Chip Ashley
@chip1950.bsky.social
#ProudBlue Believer in democracy, "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people"--and that means all the people, of all colors, all genders and gender preferences, all creeds; the only exceptions being bigots and fascists of all stripes
AG Nom. Blanche CHEATS to Get His Votes AND Let Trump and Fam. Get Away With Tax Evasion?!? - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJyx...
AG Nom. Blanche CHEATS to Get His Votes AND Let Trump and Fam. Get Away With Tax Evasion?!?
YouTube video by Legal AF
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The “Why would a woman I’ve made worry that I will hurt her if she displeases me cook to placate me?” question is only asked by the least self-aware domestic abusers.
Historian of science Margaret Rossiter (d #OTD in 2025) coined the term #MatildaEffect (1993). Named after suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage, the Matilda Effect describes a systemic bias where women's scientific achievements are ignored, minimized, or directly attributed to their male colleagues. 1/3
Sisters, we have more power than you realize! We hold a majority of the population. We have many allies in the world. We need to take off the gloves and play dirty. FIGHT, VOTE, SPEAK UP, SUPPORT OTHERS, AND TAKE BACK OUR WORLD!
ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 21h agoFed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms
Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...
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Actually, I just routed thru my errands that I did yesterday, & it gave me routes that were almost as fast but avoided the cameras in Saint Paul & Minneapolis & White Bear Lake. So maybe I will start using this!
EmKay K-A@mkettleson.bsky.social · 5h agoThis app is pretty good! Unfortunately, if you drive a car, it is tough to avoid the license plate readers! But if you just want to know how very very thoroughly you are already surveilled, install it & take a look at the places there are license plate readers today right here. dontgetflocked.com
Story of many many Americans lives.. the medical stuff shouldn’t be political But somehow that has become Toxic too????
They also get NRA funding. They also get funding from other corporations and donors. Some get funding from the NAACP, sooooo What's your point. You still didn't prove that it's foreign funded, so, that kills the first part of your argument.
nightshadow256.bsky.social@nightshadow256.bsky.social · 5h ago"Between November 2024 and April 2026, the Senate Democratic caucus shifted dramatically on Israel arms sales. Yes votes on Sanders resolutions to block weapons transfers climbed from 18 to 40. Seven Democrats held the line and voted no on both April 2026 resolutions. All seven (get) AIPAC funding."
Everyone in Congress knows this. Why are they all pretending like he's still here. In the living form. Immoral swine. But the video is pretty funny. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
If AI systems are trained to tell users what they want to hear, what happens when those users are cops and prosecutors? My latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece begins a three part series on Perils of AI in Policing, starting with risk of AI sycophancy contaminating law enforcement
Will AI Sycophancy Contaminate Law Enforcement?
AI sycophancy in high risk domains like law enforcement are under-analyzed, argues Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque.
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If you won a primary it does not become the job of your former opponent to convince people to vote for you. Your opponent may choose endorsement and may choose to encourage support but ultimately it is your responsibility to convince the voters who were skeptical of you to now support you.
Ted Cruz is pretending that people want to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas as if people don’t schedule their own holidays. Just because no wants to eat turkey or open presents with Ted, it doesn’t mean he has to make it all our problem
Blanche refuses to say whether he was aware that Pirro was going to drop the charges against Hearn or approved her decision
Speaker Mike Johnson was the dean of a law school named after a pedophile. He has no qualms about other people’s immorality as long as it doesn’t interfere with his ambition.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Openly hostile to science and the educated, the American political right has created a disinformation ecosystem that absorbs people into its blob worldview. What do I mean by blob? Much of what the right believes today is contradictory. But the particulars do not matter. The belief is what matters.
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding. It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
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Honestly, I just want a country where people look out for each other. That’s why I support the Democratic Party. Progress takes time, but giving up isn’t an option. Grateful for spaces like Bluesky where people can connect, share ideas, and keep conversations alive.
🏙️ Good governance starts with small things Whether a city is livable is often reflected in: convenient transportation, safe environment, effective public services. Politics ultimately must return to people's lives. #UrbanLife #Governance
