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Tech companies and CEO's who contributed $1 million or more to Trump’s inauguration.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Very aptly put, David Frum.
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https://bsky.app/profile/davidfrum.bsky.social/post/3ldtps2hxps2m
#Politics #Bitcoin
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The March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine is coming soon for our members, featuring some of our best reporting, a sneak preview of Lise Olsen's new book, Justin Miller's vital political analysis, and more.
Become a member: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
(📸 Cover photo by Shelby Tauber)
#journalism #media #nonprofit #politics #USpol #Texas #CriminalJustice #books #culture #news #TXlege #border #MentalHealth
New: Our Editor-in-Chief @gusbova welcomes readers to our January / February 2025 issue with a bit of hope as we enter a difficult time.
https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2025/
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The January/February 2025 issue is coming soon for members of the Texas Observer.
Want to be among the first to read the great reporting in every issue? Join us today: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
#journalism #nonprofit #Texas #politics #news #culture #border
Featured story: Even before the estrogen had time to actually alter my figure, I felt overcome with a sense of wholeness. I laugh more, and when I laugh, my heart rises. I’m more present to my family. Even my eyes are different. I am alive.
https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-children-are-gods-gifts/
#LGBTQIA #trans #news #politics #USpol #SouthTexas #Texas #culture #Uvalde
From our magazine: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
#WarOnDrugs #drugs #politics #USpol #news #Texas #law #CriminalJustice #health #addiction
“We’ve been preparing for years for this context.”
From volunteers who serve refugees, to the government, here's how #Mexico is preparing for the returning president's mass deportation agenda:
https://www.texasobserver.org/is-mexico-prepared-for-mass-deportations/
#border #immigration #politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights
This is bad news, obviously, but let’s not pretend things weren’t already terrible. Led by the Biden administration, the US became the world’s #1 producer of fossil fuels.
That’s what you get when short-sighted capitalists take complete ownership of the political system and the government — under both parties.
Now it will just get worse.
➡️ https://grist.org/politics/trump-climate-actions-day-one-energy-emergency/
#Politics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
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To combat both Republican extremism and Democratic incompetence, I have rejoined both the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America.
Change is needed NOW!
#DemExit #workingfamiliesparty #DSA #demsocialists #republicans #politics #fucktrump
I’ve been seeing too much of demarcative politics on Fedi recently, and it’s made me feel anxious… so I’m taking refuge with blobcats! With blobcats, there is no stress, there is no struggle, there is no worry; there is only 
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Let’s all unite our against 
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and have more in the ! Now is the time to !
“So the fear which we’re trying to avoid is people fighting among themselves.”
In my latest for @deceleration, I interviewed two experienced #disability rights organizers about preparing for Donald #Trump and the #Texas Legislature. Included was Bob Kafka, a legendary organizer in his late 70s who was present at key historic battles like the passage of the ADA: https://deceleration.news/disability-rights-texas-bob-kafka/
#activism #HumanRights #DonaldTrump #TXlege #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news
REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news
The Book of Negroes is more than a ledger—it is a story pressed into parchment, a testament to the brutal arithmetic of freedom. It begins in the final days of the American Revolution, a conflict that promised liberty but delivered it unevenly.
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#History #BlackMastodon #Education #Histodons #Politics
Image: Rose Fortune came to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War, about June 1784. She earned a living as a "trucker," carrying baggage with a wheelbarrow.
NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES
In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content.
A new study found that, on TikTok Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.
#news #politics #elonmusk #nazi #corruption #firemusk #germany #afd
"First They Came" by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1946)
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
It's that time of year again: Submissions for the 2025 MOLLY National Journalism Prize for Investigative Journalism are now open!
Submit your entry and/or help us spread the word! 🤠Deadline for entries is Friday, April 11. https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-awards/the-molly-awards-submissions/
* "When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons' borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
* We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason."
Hi. To escape the madness of the next few days (german election, election worker, wrong election winners, USA madness, Ukraine 🥺, TV duels, right-wing extremists, stupid social media comments, etc.), I'm avoiding all media for a few days and taking a vacation from the madness. Hang in there, friends, and I'll see you next week. 🤧👋🏻🫶🏻
#Streetart #Art #Politics #BeQuiet and don't slay any FDP voters.
(Artist Pic by: #Themisfortuneteller https://themisfortuneteller.org/ )
