AMP

AMP

@ampspeakout.bsky.social

Dog loving NYer. Love reading, music (play cello and piano), theater, walking, knitting. Lifelong Dem. Three time cancer survivor. TBI. Italian-American. Northwestern U alum. Find something beautiful to appreciate every day.

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I voted! I do believe that after you vote, you should no longer be subjected to political ads. If a company can appear everywhere on my internet viewing after I look at a pair of their shoes, this should be an easy ask.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )

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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

“Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. “ No words

PBS News@pbsnews.org

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4ycwhHf

No words

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.

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I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

I love this.

Andrea Devon@andreadevon.sheshed.rocks

This is what strength looks like. 💛🎗️ Women and girls affected by cancer walked the runway together during September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. And they absolutely owned it. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

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CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The EPA is going to have to be renamed the EDA, environmental destruction agency.

Zahra Hirji@zhirji.bsky.social

Scoop: The EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Tag team with @bloomberg.com’s Ari Natter and Jen Dlouhy. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Trump promised $5,000 stimulus checks from DOGE cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $2,000 stimulus checks from tariffs. You got 0. Trump promised $1,000 checks from Obamacare cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $1.98 gas. You got $4+. Trump now has more promises for you.

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so Mark Walter, who was at the White House recently, is under investigation by the Trump administration and just so happened to abruptly sell one of America’s premier sports franchises to the brother of Trump’s son in law 🤔

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It is beyond unconscionable, and morally indefensible, that more than six months have passed with no charges filed in the murders of Renee Good or Alex Pretti.

This

Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social

Trump's pick for Attorney General gave Ghislaine Maxwell nine hours. He gave her survivors nine minutes—and only when a Senate vote forced him. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/we-read-tr...

This is petrifying and disturbing.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?

This

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

It's very sad to watch a subpar mind further disintegrate in real time, but it is also essential for American journalists to make clear to readers that everything the President of the United States is now saying publicly is an utter and frighteningly dementia-fueled hallucination

Well, this is quite something.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.  That’s why I'm supporting you.”

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SCOTUS will allow Alabama to use a congressional map that a lower court found intentionally discriminated against Black voters. A Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places it at odds with democracy itself. This is Chief Justice John Roberts’ legacy.