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What ever happened to forcing a vote to end the national emergencies being used to impose tariffs?

Just launched nrvdispatch.com, a new online paper serving Virginia's New River Valley region! Starting with a job board for now and hopefully growing fast from there! #blacksburg #virginiatech

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Longest Senate floor speeches: 1. Booker: 25h 4m, 2025 2. Thurmond: 24h 18m, 1957 3. Amato: 23h 30m, 1986 4. Morse: 22h 26m, 1953 5. Cruz: 21h 18m, 2013

Sounds like ICE employed El Salador’s strategy for rounding up people to send there: arrest anyone who looks like they might be in a gang (anyone who has tattoos) and lock ‘em all up. No questions. No trials. No recourse.

In the stories I’ve seen of people being unreasonably detained by ICE, the officers’ behavior is just so… strange. They seem to know what’s going to happen. They won’t say what. They won’t say why. When asked, they claim ignorance.

It’s shocking to me how little we seem to care about Congress. I just looked through the entire staff directory at VT and, as best I can tell, nobody here studies what happens after members are elected.

Ignoring court orders. They’re stretching the limits. If the limits bend at all, they don’t bend back. Every seemingly small act is a fight to keep our democracy.

Yes but what did curing cancer ever do for us?

Been reading up on Columbus' city projects and it's looking great! City council deserves major props for leading the nation on zoning reform!

Just read this excellent @foreignaffairs.com article. Going all-in on construction sounds like a great foundation for a new Dem platform and coalition. "More than at any other moment in the past half century, the United States’ potential to innovate will be limited by its ability to build."

The relentless focus on avoiding criticism is a cancer on politics.

My @bsky.app wishlist - better feed refresh, if more than 1 or 2 new posts show up it’s hard to tell what’s new and not. I love Reeder’s solution for this) - simple formatting in posts - more profile customization, make it fun and playful! would be so cool to pick a color theme everyone would see!

Most shocking moment of last night for me: “I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America… One way or the other.”

I can’t unsee it

We need to embrace the flag and reunite the country. We’re all Americans

Congress needs to take its power back. Increase staffing, reverse cuts to their budget, retake ownership of the oversight powers. Stop the madness.

What can we do to make a difference? How can we slow down the madness?

One thing that I am clear on: even if we can vote Trump out, there will inevitably be another like him. Major reform is needed.

I can officially @bsky.app is leagues better than any other platform I've joined. I love being able to curate everything, plus the idea of feeds is really cool & unique! Being here reminds me of how people talk about the early, hopeful days of the internet

Hello world! Time to give this whole social media thing a spin