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Holley Atkinson

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · Sep 24

Release the Epstein Files #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it

What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, and welfare-queening has made a comeback. These folks clearly don’t know and/or don’t care how SNAP food assistance works or who benefits from it most. (Hint: it’s white people in red states).

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 16h

I loved that about the old Twitter 😩

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 5d

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

🚨New reporting directly contradicts what Alex Acosta told our Committee in a deposition. We must get the truth & facts about Acosta's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financial crimes. Stop the White House cover-up.

Read Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement ⬇️

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice against his political opponents. This is just the latest example. Everyone who cares about democracy and the rule of law needs to speak out loudly and clearly that this is wrong. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ Indicts Congressional Candidate Amid Threats to Arrest Dems Over ICE Accountability Efforts

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 2d

Ewww 😱

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7d

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6d

Thinking about how Trump loved to say “You’re not even going to have a country,” and realizing that was a campaign promise that he’s keeping.

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 7d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 6d

Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 7d

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 8d

Crypto-beeyotch nightmare 😱

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Heather Muse @heathermuse.bsky.social · 11d

Read this whole thread.

The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 11d

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Fresh off of erasing the largest pro-democracy mobilization in American history the AGSulzberger @nytimes.com continues its institutional normalization of Pres. Trump.

Demolition of East Wing of WH for a vanity project.

🧵 contrasting NYT v WaPo

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Headline chosen by editors 10/22:

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Rubble? It’s a presidential dream being realized.

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Cries of overreach as East Wing decimated further

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 11d

Heather, thanks! My mighty little grassroots group 🇺🇸

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

Again, Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (or online).

Even if true, this is wildly illegal & violates all the laws. That is the headline. We're so far past stenography in October 2025. Whatever world in which this worked as a way to cover 🇺🇸 politics is gone, over, & totally done with now.

Reuters @reuters.com · 11d

The White House said on Tuesday it will submit plans for President Donald Trump's $250 million White House ballroom project to a body that oversees federal building construction, even though demolition work began earlier this week reut.rs/4ndTcfL

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 11d

Commander in Thief
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 11d

"It's no longer Democrat vs. Republican or left vs. right.

It's now democracy vs. oligarchy.

Freedom vs. dictatorship.

Right vs. wrong.

But collectively, together, *we* still have more power."

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

The brutality. The corruption. The lies.

Everything is on full display — and many Americans are beginning to learn an important lesson.

Watch.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11d

Can you imagine that this is an ICE recruitment poster?
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 11d

Trump intends to impose his stink on America and the White House

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you @paulnoth.bsky.social cc @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11d

A doctor stands over a man in a hospital bed, saying "You no longer have Medicaid, so expect a big beautiful bill."