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cozybooksonly.bsky.social @cozybooksonly.bsky.social · 17h

Excuse me, what? Are people concerned about this?

@lwvus.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com @joyannreid.bsky.social
@katiephang.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
@democracydocket.com

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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humanityandplanet.bsky.social @humanityandplanet.bsky.social · 18h

Hey Canada . We have to get the word out that Pierre Pollievre and his minions are trying to use the same dictatorial playbook as our lovely neighbours have been attacked with . We have to be strong and teach our friends and neighbours about it . Many people think it can’t happen here .

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi gets uglier with every clip of her I see. People lying...when everyone knows they are lying...yet they do it anyway...they're the most repulsive thing you can ever see. That feeling of being repulsed...and what you are looking at...when you feel that way...fuse... permanently.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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BumboJumbo @bumbojumbo666.bsky.social · 1d

This should enrage you. This should enrage any decent free people. Feel the anger. Dwell upon it. Understand it. Act upon it.

The most deep-seated anger and hatred you can possibly muster is only the beginning of how you should feel about this.

It has only just begun.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 1d

Russ Vought is a theocratic arsonist in a flag pin. He cloaks fascism in budget memos, guts expertise, installs zealots, and calls the wreckage divine order.

The ‘Grim Reaper’ of the Government Shutdown

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 10/06/2025 · Subscribers Only · 37m

podcasts.apple.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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We Are The Dead @wearethedead.bsky.social · 2d

Flight Sergeant John Leonard Hartley Phillips (Royal Canadian Air Force). Mar. 9, 1942.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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humanityandplanet.bsky.social @humanityandplanet.bsky.social · 3d

😂😂😂

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 3d

❤️ Only in Portland would protesters outsmart ICE with donuts on fishing lines. The officers never stood a chance.

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humanityandplanet.bsky.social @humanityandplanet.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for this . We need unification more than ever right now . ♥️

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 3d

Their memories are short. Mine is not.

LillianDCA @lillianorlando.bsky.social · 3d

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Remy Michaels @remyscameraeye.bsky.social · 3d

Northern Friends... Early morning. Enjoying the beautiful Fall Colours, with my big friend, Melvin The Young Bull Moose (Son of Madeline and Michaelangelo, Brother of Minnie). A very strong and handsome young boy. 🫎📸🇨🇦
#AlgonquinPark #Moose #Mammals #WildlifePhotography #OntarioParks #Canada

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps you’ve noticed; the more immigrants they detain and deport…the more violent the United States is becoming. I see a clear connection.

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humanityandplanet.bsky.social @humanityandplanet.bsky.social · 4d

All good ! We don’t blame you ! It could just as easily happen to us . We have maple maga in the form of Pierre Pollievre, we just dodged a bullet . Hopefully Canadians will let Mark Carney do his magic .

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

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Richard Cann @richcann.bsky.social · 6d

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Jiminy Cricket @realbigbluecricket.bsky.social · 7d

Lotta talk about how stupid so many Americans are. It’s ignorant, not stupid. Millions of our people are now denied good public schools because the radical right wants to use schools to sell their message. They want schools to control, not enlighten. People need a chance to grow or we get this mess.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 6d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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humanityandplanet.bsky.social @humanityandplanet.bsky.social · 6d

Not surprised . I am wondering if Covid also explains the increased anger and emotional outbursts in people who weren’t vaccinated . I saw many elderly Covid patients who presented with very altered mentation when they got sick as well .