The Real GJ Zig πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ #MEIDAS

The Real GJ Zig πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ #MEIDAS

@realgjzig.bsky.social

The one and only on this (and other) platforms. I vet followers, toy with scammers and make trumplikkkans/Nazis cry. Historian, factualist, political nerd, GenXer Pronoun: smartass Knows when to use "yore/your/you're" #AlphabetMafia #AntiFascist #FDT

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US evacuates embassy staff from Saudi Arabia as the Yemen war escalates. Britain deploys fighter jets and refuels Saudi aircraft conducting strikes in Yemen. France expands military support, while Pakistan and Turkey activate collective defence measures.

yacnews.comUS evacuates embassy staff as UK and European allies expand military support for Saudi Arabia amid Yemen warThe US orders embassy staff and families out of Saudi Arabia as the war in Yemen escalates. Britain deploys fighter jets and refuels Saudi aircraft, including those striking Yemen. France sends milita...

Companies like Walmart and Amazon are actively lobbying to destroy unions. VOTE BLUE to keep collective bargaining alive for everyone

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US garment workers helped pioneer multi-ethnic labor unions, which united people across racial, religious, gender, linguistic, and cultural divides. Also native-born citizens and immigrants. I think about that sometimes when I see people suggest such divides are unbridgeable.

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Mamdani: When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region. And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept.

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SCOTUS adopted a "radical and wrong interpretation of the [F]irst amendment” when it struck down yet another campaign finance law today, @eepetry.bsky.social told @us.theguardian.com. "This is another example of the [C]ourt’s drive to destroy anti-corruption laws."

theguardian.comUS supreme court strikes down limits on campaign spendingCase stems from 2022 lawsuit challenging FEC’s enforcement of limits on β€˜coordinated party expenditures’

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My three-year-old was reading the Trump v. Barbara decision when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why do the nice salmon fishing men think children born here shouldn't be citizens?" And when I told her "Because non-white birth tourists are polluting our bloodlines," she started crying.

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Cruelty is the point. Thanks to this brave whistleblower’s disclosure, we have more evidence that the Trump Admin used DOGE not just to recklessly slash government programsβ€”they were looking for ways to purposefully hurt people, especially immigrants.

washingtonpost.comTrump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claimsA former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.

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And in conclusion: Influencers from other states and bots can’t vote in California elections. Sleep well, my friends.

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The FBI has raided the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas. This comes weeks after she spearheaded a redistricting effort in Virginia, netting up to four new blue seats.

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With gas at $4.55 a gallon, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says "we're in a good place" for fuel prices, and urges Americans to drive this summer, saying "we encourage all Americans to take a road trip"

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This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

english.elpais.comβ€˜Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governmentsA leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ...