Shelley Powers
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Writer. Plain. She/her and bite my ass, Bondi Burningbird
https://burningbird.net
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Karoli
about 3 hours ago
In the New Testament, which supercedes the old law, there is ZERO mention of borders. In the Old Testament, borders are set, moved, and broken constantly. Jesus didn't say to do "for the least of these" and limit it to people here. It was everywhere. Atheists are better Christians than this guy.
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David Roberts
about 2 hours ago
The whole "Trump can't rig the elections" thing strikes me somewhat the same way as "climate change isn't going to drive human beings extinct" thing. Like ... sure. OK. But there's a whole lot of bad shit that stops well short of that!
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Gabe OrtĂz
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Just like
#DACA
recipients,
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holders shouldn't have to keep living their lives from headline to headline, court order to court order. LEGALIZATION NOW
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These observers are brave as heck, they really are
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Tina-Desiree Berg
about 8 hours ago
Also of note: this same officer who referred to a woman as a man before flipping every one off was involved
bsky.app/profile/tina...
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Good for Crockett
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He's that demented old man playing with dolls
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Strictly 4 My Navigators
about 2 hours ago
#They
are still messing with Imane Khelif (Olympic Gold medalist)?!?! Leave her alone!! I hope she files another lawsuit.
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There are some people who still believe the earth is flat...
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Greg Sargent
about 1 hour ago
"Republicans are more than mere hypocrites. They believe 2A rights are subject to Wilhoitâs maxim...laws are designed to protect some (conservatives) but bind others (everyone else)." Great
@schaller67.bsky.social
on Pretti and gun rights at
@atrupar.com
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www.publicnotice.co/p/alex-prett...
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Guns for me, but not for thee
How the Rittenhouse Rules changed the Second Amendment.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/alex-pretti-second-amendment?utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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If Alabama votes for this guy, they deserve all that bad that happens to them from now on
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You can quit your job, babes.
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 hour ago
Fox 9 MN reporter Paul Blume: "SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, 'The system sucks, this job sucks' to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep"
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Asha Rangappa
about 6 hours ago
Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Donât put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you donât like
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Walter Olson
about 3 hours ago
Cato has now put out a statement in my name responding to Donald Trump's latest "The Republicans should say, âWe want to take over.â We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many â 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.â Online at:
www.cato.org/news-release...
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Proving that Trump's plan to kill democracy has help in Congress...
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Chris Geidner
about 2 hours ago
For those wondering, what is this about, I would note that it followed an absurd Chad Mizelle judicial complaint about her â
www.lawdork.com/p/on-dojs-pe...
â that was later tossed out:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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The arrogance of these immigration cops. They block traffic however long they want, just because they can. And this is the LEAST of their criminal activity
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Suw
about 2 hours ago
This makes no sense. Why would Google turn off book search like this?
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Actually, I blame a lot of it on stupid voters
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And a well written op it is
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Chris Geidner
about 3 hours ago
I do love when Jay is so mad that he has to direct me to his posts to explain himself because his texts to me were just incoherent rage. (Seriously, it generally leads to very good blogs.)
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Asha Rangappa
about 9 hours ago
The indictment of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers revealed that they had a cache of weapons, entered the Capitol in military formation, and were prepared to harm lawmakers. They were all pardoned and no doubt many of them are now in ICE
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Walter Olson
about 9 hours ago
New Cato study on the fiscal effects of immigrants, both legal and illegal, on federal budgets builds upon a National Academies model. First of its kind in 30 years, it finds that the fiscal effects of immigration remain strongly positive and have helped keep federal deficits from being even higher.
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Cato study: Immigrants reduced deficits by $14.5 trillion since 1994
Immigrants have cut deficits by nearly one third over three decades.
https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/cato-study-immigrants-reduced-deficits
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Roger Parloff
about 8 hours ago
Puzzling ruling yesterday denying MN access to the Alex Pretti evidence. Judge Tostrud acknowledged âtroublingâ statements by Miller, Noem, DHS, showing no âgenuine interest in learning the truth,â but finds those officials âtoo remoteâ from the probe they oversee. ... 1/3
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Andrew Weinstein
about 8 hours ago
This is the authoritarian tell: If a judge rules against your preferred outcome, declare the judge illegitimate. If that mindset takes hold, courts stop being guardrails and become targets. Democracy cannot survive a government that believes the law only counts when it wins.
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Miranda Yaver
about 7 hours ago
Showing the Bhattacharya hearing in my Health Politics class. I appreciate that Bill Cassidy is having buyerâs remorse, but he absolutely knew Trumpâs public health appointments would be an absolute disaster. He knew, and he lacked any ounce of courage to stand up for health.
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Jon Seidel
about 7 hours ago
"Martinez is set to testify in Washington, D.C., in a public forum Tuesday about immigration agentsâ use of force." Details about the forum can be found here:
www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Miranda Yaver
about 7 hours ago
OMG Jim Banks is seriously asking why Massachusetts has more NIH funding than Indiana does. Oh, probably because Massachusetts has Harvard, Massachusetts General, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston University Medicine and Public Health, MIT, etc.
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Andy Carvin
about 7 hours ago
Judge Reyes: "Kristi Noem has a First Amendment right to call immigrants killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, and any other inapt name she wants. Secretary Noem, however, is constrained by both our Constitution and the APA to apply faithfully the facts to the law in implementing the TPS program."
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Unsung81
about 8 hours ago
Gift article. More Black and Hispanic enrollments! Gotta love the result even if you opposed the policy change. The irony is delicious.
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Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/colleges-see-major-racial-shifts-in-student-enrollment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.f8st.bnbGpN34yZKc&smid=url-share
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Does she realize that people have video? There has to be some way we can put her in jail at some point.
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about 7 hours ago
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The Republican way of dealing with the fallback: You just repeat the same lies, over and over again, regardless of proof of the lies.
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Completely ignoring that whole 'administrative' warrant part of the question. What a sleaze this lying sack of shit it
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Clearest indication yet that Trump wants to manipulate 2026 election results.
#giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to âNationalizeâ Elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.53m2.rA1LuwBXBFnw&smid=url-share
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Lora Kolodny
about 8 hours ago
"Prosecutors in Paris said they asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning as part of an investigation into the distribution of sexual deepfakes and Holocaust denial content," via NBC news
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
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Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices
The prosecutor's cybercrime unit said it carried out searches with Europol and French police.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/france-paris-prosecutors-x-office-elon-musk-sexual-deepfakes-holocaust-rcna257202
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Trump claims his tariffs have 'brought America back.' Here are 3 things he got wrong.
The president's article in 'The Wall Street Journal' is wildly misleading.
https://reason.com/2026/02/02/trump-claims-his-tariffs-have-brought-america-back-here-are-3-things-he-got-wrong/
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Important story
#giftarticle
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
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They will destroy vaccine access for everyone
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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'Efficacy will be secondary': RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have a new mission
The new mandate, the chair of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs panel told POLITICO, is to pay more attention to harms caused by vaccines.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/rfk-jr-vaccine-advisers-new-mission-00758670
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard
about 22 hours ago
Turmoil at
#FEMA
adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem - Grist
grist.org/extreme-weat...
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Turmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem
Lawmakers, disaster response experts, and disaster survivors say her policies have slowed emergency response and delayed recovery funding.
https://grist.org/extreme-weather/kristi-noem-fema-dhs-trump-disaster/
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AkivaMCohen
about 23 hours ago
Fully expect a DOJ indictment for disrupting church services to come down imminently
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Rethink the Wolf! (Don't believe the myth!)
about 22 hours ago
We have human rights to fight for.. and we need to fight to retain our Public Lands and all the wildlife there.. wild horses, bison, wolves, prairie dogs, and to protect the native grasses to prevent another great dust storms.
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Ron Filipkowski
about 22 hours ago
Golly gee, oh well. They got me again. What can I do about?
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Chris Geidner
about 23 hours ago
Breaking: Eight more prosecutors are leaving the U.S. Attorneyâs Office in Minnesota, including Ana Voss, the current civil division chief, the Star Tribune reports.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Chris Geidner
1 day ago
So, I am not quite sure what this is, but itâs hard to believe Pirro is talking with Main Justice here. DOJâs Civil Rights Division is suing over DCâs semiautomatic gun ban and the head of the Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, backs a national reciprocity law.
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'A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trumpâs immigration crackdown targeted only âcrooksâ has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE
Trump supporter JĂșnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were âall crooksâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/rightwing-brazilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice
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Chris Geidner
1 day ago
this is some real newt gingrich stuff
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Max Kennerly
1 day ago
He's right: in light of Republican policies, rural Americans will have decreasing access to real healthcare. They will have to settle for some garbage chatbot selling them snake oil. It shouldn't be this way, but it absolutely will be this way if Republicans stay in power.
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Chris Geidner
1 day ago
Did they mean "a player, who is offensive" here because, if so, sure. Regardless, this is like one of those Onion people-on-the-street interviews, and the Times should explain in any post that Bad Bunny is American.
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