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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23h

Morning all. There are so many new releases today, so pop into your favourite indie bookshop and see what’s arrived! - Michael

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it. - Toni Morrison

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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 5h

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 7h

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 11h

Leaning into the witchy allegations hoping to catch your attention.

Healthcare is on the line, it doesn't take a psychic to see that.

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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations on everything you manage to get done today, even if it seems like it's not enough. It's enough. You are enough. 🖤💙😷🥄

09/10/2025
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
Incoming Transmission...

Congratulations on everything you manage to get done today, even if it seems like it's not enough. It's enough. You are enough. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 9h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "I AM THRILLED TO SAY THAT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT"

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 6h

Do not judge your life by what you can afford, or worse, what you can't afford. An honorable life does not come with a price tag.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 5h

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 7h

Sears shouldn’t have run.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Letitia James being indicted: "It's part of a bigger trend of the President of the United States using the Department of Justice, using the legal system, to go after political adversaries."

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 7h

why are so people so absolutely convinced that there is a button that Senate Democrats could push that would Just Solve The Problem that they are refusing to push? this belief apparently extends to like, every single corner of the political spectrum on here and it utterly baffles me.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 10h

I.C.E. is the modern equivalent to the slave patrols from our nation’s disgusting past. 🇺🇸

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Georgia Democrats @georgiademocrat.bsky.social · 6h

We’re all feeling it — our power bills keep climbing. But this upcoming Tuesday, we can vote for leaders who will actually fight for us.

💡 Early voting starts Tuesday! Vote Peter Hubbard and Dr. Alicia Johnson for the Public Service Commission.

📍Make your plan to vote early! pluginyourpower.org

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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 6h

The Project 2025's "small government" on Bane's Venom isn't working out so well, huh?

archive.is/CXAmM

BLS Recalls Staff to Ready September CPI Report by Month’s End

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has recalled staff to prepare a key inflation report that is necessary to calculate the size of next year’s Social Security checks, according to a Labor Department offic...

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 7h

When people say they don't understand white privilege. This is the ultimate example of white privilege. A 34-time convicted felon can become POTUS and then go after the Black Attorney General who prosecuted him for another case. No Black person, not even President Obama, has that privilege or power.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 9h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 18h

This is not a risk. We have seen over and over again that there is absolutely a major political benefit to publicly stopping the GOP from doing harm in a high profile showdown. If Dems win the standoff then it is imperative that it be yelled from the rooftops that they won the standoff

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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 7h

2025 is bad enough already.🤪🙄

Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 7h

George Clooney says Warner Bros. approved the budget for Ocean's Fourteen.

George Clooney Says OCEAN'S FOURTEEN Should Begin Filming in 9-10 Months

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 8h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine being Bernie fucking Sanders and saying this.

The utter goddamned lack of self awareness and refusal to reflect is, quite frankly, Trump-like.

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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 7h

Waiting to hear from the anti-war people, anti-imperialists, anti-colonialists, etc.

Remember when they flipped out over a pier?

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and privat...

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Sy Nakamura @electricaikido.bsky.social · 7h

JFC he's terrible at messaging, simply cannot stay focused on the target

holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 14h

Another one who is far more comfortable with Trump in power instead of a woman.

Sanders: Trump may be ‘crazy’ and ‘lie all of the time,’ but ‘he’s a good politician’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while maintaining past criticisms voiced about President Trump, has praised the commander in chief’s political prowess. “It is clear that this shutdown has got to end as s...

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 9h

Another example of

Leave Black people tf alone

Atlanta firm accused of preying on aspiring Black business owners ordered to close or face $2.2M fin

YouTube video by 11Alive

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Rep Jahana Hayes @repjahanahayes.bsky.social · 7h

Government Shutdown Day 9. My constituents can’t wait for Republicans to decide to come back to work.
I’m still showing up for them!
#TheClocksRunOut
#TimesUp

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

The Letitia James case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker, a Biden appointee.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.

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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 8h

I know Dems not being in disarray really messes with people's heads here but it seems like it's working so far.

Private GOP call reveals early fissures over Mike Johnson’s shutdown strategy

Some House Republicans are questioning the wisdom of a key aspect of Johnson's strategy.

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