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CharM
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Former journalist. History nerd. Sports nut. No DMs. That means no DMs.
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CharM @artemis46.bsky.social · Mar 12
"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all." - Valery Legasov, "Chernobyl"
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jesscraven101.bsky.social
🚨🚨IMPORTANT: Republicans’ partial government shutdown has started. Here’s what to expect and why it matters.
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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tonyodz.bsky.social
This is good people at work helping good people so I donated a small amount - you can too here gofund.me/333cbafbf
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
artemis46.bsky.social
Hold your loved ones close. Happy Valentines Day. 🩷 #Caturday
February 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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nickyschwenzer.bsky.social
Quote by Terri Guillemets:
“Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.“

Stand With Ukraine 💙💛

Bryan Adams 🎸🫂🎼
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You

#HappyValentinesDay
#EndlessLove
#NobleAct

Thread 3/3🧵
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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parkermolloy.com
*rubs temples*

As I've spent the better part of the day explaining why I don't think Newsom should be the Democratic nominee for president, it pains me to "defend" this, but...

The governor of California is legally obligated to proclaim each Feb 6 Reagan Day per a 2010 state law.
Senate Bill No. 944 CHAPTER 114 An act to amend Section 37222 of, to add Sections 37222.10, 37222.11, 37222.12, 37222.13, 37222.14, and 37222.16 to, and to repeal Section 37222.5 of, the Education Code, and to add Section 6723 to the Government Code, relating to Ronald Reagan Day. [Approved by Governor July 19, 2010. Filed with Secretary of State July 19, 2010.] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 944, Runner. Special significance days: Ronald Reagan Day. Existing law designates specited days as having special signiticance, and specities how the days of special significance should be observed in public elementary and secondary schools and educational institutions. This bill would repeal and recast these provisions. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to Ronald Reagan. This bill would designate February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day, and would encourage public schools and educational institutions to engage in exercises remembering the life of Ronald Reagan, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event. This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Ronald Wilson Reagan was a man of humble background who worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of California, and President of the United States. (b) Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction for two terms as tha 40th Drecidant aftha IInitad Statac af Amerina. the cerand afwhich ha
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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santiagomayer.com
🪡 So, what can you do? I encourage you to donate to independent groups even if you’re avoiding party committees.

You can support @runforsomething.net’s candidate recruitment programs, our youth mobilization efforts at @votersoftomorrow.org, or mass protest with @indivisible.org.
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
Watch this clip of @booker.senate.gov masterfully question white nationalist Jeremy Carl. Even as Carl tries to distance himself from some of his own racist statements, he defends the white nationalist great replacement theory! (3:40 mark.) Very important to expose this.
youtube.com/watch?v=7VYq...
'It Sounds Like You Have A Racial Hierarchy': Cory Booker Shows Absolutely No Mercy To Trump Nom
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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February 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks
Good Thursday morning, friends!

Maybe today won't be as unhinged as Pam Bondi testifying to congress.

It's like the regime acts out every mood disorder in the dsm-5.

I know with some, it's not an act.

Have a day y'all, stay warm!

#SheShed #trumpsteinFiles
February 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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malena.bsky.social
So the LAPD Police Chief Jim McDonnell said he wasn't going to enforce the law in California that requires #ICE to unmask.

Here's some of the response.

What do you think about what's being said by Angelinos like Catie Laffoon

⚠️ Warning ⚠️
Strong language
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.

Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
"I'm proud to be here to represent Team USA, and to represent our country. But we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been for everybody. This stuff is happening right, right around where we live" "I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution," Ruohonen continued, "and it allows us to (have) freedom of press, freedom of speech, protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures, and makes it that we have to have probable cause to be pulled over. And what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of grey. It's clear." "I really love what's been happening there now with people coming out, showing the love, the compassion, integrity and respect for others that they don't know, and helping them out," Ruohonen said. "And we love Minnesota for that. "And I want to make it clear that we are out here, we love our country. We're playing for the U.S. We're playing for Team USA. And we're playing for each other, and we're playing for our family and our friends that sacrificed so much to be here today. And that doesn't change anything. "Because what the Olympics means is excellence, respect, friendship, and we all, I think, exemplify that. And we are playing for the people of Minnesota and the people around the country who share those same values. That compassion, that love and that respect."
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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repaprildelaney.bsky.social
ICE bought a warehouse in Williamsport for a 1,500-person detention facility.

I’m fighting to stop it — and I need to hear from you.

Take my quick survey and make your voice heard ⬇️

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February 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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felixtcat.bsky.social
Food for thought.
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
artemis46.bsky.social
Find your warm sunbeam and have a good #Caturday
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks
It's #Caturday, friends!

Good luck out there today!

#SheShed
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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nycjayjay.bsky.social
You may not have heard, but it’s important. Dems are holding shadow hearings on ICE crimes. Witnesses provided harrowing and explosive accounts yesterday. I provide some highlights from the day, and I urge everyone to watch and amplify them. Link in the replies.
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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thatproviso.bsky.social
"Hooker In Boots" (Melania) Didn't Make $7 Million. Let's Do The Money Laundering Math.
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"Hooker In Boots" (Melania) Didn't Make $7 Million. Let's Do The Money Laundering Math.
An estimated 90% of the revenue for "Melania" was inorganic. AKA "ticket laundering" by the world's most successful hooker.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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dell.bsky.social
Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
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February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
artemis46.bsky.social
Whenever the Super Bowl rolls around social media is flooded with pronouncements from people who know bupkis about sports, football, or anyone involved. And this year the Winter Olympics are going to make it 10 times worse. I don't know if I'll be able to stand it. 🤦‍♀️
February 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
I guess this didn't make it into the documentary.
January 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM
artemis46.bsky.social
Stay warm and have a good ##Caturday
January 31, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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massago.bsky.social
The Trump Administration’s actions over the last year have hurt real people. We’ve been fighting back — and now we want to hear from you.

Read more to learn about how to access our new public tools: a storytelling portal and federal accountability dashboard.
www.masslive.com/opinion/2026...
Share your story. Our democracy depends on it | Andrea Joy Campbell
The attorney general's office recently launched two new public tools: a Storytelling Portal and Federal Funding Dashboard. The tools are designed to shed light on the impact of federal funding cuts in...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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jen4man.bsky.social
Another great monologue from The Late Show. #AbolishICE #Resist #StrongerTogether

youtube.com/watch?v=ky5B...
Masked Secret Police Are Not Victims | The Truth About Alex Pretti | What Would The Founders Do?
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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January 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM