@blair519.bsky.social
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what really gets me about the Virginia Supreme Court redistricting decision today is that 1.6 million Virginia voters approved this map!
you're telling me legislatures can freely impose racist maps on the public, but the public can't choose fair maps for itself?
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
you're telling me legislatures can freely impose racist maps on the public, but the public can't choose fair maps for itself?
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Virginia Supreme Court: To Protect Democracy, We Must Stop Voters From Participating In It
The decision could cost Democrats four seats in the House, and ensures that the Supreme Court’s pro-gerrymandering jurisprudence protects only its preferred political party.
ballsandstrikes.org
May 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
what really gets me about the Virginia Supreme Court redistricting decision today is that 1.6 million Virginia voters approved this map!
you're telling me legislatures can freely impose racist maps on the public, but the public can't choose fair maps for itself?
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
you're telling me legislatures can freely impose racist maps on the public, but the public can't choose fair maps for itself?
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Jim Crow on steroids’: Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts
County election commissions will no longer be required to directly notify voters when their polling place or precinct changes.
www.democracydocket.com
May 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Zohran Mamdani has made NYC the safest it's ever been IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. You can tell which media consider him an enemy by whether or not they will report this simple fact. gothamist.com/news/nyc-rep...
NYC reports fewest murders on record through April, violent crime declines in Bronx
Police are rolling out a summer crime-prevention plan in hopes of maintaining a historic drop in crime.
gothamist.com
May 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Zohran Mamdani has made NYC the safest it's ever been IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. You can tell which media consider him an enemy by whether or not they will report this simple fact. gothamist.com/news/nyc-rep...
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Full statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais:
"The Roberts Court seeks to achieve what the Confederacy and the Klan could not while wearing robes that are black rather than white."
"The Roberts Court seeks to achieve what the Confederacy and the Klan could not while wearing robes that are black rather than white."
April 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Full statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais:
"The Roberts Court seeks to achieve what the Confederacy and the Klan could not while wearing robes that are black rather than white."
"The Roberts Court seeks to achieve what the Confederacy and the Klan could not while wearing robes that are black rather than white."
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Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court deals a death blow to the Voting Rights Act
The "now-completed demolition" of the law could take us back to the Jim Crow era.
www.motherjones.com
April 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are such a destructive species. #Pinks
Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the state’s drinking water
We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...
www.propublica.org
April 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We are such a destructive species. #Pinks
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UNICEF just needs to release the hostages
April 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM
UNICEF just needs to release the hostages
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You failed in your analysis during the campaign. Now we reap what you have sown.
April 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
You failed in your analysis during the campaign. Now we reap what you have sown.
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We reviewed an 18-page report detailing the second-by-second surveillance of a trans woman. They followed her as she went in and out of the bathroom, even though she posed 'no threat."
It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com
It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. www.wired.com/story/madiso...
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We reviewed an 18-page report detailing the second-by-second surveillance of a trans woman. They followed her as she went in and out of the bathroom, even though she posed 'no threat."
It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com
It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com
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Senator Wyden can’t say it plainly without losing his security clearance, but this raises the alarm that Kash & crew have decided they can illegally surveil Americans without a warrant.
I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.
Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
April 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Senator Wyden can’t say it plainly without losing his security clearance, but this raises the alarm that Kash & crew have decided they can illegally surveil Americans without a warrant.
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Democrats are underreacting to Donald Trump’s obvious mental decline.
They should be shouting it from the rooftops and on every cable show, just like Republicans did with Joe Biden.
Trump is clearly not well.
They should be shouting it from the rooftops and on every cable show, just like Republicans did with Joe Biden.
Trump is clearly not well.
April 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Democrats are underreacting to Donald Trump’s obvious mental decline.
They should be shouting it from the rooftops and on every cable show, just like Republicans did with Joe Biden.
Trump is clearly not well.
They should be shouting it from the rooftops and on every cable show, just like Republicans did with Joe Biden.
Trump is clearly not well.
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Please more attention to this.
Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").
April 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Please more attention to this.
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Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport
The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.
www.texasobserver.org
April 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
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can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
www.thehandbasket.co
April 14, 2026 at 2:55 AM
can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons
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NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
www.thehandbasket.co
April 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
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Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
April 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
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This is the least he should do.
Resigning from the House is also necessary.
Resigning from the House is also necessary.
April 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This is the least he should do.
Resigning from the House is also necessary.
Resigning from the House is also necessary.
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On Nov. 14, 2023, Ciji Graham had an episode of atrial fibrillation that put her at risk of heart failure.
According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant.
Days later, she died.
(Published Jan.)
According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant.
Days later, she died.
(Published Jan.)
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
April 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
On Nov. 14, 2023, Ciji Graham had an episode of atrial fibrillation that put her at risk of heart failure.
According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant.
Days later, she died.
(Published Jan.)
According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant.
Days later, she died.
(Published Jan.)
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i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan
Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!"
The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]
The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]
April 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan
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The way Ed Blum is going after scholarships for people of color right after going after affirmative action
Like just in case Black kids still get admitted to college, he wants to make sure they can’t afford to go
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Like just in case Black kids still get admitted to college, he wants to make sure they can’t afford to go
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Ed Blum Is Trying to Keep Black Kids Out of School Again
The latest target of America’s most aggrieved white guy: a Congressional Black Caucus scholarship program for Black students in their districts.
ballsandstrikes.org
April 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The way Ed Blum is going after scholarships for people of color right after going after affirmative action
Like just in case Black kids still get admitted to college, he wants to make sure they can’t afford to go
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Like just in case Black kids still get admitted to college, he wants to make sure they can’t afford to go
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”
“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability
Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
www.propublica.org
April 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”
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ICE has targeted & detained a CT high school student, who entered legally & has no criminal record. His father, Zia, was an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
This is a clear display of ICE's outrageous, misguided priorities & why I’m fighting for total reform.
This is a clear display of ICE's outrageous, misguided priorities & why I’m fighting for total reform.
April 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
ICE has targeted & detained a CT high school student, who entered legally & has no criminal record. His father, Zia, was an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
This is a clear display of ICE's outrageous, misguided priorities & why I’m fighting for total reform.
This is a clear display of ICE's outrageous, misguided priorities & why I’m fighting for total reform.
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Péter Magyar casts his vote in Hungary today.
Get Viktor Orbán outta there!
Go Magyar!
Get Viktor Orbán outta there!
Go Magyar!
April 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Péter Magyar casts his vote in Hungary today.
Get Viktor Orbán outta there!
Go Magyar!
Get Viktor Orbán outta there!
Go Magyar!
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I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
April 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
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Meet the Black Women Responsible for Launching Artemis II
Historically, Black women have played “hidden” roles at NASA since the 1940s. Now, their work is finally being recognized with the Artemis II mission...
www.theroot.com/meet-the-bla...
Historically, Black women have played “hidden” roles at NASA since the 1940s. Now, their work is finally being recognized with the Artemis II mission...
www.theroot.com/meet-the-bla...
April 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Meet the Black Women Responsible for Launching Artemis II
Historically, Black women have played “hidden” roles at NASA since the 1940s. Now, their work is finally being recognized with the Artemis II mission...
www.theroot.com/meet-the-bla...
Historically, Black women have played “hidden” roles at NASA since the 1940s. Now, their work is finally being recognized with the Artemis II mission...
www.theroot.com/meet-the-bla...