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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 3h

Arizona.......Not all desert 🌲🌲🌲🌲⛰️🏔💚💙💚

A pine-filled mountain top with a view of distant blue mountains and a cloudy sky (Mogollon Rim, AZ)

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 11h

Speaker Johnson is delaying my swearing in to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Join us in demanding Speaker Johnson:

End the Shutdown.

Swear me In.

Release the Files.

SIGN OUR PETITION 🔗adelita.us/sign

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 11h

NoKings
Saturday, October 18

www.nokings.org#map

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 11h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

After 🧊 forcefully detains a Parent during school pick ups/drop offs what’s supposed to happen to children left behind?

Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

No matter what, beautiful flowers always bring a smile ☺ 🏵🌸🌺🪻⚘️

Brightly colored cosmos surrounded by their green foliage

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!!! Perfect 😊💙🩵💚🦋

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

This is truly brilliant. Such a way to communicate,
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 So Republicans don’t understand why releasing the Epstein files is such a big deal either?

Confirm Adelita Grijalva &
Release the EPSTEIN FILES!

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

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, there were some sneaky ones in there 😁

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Bravo! Excellent 💯 So sorry you are all being put in this position 😢

ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 1d

Midweek Haiku

Furlough! Work, no pay
Why don’t we have a budget…
Congress derelict.

Create the budget
After the year has started
It makes zero sense.

At least pay assured
Wait, that law may be ignored
Who will stand for us?

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

I count 13 ??

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Aww........Someone's happy 🖤🩶🖤🩶🖤🩶🐧🐧🐧

I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 1d

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

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#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Further exploring mosaic knitting with this slouch beanie, not afraid to mix and match patterns, helps to keep things interesting as a useful accessory is being created a stitch at a time 😊🧶🪡🧶

A knitted beanie in purple/beige is sitting in front of a picture of yellow and purple crocheted flowers

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

If you're driving through Kern County CA at this time of year it's common to see workers harvesting grapes on the side of the road. It was around 90° in Mettler CA around 1pm on the day this photo was taken. Workers were going full speed despite the heat. #WeFeedYou

Farm workers harvesting grapes in Kern County

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Keep on dancing, don't let anything or anyone steal your joy! 💃🎵🎶🎵

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Dancing in the streets! Nothing but peaceful protesting!

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Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social · 1d

Cordial reminder that Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva holds the final signature needed to release the Epstein files. Speaker Mike Johnson continues to delay her swearing-in—canceling House votes for the second consecutive week despite urgent legislative business—

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 1d

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 2d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 2d

It's OK to find your peaceful place and breathe, to remember your worth 💚💙🩵🦋

Four peaceful scenes of flowing water through tree covered hills

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Desert Rose 🌹🍃🌵🌲🌺🐞🦋 @desertrosecreates.bsky.social · 3d

Early Fall and flowers still blooming in the Ozarks, quite warm still, so enjoying the pleasant moments of color while they are still here 💚🩵💙🦋🌺🏵🌸🪻🌷

Pale purple flowers surrounded by their green foliage

Orange and pink cosmos and green foliage along a sidewalk

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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