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Here at the Theatre Politic, our tech team loves to spotlight the good, the bad, and the fuckery. #Resist

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So only using a landline and not a smart phone will make my data susceptible anyway?

08.11.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they wouldn’t have had time to do this if Illinois state police weren’t helping them protect their facility in Broadview?

08.11.2025 04:09 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I got a land line ladt week, stopped carrying a smartphone

08.11.2025 06:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizensβ€”and Lying About It A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizensβ€”and Lying About It

A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

07.11.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 1410 πŸ” 887 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 29

Unmask then all!

08.11.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is acting like a pure money laundering operation. They reported losing another $54 million last quarter. It has never made money. Investor money is just flying out the back door faster than in comes in to enrich a lot of shysters and grifters.

08.11.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 7166 πŸ” 2712 πŸ’¬ 377 πŸ“Œ 101

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

β€”Harry Truman, 1952

07.11.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 19910 πŸ” 6842 πŸ’¬ 393 πŸ“Œ 188
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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution.

Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.

By @lisalsong.bsky.social, πŸ“Έ: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social

03.11.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 703 πŸ” 408 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 36
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will β€œpromptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.

03.11.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 598 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6
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πŸ“½οΈ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.

➑️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

03.11.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 1693 πŸ” 943 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 47
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β€œ60 Minutes paid me a lot of money”

In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.

(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS

03.11.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 3991 πŸ” 1644 πŸ’¬ 196 πŸ“Œ 106

πŸ›‘ALERTπŸ›‘

07.04.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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While stock market crashes, the GOP is quietly pushing a bill to gut Medicaid.
It’s not a side story β€” it’s the main event.
They’re cutting care for millions to fund tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk.
Sound the alarm. Talk to people.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

07.04.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 13

Here's your Fraud and Waste, DOGE.

07.04.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Is this who we are? πŸ˜³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

06.04.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 14930 πŸ” 6160 πŸ’¬ 1279 πŸ“Œ 716

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5:50 pm PST:

Japan’s banking sector in free fall.

Complete meltdown across all major financial institutions with 14-17% drops not seen since 2008 financial crisis.

07.04.2025 00:51 πŸ‘ 2786 πŸ” 873 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 147
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πŸ‘‡πŸ½πŸ˜•

07.04.2025 01:39 πŸ‘ 4431 πŸ” 1086 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 47

…

07.04.2025 01:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I find it outrageous as well.

03.04.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 25061 πŸ” 9861 πŸ’¬ 1099 πŸ“Œ 703
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I posted the video over 2 years ago. People thought he was bluffing I guess.

03.04.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 19196 πŸ” 5445 πŸ’¬ 957 πŸ“Œ 322
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We’re going to die

27.03.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 16037 πŸ” 3127 πŸ’¬ 1866 πŸ“Œ 454
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Here's MAGA hero Andrew Tateβ€”who just dipped back into the U.S. to allegedly sexually assault his girlfriend before returning to the foreign country where he stands accused of Rape.

You can't find a MAGA anywhere who'll criticize this man.

MAGA is a sick, violent, abusive cult.

27.03.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 1400 πŸ” 418 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 37
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Rep. Tim Burchett says NPR and PBS must be defunded because "they literally hate this country": "They hate everything it's about. They hate our patriotism. They hate our Lord."

27.03.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 42
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People in even super-deep-red districts are catching on to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s robbery of the American people.

This is getting good.

01.03.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 2660 πŸ” 627 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 106

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.

Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

21.03.2025 00:31 πŸ‘ 46087 πŸ” 6687 πŸ’¬ 487 πŸ“Œ 135
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A new analysis reveals that Trump’s tax plan will β€œactively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.”

πŸ”—: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

19.03.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 5249 πŸ” 2496 πŸ’¬ 286 πŸ“Œ 254
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This is literally just corruption.

20.03.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 9117 πŸ” 1759 πŸ’¬ 611 πŸ“Œ 123
A news article headline reads, "White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy." The subheadline states that the decision is part of a broader effort to push universities to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline. Below the text is a photograph of a historic building on the University of Pennsylvania's campus, with a statue in the foreground and leafless trees framing the image. The article is authored by Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender, published on March 19, 2025.

A news article headline reads, "White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy." The subheadline states that the decision is part of a broader effort to push universities to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline. Below the text is a photograph of a historic building on the University of Pennsylvania's campus, with a statue in the foreground and leafless trees framing the image. The article is authored by Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender, published on March 19, 2025.

A news article continues discussing the Trump administration's decision to suspend $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania due to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The article references a White House social media account announcing the move, citing Penn's support of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a justification. A response from Penn states that they have not received official notification and assert they are in compliance with all relevant regulations.

A news article continues discussing the Trump administration's decision to suspend $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania due to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The article references a White House social media account announcing the move, citing Penn's support of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a justification. A response from Penn states that they have not received official notification and assert they are in compliance with all relevant regulations.

You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including

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Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk β€œcontrol of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as β€œa military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

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