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@ronin1000.bsky.social

Liberal. Episcopal priest. Committed to justice.

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The Trump administration is canceling the DOT’s rule to get passengers compensation for extreme airline delays - just the latest example of them siding with corporations and against customers.

07.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4729    πŸ” 1189    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 29
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The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why? Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be...

"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states β€” including by threatening legal action."

06.09.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4426    πŸ” 2174    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 81
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🚨Dakotans for Health v. Johnson Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...

02.09.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17577    πŸ” 4033    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 95

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.

But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.

In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.

This is why unions are vital.

01.09.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12556    πŸ” 3554    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 126
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DOJ Doubles Down on Demands for Maine’s Voter Data, Secretary of State Fires Back Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.

20.08.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6626    πŸ” 3007    πŸ’¬ 725    πŸ“Œ 320
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Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.

21.08.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13556    πŸ” 4523    πŸ’¬ 565    πŸ“Œ 190
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Novo Halves Ozempic Price to $499 a Month for Those Paying Cash Novo Nordisk A/S is slashing the cost of Ozempic for cash-paying patients after the diabetes shot became the poster child for high US drug prices.

Novo Nordisk’s move to cut the price of Ozempic to $499 for the uninsured is a modest step forward, but let’s not forget.

Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.

The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

19.08.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10170    πŸ” 3003    πŸ’¬ 499    πŸ“Œ 166
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Gerrymandering Explained The practice has long been a thorn in the side of American democracy, but it’s becoming a bigger threat than ever.

Gerrymandering has been around since the nation’s founding, but like most things since then, it has changed dramatically β€” and not for the better. Here's what to know: bit.ly/3MqI6FI

19.08.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas in 2025.

18.08.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 16681    πŸ” 6705    πŸ’¬ 1665    πŸ“Œ 841
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TK Noon, a Blues, Folk, and Americana band were in concert yesterday. Outstanding!

18.08.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traveling along the Rhine and Mosel Rivers.

10.08.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.

Because of Trump's dismantling of USAID, 60,000 metric tons of food that were bound to serve the poorest kids on earth are now on the brink of rotting in America. Our anti-hunger groups are ready to spring into action.

What say you, Mr. President?

27.05.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1806    πŸ” 748    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 48
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Holy shit! I didn’t realize there were people on the masts of the ship. 🫣

18.05.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3680    πŸ” 932    πŸ’¬ 457    πŸ“Œ 155

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15.05.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@stclaresepiscopal.bsky.social choir at practice.

02.05.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

"Access to both networks would normally require a "Q" clearance, the highest level of security clearance at the Department of Energy..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...

28.04.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2897    πŸ” 1366    πŸ’¬ 332    πŸ“Œ 146
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Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with β€˜no meaningful process’ The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.

"A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with β€œno meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country."
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

26.04.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 738    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 31
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BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America

Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients

More details to follow--stay tuned!

22.04.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 34852    πŸ” 6856    πŸ’¬ 629    πŸ“Œ 329
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

β€œNow a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.” Right in our backyard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

17.04.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1538    πŸ” 264    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 21

Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation.

17.04.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10709    πŸ” 2427    πŸ’¬ 341    πŸ“Œ 180
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AOC is calling out colleagues for stock trades before tariffs were paused: β€œAny member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hrs should probably disclose that now … It’s time to ban insider trading in Congress.” AOC is absolutely right.

More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...

12.04.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1777    πŸ” 433    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 12
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Tough language from JPMorgan tonight:

β€œ.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”

02.04.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6292    πŸ” 2063    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 274

🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada.

Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:

Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell

02.04.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4544    πŸ” 960    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 237

A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility:

Trans people have always existed, and we always will.Β 

No president, politician, or court can change that.

31.03.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5514    πŸ” 2114    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 53
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Truth or Consequences May 9, 2017, feels like eons ago in our political and social historyβ€”not to mention that my two college-student children weren’t even in high school yet.

β€œTruthfulness in our political leaders is a virtue, but it is far more than thatβ€”it is intimately tied to our flourishing as a society. And its radical devaluing under Trump cannot be separated from the many frightening and immoral aspects of his rule.”

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

31.03.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
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From the β€œpro-life” party…

31.03.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3335    πŸ” 936    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 70

Heartbreaking and completely unnecessary. Way to go MAGA.

28.03.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1253    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 5
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Democratic House Rep. Chrissy Houlahan:

"Show us the money. Show us the receipts. Don't edit it. Don't redact it. Don't disappear it. Release it, and release it right now. But we know they won't do that either. They're lying about what happened...they're gaslighting us"

Boom!

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25.03.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11061    πŸ” 3292    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 133
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Absolute fucking clown show.

Hegseth accidentally included a reporter in a text message group announcing strikes in Yemen, including weapons, targets, and timing.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

24.03.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4073    πŸ” 1109    πŸ’¬ 348    πŸ“Œ 215
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The Sunday shows are keeping it realβ€”Schumer gave away the game for nothing.

Jen Psaki lays out what he could have done. He played this wrong on every level.

And with a Social Security, Medicare, and a tax cut fight coming, do you really want @schumer.senate.gov leading the fight?!

23.03.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14492    πŸ” 4252    πŸ’¬ 830    πŸ“Œ 350

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