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perrwh.bsky.social @perrwh.bsky.social · 1h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 21h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 1d

We’re suing the Social Security Administration for refusing to release records on widespread disruptions to essential benefits.

The gov't must be held accountable for degrading access to resources that 74 million Americans, especially seniors and people with disabilities, are entitled to.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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perrwh.bsky.social @perrwh.bsky.social · 5h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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perrwh.bsky.social @perrwh.bsky.social · 7h

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 7h

Politico got a hold of a group chat of leaders of Young Republicans groups across the country—which was teeming with racism, antisemitism, rape jokes, and other filth. Pejoratives like the homophob...

Leaked Young Republicans Chat Filled With Slurs and Praise for Hitler

A Telegram chat with Young Republicans leaders across the country was as disturbing as it gets.

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Be Happy and Civil @beakindhuman.bsky.social · 1d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h

Nasty

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

"They know that in a functioning one-person-one-vote democracy, they could never pass the unpopular self-enriching policies they want. So they know they must focus on preserving and expanding the precedents that permit them to buy American democracy."

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 1d

I give this 2 Snaps and a Twirl 💃

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...