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AveryBanks @averybanks.bsky.social · 1d

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rachian3423.bsky.social @rachian3423.bsky.social · 1d

Someone please adopt this beautiful girl! She’s perfect! She wants a person/family of her own, if I could afford a 3rd dog I would!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 23h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome.

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 20h

Lies all lies. Hatch act violation. But the GOP do not follow any laws

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

Guess that Qatari jet wasn’t a “gift” to Trump after all.

Screenshot of tweets. Mike Madrid writes: “Joe Biden was criticized for a Chinese balloon flying over our airspace. They’re giving Qatar an entire f’ing air base.”
Below, Aaron Rupar’s tweet quotes Pete Hegseth saying on Fox News: “I’m also proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 20h

Amen

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2d

lol your melanin will always be louder than your rhetoric.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 2d

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME. BEARING WITNESS IS NOT OBSTRUCTION.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 1d

It’s backwards

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

That’s not how you science.

Tweet from Republicans Against Trump says: “RFK Jr: There’s no proof that Tylenol causes autism. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” Below is a photo of a White House meeting showing RFK Jr., Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump at a long conference table.

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Nancy Estes (AmBeachy) @ambeachy.bsky.social · 2d

This memory popped up in my mentions from 2016.
You warned us.

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 1d

Omg

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

this is an absolutely insane news conference for the Attorney General of the United States to be participating in.

(note how Benny Johnson describes the Annunciation shooting as an act of political violence, which is a lie)

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Quid Pro Qatar Quo

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Catherine Mack 🐨🦫 @cathyinoz.bsky.social · 2d

“…resistance means, among other things, being the opposite of them in how we use language. To me that not just telling the truth (and checking the facts) as best we can but using language with precision and describing the world accurately.” Another on-target article by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d

Wrote a thing. Again. Telling the truth is generally regarded as a matter of intention and moral character, but it's also a skill: the ability to delineate accurately what's going on out there and who exactly the parties are....

Categories Are Leaky (Over-Generalizations are Dangerous)

Many people seem to love sweeping generalizations. Not all people, but lots of people I come across trying to discuss the politics of our time fall back on pretending that a category of people is homo...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 1d

I pray this is true!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Please let this be true 🙏🏼

Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell Claims An 'Epstein Bomb Is About To Drop' On Trump—And Republicans Are Jumping Ship

www.comicsands.com

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 2d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Helen S @helenandsla.bsky.social · 1d

Loved his response to the question!

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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 2d

That's gonna leave a mark. 🔥
substack.com/@mikenellis/...

Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

A reporter asked the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee why Trump didn’t win, and the guy basically said it’s because he has no courage or integrity. Absolutely brutal.

substack.com

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