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Finally got a Bluesky account (I have been reading my fav profiles for a while), but Schumer ticked me off. I had to share info about the CR. But he and 9 others vote yes anyway. They didn't listen to us. https://www.epi.org/policywatch/house-passes-con

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✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · Apr 2

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Regarding past rallies Indivisible has organized, such as the “Hands Off” rallies that took place in all fifty states in April, co-executive director Ezra Levin said: “It was far larger than January 6th, and there was no violence. None.” www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · 1h

#NoKings

I have a "No Kings" t-shirt to wear on the 18th

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#ICEProtests
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hikercat.bsky.social @hikercat.bsky.social · 6h

Please don't forget that Argentina's leader helped destroy Argentine economy with crypto. Over 200 wallets controlled by the same group in Argentina, each holds 200 bitcoin. Argentina needs to launder it through the U.S. fed reserve. This 20 billion is not a bailout. Follow coins in those wallets

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✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · 2h

I can't keep up who is wheeling dealing with crypto ...

BRICS—which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and now five new members

✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · Apr 27

I read this about the BRICS in December 2024.

Musky was moving around a lot of crypto in October 2024.

December 2024
www.cfr.org/backgrounder...

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BRICS leaders pose before a plenary session of the 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool/Reuters

What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding?
As BRICS grows in both membership and global sway, its expansion comes with divisions among its members old and new on how to set the stage for a revised world order.
-- The BRICS group has become a major political force in the last two decades, building on its desire to create a counterweight to Western influence in global institutions.
-- The group’s expansion in 2023 exemplifies its growing heft, but also brings new disagreements on issues such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
-- Russia’s 2024 leadership could intensify the bloc’s anti-West focus, including attempts to edge out the U.S. dollar—but that will be an uphill battle, experts say.

The countries that comprise BRICS—which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and now five new members—are an informal grouping of emerging economies hoping to increase their sway in the global order. Established in 2009, BRICS was founded on the premise that international institutions were overly dominated by Western powers and had ceased to serve developing countries. The bloc has sought to coordinate its members’ economic and diplomatic policies, found new financial institutions, and reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar.

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Other monetary proposals laid out at the 2023 summit included founding a new cryptocurrency or using a combined basket of BRICS currencies.

December 2024
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-brics-group-and-why-it-expanding

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savefrogs2.bsky.social @savefrogs2.bsky.social · 3h

Hm. Is that the connection-- CRYPTO?

Is a cryptocurrency deal part of this $20 BILLION BAIL-OUT by the American taxpayers?
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Donald Trump Is Now One Of The World's Biggest Bitcoin Investors

Trump's crypto portfolio goes beyond World Liberty Financial and his memecoin—he’s also big into bitcoin. Will he use his presidency to boost its price to new heights?

www.forbes.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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TheBaroness 🐸 @thebaroness.bsky.social · 6h

Here’s the thing: if ICE and all the rest of them were such big, tough manly men, why aren’t they going after actual gang members? It could be because the real gangs have more fire power and give less of a shit. Bunch of chicken shits.

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RR Edmonds @rredmondsart.bsky.social · 6h

What they want is for people to fight back so they have an excuse for Trump to make himself a king.

Do not give them an excuse.

The clock is ticking on Trump.

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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 7h

ICE is randomly targeting peaceful protesters because the point is to terrorize the public into accepting martial law.

Indiscriminate attacks send the message that there’s nothing you can do to stay safe.

The regime wants you to cower at home and cede the streets of your city to their control.

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Move Rate 20 Games, LLC @moverate20.bsky.social · 10h

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Always Listen To Learn @acridocarpus.bsky.social · 5h

Here’s a clean copy of that Time magazine cover.

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✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · 2h

#TurkeyNeckTrump

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 5h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

How many white people will still vote Republican even knowing they will lose their healthcare because of it?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Georgia Voter: I’m glad the Democrats are holding out for some of us—for the 20 million people who still need it and will only get insurance this way.

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askmetomorrow.bsky.social @askmetomorrow.bsky.social · 4h

Put a banner on every closed hospital & nursing home:

“TRUMP SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD”

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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 4h

I agree with this strategy platforming regular people who are informed about what's going on right now. I think everybody on the Meidas Touch should do daily interviews and platform them daily. I would love to see Filipkowski do one, Popok too.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 3h

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com goes OFF on the fact that a Trump staffer, Michael Bartels, *still has a job* working for the regime despite participating in the "I Love Hitler" group chat w/other vile Young Rs. While Trump vilifies others for simply asking Qs of his liars.
📺 youtu.be/EDtPJYciGHk?...

Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

YouTube video by MSNBC

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oliverthelakerat.bsky.social @oliverthelakerat.bsky.social · 9h

Rumor is they’ll convene the 2nd week of November to do just that. But they don’t have enough R votes yet to pass it. And R’s in the southern part of the state and around Indy are afraid their seats could flip to D if they support this.

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Angry Old Bat @angryoldbat.bsky.social · 7h

And you wonder why Charlie was trolling the campuses.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 6h

They're still mad about the time students turned Indiana blue for Obama

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban