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Wishing more people in this country had more empathy and less bigotry. 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 ☮️. Lesbian She/her

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Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 1h ago

DHS is spending billions on domestic surveillance and data tools capable of targeting anyone, with little oversight or transparency. Congress must investigate how these powerful technologies are bought and used. bit.ly/4wx8EZO

DHS’s Domestic Surveillance, Data Collection, and Analytics Tools

Fueled by a budget boom, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding its technological arsenal, with little oversight or transparency around how these tools are used.

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Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · 2h ago

On this day in history in 1974, SCOTUS ordered Nixon to release the "smoking gun" tape revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely. Today's Republicans would defend Nixon vs impeach him

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2h ago

Representative Shirley Chisholm, 1972: "[W]e have looked in vain to the Nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream."

Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · 2h ago

Hearing about SpaceX debris is going to slam into the moon, I wonder, what are the chances some of Musk's space junk would slam into the Earth? In the middle of Dallas or someplace?

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3h ago

New from 404 Media: Apple's 'Private Relay' is exposing users' real IP addresses. Private Relay is supposed to protect all your browsing in Safari. But researchers found a bunch of issues that are exposing real IPs. I verified they do. Not fixed, a live issue www.404media.co/apples-priva...

Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses

Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 16h ago

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...

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Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 21h ago

These are some of the people who have been "moved" off of food assistance in the wake of the Republican reconciliation law's unprecedented SNAP cuts. The immense hardship these families are now facing is not, in fact, "a pretty big win." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

In November, no aid arrived. In December, a caseworker said to “hang in there” because renewals were months behind. In January, Ms. McDonald made 100 calls without reaching anyone, she said. In February, she discovered her case had been closed. She had submitted the wrong income statement, she later learned, and the state’s delays left her no time to fix it. Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys. But grocery bills have left her behind on the rent, and she describes her worries as a mental tax, paid nightly on her pillow.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h ago

Rollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."

Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · yesterday

I always wonder about the Bluesky bubble assumption, which is never explained: What new ideas circulate on X that I haven’t considered? What good-faith arguments or claims on X do I need to address? What unfamiliar but relevant topics are discussed on X that aren’t discussed here?

Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · yesterday

At least two Democrats in this hearing have called Blanche a liar, using that word. And the Republicans will gleefully vote for the guy.

Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · yesterday

If Trump gets to get out of paying his taxes owed per this deal, what is stopping anyone else from asserting they have the same right? Senator Bluementhal comments at Blanche hearing.

Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · yesterday

Unless they pass a law preventing this, there is absolutely nothing stopping Trump from creating a bribe fund to use to get his Jan6 thugs to show up again this November elections.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Blumenthal on Blanche's "walk back" of Trump's slush fund: "Commentators have talked about 'loop holes.' There are no loop holes here. This document itself is a sham ... tomorrow Donald Trump's counsel can go to court and seek to establish that thug fund if he chooses to do so."

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d ago

And Netanyahu wonders why people hate Israel, Israeli strikes on Gaza left a huge crater at a hospital less than 48 hours after US President Donald Trump announced Hamas and Israel had agreed to advance a ceasefire plan, local authorities said. The attack destroyed vital medical supplies,

Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild@pacnwguild.bsky.social · 2d ago

The McClatchy workers in the PNW won an incredible contract after a year of bargaining including some of the best language on Artificial Intelligence in a NewsGuild contract. We are hosting a virtual town hall on August 5th to share lessons and answer your questions. DM for the Registration Link.

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Andrea Pitzer@andreapitzer.bsky.social · 2d ago

And I sincerely believe that candidates should make a point of saying Republicans want to spend all their time looking in your daughter's underpants and giving tax breaks to billionaires instead of making sure families can eat and afford a place to live.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

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Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · 2d ago

There is no way in hell I would allow any school to inspect my child's genitals or force blood test on them to play a sport at school. WTF is wrong with these sick bigots?

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools. Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power.
Kim@kimoco.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump is taking too much of whatever drugs he is on. He is totally unhinged from reality and assumes his voters are too, though to be fair they are.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been, and why wouldn’t they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers EVER, the biggest outside Investment in America in World history, a totally secure Border, a giant Victory in Venezuela, the Denuclearization of Iran, unparalleled respect and success throughout the World, and much more? Don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers. They are Crooked and Corrupt, just like the Country Destroying Dumocrats are Crooked and Corrupt. VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR GREATNESS IN AMERICA! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT Aug 03, 2026, 6:31 AM