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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a particular fan of 2001 myself.

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 1d

The hope and positivity on display at #NoKings was infectious. We danced in the rain.

Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that Alice Munro managed to write some of the best fiction of all time while raising three children is legendary.

I just got back from the grocery store, and I'm childfree, and I'm exhausted.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 3d

All that we really have is our human history.

Until the stars burn out.

Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 3d

"Good morning. A lazy day during which we do absolutely nothing sounds heavenly, but how much unstructured time can we comfortably abide?"

On the day of the No Kings protest, likely one of the biggest, this was what the New York Times decided to write about for their morning briefing.

Fuck the NYT

Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 3d

Despite the fact that the majority of the largest protests in American history have been under the Trump regime, and therefore nothing good has come of them, I just cant in good conscience say that I stood around and did nothing while a dictator rose to power.

Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 3d

It is no longer a partisan measure to protest at the No Kings rally. It is now a democratic, egalitarian imperative.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

80 percent of ACA tax credits go to people living in states Trump won.

As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.

Watch.

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 5d

Im pretty tired of bullies getting away with things.

Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 9d

The trick to finding art is to find the person for whom the technique exceeds your grasp and becomes magic.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 10d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 11d

"What do we want?"
"Right now!"
"When do we want it?"
"Change!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 12d

"new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments."

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

The Nobel committee said that the three laureates “have developed a new form of molecular architecture.”

apnews.com

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 13d

Probably the most 2000s thing I've ever seen.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 14d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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📎The Ghost Army of Fellas! @angelalangford81.bsky.social · 14d

#Portland #Oregon #Krasnov states it's a #WarZone
One of the #Reporters from #Axiom states it's more like a #Carnival than #Combat that shit is #HILARIOUS

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 14d

A major protest during a government shut down seems likely. We have no choice. If we want to protect the civil liberties and welfare of the American people, we must do so with a crowd.

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 15d

Say what we want about social media, it helps us to see injustice performed on a near daily basis.

Imagine Trump's presidency in 2002.

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Colton.Royle @drmadhatten.bsky.social · 15d

Every parent having a child never believe they just got a dog too big to control.

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@TXCat61 @txcat61.bsky.social · 19d

Release the Epstein files

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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