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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 1h

Oh well

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Emanuel: China's basically found leverage; they're applying pressure, and they're doing it to soybean farmers. Our farmers have lost that market, are out a huge amount of money, and could see a lot of bankruptcies in the rural parts of the Midwest.

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 1h

Anything to get back into power. Shameful.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Kamala Harris: "I think he has a vengeance campaign, which is really exposing the petty nature of who he is and his deep level of insecurity."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

🚨 HEY NYC — This clip alone is completely disqualifying. Absolutely humiliating stuff from @andrewcuomo, refusing to condemn Trump for going after NY AG Tish James.

A vote for him is very clearly a vote for Trump.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 4h

A huge thank you CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦, @corrina.sheshed.rocks, for all your efforts to build a wonderful community here. We very much appreciate you! 🌸💙

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Happy Saturday resisters!

I created the Defenders of Democracy their own handle

@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social

Please give us a follow and all of these great Friends & Allies of our team!

#TheDefendersOfDemocracy

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 4h

Abhorrent!

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 5h

Same!

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 6h

Great new Starter Pack from The Defenders of Democracy 👇

Thank you very much @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social for putting this together and for your efforts to connect us! 💙🫂💙

The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

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Welcome to the #DefendersOfDemocracy ‘s Friends & Allies Starter Pack #1
We are the same great team. We just have our own handle now. Please follow us at @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
and we highly recommend you give all of these great DoD friends & allies a follow!

Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks you so much for adding me to this great Starter Pack The Defenders of Democracy, @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social I very much appreciate it 🌸 I found great new people to connect with. Happy Sunday to all 💙💙

Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 21h

Ditto.

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few holes in the defense secretary’s account.. there have been four boats—have not been carrying enough fuel to travel from South America directly to the U.S. trump has not said what kind of drugs it is seeking, to stop from entering. Clearly illegal.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.

www.theatlantic.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 1d

"Sweet" - Cigarettes After Sex
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ31...

Sweet - Cigarettes After Sex

YouTube video by Cigarettes After Sex

www.youtube.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 1d

This ⬆️⬆️⬆️

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 1d

Do you consider yourself conservative or libertarian? Trump’s attacks on renewables:

* Attack free markets
* Stifle innovation
* Take lives
* Eliminate jobs
* Raise energy costs
* Harm national security

This regime is not on your side either.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

www.theguardian.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Federal employees across the government are now receiving layoff notices, a devastating outcome of Trump’s political games. It’s outrageous that he would use people’s livelihoods as pawns to “score political points”.

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 1d

💙🫂

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by Joshua Brehse

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

We’re deporting the people who pick our food so we can pay more to starve patriotically. Gifted article:
wapo.st/48Iuil5

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions.

"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty...or agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the US,
is not really pro-life."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

www.npr.org

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 2d

"La Partida Hacia los Campos"

By Venezuelan painter Emilio Boggio (1894)

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 2d

Great democratic leader!

Congratulations, Maria Corina Machado! 👏👏👏👏

NPR @npr.org · 2d

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

n.pr

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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