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Commemorative bronze duplicates of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Jan. 6 police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol appear to have been removed for sale from the U.S. Mint’s website. www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...

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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time. S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped monday. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵 legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

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This piece really resonated with me. I know I am guilty of rolling my eyes at these stories and saying people get what they deserve. But she is right that it is stories like these, about people’s neighbors, that will help people understand.

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I just read @swordsjew.bsky.social's Wild Faith. The book gradually comes to focus on (and what inspired its writing was) collected tales of that culture's zeal for corporal punishment and physical abuse. Can you identify how that's manifesting itself in our politics? bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

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Rousseau would have been a great blogger I think.

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Guess we are doing this again. We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.

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YET ANOTHER medical organisation comes to the conclusion that The Cass Scandal is total junk

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Extreme heat can age you as fast as a smoking habit. A new study shows that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age. grist.org/health/extre... #Heat #Health #Wellness #Aging #Climate

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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How it started/How it's going

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I haven't seen this memo but report sounds like they will be scouring DVIDS to remove any previously released / historic photos and videos that can be taken to promote diversity, and if they can't review all DVIDS content by next Friday, to take it all down www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Clog the system! And apparently you can do backsies to resubmit.

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Yes! WE DO!

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I help manage a family member's finances, and we've been waiting on a Social Security check for months. They call and wait on the line for hours without any answers. This is the state of things before any cuts.

submitted 23 hours ago • 12 comments

can we get an "illegal" before "takeover"

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Many forget that before “The Birth of a Nation”, KKK membership was dwindling. But the movie depicted them positively and was even praised by President Wilson. Membership exploded. Endorsing and praising white supremacists and nazi sympathizers by the President today can lead us down the same road.

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My least favorite news stories are going to be “these white women voted for trump and now look at their shitty lives.”

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I get paid that day. That is usually, as the kid refers to it, “Veteran Holiday.” I have no idea how far this is going, but I’m willing to take a day off from buying shit to see. Why not?

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Q: “Where can I even shop? Seems like all the brands are corrupt…” It’s not just a thought, it’s reality. While brands like #drbronner are one of the “good guys”, many big corps are in bed w/ big govmt. They partner to fund each other’s wallets, don’t pay their workers well, & THIS: #project25

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Yeah a lot of Europeans are acting as if they’re not drowning migrants off the shore of their countries right now.

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Q: Why is it so much easier for the US right to organize and be unified than the US left? A: Anti-Black racism. The only consistent thing that the right agrees on, is this. It's what unifies them. But the US left is very anti-Black too! So they try to get the benefits, without helping Black folk.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”.

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Always read @milesperhoward.bsky.social when it comes to nature, parks and politics. Fantastic piece.

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"The [Neo-Nazi] agitators wore body armor, carried AR-15 rifles and waved swastika flags. They arrived as children were being let out from class at Lincoln Heights Elementary School and marched just blocks away." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

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If you want to brush up on your reading and head the good Dr. Gray's words then I suggest In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil.

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Rape and support for rapists are now key aspects of U.S federal government policy. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

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Finland invested half a million euros in Pezhman Baran's education, but he says can't even get a job at Lidl. Many educated immigrants say they have no option but to leave the country.

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Low-income Americans "do not get any or enough legal help for 92 percent" of issues. One reason? Lawyers keep a monopoly on legal advice. Nurses can help with medical procedures. There's a big push to make the same possible with legal services. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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I wrote about the trad caths who are taking this opportunity to voice their, uh, opinions about Pope Francis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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It was a pleasure to be interviewed by @capitalb.bsky.social about my first novel, The Survivalists, and about how sometimes survivalism is about building community. capitalbnews.org/black-women-...

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Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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😔

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Hard to think of a worse time to think about throwing out 230. Begging Democratic Senators to hire someone who thinks only about authoritarianism and how they can not abet it.

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Well done. More of this, please.

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Boom👇

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As a parent, and as someone who takes college students and staff to New Mexico for work, this is absolutely on my worst nightmare list

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In reality the fascism is not funny but this is an Arrested Development bit

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goodbye clean air and water

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In this case, local supporters say, the couple who were arrested are businesspeople who pay taxes, were seeking legal status, and who regularly provide free meals to the hungry. A sign on the restaurant door states, “Free to anyone with a disability, homeless, or simply cannot afford it.”

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this seems like a not great decision that could/should be reversed @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @jay.bsky.team Yes, NCII is a big problem and should be banned. But this was clearly reporting on an act of protest in the public interest. www.404media.co/bluesky-dele...

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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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