Diana

Diana

@halahblue.bsky.social

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We will not let the Trump Administration attack disability rights and get away with it. Today, I led Senate Democrats in introducing a resolution that calls on Trump's DOJ to rescind its dangerous memo and uphold the true promise of Olmstead.

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One of the many reasons I have started buying CDs again to beef up my Plex server. Cutting off streaming music but still being able to stream what I own and add things in real time is great.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me

False equivalence. This is a convo about ownership. Spend $10.99/mo on CDs and in a year you've got 12 CDs. Yours forever even if you go broke and can't buy more. Spend $10.99/mo on streaming and then have to cancel? You've spent the same $ and you have...nothing. These are not equivalent systems.

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If anyone in the media is looking for a quote in response to the $50 million lawsuit that was just filed against me and others. Here is my only statement until I speak to my lawyers: “lol.”

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ICYMI: A new documentary on Delores Huerta mentor Fred Ross is out in select theaters. If you're an organizer in America - you were knowingly or unknowingly influenced buy these incredible men. Listen to the interview with the acclaimed director Raymond Telles visunews.substack.com/p/american-a...

visunews.substack.comAmerican Agitators: Organizer Fred Ross' Wide InfluencesVisu.News interviews director and producer Raymond Telles on his new documentary, American Agitators which is in select theaters now.

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Things can feel pretty hopeless out there sometimes, but I need you to know that, yeah, even though we lose some fights, we also WIN a lot of fights. Here's some news from PEN American about 3 book ban bills we defeated IN FLORIDA.

pen.orgA Bit of Good News: 3 Book Ban Bills Defeated in FloridaPEN America has shown up each legislative session with a goal: to push back against censorship in our schools, colleges, and universities.

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BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked our bipartisan War Powers Resolution to rein in Trump's illegal war of choice against Iran. They chose fealty to Trump over our troops' lives.

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I want a democratic Iran. And I won’t shed a tear for the Ayatollah’s death. But my first concern will always be the national security of the United States. Trump is putting our troops and all Americans in danger without any real reason he can explain.

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Let’s be clear: Secretary Collins’ decision to finally rescind this disastrous rule is a direct result of the VSOs and the more than 20,000 Veterans who filed public comment and called him on his bullshit.

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It’s Kent Nishimura. He’s one of the best photojournalists of this era. Please use his name.

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today. It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files. Just wow.

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President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress c... TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]

reuters.comTrump's DOJ seeks examples of 'egregious' judges for Congress to reviewPresident Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary on Tuesday, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress could take action against them.

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A Border Patrol agent shot her five times—then bragged about it to his buddies.   Today, a federal court ruled those texts must be released.   The American people deserve transparency just as much as Marimar deserves justice.

nbcnews.comBorder Patrol agent's texts after he shot a Chicago woman five times will be released, judge rulesThe government dropped its case against Marimar Martinez but her lawyers say it has refused to correct the record after calling her a “domestic terrorist.”

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Hey, literally everyone in the lefty media... you do not have to give it to rightwing shitheads like Tillis or MTG who occasionally say something critical of Trump but agree with him on literally every other policy. Tillis is a POS who ran on scaring people over voter suppression. Fuck him.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

REPUBLICAN SEN. THOM TILLIS: “Senator Lindsey Graham mentioned a $10 billion lawsuit from the president. Really? Where’s that money come from, the money fairies or your pocket?” The corruption is endless.

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I recently shared some of my experiences attending GDC and travelling to the US with @lukeplunkett.com at @aftermath.site. They form part of this thoughtful and detailed discussion on the future of people visiting the country for video game events, as well as what this means for us personally.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos: aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...

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We’re in court challenging ICE’s denial of access to legal counsel to people held at the detention center cruelly dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz." Access to an attorney is a right, not a privilege.

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Here it is. For the third time. I'm calling on DHS and DOJ's IGs to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump's agents, including the public execution of Alex Pretti. We demand accountability. Now.

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Clearly, the Trump Administration cannot be trusted to investigate their own agents' pattern of brutality that has led to them murdering two Americans. I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness. Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.

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Our independent watchdogs are failing the American people. ICE has attacked citizens, cops and kids in Chicago. They are killing people in Minneapolis. Then turn around and lie to our faces. If this pattern of abuse doesn't warrant a joint investigative task force, what does??

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“Please get the truth out about our son.” Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse, was killed by ICE while trying to protect a woman being assaulted. Trump calls him a “monster” and “domestic terrorist.” Trust your own eyes. Unlike Trump, the video doesn’t lie.

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More than 1,000 troops from NATO allies died alongside American servicemembers in Afghanistan. The only time Article V has ever been invoked was after 9/11, and NATO came to our aid without hesitation. To minimize the sacrifice of our allies' fallen heroes is disgusting.

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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

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🚨"There is a fear in this city, people are scared to go out; I have friends sending me their locations that are minorities because they're worried ICE is gonna come and take them—good positive working people. We are being invaded in our state—we're tired of it!" LIVE NOW ⬇️

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Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

sign.moveon.orgUnilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...

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Imagine spending $125 million to try to look badass instead of using money to say, oh idk... Feed 55,000 hungry Veterans.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

NEW: Congressional Budget Office report estimates cost of between $10M and $125M to change the Defense Department's name to "Department of War"

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🚨BREAKING: We're on scene in Minneapolis as shots were reportedly fired by ICE. One resident tells us ICE "shot a kid that was trying to run away from them...they start shooting kids now!" This is unconfirmed and we don't have all the details of what happened yet. LIVE NOW ⬇️

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Rep. Craig: A special education teacher had her windows smashed in her school parking lot. She was detained for 12 hours. We are hearing reports of immigrant communities who are refusing to come to school, whether they're citizens or not, because they are afraid. Every American should be outraged

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I wish this weren't true, but we now have take his threats about Greenland more seriously, and start to talk about the world-changing mistake if he chose to go to war with Europe - which would essentially guarantee the rest of this century is China's.

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It is wildly inappropriate for the Trump Admin to go after its political critics like this—let alone heroes like Sen. Kelly. Kelly is a patriot who has always put our American democracy first and always supported our servicemembers and the rule of law. Something neither Trump or Hegseth can say.

NPR@npr.org

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has launched administrative action against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, which could affect Kelly's rank and retirement pay. n.pr/4pkyo7l

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Donald Trump’s reckless and unconstitutional operations in Venezuela—including this morning’s arrest of a foreign leader—are not about enforcing law and order. If they were, he wouldn’t hide them from Congress.

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This is a lie. We blocked Trump’s troop deployment to Chicago. The Supreme Court even ruled Trump would have been breaking the law had he deployed them on our streets. I’m relieved our patriotic troops are finally heading home to their families after Trump unlawful deployment.