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James M

@dotrat47.bsky.social

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Dot-born, Aussie living love on Boonwarrung land. USN Viet vet. Stage 4 C survivor. Career in org change, now garden, fam, spirit growth, pets, politics (US and Aus), BBQ, Boston sports and the Carlton Blues. Left as and 420. Red Sox fan for 70 years. ❤️

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James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · Apr 3

Rest in peace son.
We'll miss you dearly. 😢💔

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Stefan 🥼 @stefank1117.bsky.social · 6h

JD Vance is benefiting from farms going bankrupt which is a clear conflict of interest. No shame.

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Diamond 🦋🦋🦋 @diamonds65.bsky.social · 1d

What he said.

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 6h

Steven Bessent, State AG Ken Paxton of Texas, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has one primary residence mortgage in NY and another in Washington, D.C.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 7h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 7h

We’ve had to suffer through Carrie Underwood screeching every Sunday night since 2013. They can handle Bad Bunny for a 30 minute halftime show.

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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 18h

Google “ Hatch Act”
Then jail her!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 1d

Cockies are having a contest to see how many they can fit in the bath. Current record: 13 😂

James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 1d

'When is this baseball game over and we can go out?' sideeye #SideEyeSaturday

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

THIS!! 👇👇

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James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 2d

Not the first serendipity I've had working at the convent. 😊

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 2d

I had just downloaded it the day before, remembering that time and people in my life. Granted he was 82, but it was a shock coincidence.

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James M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 2d

Spent yesterday afternoon at the convent garden listening to 'Days of Future Passed'. 'Tuesday Afternoon' was on my mind all day. Rip John 🙏

BallouLD @ballould.bsky.social · 2d

RIP John Lodge. Lead singer for the Moody Blues

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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

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COIndependent1 💙💛💙 ⬜️ 🟦 @coindependent1.bsky.social · 2d

These ICE OFFICERS can COVER their FACES, refuse to divulge their IDENTITY. But guess what? There’s a GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE DATABASE that generates their PAYROLL, which can be accessed once this REGIME is REMOVED & JUSTICE is restored to AMERICA. No amount of MONEY would ever make me SURRENDER my own

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 2d

I have found Justice Kavanaugh’s “brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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