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I have an incredibly minor first-world decision to make.

I'm traveling from mid-November to mid-December. Then I may or may not go see family for a couple of days at Xmas.

The question is-- do I decorate for Christmas? Or do I leave all my fab ornaments in boxes until next year?

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 5h

I really would love to remove all of the AI shit from my phone--the search result summaries are worse than useless

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 15h

I ordered a little American flag to carry in the next No Kings March. We need to reclaim the flag.

And it will be ever so appropriate when I am attacked and arrested by Trump's thugs while peacefully exercising my first amendment rights and carrying the American flag.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

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 · 1d

"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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 18h

Jesus. I hate to post something from the bad place, but this is. From the stolen valor to the mockery of the people Trump unlawfully blew up, it is fucking horrifying.

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Kristi Noem on X: "President Trump LOVES the American people. That is why drug traffickers and narco-trafficking boats will no longer be allowed to transport deadly drugs into American territory. Thank you, @POTUS Trump for protecting our shores! https://t.co/q2kDrZEovZ" / X

President Trump LOVES the American people. That is why drug traffickers and narco-trafficking boats will no longer be allowed to transport deadly drugs into American territory. Thank you, @POTUS Trump for protecting our shores! https://t.co/q2kDrZEovZ

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 18h

If this video is still playing when it's time for me to take my trip overseas, I'm going to yell "fuck you, puppy killer!" at the screen like a crazy person until they drag me away

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20h

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities