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Bryan Michael Francis

@bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social

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I cuss a lot. I call people “Sweetie”- the Bless Your Heart kind, not the misogyny kind. Plus it triggers homophobes. Being tolerant doesn’t mean I need to tolerate red hat bullshit. FAFO. I also like Warhammer 🤷‍♂️

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 10h

Columbus aint do a damn thing but get lost. Happy Indigenous People's Day

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Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 5h

Standing up helps others find the fortitude to stand with you.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 5h

SANE trained. Can confirm.

Dana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 5h

Coming forward to report a sexual assault takes extraordinary courage.

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Decades after youth's sexual assault, a Marquette man is found guilty

Ward Glass faces up to life in prison.

www.detroitnews.com

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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 9h

Well duh, this is what all credible economists said would happen. They lie, we pay.

US companies, consumers bear brunt of US tariffs www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

www.reuters.com

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Cinjaa @cinjaa.bsky.social · 6h

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks a bunch, you anti-vaxxer dipshit fucks.

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U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸💙🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 14h

Got farted on... 😆

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Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 5h

What the fuck is a “Peachy Keenan”? Sounds like shit you’d look up in Urban Dictionary…

TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 8h

Trump and Fox News have taught them the easiest way to push their narrative is to lie.

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TriciaE @triciae80.bsky.social · 1d

My new favorite “church lady”😂😂😂

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 7h

The reason they think we are all paid to protest is because they’d never love this country for free.

Meet me there.

#NoKings
10/18

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 10h

He’s looking at the line 🫣

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 15h

The photographer deserves a medal.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 6h

Daaaaaaaaaaamn…..

PBLarsen @pblarsen.bsky.social · 8h

Please don't come for Ms Crockett, unless she sends for you, booboo!!

Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 1d

Thats some interesting info. Never thought about where my suture kits come from.

Bryan Michael Francis @bryanmikefrancis.bsky.social · 1d

I not only expect it, I encourage and wholeheartedly support it.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump