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Self care is an act of resistance. Enduring in technogarch fascism with library books, old movies, photography, art, history. Amateur genealogist. No DM’s. 🇺🇦
Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE. He's coming for your reproductive rights.
Reproductive Freedom for All@reproductivefreedomforall.org · 14h ago@katiephang.bsky.social lays out how nominee for AG Todd Blanche is saying the quiet part out loud: The Trump admin will use every lever they can to restrict abortion, in every state. Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on Blanche. 📞 888-380-2711 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg
A major profile of @gilduran.com, author of the forthcoming THE NERD REICH from @simonandschuster.bsky.social is in @theguardian.com today! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Voter suppression - cutting the number of polling sites across Tarrant County 😡
Texas Tribune@texastribune.org · yesterdayLon Burnam, a former Texas House Democrat, was carried out of a chaotic Tarrant County commissioners court meeting by deputies. The meeting centered around a proposed reduction in voting site locations for the November elections. bit.ly/4c01rcy
"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race." Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/tr...
Giant trophy mocking Trump arrives in Lower Manhattan
A 10-foot-tall satirical trophy appeared in Foley Square earlier this week in mockery of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions. The trophy, adorned with ornaments and other items around it...
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apnews.com/article/immi... As trump unwinds years of protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti, twin populations of vulnerable people find themselves in the crosshairs: caregivers in jobs to which those immigrants have flocked, & the older adults & disabled people who rely on them.
Immigration crackdown threatens Haitian caregivers and the seniors who rely on them
A Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is rippling far beyond immigration courts.
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Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Mother Jones obtained around 2,000 pages of court filings and police reports pertaining to Miller, which include allegations dating back to high school.
“Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats”: Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller
Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moren...
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#ProudBlue #Defend #VotingRights 1/2 I began my day in virtual church as NJ Gov. & legislators celebrated the signing of NJ’s John Lewis Voting Rights Acts. The first state to do so since SCOTUS wiped out the federal law. If you need some hope, watch it! m.youtube.com/watch?v=BvYU...
‘Trump Has Only One Concern…’: NJ Gov. Sherrill Strikes Back With New Voting Law Before Midterms
YouTube video by Hook Global
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Are You Happy MAGA? NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years.
Trump Trump Epstein
ALT: Trump Trump Epstein
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“Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were tempered with Love's sighs.” Love’s Labour’s Lost Act IV, Scene 3 #ShakespeareSunday Cosmo Jarvis Persuasion 2022
We know that Trump will try to sabotage the midterms — and we will be ready with community power, not panic. Join the organizing that’s happening in all 50 states to make sure every eligible voter is able to cast their ballot and have it counted.
Hands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible
**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl...
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An ekphrastic poem by Sharon Olds as haunting as the image that inspired it A century later famine caused by politics, and sometimes as a deliberate weapon, is still a reality for many That final heartbreaking image though - comparing fertility with famine, life with death #poetry #poemoftheday
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @shakescenery.bsky.social - The Summer of Love!
So the GOP knows the coup is coming, knows voters will be met with a phalanx of Trump thugs and the party will stand by and watch
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 6d ago“The only logical conclusion I can draw from this setback is that, in fact, there is somebody who wants to enable [the slush fund] at the right time," Tillis told reporters. "That’s unacceptable.”
So now Dump has trashed soccer for everyone.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 7d agoUEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped
A very important article that among other things reveals the inner world of the swamp and how much the donor class in both parties has in common. www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/28/c...
Commander in Chief for Life
I. Seymour Hersh reported yesterday that the White House has an operational plan for November, and that the plan does not depend on persuading anyone. The
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“[Enter TROILUS and CRESSIDA]” Troilus and Cressida, IV, 2 #ShakespeareSunday Suzanne Burden and Anton Lesser in a 1981 production
“Nothing can be done about the Supreme Court” is exactly what they want you believing. It’s not true. Congress can move on Roberts — but only if the letters pile up. Add yours 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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One of President Tarp’s first instincts…
Andrew Levesque@andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 2w agowww.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... The defence department has not held a press briefing for two and a half months. Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, fearing a public backlash before….
#BookWormSat "... once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive ... one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in ..." Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore 🎨Utagawa Kuniyoshi
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme - THE GREEK and ROMAN PLAYS!
Ancient Egyptians divided dreams into three categories: demands from the gods, warnings from the gods, and those that came during dream rituals. Anyone who sought divine wisdom would go to temples to sleep on "dream beds," hoping to recieve guiding messages. #WyrdWednesday
As scammers and terrorists increasingly turn to crypto, a Canadian intelligence office is raising alarms about risks posed by an emerging industry offering discreet means to convert cryptocurrency to large sums of cash and vice versa.
Canadian intelligence flags crypto-to-cash services as ‘knowingly facilitating money laundering,’ document shows - ICIJ
An internal report obtained says that crypto brokers are moving millions while dodging rules to guard against dirty money.
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Let it hang, you Wyrdlings! This #WyrdWednesday is National Hammock Day and we give you: “Ridiculous Rests and Well-deserved Relaxation!” as this week’s topic. Come, hang with us and tell a tale of idleness!
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @/lizziecanttweet - HOPE & DISAPPOINTMENT
Princess Leia: You're My Only Hope
ALT: Princess Leia: You're My Only Hope
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All the ways Trump has gutted efforts to stop foreign election interference: -laid off a third of CISA employees -disbanded FBI task charged with combatting foreign election interference -eliminated DHS teams combatting foreign disinformation -fired all the EAC commissioners
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On the anniversary of the 1st detonation of a nuclear weapon What I find interesting is the focus of attention on the small lizard rather than the bomb There is tension, a sense the lizard is more aware of the consequences of what is to come; unlike the makers of the bomb #poetry #poemoftheday
