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R Miskimens

@rlmiskimens.bsky.social

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Proud Liberal and original #KHive supporter. Doing all I can to stop #MAGA from destroying our democracy. Maker of soaps and candles, but my muggle job is as a Registered Nurse. Grandmother of 8!

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 28d

a black flag with a skull and crossbones and a straw hat on it

ALT: a black flag with a skull and crossbones and a straw hat on it

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2h

It’s been three weeks since Adelita Grijalva won her election, but Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in — all because she would be the final signature needed on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

He’s denying AZ-07 a voice in Congress. Swear her in now.

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 2m

I'm sorry, just fact checked this. It is a false claim.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1h

The president wants all the parts of government closed that he can't personally profit from. So he doesn't care about health care for your family. He wants to build a White House ballroom and promote bitcoin.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h

Jamie Raskin is Correct, and Fighting Chump's Regime.......

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dmcgeary.bsky.social @dmcgeary.bsky.social · 10h

These also aren't 'kids'. They are 20 and 30 somethings. They're state senators, chiefs of staff, court employees, lawyers, etc.

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 10h

SMDH…

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 1d

They:
–Referred to Black Americans as “monkeys” and “watermelon people”
– Used racial slurs like “n–ga” and “n–guh”
– Joked about rape, slavery, and suicide
– Called rape “epic” and said slavery had its political upsides
– Fantasized about putting political opponents in gas chambers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

They arrested a giraffe.

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

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Fifteen Democratic governors formed a public health alliance to counter federal agency turmoil under the Trump administration. The alliance aims to monitor disease outbreaks, establish policy guidance and buy vaccines.

Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.

The Governors Public Health Alliance would counter federal health agencies under President Donald Trump as an independent hub to monitor diseases and prepare for emergencies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chelsea Blue @lordye.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday is party time folks 🥳

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

6/6 And more men and women realizing...too late...that the people they trusted sold them a brand...not a future.

Because when you betray the backbone of a nation...it’s not just crops that die.

It’s hope.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

5/6 It broke families.
It broke towns.

And it carved something into me that’s never left: when leaders trade loyalty for leverage, it’s always the working man who pays the price.

This time… I fear it’ll be worse.

More debt. More pressure. More betrayal wrapped in patriotism.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

4/6 In the 1980s, I watched men I knew...proud...sunburned... good men...lose everything they’d worked for.

Some walked into the barn one morning and didn’t come back out.

Others took the truck down a gravel road and made a final decision they couldn’t undo.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

3/6 And now? He just bailed out Argentina...a foreign government...while the same American farmers who fed this nation are being left to rot on their own soil.

He sold every damn one of them out.

I know what’s coming next because I’ve seen this movie before.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

2/6 Their parents were farmers...the backbone...the tax base, and the quiet strength of this country.

Most of them voted for Trump.

They believed in him. Trusted him. Thought he understood the struggle of getting one more season out of land that no longer loves you back.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

1/6 🧵I grew up in rural America...the kind of place where the morning smell of diesel and soil told you exactly what kind of day it was going to be.
Half the kids in my class had dirt under their nails before breakfast.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Sue him.

Tweet by the Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes: “On behalf of Arizona, I am demanding Speaker Johnson seat Congresswoman Grijalva without delay. We are keeping every option open to us, including litigation, to make sure that Adelita is able to begin her work as Arizona's newest member of Congress.” A small image of Kris Mayes with others outdoors appears at the top.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NO. It's fundamentally inappropriate for the @dscc.bsky.social to form a fundraising committee with Janet Mills. What happened to staying OUT of the primaries?

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 2d

Why in the name of all things good is this NOT a bigger story? SMDH...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 2d

Especially when they refuse to present any credentials, or show a valid warrant. They're driving unmarked cars. As far as these people know, they are being kidnapped by some white supremacist Proud Boy...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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R Miskimens @rlmiskimens.bsky.social · 2d

I hope he does testify. Jack Smith will rip these @#%$#@#% a new one!!!!