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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Jax @jaxpyl.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of people just flat out ignored us or thought we were blowing things out of proportion.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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TheWrathofCon 👻🧙‍♀️🧛‍♀️🎃🐈‍⬛🧟‍♀️☠️🕷🦇 @contraryhoff.bsky.social · 5h

Yes

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 6h

Trump was president on January 6th, 2020. So, is he now in late-stage dementia – or does he think his followers are exactly this stupid?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 5h

I was in Chicago.
There is no violence except by ICE & Border patrol.
People are just going about their business of living.
Trumps’ bullshit about Chicago is pure fiction.
Stay strong Chicago. You have a lovely city & we plan on returning!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 8h

If they’re willing to pay for their everyday racism, they’d absolutely pay to disrespect a Black woman in any venue.

~VP Book Tour

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

Trump was POTUS on J6.

It was Trump’s FBI.

Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.

Trump’s lies are beyond insane.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16h

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15h

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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American Girl in Portugal (Gina Montana) 💛 @thedopebohemian.bsky.social · 13h

Literally just said this and I’m sick of them pretending it’s about anything else.

Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 13h

Let’s be clear that a lot of the extra energy folks have for Kamala is specifically because she’s a BW.

That includes from other Black women.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

ICYMI — They lied about why they assaulted the WGN producer (then rammed a car for no reason)

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14h

I would like to say something

Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 15h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 15h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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