Laure
@laureanne.bsky.social
Digital platforms & life-long grassroots pol expert. Support research & journalism providing insights. ID as lesbian; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma. - Dislike prolific meme posters.
The Trump administration is deliberately targeting children who came to the US unaccompanied by a parent or guardian... – amid “drastic policy changes” in immigration courts, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit shared with the @us.theguardian.com #ice #immigration #children
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 14m agoFederal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
⬇️ Meta having paid off Trump will not be questioned about this... #children #meta
Tech Transparency Project@ttp-updates.bsky.social · 19m agoTTP alerted @wired.com to over 50 image and video ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that we discovered in the Meta ad library. We also reported the ads—which made no effort to mask the images or hide what they were promoting—to @ncmec.org.
It seems @cjcmichel.bsky.social's new book, "United States of Oligarchy," from which this article was excerpted, goes on sale today. (Congrats Casey!) And remember Philip Pullman's timeless motto: "Buy books and read them—but at least buy them."
How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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⬇️IN PERSON COALITIONS & NETWORKS. Trump was backed by #oil & #gas interests above all in 2024. But Dems and really the entire opposition does not know how to counter their full blown media revolution/engine of hate, lies, culture-wars, the firehose of agitprop style, addictive content. #environment
Khanh Pham for Oregon@khanhphamfororegon.com · 22h agoThere is another way to live that is not at war with the planet. 😷
"part of the suicide is...look at the the success of the US...with government funded #science, gov funded technology...of young immigrant scientists, the funding of #universities and then underneath all of that the public schools... (maga) destroys America in 10 yrs or 25 yrs, right? #nihlism
Strongmen, Oligarchs, & Fascists with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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Why are @bsky.app top posts for hashtags just pure junk accounts? Worthless. I cannot get real news or perspectives without working hard and I generally abandon the search and leave. @support.bsky.team @pfrazee.com zee.com @alexbenzer.com @toni.bsky.team
The state has surpassed its acreage record just two months into wildfire season. https://mrf.lu/2Zrk_
breaking: Anthony Fauci is globally esteemed immunology researcher and a preeminent public health leader. He, with AIDS activists helped to propel HIV research forward. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is a national treasure. maga is all bs all the time #AnthonyFauci #Fauci
Politico@politico.com · last wk.BREAKING: Former Covid czar Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right at the Senate hearing on the pandemic.
It's going to be a b-a-d week ahead in Oregon; heat & wildfires. And for Central Oregon, it will be another bad week. #airquality #oregon #wildfires
Propaganda / agitprop works: "For more than a decade now, European and indeed American politicians have known that real, fake, enhanced, or context-free pictures of migrants jumping fences will immediately create a wave reaction. Military rhetoric will be used—attack or invasion—and, to quote Vance
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The global far right took this story, twisted it so the truth was squeezed out. Yet I am sure it's spreading. Why? Because #journalists, #journalism, @democrats.org or any of the opposition has a strategy to oppose the maga lies & hate agitprop media machine. This bs has ruled us since 2015-2016.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Why don't more journalists do detailed journalism, like @saletan.bsky.social @thebulwark.com does, and eviscerate lies? This is obviously an effort to vilify a Fauci, a national treasure, to stoke agitprop and witch-hunts to distract from Iran, costs, corruption... #Fauci #journalists #journalism
Fox Knows They're Lying to You. They Don't Care.
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d ago#OldTrailsFire in Spokane now appears to be most destructive wildfire in WA State history by wide margin (650+ structures lost), w/additional TBD losses nearby. Other PacNW fires actively burning, though less destructive, are far larger & could burn for weeks amid severe drought.
Just learned that among those killed in Kyiv was a student from my Alma mater . She was helping the wounded, when Russia did what it always does - they double tapped, bombed the same spot they bombed the 1st time, to make sure to get the first responders and they did . and yes, it’s a war crime
Our Oregon neighbors: "And there are weeks of fire season to get through." “My family takes care of the fences for our grazing district. We take care of the springs. We take care of the creek. We take care of the animals,” she said. #oregon #orpol #orleg #wildfires
OPB@opb.org · 3d agoThe Bench Fire tore through the Warms Springs Reservation, burning at least six homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate as roads closed and the air filled with thick smoke. The fire is now about one-third contained, but it will likely take years for the tribe to recover from the disaster.
Alaskans at Salmonfest know Pebble Mine would decimate our fisheries. Does Dan Sullivan?
Take 30 minutes to listen to two of the best historians of autocracy as they compare and contrast new vs old methods of autocratic leadership. With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu #democracy #autocracy #corruption www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKad...
August 1st Live with Anne Applebaum
YouTube video by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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wtf! Patients and staff at Spokane VA Medical Center evacuated due to fire #spokane #widfires www.kxly.com/news/patient...
Patients and staff at Spokane VA Medical Center evacuated due to fire
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane VA Medical Center is currently closed and all inpatients and staff have been evacuated due to a wildfire in North Spokane.
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On ICE immigration extremisms, Drazan does not care, at all. ⬇️ #oregon #orpol #orleg Kotek #Drazan #Kotek
Tina Kotek@tinakotek.bsky.social · 4d agoWhen President Trump deployed masked federal agents into Oregon communities, my MAGA opponent, Christine Drazan, didn’t say a word against it. In fact, she was absent when a bill to prohibit federal agents from wearing masks was up for a vote.
Wildfires across Eastern Oregon and now threatening/destroying parts of the city of Spokane in WA! #wildfires #pnw www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city
A wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon, burning homes and quickly moving into the Indian Trail Neighborhood.
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Does Putin care as he feeds Russians (and other fodder) into a meat grinder? Does he care as he terrorizes communities across #Ukraine every day for 4.5 years? ➡️ Putin failed to expand #Russia from an #oil #gas corrupt oligarchy state so he turned to bloody imperialism.
Euromaidan Press@euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4d agoRussia lost 42,860 soldiers in July 2026, its deadliest month of the year, roughly 1,380 killed or wounded every day, Ukraine's General Staff reported The monthly toll has risen almost without pause since February and now totals 238,650 for the year euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/01/r...
“Their #algorithms learn what captures a child’s attention, which most often seems to be anger and euphoria, and then the algorithm keeps feeding them more of it. Why? The almighty dollar. They feed our kids an unrealistic picture of life and sell them products and agendas to achieve it.” #children
WTTW - Chicago PBS@wttw.bsky.social · 5d agoGov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens. https://to.wttw.com/4wFTj9G
no, what a joke. All of the maga esque, manosphere, vax, conspiracy, Christian, miltary/police/vet etc media radio shows, podcasts, video influencers, tv stations, social media platforms (able to juice algos) - compared to Meidas (a complete joke), and a few small others. you are nuts. plain wrong.
Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 5d ago🧵Democrats/the left have close to as comprehensive an online media ecosystem now as MAGA had four years ago. From Crooked Media and Meidas to Hasan Piker and Zeteo -- even Ezra Klein at the NYT. This has been essential to the rise of democratic socialist candidates.
“ You could literally have someone lose...a liter of blood or more...” Freehill said. “You could have a significantly worse hemorrhage for literally someone running to this #medicine and running back because it can’t be on that cart 2 feet from you while you’re treating the hemorrhage.” #healthcare
Ally Whelan@amwhelan.bsky.social · 6d agothe reclassification of misoprostol as a controlled substance has set back progress to decrease the frequency of postpartum hemorrhage and blood transfusions. Under the law, preliminary research found that hemorrhage rates have worsened statewide (misoprostol is a go-to med to treat hemorrhages)
If only the Democrats knew how to message these cuts to our basic safety to the American people. #healthcare #Democrats #dnc
Ian Kremer@wolverinebear.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare kffhealthnews.org/news/ahrq-fu... #Project2025 #OMB #HHS #AHRQ #healthcare #science #Blues
MAHA? via @kff.org "The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for #Healthcare #Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice.
AcademyHealth@academyhealth.bsky.social · 5d agoMore than 100 canceled grants. More than $200 million in affected research. 30 states. $0 released in FY2026, despite Congress appropriating the funds. The full public record is now live: researchinterrupted.academyhealth.org
