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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 26d

🌈 mother nature: i will not be canceling rainbows

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 19h

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva announces her election results will be OFFICIALLY certified tomorrow, destroying Mike Johnson’s last excuse to delay her swearing in.

“Mike Johnson needs to do his job so I can do mine.”

No more lies.
No more delays.
Swear her in!

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onion person @junlper.beer · 17h

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 20h

benioff a disappointment for many years now

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Why are there no pockets in this dress? @laura101.bsky.social · 1d

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (1980):

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 Hillary Clinton’s Throwback Photos Have People Seeing 2 Very Famous Doppelgängers
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Hillary Clinton’s Throwback Photos Have People Seeing 2 Very Famous Doppelgängers

Donald Trump’s 2016 rival is the spitting image of both, argued social media users.

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 1d

🌏 visit a country that places a premium on education (vs sports), the takeaways are pretty clear

wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 2d

same people whod leave their children with him

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 2d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 3d

and here i thought nazis liked humidity

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Deputies search for suspect after large swastika found in Colorado hillside

Authorities are searching for the person responsible after a large swastika was spotted on a hillside at a Colorado park Saturday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 3d

maga: may the damage continue 🔨

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 3d

i remember asking for this

wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 4d

🚙 grandpa shouldnt be driving

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 4d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 4d

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 5d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 5d

👱‍♀️ what happened to mtg? struck down by jewish space lasers? shes making some amount of sense all of a sudden

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 5d

trump running 🇺🇸 like a failing business subject to hostile takeover

Transportation Secretary Threatens To Fire Air Traffic Controller 'Problem Children'
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Trump Official Calls Air Traffic Controllers 'Children,' Threatens To Fire Them Despite Major Staffing Shortage

Sean Duffy had a warning for air traffic controllers who "don’t show up to work" during the shutdown.

www.huffpost.com

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 5d

Critics Slam Trump’s ‘Creepy’ Exchange With Woman Who Had ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
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Trump’s ‘Creepy’ Moment With Fangirl Has Critics Saying They Nearly Threw Up

The moment was mocked as the perfect source material for “Saturday Night Live.”

www.huffpost.com

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wish you were here @sealblue.bsky.social · 5d

any justice will be inadequate

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