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Science Defender Climate Change Warrior Civil Rights Activist Mother Artist Avid Reader
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑
about 1 month ago
This is how it's done, folks
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Greg Sargent
about 1 month ago
Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/ (new piece)
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Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200096/trump-polls-approval-rating-weak-failing-president
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
about 1 month ago
Great news. Let's do this everywhere.
www.krqe.com/news/politic...
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
https://www.krqe.com/news/politics-government/governor-announces-new-mexico-will-now-provide-free-universal-child-care/
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Lloyd
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Jonathan Cohn
2 months ago
If the Trump administration cared about addressing crime, it would tell ICE agents to stop kidnapping and torturing people. But it's encouraging and rewarding them for doing so because it is a criminal enterprise.
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ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction
Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/08/mass-mom-detained-by-ice-for-10-days-over-decades-old-minor-marijuana-charge.html
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Adam Kinzinger
2 months ago
Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty. It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days. But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍
2 months ago
Conundrum Drum Drum 🪘
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Patrick Chovanec
3 months ago
The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office. Imagine that: shame.
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Kendra Wilson
3 months ago
😂 the second pic is me in disbelief that attendees couldn’t remember the first presidential candidate they voted for. So we switched to first candidate they were REALLY fired up for (as part of our introductions.) 💪
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍
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The Tennessee Holler
3 months ago
The fact that nobody around him has told him this isn’t how numbers work shows you how afraid of him everyone who works for him is.
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
New in PN: The looming Trump-cession "No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."
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The looming Trump-cession
Orange man bad (for the economy).
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-jobs-report-july-recession
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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American
3 months ago
don't republicans walk out of votes all the time? seems like just another way to abuse us
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Great example of Non-cooperation! Continue the resistance folks.
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Kendra Wilson
3 months ago
How would you define “noncooperation? Do you have some examples?
#onemillionrising
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@ashdashlee.bsky.social
fabulous job tonight. My group is fired up and ready to go!
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Monica
3 months ago
Epic! But, everyone should be doing that.
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The Weekend on MSNBC
3 months ago
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
pushes back against Texas GOP redistricting efforts "Dem colleagues and I...are having conversations about what tools in our toolbox can we use because we can't just lie down and let this happen and so we're gonna fight with ever fiber of our being over the next few weeks"
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EM Simpson
3 months ago
And also (as Greg well knows - he doesn't write the headlines), they aren't *his* generals.
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3 months ago
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
There’s more than 20,000 troops helping ICE across the nation. Military involvement in domestic anti-immigrant operations undermines American democracy & has nudged the US closer a genuine police state.
theintercept.com/2025/07/22/m...
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The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will.
Pentagon press releases say 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/22/military-troops-deployed-border-ice/
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The Washington Post
3 months ago
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
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U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/22/salvador-cecot-detainee-describes-beatings/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Kai Ryssdal
3 months ago
Thing I think about a lot How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
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Raider
3 months ago
Jeff Daniels speaks out.. He's everything that's wrong. We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
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Kai Ryssdal
3 months ago
If you merely recite what the president *says is in a trade deal, you’re committing journalism malpractice
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Take Action Northern Nevada
3 months ago
Let’s honor John Lewis, remind the GOP what a mess they’ve created, and commiserate with like minded folks! See ya there!
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Kendra Wilson
3 months ago
“It’s either the $20 million or an official apology” Can you imagine missing the birth of your first child while you’re imprisoned without even the accusation of a crime? He deserves every penny AND the apology. I’m sickened that my government could be so cruel.
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Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention in immigration jail, is seeking $20 million in damages.
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-ice-release-trump-columbia-protests-570f7af32010c16b1a00dd7e78f4c687
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Garrett M. Graff
3 months ago
We’ve seen two episodes in the last week that together raise some intriguing questions about who is actually in charge and how decisions are being made in the Trump White House? Welcome to the age of "acting presidents" and "acting princelings."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/who-actual...
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Who actually is the President of the United States right now?
What Stephen Miller and Bridge Colby tell us about the "epochs" and "ages" of Trump 2.0
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/who-actually-is-the-president-of-the-united-states-right-now-b1fb8ac61d82c4ce
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Mother Jones
4 months ago
“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing." Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
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Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/florida-desantis-trump-national-guard-military-lawyers-jags-immigration-judges-legal/
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Anyone brave enough to sign up for this and share what they are telling recruits?
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careers
https://careers.cbp.gov/s/connect-to-recruiter?campaignid=701SJ00000Wk33n&utm_source=Appcast&utm_medium=job_board&utm_campaign=MGC_C5JAcWe5JNR&utm_source=appcast&__ssr=true
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George Takei
4 months ago
Both a coward and sell out.
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Lisa Murkowski Slammed After Criticizing Massive Budget Bill She Just Voted For
A coward and sell out.
https://www.comicsands.com/murkowski-bill-vote-hypocrisy?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
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4 months ago
Somebody's paying attention.
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Mike Davey
4 months ago
I am urging Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to vote NO on Trump’s ‘dumbass budget bill! It slashes Medicaid, adds $3.3T to deficit, and weaponizes gov’t against Hispanics & immigrants. Bad for FL-27, bad for America!
#VoteHellNo
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Brian Tyler Cohen
4 months ago
64 percent.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
4 months ago
The vote is STILL ON! Representatives are still on the floor while Hakeem Jeffries is filibustering long enough to allow Americans to wake up and to prevent this bill from passing in the middle of the night. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON! (1/
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Asha Rangappa
4 months ago
Given KAG's filing outlining torture in El Salvador, *anyone* being removed to El Salvador should, under both domestic and international law, have an opportunity to file a claim showing that they have a credible fear of being tortured if removed to that country (in addition to other due process)
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Take Action Northern Nevada
4 months ago
Sign our letter telling your U.S.Representative to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires.
#MomsSky
action.momsrising.org/sign/HouseRe...
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Speak out against the harmful Republican budget & tax bill.
Sign our letter telling your U.S. Representatives to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires.
https://action.momsrising.org/sign/HouseReconciliation2?akid=s1203071..oB4InO
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Marc Elias
4 months ago
Republicans are already laying the foundation to undermine a fair 2026 midterm election in Georgia, where they’re working to install voting skeptics on local election boards.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Ahead of 2026, Georgia Republicans Are Quietly Installing Election Conspiracy Theorists on Local Boards
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ahead-of-2026-georgia-republicans-are-quietly-installing-election-conspiracy-theorists-on-local-boards/
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Take Action Northern Nevada
4 months ago
Our local and state governments must take proactive action immediately to defend our immigrant communities from Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
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Prevent mass deportation NOW!
Our local and state governments must take proactive action immediately to defend our immigrant communities from Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/dem-govs-prevent-mass-deportation-now?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=cf08f1b1-a956-473d-870c-4017cf2c3aa8
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[email protected]
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Ben Goggin
4 months ago
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
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John Pavlovitz
4 months ago
We now have a concentration camp in Florida. Stop pretending any of this is normal. If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person. Be human.
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Take Action Northern Nevada
4 months ago
Jacky Rosen’s office - (202) 224-6244 Catherine Cortez Masto - (202) 224-3542
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Tom Booker
4 months ago
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Mark
4 months ago
Huntsville, AL ‘MTG is not welcome in HSV’: Protesters hit the streets ahead of Marjorie Taylor Greene visit -
AL.com
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SXRATCH
4 months ago
Hello!!!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
4 months ago
The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported. In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
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Take Action Northern Nevada
4 months ago
Win win win!!!
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Contentious public lands sale axed from Congress’ ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The bill would have directed the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to sell off at least 2 million acres of public land.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/contentious-public-lands-sale-axed-from-congress-big-beautiful-bill-3388785/
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
People will lose their healthcare if Trump's budget bill passes. One estimate found that proposed cuts to Medicaid could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually. This from the "pro life" party. Reminder that 202-224-3121 is the number for the Capitol switchboard.
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ACLU
4 months ago
In the 12 years after Shelby County v. Holder weakened the Voting Rights Act, many states across the country have made it more difficult to vote. Now, a bill called the SAVE Act could further threaten our voting rights. Tell your senators: Protect our democracy.
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Stop the SAVE Act
The SAVE Act would keep millions of people from being able to vote – and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy. Urge Congress to reject this bill now.
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-save-act?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=adv-social-bsky-social-nat-petition-votingrights-voting-votingrights&utm_source=bsky&utm_campaign=votingrights&utm_content=adv-social-bsky-social-nat-petition-votingrights-voting-votingrights&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=adv-social-bsky-social-nat-petition-votingrights-voting-votingrights
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