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hobokenirish.bsky.social
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality”
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"No kings, ___" is a good template if we need a catchy slogan format No kings, save Medicare No kings, protect trans kids No kings, fund science research No kings, hell yes functioning democracy Etc

submitted 3 hours ago • 9 comments

Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

submitted 1 day ago • 131 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 1 day ago • 977 comments

GOP votes down @senadamschiffz.bsky.social amendment “that would exempt federal firefighters from the ongoing hiring freeze launched by the Trump administration and reinstate firefighters who have been laid off as a result of cuts to the federal workforce,” per Senator’s spokesperson.

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

“Over the past decade, U.S. institutions worked to form a comprehensive shield against foreign interference in American politics. Over the past few weeks, the second Trump administration has turned itself to the task of undoing this project.” New from me&Quinta www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

Gangster capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

Any time you hear Musk talk about a subject you happen to know a lot about, it turns out that he doesn't actually understand anything.

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

71 years old and finally achieving his dream of killing children. Not just some children here or there, like he's been doing, but thousands of children annually, systematically, by destroying one of the pillars of public health, one of the greatest achievements of humanity.

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

Pay close attention to Trump's Censorship Czar Brendan Carr at the FCC, who poses the biggest threat to the First Amendment freedoms of the press in decades. Don't let his ongoing abuses fly under the radar, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social writes... www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments