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Liberal, wife, mother, dog-mom, caregiver, horrified American. 🌊☮️✌️🇺🇦 . No crypto/sex/etc. Don't ask for money, I don't have any. Proud New Mexican NO BIO/POST NO FOLLOW BACK Irish/Polish/Ukranian. DMs is automatic block.

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grumpyleigh.bsky.social @grumpyleigh.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi! Changing my pinned post after 8 months. I share posts for 3 reasons: 1 this is great/bullshit and everyone should see this; 2 I need to record this in my book of horrible shit the idiot has brought us; 3 I need cute animal videos to show my husband after he sees the latest f*ckery to defuse him

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 6h

I didn’t think resisting tyranny would involve ordering an inflatable chicken outfit, but I guess I really should have known.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1h

America right now: what if the worst person you know who was also the dumbest person you know was in charge of a critical government agency?

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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 21m

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grumpyleigh.bsky.social @grumpyleigh.bsky.social · 23m

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 2h

Daily Reminder: The coup is led by men rejected young, now corrupted. white men so hollow they serve foreign powers to silence thinkers & control women. They fear truth, despise integrity, mistake cruelty for strength. Their rebellion isn’t patriotism, it’s treason. Release the files🇺🇸

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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grumpyleigh.bsky.social @grumpyleigh.bsky.social · 40m

Oh no

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 2h

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the last U.S. military strike in the Caribbean hit a Colombian boat with citizens aboard.

If Petro’s claim is accurate, it’s more than a diplomatic spat, it’s a potential international incident.

Citizens’ lives were at stake, and clarity is overdue. 👇

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 6h

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 2h

“The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it.”

- H.P. Lovecraft

A hand holding a dripping wet, bulging-eyed, flat-faced cat looking sadly at the camera.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 2h

Not a surprise. He'll give himself an exemption.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 2h

Uh you think so?
And the indicting GJ never heard her testimony.

“Ms. Thompson’s testimony that she has lived in the house rent-free —Ms. James pays even for basic upkeep, — cd make it difficult for prosecutors to convince a jury that the house was meant to be used as a rental investment property.”

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grumpyleigh.bsky.social @grumpyleigh.bsky.social · 2h

You forgot Panama

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4h

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

If you were recently terminated as part of the layoff, please reach out to www.centerforemploymentjustice.com.

Terminating federal employees for purely political reasons is illegal.

CEJ- Advocates in the Workplace

www.centerforemploymentjustice.com

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grumpyleigh.bsky.social @grumpyleigh.bsky.social · 2h

Seeing this in theater on the 29th. Can't wait.

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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 2h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 2h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 4h

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 22h

The woman caller was a Republican.
She didn't know they would come for her too.
But they're coming for everyone - unless you're a billionaire, that is.

Social media post:

More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS
Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson:
"I have two medically fragile children ... lf
we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my
children do not get the medication that's
needed for them to live their life because
we live paycheck to paycheck."

MORE PERFECT UNION
Ruben Gallego
@RubenGallego
When a mother calls C-SPAN and pleads
with Mike Johnson, "My kids could die ...
you could stop this," it tells you everything
you need to know about his party.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Mark 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦 @miestro78.bsky.social · 4h

Fox lies. Always wants gullible eyes on them.

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