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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 17h

You love to see it 🎉🎉

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17h

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

time.com

Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 1d

Don't you just *love* when a blatant Hatch Act violation occurs from a government official using government resources and time for that communication? 🙃

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 3d

So threatening us with no pay, so the Dems cave to your authoritarianism. Ok.

#FedNews out with a great summary on how many laws they will break by not paying us Feds.

*Calls fed employment attorney*

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#GOPShutdown.

‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question

A new legal opinion from OMB contradicts the White House’s prior interpretation of a 2019 law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed employees after a shutdown.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 3d

Day 7. My heart hurts so fucking much. Now the orange turd is teasing we won't get backpay after all? I am so tired of being abused by this stupid government. They all need to be on a PIP at this point. #shutdown

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Alt DHS @altdhs.altgov.info · 3d

He didn't have a whole lot of good moves to begin with, so it won't take long to cancel them out. 🤬

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3d

Hallmark of Trump’s 2nd term: undoing his few good moves from the 1st. First undermining the success of Operation Warp Speed, now he’s targeting GEFTA—the law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed workers. Pure shutdown panic politics. Unions will fight it, but the stress is the point.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

Wow! Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to block court rulings against him.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 4d

"The separation of church and state is not a mere theory or constitutional surplusage; it protects the right of all Americans to worship freely and to follow their religions without fear of repression or forced compliance."

www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Supreme Court Is Dismantling the Separation of Church and State

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

www.americanprogress.org

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 4d

How embarassing to wait in line at Costco for gas and then find out none of your cards are acceptable because they're MC and not Visa. 😫😭

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 4d

Sound advice. 💯

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 5d

LET'S GOOOOO 🩵💙⚾️🔱
#GoMariners #SeizeTheMoment

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 5d

Big Dumper doubles and Julio Rodriguez follows with a double to drive him in, Mariners lead 3-2

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 5d

Tysm 🤗💜

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! That and "It All Comes Back to You" are my go-to LH jams right now 😁

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 5d

🎶"I will be waiting for you
On the other side of the frozen pines
I'm gonna find a way through
There's another life beyond the line..."🎶

#31DaysOfHalloween #LordHuron #FrozenPines #PNW #naturephotography

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 6d

I find calm water and perfect reflections very relaxing. For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #relax

#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 6d

Glowy lake reflections 🌅

#BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #sunset #photography #nature

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Katherine Mancuso @katherinemancuso.bsky.social · 7d

Fun Fact Friday: I used to work at the Salem Witch Museum 👻🌫️
#ForestFriday #scape #31DaysOfHalloween #fog #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights

Tall, leafless trees silhouetted against a foggy sky. A building eerily glows in the distance.
Early morning 1/1/2022

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 7d

Prisonscape

Eastern State Penitentiary shot on iPhone 6

#Spooktober #dungeon #scape #31DaysOfHalloween #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear
#MobilePhotography

A dramatic black and white photo of a crumbling hallway in an abandoned prison with vaulted ceilings. There's a metal gate in front.

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 7d

Eastern State is awesome! Did a VIP tour in 2016. Incredible.

Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 7d

200 followers?! Awesome! Here's a bonus #31DaysOfHalloween spooky woods pic 🥰

#photography #nature #PhotographersofBlueSky

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 7d

#31daysofhalloween #moon #photography

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 7d

Holy fuck, indeed.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 7d

It’s day 3 of the government shutdown.

Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 8d

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "motherfucker do I look okay?"

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Skye 💜✨☕️ @seattleskye.bsky.social · 8d

Well, the good news is I have a roof over my head for at least one more month.

The bad news is I have $25 left until my next (partial) paycheck next week 😭

Work for the stability, they said....

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