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Rhonda 🩵🦋

@rhondasrealm.bsky.social

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💙 in the PNW | Mom to a nurse & pilot. | Welcome to my realm, a cozy spot to have a little fun & stay informed. | Reflecting on life’s journey.|| Sprinkle kindness like confetti! 🎉 | Chica’s hooman! 🐾 | Politics junkie with a little humor sprinkled in!

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · Nov 14

I used to tolerate a lot because I didn’t want to lose people.

Now I establish boundaries because I don’t want to lose myself.

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 3h

Because it’s Sunday…

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans are playing politics with public health!

Republicans are playing politics with people’s healthcare!

Republicans are playing politics with people’s lives!

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 4h

So why is there a problem here?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has indicated that he wants to do something about [ACA subsidies], and he wants the government open. Well, we want this fixed and we want the government open. So why is there a problem here?"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 5h

Donald Trump -

It doesn’t matter what you do, you will always be a small man!

- America

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

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

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 6h

Revenge agenda…

To hurt people!

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 1d

Jimmy Carter - Nobel Peace Prize

Barack Obama- Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump - POS on the Epstein List

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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans cause problems and chaos, and then blame it on someone else!

It’s their modus operandi!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 6h

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina…

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. Officials from the Beaufort...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!