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Mary Cross 🫘

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Pro democracy. Pets, nature, books, and long walks enrich my life. Buckeye Blue. 🚫 DMs 🚫 crypto or financial advice 🚫 personal entanglements 🚫 gofundme #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 1d

Please read below. I'll be there. Hoping you will too.

No Kings poster image. Blue a d white lettering. No thrones, no crowns, no kings.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 10h

ICE is the culmination of decades of straight white male indoctrination.

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The Trump Administration is Targeting Straight White Men

At first glance, it’s easy to focus on the Trump Administration’s attacks on historically marginalized minority communities: the incessant and increasingly violent war it is now raging on immigrants, ...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 10h

We will recover, maybe not in the exact same way, but we're going to be okay. In the meantime, be smart about protecting yourselves. And remember, we still have many medical personnel to help.

Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 10h

This is not Dusty...

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 10h

MRI. For what, we don't know. And there's no way he's 14 years younger health wise.

Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 11h

Didn't we know this from the start?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 13h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Just got my CAVA bag stuffed with cash from George Soros to attend the #NoKings rally on October 18th. Still waiting to hear from Antifa headquarters if one of their corporate jets is available. Otherwise, I'll use my Delta "American Terrorists As Bad As Isis Fly Free" coupon. Glory!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

❗️Russia canceled its first Russia-Arab summit because most of Arab leaders would not attend it.

The summit was supposed to take place on October 15, but a week earlier, it turned out that only acting president of Syria and Prime Minister of Iraq confirmed their participation.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 16h

“I never understood the idea that you’re supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn’t something I relate to at all. — I’ve done all kinds of things I said I wouldn’t do and, of course, now I’m glad. Thrilled.”

R.I.P. Diane Keaton, what a legend. 🕊️💫

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Too much truth in one meme

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 13h

This is important. It's all scary and we are all tired, but the fight is just getting started.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Estonia’s Border Guard Board has closed the Saatse Boot passage after detecting increased Russian border activity.

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 13h

Lots of statistics and data not getting released. The regime wants to keep citizens in the dark as to how bad things are getting.

Troy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 4d

The GOP says the USDA food insecurity survey is “redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous."

I say cutting it is “remarkably convenient” just as the GOP cuts SNAP benefits.

It’s a lot easier to hide the damage when you don’t collect the statistics!

USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Mary Cross 🫘 @ladycross.bsky.social · 14h

Appeals court are doing too much of this.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment