Nik

Nik

@justnik.bsky.social

Crafty human who minds my own family and wants the same in return. Respect is always given until there's a reason not to.

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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”

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Why would the state of Georgia, take rights away from Adriana Smith for having no brain activity and an artificial heartbeat and give those rights to a fetus with no brain activity and an artificial heartbrat?

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NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted. Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%. If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?

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Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

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MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

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You either believe in the U.S. Constitution or you don't.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

You are either for democracy or you’re not. If you’re not, get out of my way. Thanks @joycewhitevance.bsky.social for an amazing conversation tonight. (If you’re interested in hearing more, please subscribe to my Substack: katiephang.substack.com)

Rich people wouldn't want their kids working these jobs, but they believe your kid should. They think both you & these jobs are beneath them. They want you, your kids, and even your grandkids working these jobs for them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."

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Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States

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My Facebook DMs are full of fans like Chris Elliot. Know what I do when I get a message like this? I spend the time to track them down and then send the message to their mothers and sisters and daughters. If you’ve got the energy to send this shit to me, I’ve got the energy to out you.

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Doesn’t “I assume they preordered” equate to agreeing that tariffs are a bad idea?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bessent on if he's concerned about empty shelves: "Not at present. We have some great retailers. I assume they preordered."

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Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

It's a real life SNL skit.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sean Spicer, whose Newsmax show was canceled two years ago, is asking Karoline Leavitt questions as part of the White House's "new media" briefing

Unfortunately, all those people are about to get a crash course in global economics and how important it is to their way of life.

Pam Keith@pamkeithdc.bsky.social

People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means. It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.

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happy bday writer Marilyn Nelson, b1946, Cleveland. “Emmett Till's name still catches in my throat, like syllables waylaid in a stutterer's mouth. A fourteen-year-old stutterer, in the South to visit relatives and to be taught the family's ways. His mother had finally bought that White Sox cap;...

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This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

How are actions like this are making America great again?

NPR@npr.org

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.” That seems accurate!

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social

Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague

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Over 7.3 million Canadians voted in the advance polls — a 25% increase compared to 2021! Were you one of them? 👀 👉 Remember: E-Day is Monday, April 28 from 9:30 am. to 9:30 pm. Need a ride? Call or text 613-507-6275 🔗 Check out the Canada Strong Plan here: liberal.ca/cstrong #TeamGerretsen2025

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JUST IN: The MeidasTouch Podcast Tops Charts for Third Straight Month with 107.3 Million Downloads—More Than Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, and Ben Shapiro COMBINED, per Podscribe Data

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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”

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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."

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OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD

Can anyone give any examples of how suspending quality testing for milk makes America great?

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Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.

NPR@npr.org

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

It's about the Trump administration ignoring the very document that gives him Executive privileges.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."