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Lovely Rita 🇺🇸💕🇺🇦🌻🏳️‍🌈🌊 @lovelyrita22.bsky.social · 5h

More Proof Trump is Lying to All of Us 🔻

CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 5h

This is NOT America first🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 5h

I am SO going to be on the National Mall on October 18th for the mass No Kings Rally and demonstrations. I pledge to be entirely nonviolent in the spirit of Dr. King but I will be carrying provocative signage.

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Michael A. Shea @michaelashea.bsky.social · 6h

GEFTA, the bill Trump signed into law in 2019 is direct and specific: furloughed emplyees during a shutdown get back pay. No grey area.
Only way Trump gets away with stiffing the furloughed workers is if the Supreme Court has an un-American idea that Trump is immune from the laws.
Oh, wait...

Text from a bill that was signed into law: "Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates."

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Linda Thurman @lindashepherd.bsky.social · 6h

Trumps a pedophile and he lies

Quit protecting a pedophile
protect Americans instead of attacking them

RELEASE TRUMP / EPSTEIN files

Fdt project 2025 holocaust America

He won’t be happy until America looks like Gaza

Record every terrorist because they lie

energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 20h

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claymorton79.bsky.social @claymorton79.bsky.social · 6h

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The man is dangerous but Trump did appoint this heroin Addict to manage his drug policy

Vaccine poll asks parents what they think about RFK Jr. and their pediatricians

A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 6h

RFK Jr. is definitely claiming that he favors "public health and hygiene over vaccines," neglecting that vaccines AND public health and hygiene together are both essential to our well-being. RFK Jr. wants to kill people.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weaponizes an old antivax trope in his quest to eliminate vaccines

People who keep whistling past the graveyard (of vaccines) to assure themselves that RFK Jr,. won't take away their vaccines are deluding themselves. One seven-minute video he posted last week shows t

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Noxsand @nevergop.bsky.social · 6h

How Hegseth sees him self versus how the world sees him

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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 5h

Oops... wrong war. York was a hero of the First World War, when the enemy was the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II. The failure of the succeeding German Republic and the economic catastrophe of 1929 contributed to the rise of the NSDAP and Hitler.

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David Fisher @fish-pels.bsky.social · 6h

Could you imagine if this image existed with a Democrat as President? It'd be the only thing you saw on Fox News.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Bill Mitchell @modalbluesky.bsky.social · 6h

They are our father and grandfathers that fought in WW2 and they would be appalled at Trump and his goon squads and clown shows...

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 9h

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IanSeine™️ @ianseine.bsky.social · 6h

Now that Kristi Noem has put a bounty on “them”Antifa types, I feel it my patriotic duty to release this picture. #DefendDemocracy #StrongerTogether #BlueResisters
#BlueCrew #BlueStormComin1
#FBARMY
#DeadHead

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Linda @ggvotesblue.bsky.social · 6h

We're back!
John Steinbeck kept his identity secret. At night, he scribbled pages by lantern light — sketches of families, dialogue, fragments of rage and grace. Those notes became The Grapes of Wrath in 1939. Politicians denounced it, churches banned it, the FBI labeled it “communist propaganda.”

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 6h

Good thing Russ Vought is illegally firing all of the CDC right now

Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 9h

NBC:
"A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days."
Pay attention, kids
We're not going to get accurate #s from the CDC anymore
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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osagecomesbackhome.bsky.social @osagecomesbackhome.bsky.social · 6h

This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

The endgame for Donald Trump, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, and Pam Bondi is coming into clearer focus, and it’s nearly a one-for-one, step-by-step implementation of Nazi jurist/philosopher Carl Schmitt’s id...

www.rawstory.com

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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 5h

It is also sometimes phrased as 'to be sent to Coventry,' a usage more common in the UK, and meaning to be ostracized; to be ignored, typically as a form of punishment for violation of social norms. See Robert Heinlein's short story "Coventry."

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Knights of Ni @dinozo69.bsky.social · 1d

Completely full of shit is what MAGA Mike is.

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Ridge Cook @ridgecook.bsky.social · 1d

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1/Va Legislature warns UVA that agreeing to a Trump Admin pushed "Compact" would endanger university independence and Legislature support.
The "Antient Dominion", whose charter reaches from sea to sea, is beginning to stand up to attempts to influence

www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Virginia Senate leaders express “unequivocal opposition” to Compact

The letter calls upon the University to immediately cease consideration of the Compact, and if not, the state will work to negatively impact the University’s funding.

www.cavalierdaily.com

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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 1d

In science fiction, such a place is often called Covenant.

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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 1d

I do not understand the fuss over paper ballots. Maryland had machine vote tabulators in the distant past but opted for machine readable paper ballots decades ago. The same ballots are used for mail in voting. The machines that do the reading and counting are super secure.

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2d

1/ New Pew study: Around seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say Trump is trying to exert more power than his predecessors.

And most of those who say this describe his efforts as a bad thing for the country.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Homeland Security Secretary Kristie Noem tries to criminalize freedom of speech because she dislikes the speech.

She should be banned from ever working for the government again.

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song lyrics about ICE.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE

When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

www.msnbc.com

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NOTUS @notus.com · 2d

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is demanding that the DOJ turn over a secret legal memo giving the Trump administration the go-ahead to kill sailors in the Caribbean Sea.
www.notus.org/congress/ras...

Top Judiciary Democrat Wants Congress to See Secret DOJ Memo Green-Lighting Caribbean Boat Strikes

Trump “does not have the power to assassinate civilians on his say-so,” Rep. Jamie Raskin wrote to the DOJ.

www.notus.org

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GLEN JACKSON @glenjackson.bsky.social · 2d

#RobertDeNiro 🇺🇸

A few quotes

"If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted.
And elections, forget about it.
That's over, that's done."

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 2d

In the past few days, ABC11 and WRAL have run multiple stories about how soybean farmers in NC are facing trouble. I'm not naming names, you can look them up yourself, but every farmer mentioned is a registered Republican who voted in the most recent GOP Primary.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in California and you want lower utility bills, and not to be forced to pay every month for those ubiquitous PG&E ads, and all the other insidious things your utility does to lobby our leaders, now’s the time to call Gov. Newsom at (916) 445-2841. Ask him to sign #AB1167.

David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 3d

It's not the only or even the main reason @governor.ca.gov
should sign it, but this bill is tailor-made for him to say "I will stand up to powerful interests to lower your monthly bills."

Seems like the kinda thing he wants to communicate!

energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

energyandpolicy.org

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