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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 2h

They want to destroy everything on this planet.

WTOP News @wtopnews.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.

wtop.com

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1h

I post this article too much,,,
But we have mass shooting too much

www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion

The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

www.newsweek.com

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 5m

In Kyiv, more than 700,000 households have electricity again this evening after energy workers worked flat out to restore infrastructure bombed by russia. -DTEK

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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 11m

I won't set foot in a Nazi bar.
Likewise, I will not bathe in a cesspool.

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 2h

The site owned by a white nationalist who uses it to platform white nationalists? Why would I want to hang out at a Nazi bar?

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

Who was president then?

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IveyJanetteMcClelland @iveyjanette.bsky.social · 1h

Again,it's the GUNS. www.wcvb.com/article/st-h...

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

www.wcvb.com

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 1h

Cuomo supports it, that’s why.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Vagabonding @vagabonding.bsky.social · 1h

This was sent to me from the Chicago Marathon.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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U.M. - 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸💙 🌵🌞AZ05🌵🌞 @xxunclemonkeyxx.bsky.social · 33m

The people WE pay to do things for Us are political pawns.

It won't matter until YOU don't get something YOU need.

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay | US federal government shutdown | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown

www.theguardian.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

JD Vance says Trump is considering “all options” when asked about invoking the insurrection act.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 35m

I’m grateful Canadians and Canada for their support of Ukraine!

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 2h

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 50m

Decline and disaster: How the Russian occupation destroyed the future of Donbas | Special Report #Ukraine

- YouTube

www.youtube.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 54m

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Saadia___m @saadia---m.bsky.social · 11h

Who was President on January 6?

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DemCatsGT 💙✌️🍩⚾️🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦 @demcatsgt.bsky.social · 54m

Judges are showing they're also tired of trump's attempts to portray our country in grossly exaggerated, negative ways, just so he and his minions can exert force against the people.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/p...

Analysis: Trump’s claims about violence are falling apart in court | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has spent a decade painting large swaths of the United States as a hellscape, dating back to his dark 2017 inaugural address and his demagogic 2016 campaign.

www.cnn.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Craig E. Pemberton @craigepemberton.bsky.social · 8d

Portland is reminding us that humor can be a powerful tool against fascists. laughing at them takes away their power.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

If we survive this as a country and we don't hold every one of these people accountable we will not have survived this as a country.

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No end in sight @p8mann.bsky.social · 3h

Trump keeps talking about Antifa like it’s some secret army.

Okay — show us the files. Show us the funding. Show us the hierarchy. Show us anything.

“Antifa” has been the right’s invisible boogeyman for years. If it’s real, prove it.

Otherwise, show us the EPSTEIN files first.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 2h

We’ve all worked with people like this: they fuck up, and blame anyone else, no matter how ridiculous. Except in most jobs the stakes aren’t so high 😳😳😳

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 1h

The Head Felon in Charge and the Vice President want to imprison the duly elected Governor Pritzker of Illinois, without naming any crime Pritzker has committed.
Lawless.
Patriotic Americans must stand up to defend the rule of law.
I will.
You?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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