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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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe they wouldnโ€™t have had time to do this if Illinois state police werenโ€™t helping them protect their facility in Broadview?

08.11.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

08.11.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizensโ€”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 Citizensโ€”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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1417    ๐Ÿ” 891    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Unmask then all!

08.11.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7144    ๐Ÿ” 2718    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 382    ๐Ÿ“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.

โ€”Harry Truman, 1952

07.11.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19883    ๐Ÿ” 6849    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 397    ๐Ÿ“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, ๐Ÿ“ธ: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social

03.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 707    ๐Ÿ” 413    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyโ€™ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally โ€” almost certainly incomplete โ€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. Andโ€ฆ

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldnโ€™t worry because if theyโ€™re detained, agents will โ€œpromptly let the individual go.โ€

For these Americans, that wasnโ€™t true.

03.11.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 596    ๐Ÿ” 257    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ WATCH: The U.S. government doesnโ€™t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.

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

โžก๏ธ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

03.11.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1717    ๐Ÿ” 956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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โ€œ60 Minutes paid me a lot of moneyโ€

In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions forโ€ฆ editing out a part of Kamalaโ€™s interview.

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

03.11.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4023    ๐Ÿ” 1660    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 106

๐Ÿ›‘ALERT๐Ÿ›‘

07.04.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1/10
While stock market crashes, the GOP is quietly pushing a bill to gut Medicaid.
Itโ€™s not a side story โ€” itโ€™s the main event.
Theyโ€™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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Here's your Fraud and Waste, DOGE.

07.04.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Is this who we are? ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

06.04.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14992    ๐Ÿ” 6183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 725

๐Ÿ‘€

07.04.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5:50 pm PST:

Japanโ€™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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2812    ๐Ÿ” 878    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 148
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ˜•

07.04.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4451    ๐Ÿ” 1087    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

โ€ฆ

07.04.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I find it outrageous as well.

03.04.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25175    ๐Ÿ” 9905    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 708
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I posted the video over 2 years ago. People thought he was bluffing I guess.

03.04.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19284    ๐Ÿ” 5468    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 962    ๐Ÿ“Œ 322
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Weโ€™re going to die

27.03.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16107    ๐Ÿ” 3138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1878    ๐Ÿ“Œ 457
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Here's MAGA hero Andrew Tateโ€”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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1409    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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People in even super-deep-red districts are catching on to Donald Trump and Elon Muskโ€™s robbery of the American people.

This is getting good.

01.03.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2672    ๐Ÿ” 630    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesnโ€™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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46293    ๐Ÿ” 6726    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 490    ๐Ÿ“Œ 135
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A new analysis reveals that Trumpโ€™s tax plan will โ€œactively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.โ€

๐Ÿ”—: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

19.03.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5265    ๐Ÿ” 2506    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 259
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This is literally just corruption.

20.03.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9172    ๐Ÿ” 1772    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 621    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127
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

19.03.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10167    ๐Ÿ” 3274    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130    ๐Ÿ“Œ 130
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Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk โ€œcontrol of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texasโ€ & designate that land as โ€œa military base or โ€ฆ similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.โ€ Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

16.03.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2121    ๐Ÿ” 1058    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 359    ๐Ÿ“Œ 530

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