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The world is my oyster. I'm allergic to shellfish. Bluesky analysis says I'm a sarcastic sage. Who am I to disagree?
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Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has dropped since Trump entered the White House. But the White House’s data use is misleading. (via @politifact.bsky.social)

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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 33 is out! The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

submitted 23 hours ago • 12 comments

#DailyHaikuPrompt [Geese Mist] #WritingPrompt #Writing #haiku #senryu #poetry #Fall #Spring #geese #Seasons gray clouds above them, mist hovering beneath them, geese herald a change.

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#BlueskyPoets #Haiku #Poetry #haikudailyprompt [snow glisten] #writing #Writingcommunity #clouds #snow Snow twinkles in sun, snow will glisten in moonlight, if there are no clouds.

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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: It’s 4am—still debating the Republicans’ billionaire tax giveaway. We offered an amendment to say no tax cut for those making over $10m. Every Republican voted no. So we tried $100m. Every Repub voted no. So we tried $500m! Every Republican a no. See what’s going on?

submitted 1 day ago • 181 comments

The highest ranking trans person in the federal government was fired last week amid the broader purge. It was certainly political and targeted. 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

America is not gonna go down quietly. Former NFL punter arrested after protesting ‘MAGA’ Video:

submitted 3 days ago • 179 comments

Susan Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and has the power to push back against the Trump-Musk misuse of federal funds. If you live in Maine and are ... concerned? troubled? worried? ... let her know and let her know often.

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28 days ago.

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Alina Habba on Eric Adams: "Let's not forget something -- this man was prosecuted because he was anti-sanctuary city policies." (This is a lie.)

submitted 5 days ago • 325 comments

Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend. And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 5 days ago • 318 comments

Cleveland, seen on Reddit (seems to have been posted and then deleted by their Facebook page)

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 27-28 Weekend Roundup The tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

I wrote in January that "Donald Trump will insist on using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents." It has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

submitted 5 days ago • 289 comments

1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"

submitted 5 days ago • 483 comments

Happy Presidents' Day to the two best presidents of my lifetime. 💕

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#BlueskyPoets #PoetsofBluesky #Haiku #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #haikudailyprompt [Overcoat Joy] #writing #Writingcommunity #rain #puddles Splashing thru puddles, in my overcoat and boots, jumping just for joy.

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ProPublica and @texastribune.org have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. Government officials have refused to release the names of detainees or provide details about the crimes that landed them in detention. By Perla Trevizo and @micarosenberg.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 122 comments

That this is happening in Black History Month is absolutely appalling I hate this timeline

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

#DailyHaikuPrompt [Grove Window] #haiku #senryu #writing #poem #writingprompt #birds outside my window, coming from the citrus grove, sweet birdsong resounds.

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