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patlalaver01.bsky.social @patlalaver01.bsky.social · 3h

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ICE boosts weapons spending 700%

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 1d

New Susan Collins fundraising script misrepresents which party controls the Senate and characterizes her as "Independent" with a capital 'I'.

Either her team outsourced the text to ChatGPT or they're trying to trick folks into thinking she's not GOP or both. #MEpolitics via @dabbs346.bsky.social

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 14h

🚨 ALERT 🚨 It is now officially babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods season. Please be on the lookout for babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods at all times.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 6h

Did you know that there's a strong support for continued wolf protections across America? Yet Congress is considering bills that would strip gray wolves of protections, despite desires of the American public.

Urge your Member of Congress to oppose these bills.📣 Take action below:
bit.ly/42PZcUR

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

REAGAN: “When someone says let’s impose tariffs, it may look like they’re doing the patriotic thing… but over the long run trade barriers hurt every 🇺🇸 worker.”

🇨🇦 Ontario just ran this👇🏽powerful ad using Reagan’s voice against Trump’s trade war during game 7 of the ALCS ⚾️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

SEN. @schatz.bsky.social : "This is not about money. There is enough💰to bail out Argentina with ($40 BILLION). Enough to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173 MILLION for Noem. Enough to renovate the ballroom. What there isn't enough💰for under this Republican government is YOU."

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15h

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Congressman Juan Vargas @vargas.house.gov · 1d

Today, ICE denied @repscottpeters.bsky.social and me entry to areas where they hold detainees in the San Diego Courthouse. 1/3

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GeeRaffa @geeraffa.bsky.social · 1d

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Statement on LAPD targeting our reporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social 🧵

Video by @filmthepolicela.bsky.social

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 13h

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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Dr. Jamila Perritt MD MPH FACOG @reprorightsdoc.bsky.social · 6h

“I was with you, until you said ‘pregnant people.’”

I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 8h

I’m less concerned about part of the White House being torn down, and more concerned about the fact that it’s being replaced with a $250m privately funded ballroom. I don’t think people who intend to leave office in 3 years typically spend a quarter of a billon on a 4 year construction project.

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Rep. Debbie Dingell @debbiedingell.house.gov · 4h

People are hurting right now with the cost of healthcare, increases in insurance, some fear losing coverage. I want to hear your stories — please share them. We need people to understand the impact of what is happening.

forms.gle/KmS6GiR9WgkR...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 4h

Breaking: AZ AG + Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva are suing the House to compel her swearing in. Mike Johnson has delayed it for weeks; Grijalva has promised to be the last member needed to force a vote on the Epstein files

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez @gomez.house.gov · 1d

More sombreros = more movie posters. Hope you like this one, Donny.

#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 10h

Firing live artillery shells over an American highway was needlessly reckless.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

The support from the VA literally saved my life.

You shouldn't have to go to Iraq, fight in a pointless war, and watch your friends die to get decent healthcare.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Prince Andrew deemed a threat by security services

Concerns about the royal’s links to alleged Chinese spies reached highest levels of government, say sources

www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family...

Prince Andrew deemed a threat by security services

Concerns about the royal’s links to alleged Chinese spies reached highest levels of government, say sources

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

The fact that AIPAC won’t endorse me is an endorsement in and of itself.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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