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Robert Black
@hurricanexyz.bsky.social

Of course, qualitatively, the lower-court injunctions in the Biden cases were almost entirely horseshit, while the injunctions in the Trump cases are almost entirely slam dunks Making this even worse than the numbers would indicate

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.

glkpr.bsky.social
@glkpr.bsky.social

"‘The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, however, this process of corruption spread to the law courts and to the army, and finally... the republic was subject to the rule of emperors.’”

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed

motherjones.comThe Bill Moyers that obituaries missedThe “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.

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one dozen bats at a keyboard
@panasonicdx4500.bsky.social

“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”

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ProPublica
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

propublica.orgKristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political DonationsA dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

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ProPublica
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A White House official asserted there is “no need” for the public to know who’s in DOGE and asserted that there have been no conflict-of-interest violations: “For decades, we’ve been able to operate without these people’s names.”

propublica.orgThe DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s BlueprintAt least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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The National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA) has a PSA and more info about the signs of drowning: Mouth at water level. Head titled back. Facing shore or poolside. Climbing ladder motion. Body vertical. Learn more: ndpa.org/DrowningDoes... 2/3

ndpa.orgDrowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning - NDPADrowning is fast, silent, and can happen in as little as 30 seconds. No Splashing with Drowning. No Waving. No Yelling.
glkpr.bsky.social
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Thousands of carers have been prosecuted and millions of pounds of public money wasted." 'Overspent' maybe; but wasted? Doubtful.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Young carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,000

theguardian.comYoung carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,000Rose Jones, who cared for mother from age of eight, twice wrongly advised by work coach on joining DWP job scheme A young carer who had looked after her disabled mother from the age of eight was forced to repay more than £2,000 when she unwittingly breached carer’s allowance benefit earnings rules after joining a government youth employment scheme. Rose Jones, 22, said she was twice wrongly advised by her jobcentre work coach that her wages earned under the Kickstart scheme would not affect her eligibility for carer’s allowance. Continue reading...

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Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

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General Strike US
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social

In the 1940s, the Taft-Hartley Act was passed. This banned sympathy strikes and boycotts, allowed employers to use paid work time to campaign against unionization, ended wildcat strikes, and created right-to-work laws. Yet, this served to do more than just weaken a union's ability to strike. 🧵

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Abbey Rhodes
@abbeyr28.bsky.social

Groundbreaking research* spanning 180 countries shows that policies aimed at lowering road transportation emissions could prevent 1.9 million premature deaths and 1.4 million new children’s asthma cases. *Something the Trump administration will completely ignore. mailchi.mp/theicct/road...

glkpr.bsky.social
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Massively satisfying: nevermind the conservative bullshit, the man had zero integrity Santa Ono resigned his job at the University of Michigan last month when he was named the sole finalist for the top job at the University of Florida. www.freep.com/story/news/e...

freep.comSanta Ono, former University of Michigan president, rejected for Florida jobSanta Ono resigned his job at the University of Michigan last month when he was named the sole finalist for the top job at the University of Florida.