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HarleyQuinn

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Engaged citizen: call your legislators. Active member, League of Women Voters. Editor-writer. Caregiver. Classical musician. Dog mom. Oxford comma fan; generally intolerant of violence, profanity, & rudeness. I mute obscene words.

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HarleyQuinn @harleytheequinn.bsky.social · Mar 28

This goes a long way toward explaining MAGA anger, fueled by Fox & rw talk radio.
“Short doses of anger release dopamine, which is a pleasure chemical.”
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Leave the hurt behind! How to let go of a grudge

Resentment is natural when you’ve been wronged, but over time it can become bitter and self-defeating. Psychologists explain how to move on

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

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Trump's ballroom funded by America's biggest companies and wealthy individuals

Many wealthy individuals and large U.S. tech, cryptocurrency, energy and defense corporations have donated to pay for the construction of a $300 million ballroom commissioned by President Donald Trump.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

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Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Federal Action Reporting Form

Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Quid Pro Zhao

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Truthout @truthout.org · 8h

The US military has struck two boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing several people, as Defense Secretary Hegseth promises the strikes will continue. Congress members say the Pentagon still hasn’t presented evidence justifying the attacks.

US Strikes Two Boats in Pacific Ocean as Hegseth Pledges “Strikes Will Continue, Day After Day”

Members of Congress say the Pentagon has still not provided any evidence to back justifications for the attacks.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.

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HarleyQuinn @harleytheequinn.bsky.social · 8h

I can guess: because, according to Trump et al., these are fake numbers intended to make him look bad.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11h

Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.

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HarleyQuinn @harleytheequinn.bsky.social · 8h

Apparently they think they’ll be in the Trump “in crowd” forever. Wise up, folks. Loyalty with Trump only works in one direction. He’ll betray you the moment it’s advantageous for him to do so.

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 12h

Small business owners, gig workers & farmers who do not get health insurance through employers are receiving notices of sharp increases in premiums for policies bought through the Affordable Care Act

The sad truth is only a handful of Senate Republicans even care

www.ksl.com/article/5138...

Senate Republicans face states' health care concerns in high-stakes shutdown standoff

A handful of Senate Republicans are wrestling with the impending expiration of health insurance subsidies that are the primary sticking point in the government shutdown standoff that entered its 13th ...

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 12h

Panicking Republicans beg Speaker Johnson to end shutdown chaos:'Hurts people!'

Republicans in battleground districts are begging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass some kind of shutdown package because they're facing backlash at home.

But Johnson cares only about Trump

www.rawstory.com/republican-s...

Panicking Republicans beg Speaker Johnson to end shutdown chaos: 'Hurts people!'

Republicans in battleground districts are begging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass some kind of shutdown package because they're facing backlash at home. Angry Americans face slower airports, unanswered p...

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 12h

REPUBLICANS FACE DISASTER AFTER THEIR SHUTDOWN ANGERS THEIR CONSITUENTS

If lawmakers don’t extend the ACA subsidies put in place during COVID, health insurance premiums for more than 20 million people could double.

Republicans could care less.

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Senate GOP's Medicaid Cuts Face Backlash Amid Rural Hospital Concerns - BPD Healthcare

Senate Republicans’ ambitious “Big, Beautiful Bill,” aimed at extending tax cuts and overhauling Medicaid, is encountering significant resistance due to proposed deep cuts to Medicaid and the potentia...

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Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 9h

One of my most favorite quotes:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h

New poll: UNH finds that November’s ballot measure in Maine that would greatly restrict mail voting, and impose voter ID, is *very* tight.

It’s 49% no, 48% yes. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

One of the most suspenseful elections on November 4.

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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 10h

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Things like this keep happening.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

The Constitution is not self-enforcing.

The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.

And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.

No one is coming to save us.

It's entirely up to us.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h

Perspective: The White House has about 55,000 sq ft of floor space (132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, six levels). The new ballroom is planned to span 90,000 sq ft at an updated cost of $300M —5.5× larger than the White House itself at a cost of nearly 8× Mar-a-Lago’s $40M Grand Ballroom

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tompaine1776.bsky.social @tompaine1776.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Federal Action Reporting Form

Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

ag.ny.gov

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Dextrosity @dextrosity.bsky.social · 8h

Really cool that people are going to starve because of the Trump-Johnson-Epstein shutdown.

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HarleyQuinn @harleytheequinn.bsky.social · 23h

My city had a Democratic primary for mayor this year. A city council member who supported the loser says it’s unfair because the vote was close. Seems he doesn’t understand what primaries are for.

HarleyQuinn @harleytheequinn.bsky.social · 23h

They think they’re too big to boycott. Sadly, I fear they’re right. We depend on these companies to live our digitally enhanced lives. There are alternatives, but they’re less convenient, and the majority of Americans probably don’t even know about them.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

This is very good

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