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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

Doubledown dare ANYONE in the tRump grifter family or GOP greedy/pretend "representatives" to do anything for anyone w/o a bribe. THIS is what humanity needs. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

This Nobel Peace Prize front-runner didn't win -- but did get the 'alternative Nobel'

The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

“The consequences are that we have two competing visions of reality." 1984RUS, sigh.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests

Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

In the trumpocracy, honesty is not the best policy. See: NPR, PBS & other journalist organizations being sidelined. Folks, this is dictatorship to the max. www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is among the people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

Of course he does - so afraid some actual physician will declare: "This man is insane!" www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

"I'm feeling energized, honestly," says Gorman. "It's felt for so long to me like federal workers have just been screaming into a void."
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

'I'm done being afraid': How the shutdown has led federal workers to speak out

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 4d

Chilling. Newsday.com/matt

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 1d

Newsday.com/matt

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · 7h

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#publichealth
It’s so incompetent that it’s almost funny except that it isn’t funny because it’s the nation’s premier public health organization they’re fumbling around with.
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 11h

Cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social suffered a stroke a few days ago. His friends and colleagues have set up a GoFundMe to help Clay through his recovery. Please consider donating:

www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones

Donate to Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke, organized by Kevin Necessary

Clay Jones is probably the hardest working cartoonist in the biz, if … Kevin Necessary needs your support for Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke

www.gofundme.com

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 6h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9h

Border Patrol & ICE operating under Trump regime directives have repeatedly attacked and detained US citizens violating their civil rights and human rights. Regime agents have also been caught falsifying reports, destroying evidence to cover up their actions. #3E 🧵

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6h

Using Secret Police
Denying Reality
Controlling the Media
Normalizing Corruption
Rejecting Election Results
Controlling Education
Using Soldiers on civilians
Ignoring the law
Demonizing Minorites

It's all true, Donald Trump is a fascist.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 9d

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2d

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 6h

OTD
We're still struggling. Stand up, resist! Life's too short to deal with cruelty. Don't your kids deserve more?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOs9...

John Lennon - Imagine - 1971

YouTube video by luciano pinto

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

No shit…

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Is there any precedence in the history of the United States for having a foreign airbase on American soil?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants: You Deserved Better

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

We appreciate what you did for America

robertreich.substack.com

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 18h

🦁 For #caturday the so-called Sphinx of Naxos. She was dedicated to the oracle of Delphi by the state of Naxos, c. 560 BCE.

Originally, it was placed atop a 10 m tall Ionic column.

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #ancientbluesky #cat #catsofbluesky #cats #Greece #lion

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Make your plans to attend a #NoKings event on Saturday, October 18th. Millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.

Please join in! You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 7h

Why not? What a lovely way to memorialize someone by sharing their "secret family recipe". www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

A Recipe Engraved on a Gravestone Helps to Remember the Dearly Departed and Keep Part of Them Alive

Culinary epitaphs offer a point of connection to the deceased’s descendants and anyone else who comes across them

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7h

During the First World War, Louis and Antoinette Thuillier created thousands of glass negatives containing photographs of soldiers. The digitized images are astonishingly clear: you can read the date of a newspaper folded on a lap. http://nyer.cm/74Hzfpm

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

$47. And that’s if the government isn’t lying about the interest rate. Plus, they will have to prove she intentionally schemed to swindle $47 from the bank - as opposed to just not knowing the difference between a second home and an investment property. Good luck, Lindsay.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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