerrymanders in the South!
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Happy to get into some good trouble in the Amazon Culver Theatre this May Day in Culver City CA.
#Resist
#NoKings
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The Tennessee Holler
about 22 hours ago
š There it is ā @GovBillLee announces a special session for TUESDAY MAY 5TH to steal representation from majority Black MEMPHIS and make 35% Democratic Tennessee a 9-0 state for Republicans A dark, vicious power grab that continues the downward spiral of šŗšø ādemocracyā
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Reproductive Freedom Caucus
about 22 hours ago
We are monitoring the Fifth Circuit decision that just came down concerning access to
#mifepristone
. As we examine the ruling and its impacts, let us be very clear:
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We got shows, good people. Tickets are available.
#ImmersiveTheatre
#VR
#Theatre
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MeidasTouch
about 22 hours ago
šØ NEWS: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just rolled back nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristoneāBLOCKING telehealth prescriptions and mail delivery allowed under a 2023 Food and Drug Administration policy.
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Bad Choices Make Good Stories
about 24 hours ago
Huge anti Trump protests in Raleigh, NC and all across America. 8647
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Art Candee šæš„¤
about 24 hours ago
Folks in Los Angeles are going to be marching and protesting on May Day. Over a hundred groups have organized an event.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
1 day ago
Most of you didnāt choose what mattered today. You got dragged into it by whatever pissed you off first.
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Dean Obeidallah
about 24 hours ago
Democrats have no choice because of the corrupt GOP Supreme Court but to eliminate all GOP congressional seats in every Blue State. I'd prefer we didn't have to but if we don't the GOP Will have PERMANENT control of the House.
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Krassensteins
1 day ago
BREAKING:
Project8647.info
has just launched. Sign the pledge and Please SHARE! They sent the secret service to my house, now we are fighting back!
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Sign the Project 8647 Pledge
They're trying to turn "remove him" into "kill him." Sign the Project 8647 Pledge: no violence, no threats, no criminalizing dissent.
https://Project8647.info
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
1 day ago
This is what happens under fair mapsāand why they gutted the Voting Rights Act. Get it? This is why generations marched, organized, and mobilized. And so must we.Ā š
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Max Boot
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
šØBREAKING: A new lawsuit is challenging Louisianaās decision to suspend congressional primaries already underway ā arguing the state is illegally nullifying votes and plunging an active election into chaos following the Supreme Courtās gutting of the VRA.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Louisiana sued for suspending active election, nullifying votes to draft GOP gerrymander
More than 100,000 absentee ballots had been sent to voters across the state. Some had already been completed and returned.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/louisiana-sued-for-suspending-active-election-nullifying-votes-to-draft-gop-gerrymander/
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Free DC
1 day ago
HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of people are in the streets in DC as part of the
#MayDay
day of action and solidarity. We refuse to cooperate with a regime that is killing people, ignoring the law, and destroying our rights.
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Mark Hamill
1 day ago
Hey, hey, it's MAY DAY. You know what to do... No School! No Work! No Shopping!
#TaxTheOligarchs
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Brendan Nyhan
1 day ago
New 2026 threat vectors - foreign scam AI misinfo with a fake local connection to get attention
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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No, the man arrested at the White House Correspondentsā Dinner did not work for the Canadiens
A series of posts have been circulating in recent days on social media claiming that the man arrested at the White House Correspondentsā Dinner last weekend has ties to the Montreal Canadiens.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/no-the-man-arrested-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-did-not-work-for-the-canadiens/
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
1 day ago
There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.
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The Tennessee Holler
1 day ago
šØUPDATE: We are told a special session to strip majority-Black MEMPHIS of the last remaining Democratic seat and make 35% Dems Tennessee a 9-0 state will happen NEXT WEEK, as early as Tuesday ā as @GovBillLee helps Trump steal another seat with the voting rights act gutted.
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Jamison Foser
7 months ago
John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump:
takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...
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Auschwitz Memorial
1 day ago
1 May 1867 | A Czech Jew, LudvĆk Federer, was born. He was deported to
#Auschwitz
from
#Theresienstadt
Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ā¶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:
https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.
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Adam Parkhomenko
2 days ago
Remember when people said it was hyperbole that Republicans would cancel elections
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Chris Meder
2 days ago
When the CEO of one of the worldās largest mining companies calls out fossil fuel subsidies while backing renewables and storage as the future, you donāt ignore it. This isnāt activism, itās economics. A fading model vs cheaper, faster, scalable energy. The system is flipping. Momentum is shifting.
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MatoulaMikos
3 days ago
The true power in this country has always been the voters. This is when we make sure we vote every damn republican lawmaker out in November, we also protest, speak up, have those conversations with family and friends. We do this nonstop!
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
šØBREAKING: Louisiana officials made clear Thursday that the stateās primaries will be postponed so lawmakers can draw a new congressional map in response to Wednesdayās Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Louisiana says it will delay election so it can gerrymander, citing Supreme Court
Louisiana officials made clear Thursday that the stateās primaries will be postponed so lawmakers can draw a new congressional map in response to Wednesdayās Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Votin...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/louisiana-says-it-will-delay-election-so-it-can-gerrymander-citing-supreme-court/
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Middle East Monitor
3 days ago
The medical organisation Doctors Without Borders has warned that Israel is deliberately depriving people in the Gaza Strip of life-saving water and condemned what it said was Israelā s policy of collective punishment. Read:
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260429-doc...
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Auschwitz Memorial
2 days ago
30 April 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Henriette Michele Hacker, was born in Clichy. She arrived at
#Auschwitz
on 2 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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ian
2 days ago
Sonyaās perspective here is so valuable in conveying the power of VR to transform people with its unique attributes as a medium.
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Rachel Maddow
3 days ago
Gift link. Great piece, remarkable embedded footage:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...
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Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/voting-rights-act-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.elA.e4RT.pc3Xh8UvjJ94&smid=bs-share
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Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton
3 days ago
Todayās SCOTUS ruling is a betrayal of our basic democratic values as a countryāturning back the clock on hard-won civil rights victories. This isnāt just about Louisiana; this will have nationwide impacts on Congressional districting and voter representation for generations.
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Havoc
3 days ago
If American history was taught correctly.
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Mr. Anderson
3 days ago
And they are not shy about it outside of congress!
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Marc Elias
3 days ago
šØBREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-new-records-show-paper-trail-of-doge-voter-data-pact-with-election-deniers/
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Pen2Net
3 days ago
@flvillager.bsky.social
@sueafc.bsky.social
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J Dakota Powell
3 days ago
Kamitsubaki City Review: So Close To Being One Of VRās Best Narrative Adventures Interactive visual novels is ripe for VR - immersive storytelling will come into focus.
#xr
#vr
#immersivestorytelling
#adventure
#narrativeadventure
www.uploadvr.com/kamitsubaki-...
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Kamitsubaki City Review: So Close To Being One Of VRās Best Narrative Adventures
Itās surprisingly difficult to recommend one of the best narrative VR experiences, Kamitsubaki City.
https://www.uploadvr.com/kamitsubaki-city-virtual-reality-review/
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Mehdi Hasan
3 days ago
If the Democrats don't make rebalancing and expanding the Supreme Court a top priority for whenever (if?) they next get into power, then I don't know what to say anymore. The GOP-packed court is the biggest block on progress in this country and has been for a while.
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Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork
3 days ago
meowwolf.com/phenomenomaly
Meow Wolf is rolling out their interactive performance series Phenomenaly to ALL FIVE locations this summer. Houston, Grapevine, Denver, Las Vegas, Santa Fe. June 5 through August 9.
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Seasonal Events at Meow Wolf in all locations
An extraordinary cosmic phenomenon is happening this summer across all Meow Wolf locations. Mysterious new characters, glowing migrations, giant puppets, and hidden secrets waiting to be uncovered.
https://meowwolf.com/phenomenomaly
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Xavier Becerra
3 days ago
Weāre rising in the polls in the race for California governorāand just getting started. Letās keep it going:
xavierbecerra2026.com
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The Tennessee Holler
3 days ago
āWe all need to play by the same set of rulesā -
@aoc.bsky.social
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50501: The Peopleās Movement āš
3 days ago
Rep. Nixon showed out and showed up for Floridians and disrupted the House Republicans during an illegal partisan map power grab according to the Florida Constitution.
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Rep. Robert Garcia
3 days ago
45 minutes after we filed contempt charges against Pam Bondi for illegally defying our subpoena, Oversight Republicans finally announce a date for her testimony. Survivors deserve justice, and we will do whatever it takes to get to the truth.
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Cristian Farias
3 days ago
With very ominous language, Justice Elena Kagan says that todayās decision in Louisiana v. Callais ends the Supreme Courtās ānow-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.ā 6-to-3 vote in favor of white voters who challenged a Black-majority district in La.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf
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VoteHub
3 days ago
LANDMARK DECISION ā The Supreme Court has narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act with their decision in Louisiana v. Callais, opening the door to sweeping redistricting changes across the South that could erase up to 10 majority-Black seats and flip them from blue to red.
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