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Data rights are human rights. Criminals belong in prison, not in government. Is he dead yet?

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Jill Lawrence@jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d ago

Positive reinforcement for Democrats doing what needs to be done. In this case, introducing a "No Payoffs For Pardons Act." Makes a point and sets the table for what will happen when Democrats take over the Senate. Maybe quite soon. www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Leader Schumer, Senator Blumenthal, Rep. Morelle & Senate Democrats Seek To End Unprecedented Presidential Corruption, Stop “Pay-To-Play” Pardons | Senate Democratic Leadership

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY) led the...

democrats.senate.gov

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3d ago

This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...

nytimes.com

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Chevron just announced its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell clocked its second-highest quarterly profits. And while ExxonMobil's profits came in beneath what Wall Street analysts had expected, it still managed to double its earnings compared with this time last year.“ Tax them into oblivion.🤬

Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices

Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell had its second-biggest quarter, and ExxonMobil doubled its earnings compared with the same time last year.

npr.org

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4d ago

Blanche should be blocked for IRS/slush fund AND - targeting Comey, James, Hearn, Powell, Walz, Frey, MOCs - Epstein - payouts to Flynn, Page, Babbitt, Vaughn - rejecting ethics advice to recuse from Trump cases - “war” on judiciary - “cleaning house” of DOJ personnel who worked on Trump cases

Ami Fields-Meyer@fieldsmeyer.com · 5d ago

Create a shadow cabinet. Every time Hegseth stands at pentagon podium to announce some wild holy war action, our shadow SecDef gets up at ours to explain what we’d do differently. Same with RFK vaccine announcements or supplement things. Create a constant contrast, counter narrate the presidency.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 5d ago

whenever someone tells you that it's simply impossible for police to be charged with misconduct or criminal charges, you can tell they're wrong because some cops do get charged regularly — when they are whistleblowers or reformers prosecutors are actually extremely eager to help drum them out!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d ago

Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d ago

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

nytimes.com

James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · last wk.

By the way, this isn't just a threat against Fauci. The audience for this is the entire career civil service. If you think this sorry ass episode and shit like Schedule F are unconnected, then you are sorely mistaken.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Tuberville: "I'll be the governor of Alabama and I promise you we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama to put him in front of a court and a jury to see if we can put this guy in prison. He killed millions of people, folks."

Greg Palast@gregpalast.bsky.social · 2w ago

👀 Thom Hartmann, the historian & @hartmannreport.com host, has put on his deerstalker and discovered that the #CitizensUnited decision was based on the fraudulent reporting of a key Supreme Court case way back in 1886. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...

Thom Hartmann, Detective

The historian and talk show host puts on his deerstalker and discovers that Citizens United was based on the fraudulent reporting of an 1886 case.

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · last wk.

This administration is absolutely unhinged. I’m not a lawyer, but I’d hope this sort of behavior brings some sort of bar discipline. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DHS Lawyer Calls Out Judges by Name as Judicial Threats Rise (2)

The Department of Homeland Security’s top lawyer publicly called out what he dubbed the “worst of the worst” judges who’ve ruled against the administration’s immigration agenda, escalating tensions be...

news.bloomberglaw.com

Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · last wk.

The trillionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX and a major media org is posting about how we need to expel all non-white people from their countries and kill the people who oppose this. And it’s just…fine? People will still show up to work for him?

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · last wk.

For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last wk.

Many left-wing writers are still on X. I think if you’d asked them five years ago if they’d stay if the owner was a white supremacist who advocated race war and the murder of people who opposed mass deportations they would have said no of course not, that’s crazy. And yet

Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social · 2w ago

NBC's kristen welker was caught laughing it up with Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller who architected the family separation policy. Stephen Miller who pushed the Muslim travel ban. Stephen Miller who oversaw the killing of Americans by ICE agents. This is why independent media is crucial.

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

I am followed on here by a bunch of journalists, and like… y'all. What the living hell is anyone doing going to the correspondents' dinner, in any other capacity than to loudly, visibily, pointedly protest this administration to its face? And I'm not talking fucking coordinated pocket squares 🙄

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m sorry, if you’re a journalist and you’re still going to the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck off.

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m sorry, if you’re a journalist and you’re still going to the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck off.

Status@status.news · 4mo ago

Journalists plan to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, Status has learned, as Donald Trump prepares to attend for the first time. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/whcd-first...

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

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