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#WeFightWeWin Fav Causes: Protect Kids, Vote Blue, Climate Matters, Choice, Justice Matters, Environment Pet Peeves: #NoKings #SCOTUScorruption #EndCitizensUnited #TrumpEpstein #TaxTheChurches #Project2025

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · Feb 9

The upside down flag will be taken down when they are.

"... a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

4 U.S. Code § 8 - Respect for flag

www.law.cornell.edu

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12h

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 6h

More like Make Qatar & Argentina First.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 5h

Just in time for flu season.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5h

… “CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight.” One virologist tweets

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 5h

“What is astonishing to me as a legal scholar is that the alcohol industry has somehow circumvented their legal and moral responsibility to warn consumers.”

No question this bill should be made law. Make alcohol follow the same plain packaging rules as tobacco.

Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging | CBC News

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging.

www.cbc.ca

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 5h

Putin Failed Again! 🤡
The "First in history," as it was loudly declared, the Russian-Arab summit for Putin had to be canceled due to the refusal of Arab country leaders to attend the event, - Bloomberg

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 5h

Trump's new 'ballroom'.

Liv2Liz @liz2liv.bsky.social · 9d

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D💙N💙 @dana.sheshed.rocks · 10d

They will fall even harder from where they are now🙏🏻 #MAGAdeath #FUCK47th

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 10d

🗣️THIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Sean Duffy left his job as a Fox News commentator to serve as secretary of transportation... where he spends almost his entire waking life working as a Fox News commentator. It's the only thing he feels comfortable doing, it seems. gizmodo.com/sean-duffy-t...

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

Superintendent Larry Snelling says federal agents tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers. He addressed the incident while responding to criticism of how police have handled the ongoing ICE protests. #...

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 5h

He's like a damned Niffler - anything shiny.

a stuffed animal is sitting on top of a pile of money

ALT: a stuffed animal is sitting on top of a pile of money

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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 6h

Really tired of Trump’s “redecorating” of the White House.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

White House adds a George Washington statue to the Rose Garden

The bronze statue, which belongs to the National Park Service, was moved from the Washington Monument to the White House this week.

www.nbcnews.com

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 6h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 6h

Have we forgotten this from 2017? Trump supported a joint cyber security unit with Russia.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 6h

Epstein survivor pressures Speaker Johnson on Epstein files vote: 'We have been through enough' www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 6h

I call them Portland Antifrogs.

DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 6h

Portland War Zone

Portland Antifrog needs more friends.

And maybe a bubble machine. With lavender scented bubbles to keep everyone calm.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Poppy in PDX @cdbeee.bsky.social · 13h

@jimmykimmel.com Hey Jimmy! You guys should totally do a "man (woman!) on the streets" segment from Portland, Oregon, may I nominate our girl Tara??

She would be a fantastic & sarcastic and a real terrific addition to your show!!

@taradublinrocks.bsky.social

Get her before someone else does!

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Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️‍🔥🤘🏻 @taradublinrocks.bsky.social · 6d

Related:

Today would be a great day to sign up for a paid subscription to my Substack please

taradublin.substack.com

Or buy my book #TheSoundOfSettling

taradublinrocks.com

Or if every single one of my followers sent literally just $1 to my Venmo please

#SignTara

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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 20h

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 6h

Portland War Zone

Portland Antifrog needs more friends.

And maybe a bubble machine. With lavender scented bubbles to keep everyone calm.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans want to be the party of healthcare? Open up the government. Put the subsidies back in place, and stop fucking with people’s health care.

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Politico @politico.com · 16h

A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the shutdown was blocked on the House floor by the GOP.

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.

www.politico.com

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