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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 21h ago

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

🚨BREAKING: An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its escalating effort to screen state voter rolls for alleged noncitizens, arguing the campaign illegally threatens lawful voters just weeks before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New lawsuit challenges DHS over unverified noncitizen voter roll claims

At the center of the case is the Trump administration’s claim that more than 190,000 people on California’s voter rolls may be noncitizens — a figure DHS has not publicly substantiated or explained ho...

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There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.

Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 15h ago

🚨 NEW: ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database: As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database. @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...

And these public spaces are neither cultural nor enriching. They’re built to support ticket prices that only the rich can afford regularly and the middle class once in a lifetime. They’re fake palaces on a mountain that look gold and deliver gilt. Even our robber barons are worse than the Gilded Age

But no great fortune built these places. What have this generation built for public benefit to atone for their greed and bare-knuckled success? Our public spaces today are built by middle class taxpayers. Even the poor. 3/n

What are our grand public places today? Watching US Open and pre-season football and Yankees, all with huge new public spaces. Are professional sports stadia our vast public space? Could be wrong but … Mixed sports and concert like the Dolan space? 2/n

Talking with Mr W about how the turn of the 19th C. robber barons sin-washed their obscene fortunes by building public monuments. Like the NY public library. Museums. Other vast public cultural venues, still venerated today. 1/n

My brother in Kona who is still helping deal with the aftermath from the last hurricane (which was a Cat 1), is now watching this one (Lowell) divert from its original path of due west to now making a sharp right hand turn.

US District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a Trump executive order which seeks to deny citizenship to children born on US soil to foreign parents who came in a “commercial transaction” or are “alien enemies.” assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

3 September 1897 | A German Jewish woman, Hedwig Juliusburger, was born in Allenstein (Olsztyn). On 26 February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Berlin with her husband Alfred and son Klaus. They did not survive. The other son Gert perished in Auschwitz on 12 June 1944.

Dorothy Johnstone (Scottish, 1892-1980) -Anne Finaly, 1920 Oil on canvas 145.3 x 100.5 cm Aberdeen Archives, Gallery, and Museums

Swell. Will this government even attempt to protect us or will they just take this data for themselves to use?

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 16h ago

On Tuesday, the independent journalist Brian Krebs said he had discovered a dark web ​site selling digital scans of millions ​of driver's licenses from people in the U.S. and Canada. ⁠He said he confirmed the authenticity ​of the data being sold with nine ​people.

I added corn and chicken from last night’s dinner for a great leftover late lunch.

@hakman70.bsky.social · 4d ago

2 packages of Hakka style noodles (plus chili sauce packets), pork chorizo and one sliced jalapeno. Holy hell that’s good

Latest Trump Regime talking point is high prices are Ukraine's fault for attacking Russia. No, really.

royal japanese apricot, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908

A heartbreaking tragedy. Driven by racism and cruelty. Historians looking back on this shameful period will wonder how this was allowed. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/springfield-ohio-haitian-student-dies-suicide-ice-mandates-ankle-monit-rcna595552

Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor

Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor

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This 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🧵‼️ ⤵️

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 17h ago

This needs way more attention. The U.S. Postal Service has built a new system that could effectively turn USPS into a gatekeeper for mail-in ballots. Here are the details on how it is supposed to work.

FB food memories: Ribs & chicken over charcoal with a couple pellet tubes adding to the smoke. That was one helluva meal.

Someone let this Schmuck know that a medium size data center averages 300,000 gallons a day. A Hyper scaler could use 5 million gallons a day.

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET@patti3333.bsky.social · 20h ago

Every DEMOCRAT RUNNING IN THE MIDTERMS needs to use ths clip And Tell the American People about the rise in their utility bills Look at him ⬇️

The Pentagon scrubbed decades of classified documents from a secret computer system that is commonly used by defense officials and U.S. troops following a story about senior military officials' warnings about Iran. What are they trying to erase now? www.rawstory.com/pentagon-cla...

Pentagon caught purging decades of classified docs after generals' warnings leak: WaPo

Anonymous insiders told The Washington Post that the Pentagon scrubbed decades of classified documents following a story about senior military officials' warnings about Iran.In a Wednesday article, Th...

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Please read this and you will see the depravity of Trump administration's immigration policies. This young man was driven to his death because of their policies. www.ms.now/news/haitian...

Haitian student who died ‘felt like he was treated like an animal,’ father says

Pierre Damas Bel, 20, "felt like he was treated like an animal" after being forced to wear an ankle monitor, his father said.

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And paying the CEO's 4000 times what the average worker gets.

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · yesterday

Most Americans Can’t afford to have Children! It’s that simple….

Sean Duffy: “I have a hard time believing in the government anymore.” Rachel Campos-Duffy: “We don't trust the government.” Katie Miller: “I'm still distrustful of the government.” Plot twist: They ARE the government.

Since States run elections and the Feds don't have jurisdiction, does that mean the States can arrest them?

Gloria Pan@glopan.bsky.social · 24h ago

Yeah, the "threat" could be just the color of a voter's skin. And it doesn't matter if there's a warrant. Federal law enforcement anywhere near polling locations is against the law. What Mullin is proposing is ILLEGAL. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.

ACLU@aclu.org · yesterday

Enough is enough. Tell Congress to put a stop to these illegal and immoral strikes at aclu.org/stop-boat-strikes-

I know one thing about Texans, You pull a fast one on them and you will live to regret it.

P.D.W.@whitepatrick.com · 24h ago

Republicans know they can't win a fair election, so they cheat. Every. Single. Time.

She’s growing 🪴 #whimsical #cottagecoreaesthetic #summervibes #frog