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Text that reads: Just look at the Epstein transparency movement, an everything-bagel of American politics that seems to run the gamut of public opinion, from liberal feminists and Me Too advocates to Evangelical and QAnon anti-human trafficking warriors. If this motley group seems weird to you, well, America is weird, so democracy will reflect that.

Ken Klippenstein's substack is giving me hope that our coming together to protest injustices and climate change is working/helping. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-public...

Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible

FYI this site makes it SO EASY to call your senator. Do it before this Friday Jan 30! I just did it myself and left a message for McCormick.

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NDWA PA - ICE Out of Philly! · National Domestic Workers Alliance C3 This week, ICE Out legislation will be introduced at Philadelphia City Hall, led by Philly immigrant communities and Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Rue Landau. Join us outside of City Hall, Tuesday...

I'm in support of the National Domestic Workers Alliance C3's event, “NDWA PA - ICE Out of Philly!” - sign up now to join! #carecantwait www.mobilize.us/ndwa-c3/even...

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Damn proud of Minnesota.

A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?" "Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History By Gillian Brockell When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.

Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

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"The truth is that Democrats, and indeed big swaths of America and the world, responded to one simple thing.

Cory Booker did something."

This was pretty big.

But don't forget that Bernie and AOC have been doing things for months now! For a while it felt like they were the only Dems who cared.

Booker’s message was powerful and simple. Just do something. | Will BunchNow it’s your turn A senator's record-breaking speech showed Democrats, and America, that silence is not an option in the Trump era.

Cory Booker's naysayers - "well, actually not a filibuster," what does this do? - were long gone after 25 hours, 350 million TikTok likes, and the erasure of a segregationist

The real power of his message: Just do something! Saturday is YOUR chance

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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.

Just broke 4 million subscribers on YouTube! Thanks for subscribing and supporting independent media. Let's keep building up the army on the left.

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I have seen JD Vance’s baby head online so much that I legitimately don’t remember what his actual face looks like.

Do you use a credit card? Rent or own a home? Use utilities like water and electricity? Send your kids to school? Have a job? Eat? Drink? Deposit money in a bank, or withdraw it? The government provides services and safeguards that enable us to do ALL of this safely. Now Musk is taking it all away.

Reminds me of the deer creatures in that Lethem book "Girl in Landscape" - otherworldly!

We had this one, and I wanted to eat every treat on every page. The artist was incredible at making snack foods look delectable.

This is a good idea. A daily Democratic press conference with a consistent, skilled spokesperson who covers two things:

1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today

2. What Democrats are doing in response

This is weird! I don’t want politicians to be my friend, I just want healthcare

I remember when Obama mildly criticized Fox News, the entire journalism world -- hey there, @jaketapper.bsky.social -- rose to its defense.

Now Trump is excluding the AP from briefings & all the other media quislings are lining up for their slop without a word of protest.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS! We can't wait to hear what talks you want to present! You can get more information and submit here!

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not sure how you can see this and not immediately call for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to step down from any leadership positions. he is absolutely useless

Is Ardmore the Fishtown of the Main Line? Once up-and-coming, Ardmore now attracts vibrant small businesses and national retailers going after the same audience as one of the city's buzziest food neighborhoods.

No, @inquirer.com stop telling people about Ardmore!

I love it here. This article captures a lot of the great places (Char & Stave, Carlino's, Lu & Aug's, Mavey Books), but missed a few too (ie. Local on Lancaster Ave is super good!)

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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration

Thousands of press releases about decade-old ICE enforcement actions topped Google search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration. This goal is to create a mirage of mass deportations
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gravity is doing a better job opposing the GOP than the Democrats are

In two weeks of that campaign, Walz did such a good job getting Democrats energized/excited while knocking Republicans off balance and making them look small/weak that Democratic leadership yanked him off national media and replaced him on the campaign trail with Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger.

Generative AI is essentially copy paste but with large datasets analyzed probabilistically. Maybe that's useful but it's not intelligence and doesn't justify the absurd amounts of investment it's attracted

My favorite fact about the NYC subway is that there are way more daily riders (about 4 million) than the number of people who fly in the US out of all airports every day (~2.5 million). The scale is hard to get a grasp on.

Gotta love the British press.