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@gobsofbluefruit.bsky.social

the people we’re the cat one percent they’re the mouse - @captain_silverback Ground yourself in direct and immediate experiences, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truth to combat the lies. - R Solnit She/her

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This is what I need to hear from every candidate who wants my vote.

Josh Elliott@joshforct.bsky.social

Connecticut continues to deal with administration-sanctioned terror unleashed on it, and now another family has been devastated. Congress must take decisive action and not just rein in ICE, but abolish it. Our message to Trump and ICE is clear – get out of our communities. Get out of our state.

Here's hoping Gov. Lamont @nedlamont.com listens to the CT Teachers Union. Can't wait to have a truly progressive governor!

Today, @neapresident.bsky.social & I sent a letter to Democratic governors urging them to reject Trump's private school voucher scheme. This program is a Trojan horse for near-universal private school vouchers, even in states where voters have already said no. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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This is a bad rule change & a sign of more bad things to come for Americans with disabilities. Public K-12 schools, colleges & institutions like municipal govs. were supposed to have their digital offerings fully accessible to disabled folks by Friday. But now,... 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/04/22/n...

npr.orgTrump administration delays rule aimed at improving disability access in schoolsSchools, colleges and other public institutions originally had until this week to make online content accessible to people with disabilities. Now, the Justice Department has delayed that deadline.

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The president of the teachers’ union, fellow citizens.

No matter how you feel about AI, its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms. Hear from three educators who have been experimenting with AI in this American Educator article ⬇️ aft.org/ae/spring202...

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The momentum to our campaign is building and we are motivated to keep pushing. The only way you beat a billionaire is by outworking him. We intend to keep doing just that. Join us and let’s make an affordable Connecticut a reality.

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Here’s what’s happening right now: The DOJ is demanding voter data from states that voted against Trump. And our own governor wants to cut $1M from election security. This is exactly why I’m running. Connecticut needs a fighter.

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1. The scientists behind the infamous ROGD/Social Contagion myth have released a new study called AYAGDOS, and are recruiting unsuspecting trans youth. They're operating under Northwestern. Community leaders need help spreading the word to avoid the study. Subscribe to support our journalism.

erininthemorning.comScientists Behind the "Social Contagion" Myth Are Recruiting Trans Young People For Study, Community Leaders WarnThe project is called AYAGDOS—brought to you by the same names behind “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” pseudoscience.

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"The abduction of Maduro was not about naming his crimes, but about ignoring them. The worst thing Maduro did is what Trump is beginning to do: killing civilians and blaming them for their own deaths. After Minneapolis, Maduro’s lies are being repeated: in American English, by American authorities."

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear. snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...

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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead

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Replying to @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago. And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.

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We’re asking lawmakers to put themselves in the shoes of working people. Imagine getting notice that your health insurance costs will more than DOUBLE. Where do you cut costs? Rent? Groceries? Child care? Congress: it’s time to put workers first and extend the ACA tax credits.

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one of the worst days of the crumbling Trump presidency: loses In indiana, loses in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, loses in Tish James grand jury, loses in House vote to override union busting EO, and FBI embarrassed in inability to answer basic questions about ANTIFA (which is not an organization)

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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

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Parts of Jamaica may see more than 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Melissa This is the mark of an overheated earth, and the damage it causes will be terrifying. Please be prepared to help those providing aid

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#Pinks #ProudBlue The trump regime started their latest round of firings of federal workers yesterday. If you are a federal worker and aren’t a member of a union it might be time to join one. Unions will work to protect you from trump’s attack on your livelihood. nypost.com/2025/10/11/u...

nypost.com4,000 federal workers fired due to ongoing government shutdownThe mass layoffs will affect government workers in at least seven Cabinet-level agencies, according to the document filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California, where federa…

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Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen. We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously. Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

propublica.orgHow to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublicaOur job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...

newrepublic.comTrump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a WeaponIllinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.

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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

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Replying to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Every American has to decide what they are going to do now, because your government is out to kill you. Perhaps in January, this might have seemed like hyperbole, but in late August, it sounds like just another Thursday morning in the United States. 9/

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The Trump Administration has done it: their first _conventional_, Pinochet-style "disappearance," in which a whole human has disappeared off the face of the Earth, and no one has any idea where they are or if they're still alive. Even the Nazis kept records. This is the full-on vanishing of a life.

nytimes.comAn Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody ‘Simply Disappeared’The Venezuelan man did not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends had no idea of his whereabouts.

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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AOC: “A tremendous mistake… turns the federal government into a slush fund for Trump & Musk and cedes congressional authority… almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free…”

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It's funny thinking back to the argument that Dems couldn't get rid of the filibuster when they were in power because they'd miss it once the GOP was in power.

We learn nothing from our past transgressions. This is unconscionable.

Greg Palast@gregpalast.bsky.social

DOGE has just ordered the closure of 25 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) offices, including the Osage Agency in Pawhuska, OK. It is devastating to the self-determination, the sovereignty of the Osage Nation. This is the beginning of a new Trail of Tears. osagenews.org/twenty-five-...

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Replying to @menendez.house.gov

This goes far beyond keeping the government open - it enacts a harmful agenda that will impact every corner of New Jersey and our country. That’s why I’m a F NO on this Republican funding bill.

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Replying to @menendez.house.gov

⭕ $10 billion to ICE to fund private detention and attacks on our immigrant friends and neighbors ⭕ $280 million in cuts to research for critical diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer ⭕ Shortchanging veterans and failing to fully fund their healthcare coverage