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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 16h

You know who hates America

The guys who took healthcare away from millions of Americans

The ones who CUT billions of dollars for programs like cancer research and FEMA

Who sit and watch the president use military troops to attack our cities

That’s Mike Johnson

HE hates America

NO KINGS
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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 1d

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 1d

Meta advisor spreads disinformation due to political partisanship www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social · 1d

Thrift shopping is the answer unless you know how to sew (I do).

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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is a very Catholic city they won’t stand for this blind aggression & violence. We called the cops “Pigs” back in the 1960’s 🧊 is ten times worse. They are more akin to Demons. Pls, practice Nonviolence folks, like Dr. King told us. No confrontations; just peaceful singing & marching.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 3d

Miller is responsible for ICE brutality. Indict the him for the deaths while detained, the injuries to protestors, the trauma to children … all of it. Some one must pay a price for this. newrepublic.com/post/201663/...

Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

newrepublic.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 2d

In response to trump’s new tariffs on China, China shut down rare earth export, globally: this means no weapons, war planes or cars can be produced. It takes years to upscale mining of rare earths anywhere else. China has the cards.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to @matthewboedy.bsky.social for joining us tonight. Great convo about 7 Mountains, Turning Point USA, and much more.

Seven Mountains Mandate (with Matthew Boedy)

YouTube video by The Five 8

www.youtube.com

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 3d

Donald’s been waiting impatiently for weeks to fluff Putin again.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Putin consoles his useful idiot for not winning an award.

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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social · 2d

She’s UnAmerican & is now setting the precedents for Democrats if they ever regain power to do the same to Republicans.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 2d

I agree. And needless to say, Peter Thiel is not clever. The name of his creepy spyware company derives from Lord of the Rings, a book he seems to believe is pro-Sauron.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 7d

This is what the Israelis are doing to Flotilla members still imprisoned.

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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social · 6d

I too, was shocked but not at all
Surprised.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social · 6d

That would be yesterday, maga Mickey.