All posts tagged "Bluesky"

President Donald Trump unveiled new U.S. passports featuring his face, and onlookers can't help but recoil in their online reactions.

In a Friday Truth Social post, Trump shared a picture of the new passport designs, which commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States with a portrait of the president scowling superimposed over the Declaration of Independence.

"The U.S.A.'s New Passport, which says, 'Welcome, but be good!'" Trump announced in his post. ...

Hearing that the Trump administration plans to deny green cards for immigrants who express their political opinions has commentators sounding the alarm.

Journalist Hamed Aleaziz reported on Saturday that migrants will be denied green cards by the Trump administration if they took part in pro-Palestinian campus protests, criticized Israel online or desecrated an American flag.

The report generated outrage on social media....

A Trump-nominated D.C. prosecutor announced Wednesday that he's investigating Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and anyone who threatens federal employees like Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

NBC News' Ryan Reilly reported to BlueSky that "this morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a 'stop the steal' organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled 'Operation Whirlwind' in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer."

Reilly posted a screenshot of Martin's email to colleagues that described "despicable" threats being received by DOGE workers and other Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. ...

Voters and pundits took to social media Thursday to express their rage over Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) finally standing up to Donald Trump "way too late."

The reaction came after McConnell became the sole Republican to vote "no" on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation for Health and Human Services secretary. Kennedy was confirmed Thursday morning with a vote of 52 to 48.

This is the third Trump nominee to receive a "no" vote from McConnell, behind Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary. ...

A former Twitter executive is dishing out advice to federal workers thrown off balance by the Elon Musk/Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takeover of agencies like USAID and the Treasury Department.

Musk has been criticized for his slash and burn tactics that are eerily similar to how he handled his takeover at Twitter, now rebranded as X.

Rumman Chowdhury, who served as director for the Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency and Accountability (META) team,at X, told MSNBC's Jen Psaki Sunday that Musk's strategy of "shock and awe" is meant to "constantly keep people scared, uninformed, keep changing things up on them, make demands that are impossible, make new hoops to jump through." ...

Bluesky, one of several alternatives to Twitter that have gained popularity since Elon Musk bought the platform and changed its name to X, now no longer requires an invitation before a user can sign up. Since its launch in 2019 by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Bluesky had said it was limiting the influx of new users so as not to overload its infrastructure, but announced on Tuesday it was opening sign-ups to all. With access via invitation codes, Bluesky achieved 3 million registrations in its first year and 1.6 million monthly active users as of recently, company boss Jay Graber told the te......