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#BlueCrew #BlueResisters Democracy Defender 5051 member Feminist Left of center WOKE = empathy Retired architect. 🏳️‍🌈 36+ yr with Will Cat servant Organic farm Vegetarian Qigong practitioner Elected town official Mass Democrat

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · Jan 30

"I give you a Republic, if you can keep it." -Benjamin Franklin

a close up of franklin d. washington 's face on a dollar bill

Alt: a close up of franklin d. washington 's face on a dollar bill

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 6h

Epstein Files must have some heavy ass info about some really scared people

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

Leticia James’ statement.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 17h

I believe that the Epstein files reveal the following:

Epstein was a MOSAD asset who created Kompromat material to use as leverage against powerful men.

That material including sex with young boys as well as girls.

He was also a major money laundering conduit.

The men caught up in the scandal

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 10h

This makes more sense

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10h

like thomas massie, marjorie taylor greene is really erratic and weird.

they're both people who are very invested in being anti establishment; now that trump's the establishment, that leads weird places.

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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 1d

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 10h

What is going on with MTG? She is beginning to sound like a reasonable leader
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nah

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Democracy Defender @loveroffreedom.bsky.social · 19h

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 10h

😂😂😂

Vance is describing the size while Johnson is remembering the taste....

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h

My statement on Middle East peace

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 11h

Trying to explain the decision processes of a narcissistic old man with dementia symptoms seems like a waste of time

Old man with dementia symptoms wearing too much orange makeup

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 12h

It's getting like The Onion is writing everything

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Canada vs USA. Not the same.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @adamzyglis)

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 15h

Murrow is rolling in his grave

CBS just died

SnowyBarb.bsky.social 🐕🫶🏻🌎💙 🌻🏔️Winter/Summer of our discontent🌨️❄️ @snowybarb.bsky.social · 15h

Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover www.levernews.com/bari-weiss-c... Propaganda for the Right takes over the media.. #News #Following

Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover

The billionaire-backed overhaul of CBS News is the culmination of a decades-long master plan.

www.levernews.com

Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 15h

Healthcare reform is 2 weeks away

Or was that Infrastructure Week?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 17h

This is all to keep us from knowing he’s a pedof*le but the catch is - we already know he’s a pedof*le!

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Nora Flanagan @noraflanagan.bsky.social · 17h

There was a massive fire on Chicago’s far north side (West Ridge) this morning, w/multiple fatalities. The National Guard is trained to help communities after a disaster, but they can’t now, even though they’re already here, because residents would be too rightfully terrified of them.

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 16h

Look, it's Andy Borowitz doing satire

But it's a great idea

SalliSue20202 @sallisue20202.bsky.social · 16h

Zelenskyy Suggests Trump Give Florida to Russia
www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-...

Zelenskyy Suggests Trump Give Florida to Russia

"Florida should be on the table,” Zelenskyy said. “With Florida, you have cards.”

www.borowitzreport.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself. Arctic Frost isn’t the scandal...it’s the mirror.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Blaine Bershad 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💯💙🇺🇦📎 @blainebmass.bsky.social · 21h

Hiking in Wyoming off the grid. Didn't know he was being considered

Wonderful news about an good guy advancing safer, more effective medical treatments
www.wired.com/story/nobel-...

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Wyoming wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology.

www.wired.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

If ICE agents are willing to shoot a US citizen in broad daylight, as they did with Marimar Martinez in Chicago, imagine what they’re doing to undocumented immigrants.

They shot her in front of witnesses & with body cams turned on

The horrors facing those disappeared to camps are sure to be worse

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

How is this making America safer? If anything, we're now more vulnerable and exposed!

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Billie Etchison @sybilte420.bsky.social · 1d

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