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Glad I live in Minnesota. Anti-MAGA, Anti-Fascism Pro-Diversity, Pro-Equity, Pro-Inclusion “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · Aug 5

I grew up Texan, born and raised there until I was 24. “Remember the Alamo” was and is a rallying cry. But it’s strange how my Texas teachers never impressed on me *why* we should remember. Also strange how certain details were meant to be forgotten. 🧵

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 6h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 16h

That's the truth right there 👊💙

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

Correct Response: "What an incredibly inappropriate thing to say, you creepy, crazy old man."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · 12h

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Obama: Imagine if I had done *ANY* of this

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · 12h

A. I highly doubt this is true.
B. A system of patronage is woefully unfair.
C. We have a much better system in place. Elected officials need to do their jobs to restore it.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14h

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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · 12h

Obama would have been impeached the very next day.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15h

If Barack Obama had sent the National Guard into Texas against the Texas Governor’s wishes, @seanhannity would’ve gotten so worked up he’d a had a heart attack on air.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa! This came after! 👏🏼

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · 16h

He won't be concerned until they're shooting at him.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 18h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 1d

Resist!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

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