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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 7h

I’m outside one of the largest ICE detention centers in the US, where an Episcopal priest has been held for days. The diocese and his family insist he is here legally. I’m asking questions. Join me on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

Frank Figliuzzi (@thefrankfigliuzzi)

I’m outside the Montgomery Processing Center where Episcopal priest Rev. James Mwangi has been held for days. The diocese insists he’s in the US legally. I’ve got questions.

substack.com

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 10h

If seeing people beaten and rounded up to disappear, the country being starved, and murdering people in the Caribbean has not convinced you of the deathly consequences of not voting, can you be reached? I just don’t know.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

👇👇

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Can’t wait for the corporate media to call sweeping dem election results a “problem for the left.”

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Late555 @late555.bsky.social · 16h

A true hero, he ran towards the attacker and undoubtedly saved multiple lives.

I hope you have a speedy recovery, sir.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.

struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".

builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.

profits!

gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future

Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social · 14h

The court ordered SNAP to keep running using emergency funds. But Speaker Mike Johnson shrugged: “It’s not as easy as hitting go-send on a computer.” Millions of kids, vets, seniors, and disabled Americans could go hungry for Thanksgiving while the GOP plays political games. #TruthbombTuesday

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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 8h

Gavin Newsom: These guys are not screwing around. They're surgical. They want to roll back all of the progress in the last half century. But you're seeing people wake up everywhere. 7 million of you showed up. No crowns, no thrones, no kings.
#VoteYesOn50Today

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Senate Republicans blocked a resolution demanding full funding for SNAP benefits.

This, as Trump still refuses to fully restore SNAP to 42 million Americans.

As we head into the midterms, don't forget: GOP lawmakers are fully complicit with Trump's weaponization of hunger.

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Angel Mendez🏳️‍🌈🦋 @akm6.bsky.social · 8h

In case anyone forgot

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bofier.bsky.social @bofier.bsky.social · 7h

She is so full of shit...

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 7h

Blatant discrimination sanctioned by the Texas Supreme court against gay people. Public servants should not be able to refuse service to people they do not like. Can they refuse to serve Black people? What about women? Or Jews?

www.newsweek.com/texas-suprem...

Texas Supreme Court rules judges can refuse same-sex marriages

The court said judges who refuse to perform same-sex marriages based on "sincerely held religious beliefs" do not violate the state’s rules.

www.newsweek.com

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h

Taking Down Chump's Always
Been Up To Us,The People......

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

Border Patrol Goons taking people from a dog park

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

In light of today's trial in United States of America I decided to finish the lyrics to this 👉

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 14

I threw the sandwich, but I did not throw the condiments
I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments

All around Washington D.C.
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the spilling of some mayonnaise
For wasting all the dijon, but I say

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Aug 13

The DC sandwich guy has been charged with assault for shouting at a CBP officer, throwing a sub into his chest, and then running off.

"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 9h

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Open enrollment for ACA healthcare plans has started, and enrollees are seeing what their premium costs will be next year.

Without subsidies, one couple will see their monthly costs increase from $495 to $2,168 — a 300% increase.

This is what Democrats are fighting to prevent.

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bofier.bsky.social @bofier.bsky.social · 7h

We just normalize her because she is having a brain glitch..we invite the trap we keep walking into.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“In the last week, everyone wants to volunteer, and that’s wonderful,” Aisenbrey said. “We need it. We need every single person.”

www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...

‘It’s a good crazy’: Inside a shift at the Peoples Pantry as SNAP benefits lapse

Food pantries across the Berkshires have seen an increase in attendance in recent days in preparation for a suspension of SNAP benefits for the first time in the program’s 60-year

www.berkshireeagle.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

Hey look.

Communism.

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Impeach Clarence Thomas ⚖️ @caryncowin.bsky.social · 7h

www.propublica.org/article/memp...

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

www.propublica.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

• Mamdani is NOT in the country illegally

• Mamdani does NOT have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism

• Mamdani has NOT said or done anything antisemitic

• Mamdani did NOT call to "globalize the intifada"

• Mamdani is NOT a communist
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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