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Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there.

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

@JoyAnnReid has been set free to do the kind of show @MSNBC was never comfortable with. Understanding Trump’s America: A Deep Dive. The @joyannreid.bsky.social Show - YouTube

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards

Pumped to have legendary reporter John Harwood join the @findoutpodcast.bsky.social tomorrow. Click here to subscribe and have the episode sent to you once it’s live. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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No. Absolutely not. He's a nazi. He smashed the federal government and stole our data. He put USAID and USIP in a wood chipper, leaving hundreds of thousands of children to die. He's not welcome in any party I belong to. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Totally agree with this approach. Would be great to know how much more listeners who already donate would pay per year to make this work.

Asking honestly: can someone explain the policy differences between left-wingers, progressives, and democrats? Does someone have a table or something? I'm asking because every democrat I know wants the following: Medicare for all/single-payer/public option Bodily Autonomy Reparations 1/

Oh, Joni…

This all looks like a PR campaign the NYTs is participating in, blame Elon’s disastrous actions on Tesla and his Nazi salutes on drugs. Wait for the next PR dump where he is in a drug rehab program and all better now.

If Barack Obama or Joe Biden had proposed this, the GOP would be in the streets with pitchforks and torches. I guess the new "conservative" position is, "I want the state to know everything about me at all times." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

There is a *proven* way to confront and pushback on these attacks. And it involves running ON not FROM values. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed. DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.

It's bizarre how pundits and politicians cover Trump's second term with little mention of the first term, even though it's a direct extension. Just as they covered his first term as if it weren't a continuation of a lifetime in organized crime. They treat everything as disparate when it's one story.

if a liberal fox existed this morning "Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next." "Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."

Bills that kick people off medicaid with gotchas don’t save money. They shift those costs (+ extra) to unpaid emergency room visits. The healthcare doesn’t disappear. It gets shittier and more expensive.

I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that Trump has broken and that will need fixing: presswatchers.org/2025/05/we-n... Are you with me?

This absolutely spot on. Assign blame of 47s actions to Republicans who are allowing it to happen. Put it on repeat daily so it cuts through all the noise.

I have a lot of experience using words like "oligarchy" or "kleptocracy" to massive crowds -- and not only do folks not mind, they love learning the etymology. Kleptocracy = rule by/power of thieves. Democracy = rule by/power of the people. That "krat" ending helps folks contemplate a lot of words!

They better be careful what they ask for

“Cowardice is contagious — so is courage.” “That’s what we’ve been seeing month after month... Starting with some people demonstrating courage, and then other people looking around and saying I can do that, too. It’s in my power. I’m not just a victim of world events.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

This is actually worse than it looks. There was room for 700 people, you had to be a resident of the district and could only sign up a certain amount of people per family. Byron pre-screened the audience in deep red Lee County and this is still what he got. Angry constituents.

a reminder: find *at least* one independent media source you like, & start supporting them now to help sustain them!

Congress is back home and we’re making sure they hear us loud and clear. Our groups have events planned everywhere during this April recess. Help us keep turning up the heat on Republicans who want to gut Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for billionaires: indivisible.org/muskorus

This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard. DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!

Drudge headline vs. NY Times

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Just remembering how Joe Biden forgiving some student loans was taking the power of the presidency too far.

We need EVERY single Democratic member of Congress on Bluesky so that their constituents can engage with them here. That's why I am thrilled to see that Senator @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social from California just joined! He is one of the best people we have in the Senate. Definitely worth a follow!

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Posting this penguin pic in honor of another shitty week. To everyone attending protest rallies today, let's get out there and kick it in the ass! 💙 #ProudBlue #GoodTrouble #HandsOff #FuckTrump #TrumpTariffs #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #ImpeachTrumpNOW #ResistTrump

One heartening thing I've seen lately is multiple really smart, community-driven friends across the country seriously considering a run for office in upcoming cycles. You should consider it, too. Check out @runforsomething.net for resources and information on how to get started 👇