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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 1h

This is one more absolute travesty.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 20h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty sure the headline should be…Trump lied. Again.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump says inflation is 'defeated' and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago. Yet you wouldn’t know it from listening to President Donald Trump or even some of the inflation figh...

apnews.com

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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 1d

Can’t avoid the Epstein files forever, they have to open the government eventually and legislate… and stuff right? 🙃

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: President Obama issues a stark warning—authoritarianism isn’t creeping anymore, it’s sprinting.

Around the world, leaders are silencing dissent, controlling media, and twisting justice into a political weapon. His message is clear: democracy won’t survive if we stay silent.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1d

If they’ve got nothing to hide, just let them in‼️

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 1d

This is what Trump is doing to U.S. citizens.
Beyond illegal.

apnews.com/article/us-c...

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

apnews.com

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Creek Bird @creekbird.bsky.social · 1d

More footage of this event. Justice for Debby!

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget—Putin has been diligently working to sabotaging U.S. elections and get his tool elected for a very long time.

olgalautman.substack.com/p/the-kremli...

The Kremlin’s Bears Strike DNC, DCCC

Chapter 10 of our series on how Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. election to help Trump win.

olgalautman.substack.com

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

Made of real cement to commemorate her cement garden.

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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 3d

Grifting cult leader living off the tax payers while draining seniors savings accounts. Conservatives are super stupid these days.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

It gets more sick than this but this is still very, very, sick. There are actual laws against this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

JFC.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

lol this is crazy i mean this guys the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

This is terrible news. Every state better be prepared to have full IT fraud inspections AND they don’t have to use this company’s equipment any more.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

NO SLEEP ICE protest held at the Hyatt House Chicago-Oak Brook, a property owned by the Pritzker family.

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Milo Hamilton @milo-hamilton.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

Every pro-democracy Gov. —follow Shapiro’s lead. In full, preventative measure, every county & city agency needs similar legal briefs to ensure tax payer funded law enforcement will protect citizens against attacks by an increasingly violent administration disconnected from reality & law.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

Oh please, God. Yes!!

Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 2d

How about some fitness for office standards?!

Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

The new Netflix show, “Monster.”
I’ve only seen the previews but this is them!

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

Truly.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

It also requires a special kind of mental fragility to support and defend corruption, lies and the attempted destruction of your own country.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

He’s done more to speak out than many, many elected and unelected Democrats, so full respect here. I’ll take any sanity left in the GOP.

Jeff Eyges 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @jeyges.bsky.social · 2d

I don't find him particularly honest. He's been bitching about the GOP for how many years now? Has described himself as being "probably closer to a Democrat now". Still registered as a Republican.

I've asked him a few times on social media why he doesn't become a centrist Dem. No answer.

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Wordsmith3 @chappell3.bsky.social · 2d

Nailed it.

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