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Barbara Claypole White
@bclaypolewhite.bsky.social
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Author, woodland gardener, mental health advocate … Brit with a KBO mentality (keep buggering on) and a taste for southern gin.
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Barbara Claypole White @bclaypolewhite.bsky.social · Aug 29
SSRIs saved my son's life. They are an important part of the
treatment for OCD, and RFK Jr is neither a doctor nor a psychiatrist. #FireJRK @meidastouch.com #OCDawareness
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h
OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h
Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h
Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16m
More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 2h
Jim Acosta: So any president can just start destroying portions of the White House? Is that how this works? WaPo: White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom. wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 2h
VIDEO of the White House East Wing changes via CBS NEWS

Over the next few days, it's going to be demolished," Trump told us during ballroom dinner last week. "Everything out there is coming down, and we're replacing it with one of the most beautiful ballrooms that you've ever seen."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 2h
Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 9h
It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1h
It’s now been a month since we learned Trump’s team shut down an investigation into Tom Homan taking a $50K bribe — and we haven't seen an ounce of transparency or accountability.

Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
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Barbara Claypole White @bclaypolewhite.bsky.social · 1h
Can you demolish a historic building without approval from the National Register of Historic Places?
maddow.msnbc.com Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h
omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h
What Trump has to say to American farmers is that they have to understand it is more important to save his friend Milei who has a big election coming up. Peasants. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
Q: What do you have to say to farmers who feel that the deal is benefitting Argentina more than it is them?

TRUMP: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Today, Mike Johnson will have the House adjourned for 77 out of the last 89 days.

House Republicans have worked 12 days in 3 months.

All to prevent a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

The House Republican Epstein Shutdown continues.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
Here is a map showing the exact spot a CHP vehicle was struck by shrapnel after a shell detonated over I-5 during the Trump-Vance missile firings at Camp Pendleton:
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 22h
Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...
Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 10h
Why is it even when we are pissed and protesting we are happier than Republicans?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 10h
No Kings Day 2 proved America is still great - just badly in need of adult supervision.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Here is my countdown of the Top 40 protest signs from No Kings 10/18. These are good, but stay tuned because the Top 20 are pretty epic. Here is 31-40. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Top 40 No Kings Signs, #31-40
Countdown of the best protest signs from Oct. 18
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
This is my countdown of the Top 40 protest signs from No Kings 10/18. Here is 21-30. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Top 40 No Kings Signs, #21-30
Countdown of the best protest signs from Oct. 18
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