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From Heron w/no rEgrets

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Truth doesn't owe any of us a damned thing. Precision matters. I block assholes, fools and liars. Illegitimi non carborundum. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇲🇽

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From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · Apr 29

Truth is to MAGA as sunlight is to vampires.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 6h

The filibuster has needed to go for some time. In a body that already over-represents low population states, the filibuster adds insult to injury, allowing a minority to hold government hostage.

In this *particular* instance, it is preventing a catastrophe. But that's not a great reason to keep it.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry... what/who is "SOMA?"

From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 1d

1/3 poun is 5.333 ozs, not 6.

From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 1d

I think 6/5 tables are typically single deck vs multi-deck shoes.

From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 1d

When the smoke clears, as it eventually will, I hope the rest of the world insists that the US largely disarm our military. Our military, in addition to committing war crimes, is bankrupting our country.

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

More big news: the Senate just passed my bipartisan resolution to end Trump's global tariffs. This is a huge win and shows how unpopular Trump's tariffs really are. Now it's time for Mike Johnson to abandon his 6 week vacation and get this passed in the House.

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From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like a bad thing to me.

From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about the demand-supply dynamic of our (so-called) healthcare system.

If millions lose health insurance, will that spawn layoffs at healthcare providers? In other words, if there are millions fewer consumers of healthcare, will that decreased demand necessitate pruning supply?

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No Kings Collective @nokingscollective.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for a national week of action starting November 22nd and going through all the way until December 2nd. A national rally on 11/22 will kickoff a whole week of actions, including Travel Boycotts and Consumer Blackouts, all hosted by various individual organizations. Hope to see yall for 11/22!

Join us for a week of action Thankgiving Week. November 22nd - Remove The Regime National Rally. November 22nd to November 28th - Not Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Travel Boycott. November 25th to December 2nd - Blackout Friday Boycotts.

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From Heron w/no rEgrets @herondude.bsky.social · 2d

No. It is not reasonable.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath River in Oregon after being absent for more than a century. The announcement came roughly a year after the last of four major hydroelectric dams on the river was demolished.

A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back

The fish had been missing from the headwaters of the Klamath River for more than a century. Just a year after the removal of a final dam, they’ve returned.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

MARGE: “Apparently I have to go into a SCIF to find out the Republican health care plan!”

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Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 3d

1️⃣ Calling This Court “Supreme” Is Obeying in Advance

When will legal and media elites stop passing off tyranny in robes as the rule of law?

Why “Supreme Court Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act,” when it should be “Republican Justices Appear Poised to Entrench Republican House Control"?

Calling This Court "Supreme" Is Obeying in Advance

When will legal elites stop passing off tyranny in robes as the rule of law?

www.weekendreading.net

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Walz: "We have a federal system that we're all in it together, we help other states when they need it, but we have a situation where they're trying to divide us & provide specific aid to states that they like at the moment, which is absolutely unconscionable... either that or give us our money back"