"Trump opens door for 401(k) retirement plans to invest in private equity and crypto."
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"Trump opens door for 401(k) retirement plans to invest in private equity and crypto."
09.08.2025 15:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Has anyone else noticed how Trump is always pardoning corporate criminals, human traffickers and pedophiles?
09.08.2025 14:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NEW: Trumpβs team appears to be considering pardoning Binance founder CZ.
He pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering violations that allowed terrorist groups to move $.
Since then, Binance has done a $2B deal that benefited Trumpβs crypto firm.
A pardon could allow more deals +access to the US
βThe more the Presidentβs wealth depends on anonymous investors around the world with hidden agendas, the greater the risk.β
09.08.2025 14:35 β π 79 π 38 π¬ 6 π 6Here's another angle of the same attack on @plasticjesusart.bsky.social. At 0:31 you can see Nick hold up his press ID before an officer attacks him.
09.08.2025 06:49 β π 164 π 47 π¬ 5 π 0HUGE kudos to attorneys @peterbibring.bsky.social and @westonrowland.bsky.social, who got down to LAPD's riot tonight. There are two photojournalists who LAPD cuffed and weren't going to release (at least one taken away in a squad car), but apparently may be out any moment thanks to their efforts.
09.08.2025 06:56 β π 180 π 31 π¬ 3 π 0Crowd is growing and chanting ICE out of LA
09.08.2025 03:34 β π 110 π 33 π¬ 1 π 1Absolutely brutal and unwarranted arrest by DHS in front of the detention center just now
09.08.2025 03:21 β π 310 π 172 π¬ 13 π 10LAPD came in to clear and several people have been injured
09.08.2025 05:04 β π 79 π 43 π¬ 3 π 4If the shooter at Emory/CDC did in fact believe he was sick from a Covid vaccine, this violence has been stoked and incited for a very long time. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
08.08.2025 23:56 β π 1595 π 402 π¬ 34 π 28Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through July 2025. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 428 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.
Carbon dioxide (COβ) averaged about 428 ppm in July 2025
10 years ago July averaged about 401 ppm
Preliminary data from @noaa.gov at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico weβve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that weβre out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
Hereβs the moment LAPD ordered media along with protestors against the wall, despite requests for a supervisor as well as reminders that PC409.7(b) specifically exempts media from dispersal orders. Never made contact with a PIO. didnβt speak with a supervisor for a very long time after being cuffed.
09.08.2025 11:16 β π 252 π 112 π¬ 7 π 8Los Angeles, CA -
The two protesr groups today have converged in front of metro detention center. 100+ people here now, lots of energy. DHS is outside the lot in riot gear. A second group of DHS inside the lot.
Los Angeles, CA -
Greetings! Iβm here in Westlake, where a group of several dozen are having a pro-immigration rally, and promising to have a (rather long) march. Thereβs a (almost certainly unrelated) fire a few blocks away.
W/ @melbuer.bsky.social
ICE is shifting people around to county jails until prisons in Michigan and Kansas get up to speed, which are often hidden out of sight. Local residents may not even know their towns are holding people for ICE.
08.08.2025 15:43 β π 67 π 45 π¬ 1 π 5And yeah Biden should have absolutely reclassified it at the very least. Such an easy win smh
09.08.2025 03:32 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Loomer, who has serious influence on this admin, is now arguing that the military is "disloyal" if they publicly praise past medal winners if they were Democrats.
09.08.2025 03:10 β π 683 π 172 π¬ 20 π 5"Karsh, a creative entrepreneur who lost his spouse, develops a machine designed to communicate with deceased individuals."
It's probably not going to cheer you up, but perhaps it will distract you nonetheless.
"Karsh, a creative entrepreneur who lost his spouse, develops a machine designed to communicate with deceased individuals."
It's probably not going to cheer you up, but perhaps it will distract you nonetheless.
"'Stop the steal!' MAGA rep files bill for citizens-only Census following Trump's demand"
09.08.2025 02:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Sarah Shaw and her son were detained at the border after dropping off Shawβs two eldest children at Vancouver International Airport, according to the news release. The two were driving back home to Everett."
Her son is 6. This must be terrifying for him.
1. Texas Republicans are attempting to use the devastating floods to push... a trans bathroom ban.
That's right, the emergency session which has been billed as primarily for flood relief is being used to sneak in anti-trans legislation.
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According to a speaker here in front of Metro Detention Center Los Angeles, Trebach is currently in custody here.
09.08.2025 00:38 β π 59 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0Greetings! Iβm here at Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. Union del Barrio is holding a press conference regarding the detention of Amanda βMandyβ Trebach earlier today by federal agents. Trebach was volunteering as a community defender.
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Gee, it's almost like bending over and placating unreasonable demands from a fascist government doesn't actually satisfy them and only emboldens them to take more.
Huh, would could have possibly predicted that?
Yes, this is how you fight, Governor!
08.08.2025 22:51 β π 20972 π 4539 π¬ 565 π 235Wow: Seattle's updated election counts puts Katie Wilson, the progressive candidate for mayor, *above* 50% in the primary.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell 50.2% to 41.7%.
The two will head to a November general election no matter what, but this is a mighty first-round lead for the challenger.
BREAKING: In 2-1 ruling, DC Circuit overturns Judge Boasberg's order initiating contempt proceedings against Trump admin over Alien Enemies Act Deportations. Majority Katsas (Trump)/Rao (Trump). Dissent: Pillard (Obama). Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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