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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 8h

It's getting tough

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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The Hill @thehill.com · 13h

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) threatened legal action if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) delays swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.).

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 11h

Today was my last day at my job. Tomorrow’s my first day on long term disability.

I loved that job, that workplace, that project with all my heart. I had one of those rare situations where I was well supported to do meaningful work.

I am so sick I forgot it was today.
Long covid, 5.5 years.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 8h

Frogs against fascists

#noICE
#nokings
#Democracy

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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 11h

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, now!

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 8h

House Republicans are now on their THIRD WEEK of vacation during a government shutdown.

Democrats are in D.C. demanding an end to the shutdown and a full release of the Epstein files. Release them, NOW.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 12h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

ICE GOONS are violently targeting brown people in Chicago.

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#BLM/#NMP/#ANTIFA🇲🇽 @sinnu1.bsky.social · 22h

What he says…

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 9h

Another reminder that this is a violation of the consent decree and a court order. They do not care.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 13h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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Lisa Quilter of Things @quiltlovinlisa.bsky.social · 14h

I made a new poster for the wall. I've really upped my lettering game. #middleschool #paraprofessional

A poster stating, "you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 16h

Former HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius on why ACA's tax credits matter: Having your premiums jump by double… getting a notice in November that you’re going to pay twice as much terrifies everyone who are already paying too much for groceries and rent.

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, that would be great, but I'd like to see him impeached and removed with all his advisers, etc as it stayed in the Constitution

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Sue Massa @smassa.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t care what it takes….he needs to go NOW!

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 8h

Liar!!

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 8h

Can it get more absurd??

#noICE
#nokings
#Democracy

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Nancy Thompson @thmpsnnancy.bsky.social · 13h

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

open.substack.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 16h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 1d

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson

Pic of the day

#photography

Loutro Beach on the island of Crete. A small boat with a man in it hovers on top of turquoise water. In the distance, brilliant white stores and homes line the cove. There are no roads to get here. Boat is everything.

#greece
#travel
#sea
#holiday
#crete

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 11h

Shameful!

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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