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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Over 1,500 measles cases have been reported in 42 states — a 500% increase from 2024 and the highest count in more than 30 years.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 13h

Do that on your own time Tiny Johnson!!! We the People aren’t paying for that BS

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

Instead of working to get the government open and pay our troops and air traffic controllers and helping his constituents keep their health plans, Mike Johnson has been tasked with helping Trump get the Nobel next year.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 13h

Well done

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 21h

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 13h

Good call!

iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 17h

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 19h

🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS UPDATE🔥

1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.

PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 13h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 15h

THANK YOU!!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

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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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 15h

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

No wonder they gave $20B of taxpayer money to Argentina!!
But we can’t pay military, civil servants, medical insurance or to feed children?!?!

MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Well said

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

www.youtube.com

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

If you read only one democracy story today, make it this one. While legacy media largely skipped the Texas redistricting hearing, Democracy Docket's Jen Rice was there for all 10 days. Her coverage stands out and sheds insight into how the GOP operates -- not only in TX -- but nationally.

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Faith, hope and love

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps Mr Kiley should do something about it?

🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 2d

Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in, she will be the 218th vote that the House needs to...

👂🏾Release the Epstein files!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Usually it takes way less

randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 1d

I guess a jet was all it took to change his mind…..

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Mr HomeDepot co-founder will now provide health insurance for their female employees that includes birth control? Yea, doubt it.

Jaze 🇨🇦 @jaze.bsky.social · 2d

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

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sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t tease me like that!

Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 1d

dailyboulder.com/day-before-r...

Day Before 'Routine Check Up', GOP Insider Tells MAGA Fans Trump 'Will be Dead Sooner Than You Imagine'

Just one day before Donald Trump is set to undergo a “routine yearly check-up” at Walter Reed Hospital — his second in less than six months — conservative strategist Rick Wilson delivered a blistering...

dailyboulder.com

sadtobetexan.bsky.social @sadtobetexan.bsky.social · 1d

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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