OliverRupert
@olivierrupert.bsky.social
#LGBTQ+, #Latino, #antifa, #FuckThePolice #BlackLivesMatter, #FreePalestine, #ClimateChangeIsReal, #KillTheRich, #atheist, #Humanist, #socialist #FightFascism #FascismInAmerica. Ad hominems, Zionists, racists = IMMEDIATE BLOCK.
Adam Serwer wrote this in the Atlantic & I am curious if there is something controversial about this article? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Equate Anti-Zionism With Anti-Semitism
It is not anti-Semitic to want equal rights for all in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Gaza, in Ramallah.
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Sen. Peters: "Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?" Postmaster General David Steiner: "Under our proposed regulation, no."
HEY CHICAGO! The city wants to sell your parking meter company to the same private-equity firm that owns Omni Air International, the worst of the worst of ICE's charter airlines. The city council's finance committee is meeting about it TOMORROW. 1/
Trump set up the cameras, the podium, the flags — then canceled his own bipartisan housing bill signing because he'd rather hold the country hostage over a voter suppression bill. And that's just the beginning. Your midday update is here: www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-...
Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Abruptly Torches His Own Bill Signing – 6/24/26
Today's news you need to know
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In a sane world, this sociopath would already have been removed from office.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · last mo."No one gives a shit about housing." Only ballrooms.
This is a really interesting read about how South Africa remade its entire judicial system after apartheid fell. Lessons to be learned here. www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-rebui...
How to Rebuild a Justice System
The transformation of South Africa's judicial system after apartheid ranks among the most successful of the 20th century.
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The growing wave of progressive populists understand that raising taxes on billionaires is overwhelmingly popular — 77% of voters support doing so, including 71% of Independents and 65% of Republicans.
Taxing Billionaires Is the Easiest Way Democrats Could Gain Voter Trust
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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What a joy that we get to live through the reality TV show presidency of a malevolent con man with rapidly accelerating dementia and an addiction to war who is building the most sophisticated doomsday bunker complex in human history.
But I’m sure Iran is going to use that money to bail out American farmers like Trump and Vance said yesterday.
Before leaving SoFi Stadium, Iran’s Football Team left a note in the locker room thanking Los Angeles for their hospitality: “We came to Los Angeles with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity….. may peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations. ❤️”
For actual patriotic Americans, this July 4th isn’t a party; it’s a funeral. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
America's 250th Birthday Feels More Like a Funeral
MAGA, Trump, and the Farce of July
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134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was perfectly fine before the orange felon wasted upwards of $17M to fuck it up it and pretend to fix. Now aside from green algae and peeling blue paint, dead animals are being seen in the mix. This wasn’t a renovation, it was sabotage.
Wow! Iran left a thank you note in their locker room thanking LA for its hospitality during the World Cup. Be sure you read the last line: “May peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.” (Source: Reuters)
If only Americans protested against the fascist MAGA regime the same way the Albanian people are revolting against slumlord Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka’s plot to seize their land for a resort as well as their own govt’s corruption.
🚨BREAKING: Maryland Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to state voter data. A big victory for our clients Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans and democracy. DOJ is now 0-9 in these cases. We are undefeated.🗳️💪⚖️ www.democracydocket.com/cases/maryla...
🚨 United States of America v. DeMarinis
Learn more here.
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Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…
Reminder to @moderation.bsky.app that billionaires are not a protected class of citizens, and engage in social murder across the globe on a daily basis. Not going to stop saying it. #KillTheRich
The reason that he’s paying Iran 300 million is fake news is because it’s 300 billion.
notice the trend? they all say they feared for their lives, the vehicle was coming towards them. its so easy to walk out of the way and not stand in front of a moving vehicle. we always find out they lied abcnews.com/US/child-killed-after-officer-fires-car-reported-shoplifting/story?id=133891802
Child killed after officer fires upon car following reported shoplifting at a Walmart in Mississippi: Police
The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon outside a Walmart in Senatobia, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
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i have been obsessed with this for years. allowing manufacturers to sell direct to consumers would be good for consumers and also destroying the car dealership would be an existential crisis for republicans
Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2mo agoI feel it’s sort of underrated the extent to which a Dem Congress and/or states could (1) absolutely destroy car dealerships as a business, and (2) this would cripple a lot of GOP state and local parties
Iran won the war and didn’t slaughter a bunch of American schoolchildren to do it America is a disgrace on every level
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
