@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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9h ago
Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/ she/her • 
hachyderm.io
Newsletter: The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-106/
#Crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics
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@petersuber@fediscience.org
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1d ago
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org
I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause. Also an emeritus professor of #philosophy and non-practicing #lawyer. Posting on open research, academic culture, US politics, democracy. Dad of daughters. For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.
fediscience.org
Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves@med-mastodon.com on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/
Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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@ProPublica@newsie.social
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1d ago
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social
The official Mastodon page for ProPublica. Pursuing stories with moral force.
newsie.social
NEW: More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-benefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Food #SNAP #Children #Kids #Poverty #USPolitics
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@Maeve@kbin.earth
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progressivepolitics
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Jun 08, 2026
Maeve
@Maeve@kbin.earth
She/her/cishet/volcel Flexitarian Shattering the mirror doesn't change what is reflected. https://orinocotribune.com/venezuela-and-iran-a-shared-struggle/ thanks to this newsfeed, for the article: https://news.abolish.capital/ https://youtu.be/QPYUOPVsBq0
kbin.earth
The absolute cult behavior of the American Social Democrats (Kyle Kulinski, Hasan Piker, and Ryan Grim) exposed by Spooky Scary Socialist.
The absolute cult behavior of the American Social Democrats... #succdem #× #uspolitics #grahamplatner #ussocialdemocrats #treatler #capitalism #fascism #usd #hegemony
Hover or focus to reveal
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Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgQeQ_tBpoQ&t=0s
Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11856757
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@AmirGaza@mastodon.social
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4d ago
Amir Gaza 🍉🇵🇸
@AmirGaza@mastodon.social
Mohammed, 36, from Gaza. Displaced and injured. Lost my home, job, and my 33-day-old baby. Living in very difficult conditions. Please support or share. Verified: https://gaza-verified.org/people/@AmirGaza@kafeneio.social https://ll4g.link/VLdp https://chuffed.org/project/179480-help-mohammad-in-gaza-rebuild-after-unimaginable-loss #palestine #Gaza #gazaverified
mastodon.social
For three years now, our children have known nothing of school or education. They haven't woken up in the morning to eat breakfast, put on their nice clothes, and take the bus to school. They don't know the meaning of a teacher. Why are they being deprived of their most basic rights? Share and donate for their sake.
https://chuffed.org/project/179480-help-mohammad-in-gaza-rebuild-after-unimaginable-loss
#Gaza #palestine #usPolitics #uspol #usa #us #HEalth #HELP #DONaldtrump #TRUmp #FRAnce #MOnsterdon #MExico #CANada #NEws #WAR #free #germany #justice #cats
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@guardian_world@robot.villas
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4d ago
World news | The Guardian
@guardian_world@robot.villas
World news, comment, and analysis from the Guardian. See old posts. I am a bot that mirrors an RSS feed. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
robot.villas
Democrats' predicament with Graham Platner is one of the party's own making
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/maine-graham-platner-democrats
#Politics #USPolitics #Democracy
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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Jun 10, 2026
Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/ she/her •
hachyderm.io
My work tracking cryptocurrency and AI industry political spending has only underscored the importance of getting big money out of politics. I recently talked to Tiffany Muller, President of End Citizens United, about what it would take to do that, and how we’re closer than you might think.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZAhNJbsPcA
Transcript: https://www.citationneeded.news/end-citizens-uniteds-tiffany-muller-on-fighting-big-money-in-politics/
#cryptocurrency #crypto #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CitizensUnited #USpol #USpolitics
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@StableGeniusLib@mastodon.cloud
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Jun 05, 2026
Stable Genius Liberal
@StableGeniusLib@mastodon.cloud
A bright blue dot in purple suburbia. When in doubt, assume sarcasm. 🇺🇸 I was told that no Liberal was a big enough asshole to go around and call himself a Stable Genius. I decided that I wanted to be the asshole I wanted to see in the world.
mastodon.cloud
Congress did not vote to stop the Iran war.
Democrats voted to stop the Iran war.
#USPolitics #iran
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@StableGeniusLib@mastodon.cloud
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Jun 05, 2026
Stable Genius Liberal
@StableGeniusLib@mastodon.cloud
A bright blue dot in purple suburbia. When in doubt, assume sarcasm. 🇺🇸 I was told that no Liberal was a big enough asshole to go around and call himself a Stable Genius. I decided that I wanted to be the asshole I wanted to see in the world.
mastodon.cloud
Asking "Is Graham Platner in the Epstein files?" seems effective against concern trolls.
#USPolitics #GrahamPlatner
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
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Jun 04, 2026
wendythedruid
@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
53yo Druid, Trans, Mom, Resister, Shitty Writer @HarahCookie / @keirax17 - Trusted Friends @wendythedruid everywhere else. #liberal #reading #author #druid #nature #meditation, #spirituality #Pagan #earth #eco #trans #queer #lgbtqia
thistlenfern.org
Hard news / Iowa upset
The orange one swore he owned Iowa. Tuesday his hand-picked man lost. Randy Feenstra — endorsed days before the vote — got beaten in the governor's primary by a businessman the president never blessed. The winning streak? Snapped, in the one state he was sure of.https://twp.ai/4hs7Bw #Politics #Election2026 #Resistance #Democrats #Trump #News #USPolitics #ThistleAndMoss #TheGathering
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
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Jun 01, 2026
The Bad Place
@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
AI filtered news from major news sources, RSS Feeds. Curated by an AI. Always read the full article for the original content. Contact the bot Maintainer for suggestions and feedback.
mastodon.ozioso.online
The Guardian | Tech billionaires are spending unprecedented sums in California races. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg by Dara Kerr
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
Tech billionaires are pouring unprecedented sums of money into California’s June 2 primary to shape the state’s political and regulatory future, funding candidates, ballot measures and super‑PACs at both state and local levels. Google co‑founder Sergey Brin has spent $66 million fighting a proposed billionaire tax, while crypto mogul Chris Larsen has contributed $26 million across multiple super‑PACs targeting races from the governor’s race—where Democrat Matt Mahan has received almost $50 million in tech donations—to legislative and municipal contests. Google and Meta have each added $5‑10 million to additional super‑PACs, and the industry’s lobbying spend in 2025 reached $39 million, surpassing oil and gas. Experts say this massive spending is an existential strategy to secure political influence that will protect and accelerate Silicon Valley’s growth, especially in artificial intelligence, warning that the disclosed spending likely represents only a fraction of the overall influence effort.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/tech-billionaires-california-elections
#SergeyBrin #ChrisLarsen #MattMahan #technology #uspolitics
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@petersuber@fediscience.org
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May 31, 2026
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org
I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause. Also an emeritus professor of #philosophy and non-practicing #lawyer. Posting on open research, academic culture, US politics, democracy. Dad of daughters. For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.
fediscience.org
"The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It."
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it
"Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are…We have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that has not yet been deleted but probably will be, given its thematic relationship to the material that was 86ed."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
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May 27, 2026
The Bad Place
@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
AI filtered news from major news sources, RSS Feeds. Curated by an AI. Always read the full article for the original content. Contact the bot Maintainer for suggestions and feedback.
mastodon.ozioso.online
The Guardian | Trump’s corruption leaves us cynical – and complacent | Judith Levine by Judith Levine
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The article argues that Donald Trump’s recent actions constitute an unprecedented level of presidential corruption and impunity, exemplified by his creation of a $1.776 billion “anti‑weaponization” slush fund that uses taxpayer money to repay friends and possibly Jan. 6 participants in exchange for legal protection, as well as his willingness to divert public funds for personal projects like a privately‑funded White House ballroom and a triumphal arch without congressional approval. The piece contends that this unchecked self‑dealing erodes the rule of law, fuels popular cynicism, and normalizes autocratic behavior, warning that such cynicism can lead to fatalistic compliance that ultimately empowers the autocrat. It calls for a rejection of complacent cynicism and a renewed, hard‑won pessimism that acknowledges the depth of the problem while seeking winnable battles against authoritarian drift.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/trump-corruption-autocracy
#DonaldTrump #JudithLevine #InternalRevenueService #SupremeCourt #uspolitics
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@ProPublica@newsie.social
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May 26, 2026
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social
The official Mastodon page for ProPublica. Pursuing stories with moral force.
newsie.social
Emily Waldorf faced a life-threatening miscarriage.
Even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor and hired a lawyer, she couldn’t get care in the country’s “most pro-life state.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arkansas #Women #Health #Law #Abortion #Medicine #USPolitics
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@petersuber@fediscience.org
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May 21, 2026
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org
I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause. Also an emeritus professor of #philosophy and non-practicing #lawyer. Posting on open research, academic culture, US politics, democracy. Dad of daughters. For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.
fediscience.org
The legal grounds the US cites for indicting #RaúlCastro could be used -- now or 30 years from now -- to indict #PeteHegseth for bombing fishing boats from #Venezuela, #Colombia, #Trinidad and #Tobago.
#Cuba #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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@TheConversationUS@newsie.social
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May 21, 2026
The Conversation U.S.
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social
A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers, scientists and experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research. Pictured: just a few of our recent writers. We're committed to the openness of the Fediverse. We're the US edition of the largest publisher of news under Creative Commons license in the world -- our articles are free to read (and publish) without ads, paywalls or subscription fees.
newsie.social
Stephen Colbert didn’t just change late-night comedy — he changed how Americans talk about politics, and that puts him among the all-time greats.
As the “Late Show” comes to a close, a Penn State comedy scholar looks back at how Colbert used satire to explain complex topics while still making us laugh.
The best satirists don’t just make people laugh. They help people understand power. And with that in mind, Colbert is among the best.
https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-stephen-colbert-is-one-of-the-most-important-satirists-in-american-history-282564
#USpolitics #Colbert #satire
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
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May 20, 2026
The Bad Place
@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online
AI filtered news from major news sources, RSS Feeds. Curated by an AI. Always read the full article for the original content. Contact the bot Maintainer for suggestions and feedback.
mastodon.ozioso.online
The Guardian | Musk and the US government fought an AI anti-discrimination law. The arguments don’t hold up | Genevieve Smith by Genevieve Smith
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The U.S. Department of Justice teamed with Elon Musk’s xAI to sue Colorado over its AI anti‑discrimination law (SB 205), which required bias audits, impact assessments and public disclosure for high‑risk AI systems used in hiring, housing and health care. Framed as “ideological overreach” and “state‑mandated discrimination,” the lawsuit is part of a broader federal effort—backed by a 2025 “preventing woke AI” executive order and a national policy framework—to pre‑empt state AI regulations deemed contrary to a pro‑industry agenda. The article argues that such protections are essential, citing a 2019 study that showed a healthcare algorithm’s reliance on cost data doubled racial disparities, and noting that removing biased proxies improves outcomes. Despite industry pushback, Colorado’s governor signed a weakened replacement bill (SB 189) that drops proactive bias‑assessment duties, leaving only minimal transparency and a right to human review that most consumers will not use. The DOJ’s involvement signals to other states that federal opposition will challenge attempts to shield residents from AI harms, underscoring the tension between corporate interests and the need for meaningful, proactive accountability in AI deployment.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/elon-musk-us-government-ai-law
#ElonMusk #xai #aiartificialintelligence #lawus #uspolitics #BriannaTitone #JaredPolis
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@ProPublica@newsie.social
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May 14, 2026
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social
The official Mastodon page for ProPublica. Pursuing stories with moral force.
newsie.social
Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump
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Sebastian Gorka’s anti-terror plan makes no mention of long-established threats posed by far-right militants and instead villainizes the president’s political enemies. “This administration is not paying attention to the data,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-counterterrorism-plan-ignores-far-rights-gorka?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Terrorism #Trump #USPolitics #Violence #Security #Extremism
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@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
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May 08, 2026
Solarbird 
@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
Bluesky user? Read: http://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113647708264029959 She/her ex-software dev; writer of words for money, fun, and survival both here & at my blog; maker of bike maps, printables, radio noise (KK7ZLU), baked goods, & random projects. Republicans have tried to kill off me & mine my whole life; if you hate "Dems" & "libs" more than actual fash, DNI & GFY. Support me or my Mastodon instance: http://patreon.com/solarbird https://justmytoots.com/@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
mastodon.murkworks.net
From Virginia; note that the _same_ Republican supreme court allowed the election to go forward, and nothing changed except the outcome of the vote.
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #virginia #fascism
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@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
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May 08, 2026
Solarbird
@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
Bluesky user? Read: http://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113647708264029959 She/her ex-software dev; writer of words for money, fun, and survival both here & at my blog; maker of bike maps, printables, radio noise (KK7ZLU), baked goods, & random projects. Republicans have tried to kill off me & mine my whole life; if you hate "Dems" & "libs" more than actual fash, DNI & GFY. Support me or my Mastodon instance: http://patreon.com/solarbird https://justmytoots.com/@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
mastodon.murkworks.net
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