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Anti-fascist. Why can’t we be decent to each other? Trump has been a blight on common decency. Happy Pride month! 🌈

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · Dec 28

I still have my badge from interning on the Hill. What a blast it was. Why am I dressed like a pilgrim, 🤔

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you for your rage, I feel it 🙏 ✊💙 I’m following your music. I hate what’s happening to the country I love.

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

🔥 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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

With tears in their eyes, Hamas said we ask your forgiveness sir.

talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

Jesus Fucking Christ. Things that never happened.

talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

As Acre Trader buys up soy farms.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

To bail out Rob Citrone Bessent crony.

talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA r gluttons for punishment. Javier is nuts and completely failed as we knew he would. Bullshit and corruption as economic policy isn’t usually effective.

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Yama @davidfielden.bsky.social · 19h

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 19h

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

What can we do about mainstream media moving right? 1. Give up on some outlets (CBS) and embrace others (The Guardian) 2. Get alternative media to cover more hard news 3. Browbeat outlets into using their agenda-setting and framing powers better. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

At The Washington Post, CBS, and maybe CNN, the trend line is terrible. But liberals do have the power to reverse these trends.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 4h

Bravo!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Jeremy @jer1190.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, it’s the only way they’re going to learn. They think all of Trump’s BS won’t affect them because they voted for him, when in reality he doesn’t care about anyone but himself.

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talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 5h

They voted for this AGAIN

talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.social · 5h

The US is becoming third world.

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bennythesnitch.bsky.social @bennythesnitch.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, China, and Declining US Influence in Asia
Under the second Trump administration, China overall is in a better position to spread its influence in competition with the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific. thediplomat.com/2025/10/trum...