Beth

Beth

@bethrlovesunicorns.bsky.social

I love unicorns, hiking, nature, social justice, gardening, herbalism and my friends, pets and family. Reading and music of all kinds bring me joy. On your feet or on your knees. -BOC

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Wow, this is amazing. I've tried to kinda not complain about our current mayor too much but seeing what's possible in Seattle, Denver, NYC makes it obvious.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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I told ya she did it.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

ProPublica: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show. After Trump returned to office, the investigation died.

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ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions.

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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

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these guys are just out of control animals

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

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🚨BREAKING: The GOP-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new permanent rules Monday that will make it more difficult for voters to cast their ballots by mail and ensure that they are counted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comNorth Carolina election board again makes it harder to vote by mailDemocrats on the board argued the new rules will create more unnecessary hurdles for voters and leave voters with disabilities vulnerable to disenfranchisement.

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SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.

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The RNC thought it had found a new way to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of lawful voters. It spent millions building a case in an attempt to use disenfranchisement as a systematic tool to gain partisan advantage. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

democracydocket.comThe RNC tried to throw out your ballot. I fought back and wonThe Court rejected the RNC’s scheme to disenfranchise voters. Democracy won.

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I’m old enough to remember that Obama didn’t have to give Iran $330bn in unfrozen assets, lifted sanctions, and a wealth fund in order to get them to agree to nuclear inspectors.

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Buttigieg: We didn't know it, but we've all been trusting our lives to the restraint of whoever the president might be. And now we have a president who is completely unrestrained. And so the only answer to that is a functioning Congress. It turns out we do not have a functioning Congress.

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There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

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Reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.

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🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comLouisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymanderEarly voting was set to begin Saturday in Louisiana’s May 16 primary election, and mail ballots have already been sent out to voters.

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The face of someone who’s devoted their life to service, science and space exploration needing to listen to some draft-dodging, out-of-shape bozo brag that he easily could’ve been an astronaut.

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This seems highly illegal. And if it somehow is allowed to continue, why would anyone else enter into any sort agreement with this administration?

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Today, the Supreme Court refused to adopt overly broad rules that would incentivize internet service providers to shut off their customers' internet based on a simple accusation of copyright infringement. This ruling is a win for our freedom of expression.

cbsnews.comSupreme Court sides with Cox Communications in copyright dispute over pirated musicThe Supreme Court ruled that internet service provider Cox Communications cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by its subscribers.

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Spain's Mar Espinar in the Assembly of Madrid calls out Zionist Trump collaborators: "Trump has plunged the world into the greatest humanitarian and financial crisis ... you have already completed the bad person game. Go lick boots in Mar-a-Lago and stay there once and for all”