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Cwnidog

@cwnidog.bsky.social

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Retired SW Engineer and USAF veteran. 💙Unabashedly left-wing and unashamedly atheist. MAGA, requests for money, business accounts, and the like get blocked. I’ve disabled DMs. Please do not add me to your starter pack. I’m not really counting followers

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Cwnidog @cwnidog.bsky.social · 37m

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"Mark Bray, a historian who has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport late on Wednesday when he was informed at the boarding gate that reservations for him and his family had been cancelled."

Just plain harassment.

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

www.theguardian.com

Cwnidog @cwnidog.bsky.social · 47m

"In the US, growing pro-Palestinian activism has been met with arrests, legal action and mounting threats, offering a pretext for the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on free speech and catalysing what many view as the country’s descent into authoritarianism."

The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting

www.theguardian.com

Cwnidog @cwnidog.bsky.social · 53m

Why would you?

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

Thanks to Republicans in Congress, some Americans will have to pay more than $22,000 every year to keep their health insurance coverage.

$22,000.

That could be a matter of keeping health care coverage or just giving up—and for some people, life and death.

Thanks to Republicans, some Americans will pay $22,000/year to keep their health insurance.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1h

If two parties insist on “dueling versions” of reality, but one party includes journalists, local cops, local residents, and the other includes plagiarists, propagandists, and Orwellian GOP liars, it’s worth saying there is one reality, and one lurid fantasy. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 18h

Now

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 4h

Ukrainian long-range drones struck once again the Bashneft refinery near Ufa in Bashkortostan, currently Russia. The refinery, which is around 1,400 km (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border has been hit multiple times.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 7h

GOP Rep. Touts Plan To ‘Honor’ Trump With Nobel Peace Prize After He Didn't Win This Year

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GOP Lawmaker Announces Plan To 'Honor' Trump With Nobel Peace Prize After He Failed To Win This Year

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aka James Wayne 🎸✌️☀️😎 💙🌊 @bluejaywayne.bsky.social · 8h

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Dana 📎 Leigh: rhymes with banana tree @danaleighxyz.bsky.social · 16h

👀📣 Save the Date!
NO KINGS
OCTOBER 18th near you.
Mobilize.us for a rally near you

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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Phil @darkphil.bsky.social · 3h

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Sharon Rudow @playasharon.bsky.social · 3h

Trump and Kennedy claim it's unsafe to give young children Tylenol. What does the science say?
Why the NAME BRAND hating rather than scientific proper drug (acetaminophen) IS TRUMP MANIPULATING THE MARKET??

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Adorable Spite @adorablespite.bsky.social · 4h

The child will suffer a lifetime & this prick will get a slap on the wrist because a man made bible says rape is hunky dory🤬🤬🤬🤬

Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 4h

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Adorable Spite @adorablespite.bsky.social · 4h

This veteran wants a dr appt for her service related rape injuries!!!
But hey; maga has to play soldier while eating big macs an soldiers line up at food banks!!! Thank you christians for your superstitious nonsense!!!

Old Hippie On Line Activist @teresalynnkocsis.bsky.social · 10h

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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