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puravidasr.bsky.social
retired university professor living in Atlanta and Costa Rica. Love jazz, classic rock, left-of-center Democratic politics and history. Lifelong comic books fan.
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It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry

ICE is a criminal enterprise.

The FTC confirms our scoop about an extraordinary political condition on this ad merger, aimed at preventing "collusion or coordination to direct advertising away from media publishers based on the publishers’ political or ideological viewpoints." www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Damn right!!!

Pope Leo: “In stark contrast to the dire poverty of many, the amassing of wealth by a few is the sign of an arrogant indifference that produces pain and injustice.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Just when the paid MAGA shills got done cranking out 36 hours of posts to their divided cult that this was only about nukes and not regime change, Trump does it again …

On Juneteenth, we commemorate the news of emancipation finally reaching America's last enslaved people, and we recommit to fighting to deliver the true promise of America for all, even against right-wing backlash.

transition care for trans people is life saving healthcare. the only regret with my transition is that i didn’t start when i was younger. fuck everyone who is cheering on the destruction legal trans healthcare, and fuck those indifferent to it

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TONIGHT: @normornstein.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

NEW -- What happens when the top officials in an administration who had to prove their loyalty by spreading the president's Big, Ridiculous Lie about the 2020 election contemplate entering a new Mideast war? We have a government of unreliable narrators. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Always.

A long time gone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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lmao he looks miserable

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I wish every Democratic member of Congress pushing for Cuomo behind the scenes 👀 would answer for why they’re supporting the guy who’s the reason Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker right now.

Chicago showed the fuck up!

Chicago

Fucking disgusting piece by the @nypost.com implying that Tim Walz is somehow to blame for appointing the MN shooter to some commission or other without mentioning that the guy was an evangelical security guard who had planned to kill Walz himself

Shapiro: " If the Guard is going to be federalized. we have a legal process in place where POTUS has to consult with the Commander in Chief of the Guard — the governor — and seek his or her approval first. POTUS did not do that [in CA]. He went around the governor and created some real dangers."

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Then what??? We all knew it was a rigged election.

Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.

You don’t have to be a Jefferson to realize that.

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

The clearest photo of Mercury ever taken.

Apparently Musk’s cars don’t work any better than his rockets do.

SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”

The main question here is whether Alina Habba should not be struck off the rolls of persons authorized to practice law. The charges against McIver are baseless and rest on a tissue of conscious lies. The purpose of the prosecution is to intimidate Americans concerned about the misconduct of ICE.

Once again, it seems to me that when a court finds the president is doing something wildly unconstitutional, it is dangerous and unhealthy that we default to “but let him keep doing it until multiple layers of review all agree.”

I just learned from a podcast that the last morning on the Titanic, Captain Smith decided to cancel a lifeboat drill in order to have an extra-long church service instead. And fam that is kind of similar to what it’s like to be a scientist under the rule of RFK Jr.

There’s an overwhelming number of awful things happening. My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can. In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values. MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.

It’s called a “military coup“ and it’s illegal for those who have not studied history or the law

History will not be kind to Speaker Johnson. Nor should it be.

What happened yesterday was part of a much bigger effort to try and silence anyone who dares to question what the Trump administration is doing.  But we will not be intimidated and we will not be deterred. We must hold this administration accountable.

Wait, *good* news? Huh.

Holy shit this is incredible.

VIDEO: ICE LEAVING Arcadia Hotel earlier today after protestors made noise for HOURS outside the hotel. No arrests were made, police likely inequipped due to DTLA curfew turmoil. IG: psl_losangeles

Hoooooooly sh*t. What an absolute jag. My god.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social ) 🇺🇸

i just watched a clip of stephen miller talking to hannity from a few days ago and my god is that guy a stone cold freak. like, everything about him is profoundly off-putting, like a bug in an eggar suit

ABC News fired reporter Terry Moran for criticizing Stephen Miller and Donald Trump, proving once again that corporate media is rudderless, cowardly and utterly complicit in enabling fascism.

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