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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19h

Janet Mills has announced a run for U.S. Senate. If elected, she would be 85 at the end of her first time.

If you care about democracy, generational renewal, and leadership that actually serves working people—You should want new leadership in Graham Platner.
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

79-Year-Old Janet Mills Launches Senate Run—Why We Must Choose Graham Platner Instead

U.S. Marine Veteran Graham Platner (41) represents a new hope and the voice of the American people—it's time to elect him as our next U.S. Senator from Maine

open.substack.com

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 11h

People think politics is corrupt… all of it. And to fix it, we need to rebuild trust.

That’s why I’m running on:

- Banning stock trading by members of Congress
- Overturning Citizens United
- And not taking a dime of corporate PAC $$

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Churlayla 86.47 @churlayla.bsky.social · 16h

Only 79 yr old in history to have ear cartilage grow back.

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skydiver100.bsky.social @skydiver100.bsky.social · 12h

100%
Are
Proud Boys
Oath Keepers
Three Percenters
J6ers
Children of Female Dogs
Do not have “legal” fathers=BASTxxxx

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Regina Waynes Joseph @rjcaliente.bsky.social · 1d

And there it is.👇🏽

Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 1d

When I posted a meme saying that we should support Tish James like we did Jimmy Kimmel, heaps of white people began attacking me. Not on Twitter, here on BlueSky. A whole bunch of guilt ridden, hit dogs came here to holler. The problem with America is that racism survives progressivism.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

Bill Pulte has been one of Trump's attack dogs, going after Trump's enemies list for things that basically amount to clerical errors, if anything. But it seems he and his wife (and family) have made quite a few "clerical" errors themselves on official filings.
www.rawstory.com/bill-pulte-2...

Trump's 'attack dog' committed same 'mistake' he's targeting rivals for: legal experts

Bill Pulte, dubbed an "attack dog" for President Donald Trump's political enemies, has reportedly made the same error he's targeted political rivals over. In a new Mother Jones report published Tuesda...

www.rawstory.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 1d

"Even as half of all Americans see Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide, Trump has rarely expressed empathy with Palestinian civilians or seemed to have been moved by their suffering. His original ideas about Gaza included a plan that excluded its people."

Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump’s plan amounts to a hostage release deal, a ceasefire of an uncertain term - and a prayer." My thoughts in @time.com:
time.com/7325340/chal...

The Challenges of Trump's Gaza Peace Plan

"The 20-point Trump peace plan is thin on details and principles," writes Shibley Telhami.

time.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

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

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

Me: “Why do you think ‘Succession’ was such a big show?

Arian Moayed/'Stewy': "Because the truth of ‘Succession’ dials into what we’re witnessing every day in our news cycles. There’s an elite group of 10 to 15 people that run everything."

Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/succession...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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skydiver100.bsky.social @skydiver100.bsky.social · 13h

Resisting Federal Officials is “illegal”.

When is a WELL REGULATED MILITIA option defending public from Fascist Govt to activated??

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 20h

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MoJoJuju @xoey1.bsky.social · 1d

And the Hits just keep on coming..😱

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

All facts

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

“Gaza has taught the world, and we owe it a lasting debt of honor" - Mahmoud Issa, commander of Al-Qassam Brigades’ Special Unit 101, in his first message to the people of Gaza and the resistance after his release in the prisoner exchange...

Watch his interview and read more in the post below.

“Gaza has taught the world, and we owe it a lasting debt of honor,” said Mahmoud Issa, commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades’ Special Unit 101, in his first message to the people of Gaza and the resistance after his release in the prisoner exchange deal. Issa’s unit had captured Israeli soldier Nissim Toledano in 1992 in an effort to secure the release of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin.
Watch his first interview and read more in the post below.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

“On November 4th, we can build a city where every child can afford to stay, where every worker can thrive, and where government serves the people — not the powerful.” - Rep. Nydia Velázquez

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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