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Speaking of Pride Month, I know that some people like to try to trace the venerable (and now obscure) phrase "friend of Dorothy" to some other source than the gay male fascination with Miss Garland and The Wizard of Oz, but I can't really find any proof that it derives from anything else. Sorry.

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BREAKING: Texas lawmakers passed S.B. 37, which dramatically increases state control of public universities. Allowing politically appointed bureaucrats to police curricula and override faculty expertise is a direct threat to academic freedom in Texas.

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Some Republicans say we’ll just “grow our way out” of the $3.8 trillion debt bomb they’re about to set off. We’ve heard that fairy tale before—under Reagan, Bush, and Trump 1.0. It didn’t work then, it won’t work now. Working families will pay the price.

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month, Bluesky friends! This June — and every day — we celebrate love, authenticity, and the courage to be yourself. Here’s to uplifting LGBTQ+ voices, honoring the past, and building a future rooted in equality. #PrideMonth #LoveIsLove 🌈✨💜

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Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

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#OTD in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre began. A white mob destroyed the Greenwood District, a thriving Black community in Tulsa, OK. Hundreds killed. Generational wealth lost. Justice still denied. #TheMarchContinues #TulsaRaceMassacre

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For decades, Supreme Court justices have publicly tested the limits of the judiciary’s weak ethical framework. It's past time for Congress to pass the SCERT Act, which would require justices to follow a binding and enforceable code of ethics.

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Andry left Venezuela for the US, dreaming of a career in cosmetics. Instead, he was mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison, where he still languishes.

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“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.”

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“In an interview, one of Mr. Melgar-Salmeron’s lawyers disputed the government’s characterization of the deportation as a mistake, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders.” You think? I call it creeping contempt. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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Belly rubs and support from her big brother Hank. Not bad for a dog who was stabbed twice in the stomach 5 weeks ago Things you love to see.

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If nothing can be done in America to stop the US government from destroying America's leadership in science and technology then the EU and UK need to be pragmatic about seizing European strategic opportunities that emerge through American decline.

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Going away present?

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BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

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Presidents are not kings. Court orders are not optional.

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BREAKING: We're going to court to defend pregnant people's right nationwide to get lifesaving abortion care when they're facing a medical emergency.

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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that a Florida Sheriff's office violated our client's Fourth Amendment rights by detaining him at ICE’s request and nearly deporting him to Jamaica in 2018, even though he's a U.S. citizen.

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In the alleged Land of the Free, government officials will now painstakingly review social media posts for any noncitizen seeking to travel to the campus of the ruling party’s opponent, and the ban those who speech it determines conflict with the official party line on Israel.

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Disturbing reports from courthouses across California. If someone is doing what they were supposed to and attending their court hearing, this is not the answer. We need real solutions to our broken immigration system, not just fear, intimidation and family separation.

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When you accidentally lock eyes with nature’s silent assassin. Photo: kenandersonphotography

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If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade

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A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?

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Strongman suffers mental anguish watching a woman be interviewed on TV.

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On brand.

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It’s sick and depraved to deport 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela & Nicaragua who applied from home, passed background checks, earned work permits and paid their own way. 🧵1/2 www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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ICYMI, I'm sounding the alarm about how firings and more at the VA are hurting cancer clinical trials and beyond. My fellow veterans have earned the best care possible, and this kind of betrayal is unacceptable. #ThrowbackThursday

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Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.

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Scenes from a commencement: With one word—“Welcome”—Harvard President Alan Garber drew a loud ovation from 30,000 graduating students, parents, alumni and others. When he welcomed “students from around the world, just as it should be,” the applause was thunderous.

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NEW: We're calling on the Trump administration to address inhumane conditions at immigrant detention facilities in Florida and Kansas.

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SO grateful to the brilliant journalist @kenpicard.bsky.social and @sevendaysvt.bsky.social for this lovely review of THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS: "The Jackal's Mistress gallops ahead with cinematic pacing and intensity." @doubledaybooks.bsky.social www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

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NEW: We're requesting records from DOJ about President Trump's Qatari jet scheme, including the memo signing off on it and ethics guidance on AG Pam Bondi's involvement. Given Bondi's work as a foreign agent of Qatar, the public should see the records.

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The reality that masked men without proper identification are confronting and arresting and taking away people should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.

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Once again, it's not "doxxing" to report the name of a government employee.

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There's a stunning provision tucked into the budget bill that would limit courts' ability to enforce contempt orders, and therefore to uphold the rule of law. This deserves real alarm. If the Senate values the separation of powers, it must remove the provision.

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NEW: As we watch Trump flail re Putin's latest assaults on Ukraine, don't forget the original sin of Trump's presidencies: He aided & abetted Putin's covert attack on the 2016 election that helped Trump reach the White House. Rubio confirmed this in 2020. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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BREAKING: Texas passed a bill requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. We will be suing.

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The administration's lies that it's going after the "worst of the worst" are getting weaker by the day.

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🚁 Tail not just up but wagging 🐕 Follows Hank’s every move. 🔪 Less than 5 weeks after being stabbed in the stomach. I don’t often get emotional in the day to day but had a little wet eye looking at Chance following Hank today rebuilding her life 🥰🙏

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It is not that the NYT is printing misinformation, it is that due to pro-Trump & pro-Elite selection & framing a reader would be misinformed by reading the NYT.

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They don’t care if you’re a citizen anymore. They enjoy torturing us.

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BREAKING: HHS just killed a $600M Moderna contract for pandemic flu vaccines. The platform: mRNA—the fastest we have against threats like H5N1. The reason? RFK Jr.’s skepticism. The risk? Deadly delays when the next pandemic hits. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... #BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #IDSky

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President Trump's border czar Tom Homan earned an undisclosed amount in fees consulting for a division of the GEO Group, one of two companies that operates the vast majority of the nation’s immigrant detention facilities.

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RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.

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I am glad to hear that Oliver and his cat arrived safely in Hawaii. His story serves as an inspiration for all of us to continue pursuing our dreams – no matter what challenges life sends our way.

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In 2019, Rochester created an independent Police Accountability Board to investigate misconduct complaints and discipline officers. Six years later, courts have stripped the board of most of its powers. My latest in @nysfocus.bsky.social nysfocus.com/2025/05/28/r...

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