Jeffrey Holsen

Jeffrey Holsen

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Democracy Docket
@democracydocket.com

The Democratic chief election officials of six states are denouncing two new voter suppression bills making their way through Congress — underscoring how the legislation would place a huge burden on voters and election administrators just as midterm election season kicks off.

democracydocket.com‘A massive burden on American eligible voters’: State election chiefs oppose GOP voter suppression bills“American voters will be the ones paying for this — by paying more in taxes, spending more time jumping through bureaucratic hoops, or losing access to the ballot box altogether.”
Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

sign.moveon.orgReinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

Panic World podcast covers internet brain rot; how the internet creates moral panics, online extremist communities, how they recruit, enlist, and how they condition people (mostly youth) to commit violent acts... The radicalized right-wing extremist who shot Kirk fell prey to internet brain-rot.

podcasts.apple.comPanic WorldTechnology Podcast · Updated Weekly · A weekly podcast, hosted by Ryan Broderick, about how the internet warps our minds, our culture, and eventually reality.
Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

In response to the murder, MAGA was manipulated further into more brain rot and another moral panic by propaganda fomenting a civil war against the non-MAGA MAJORITY of the country - but now, we, and they (if they can be honest), know that the killer emerged from their own political hothouse.

Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

Panic World podcast covers internet brain rot; how the internet creates moral panics, online extremist communities, how they recruit, enlist, and how they condition people (mostly youth) to commit violent acts... The radicalized right-wing extremist who shot Kirk fell prey to internet brain-rot.

podcasts.apple.comPanic WorldTechnology Podcast · Updated Weekly · A weekly podcast, hosted by Ryan Broderick, about how the internet warps our minds, our culture, and eventually reality.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

“Exclusively to Twitter” - just makes open corruption and conflicts of interest with the Trump administration and Musk. What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.

WIRED@wired.com

SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

wired.comThe Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to XThe SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

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Jeremy Scahill
@jeremyscahill.com

Hours before he was killed by Israel, Hossam Shabat filed his last report for @dropsitenews.com, “Report from the Frontline of Israel’s War of Annihilation.” We are publishing Hossam’s story along with a deeply moving tribute to Hossam by Sharif Abdel Kouddous: www.dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

dropsitenews.comHossam Shabat’s Last ArticleFiled hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

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barbarism critic
@scarletred.bsky.social

I wrote about my deep disagreement with a lot of the reactions I’ve seen to the Bernie/AOC rallies and how they betray a sort of nihilism that is antithetical to revolutionary politics and ignores the dialectic at play in the current situation. Link in next tweet:

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration, just one outpost in a federal work force that President Trump and Elon Musk aim to drastically reduce. The agency lost a huge body of scientists, engineers, safety experts and more. nyti.ms/4iAEPQX

Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

File under "conspirituality." bsky.app/profile/stat...

States Newsroom@statesnewsroom.com

Two Republican state lawmakers are set to speak at a convention for a fringe conspiracy theory that claims extraterrestrials are helping shape national and global policy. via @azmirror.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-...

newsfromthestates.comGOP lawmakers scheduled to speak at ‘Galactic Federation’ conspiracy eventTwo Republican state lawmakers are set to speak at a convention for a fringe conspiracy theory that claims extraterrestrials are helping shape national and global policy.

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Elizabeth Warren
@warren.senate.gov

The FDIC protects your hard earn money in the bank and helps prevent another financial crash. Trump and Musk’s move to fire these workers is dangerous. I led Senate Democrats in pushing back, and now independent investigators are on the case.

cnbc.comSen. Elizabeth Warren: DOGE's FDIC firings put banking system at riskSen. Elizabeth Warren said she is "pleased" the FDIC will evaluate whether the decision to layoff workers at the agency puts the banking system at risk.

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Wisconsin Examiner
@wisconsinexaminer.com

Farmers express concerns about chaos from Trump tariffs and budget cuts; GOP electeds fail to show up via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

wisconsinexaminer.comRepublican lawmakers no show as western Wisconsin farmers complain of Trump chaos, disruption  • Wisconsin ExaminerWestern Wisconsin farmers expressed concerns about Trump administration tariffs and budget cuts; Republican representatives failed to show

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

WATCH: EPA employees expressed a mixture of fear, resignation and quiet defiance as they faced the painful decision to stay or go. “We feel terrorized,” said one of the more than 20 current EPA employees who talked to ProPublica. 📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social

youtube.com“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under TrumpMore than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left their jobs. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an a...
Jeffrey Holsen
@jeffholsen.bsky.social

“...Now they have reached NOAA where they’re wreaking havoc on the scientific and regulatory systems that protect American families’ safety and jobs,” Huffman and Lofgren said in a statement..." DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data truthout.org/articles/dog...

truthout.orgDOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate DataRight-wing climate denialists accuse the National Weather Service of promoting alarmism over the climate crisis.

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Just Security
@justsecurity.org

Is there a tech coup underway in the US? What does it mean for democracy and global #AI governance? Just Security's @briannarosen.bsky.social sat down with @marietjeschaake.bsky.social to discuss her latest book, tech policy under Trump, and what comes next. www.justsecurity.org/105395/qa-ma...

justsecurity.orgQ&A with Mariejte Schaake on the Tech Coup and TrumpA Q&A with Mariejte Schaake, author of The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley, on Big Tech and threats to democracy.

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Just Security
@justsecurity.org

The erosion of US #PressFreedom is reported piecemeal, making it hard to grasp the full extent of the threat now in play. @bechamilton.bsky.social puts it together for the big picture: www.justsecurity.org/107377/trump...

justsecurity.orgConnecting the Dots: Trump’s Tightening Grip on Press FreedomThe president and his allies are leading an effort to eviscerate the free press and construct an information ecosystem favorable to his views.

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Paul Macdonald
@paulmac.bsky.social

Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.comThe 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed actionDespite the initial hope inspired by the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is now dangerously close to breaching its target of limiting global multiyear mean heating to 1·5°C. Annual mean surface temper...

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The New Republic
@newrepublic.com

"The pressure to meet those quotas will make it more likely that ICE officials sweep in noncriminal immigrants, which reveals the absurdity of all the Trump/White House propaganda on deportations we’ve been seeing." https://newrepublic.com/article/190772/transcript-angry-trumps-orders-border-offic…

newrepublic.comTranscript: Angry Trump’s Orders to Border Officials Grow UnnervingAn interview with a former senior ICE official, who argues that Trump’s disappointment over “low” migrant arrests and his demand for bigger numbers could divert resources away from serious criminals.

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Justin Ling
@justinling.ca

“His basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.” 😐 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comCaroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letterIn a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump’s HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy’s ethics and views on vaccines.