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David Mitchell

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Scottish. Moved all over,but now in Dunfermline. 40+. Usually open to sarcasm, impolite jokes and politics. Liberal🌈🌊🦋💙 Also on Threads, same username

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 3h

“A shutdown falls on the president’s lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak.” – Donald Trump, 2013

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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ShawnJPB 📼 @jetpackbraggin.bsky.social · 16h

Sad to hear Drew Struzan passed away. His posters were often better than the movies they were for, but The Thing is head and shoulders my favorite of his work.

www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...

Movie poster for The Thing painted by Drew Struzan

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5h

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David Mitchell @davidalanmitch5.bsky.social · 3h

May I remind you that Norman Lloyd lied to be 105.

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David Mitchell @davidalanmitch5.bsky.social · 3h

How do you speak positively of it with a straight face?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h

"The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else"

DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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I. Blade Daily @ibladedaily.bsky.social · 8h

So the American government at this moment is 50% cult, 50% criminal enterprise, 0% functional.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 15h

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David Mitchell @davidalanmitch5.bsky.social · 3h

Doesn’t change the fact that he’s nuts.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"Miller slipped up because even he knows it is an outrageous thing for Trump to claim absolute, unreviewable power to send active-duty military troops into American cities based only on his delusions."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?