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Jaroslav

@jaroslav65.bsky.social

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I love photography, cats, music, art (my favorites are impressionists) animal lover generally, soon moving to FL after 20 years in VA. BLUE is my color not just in politics. No Dm,no MAGA, no OF.

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Jaroslav @jaroslav65.bsky.social · Nov 17

Take a walk if you want to stay sane

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

in a sane word it would be considered wildly inappropriate for the Deputy FBI Director to go on Fox & Friends and cut WWE-style promos on sitting governors

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 5h

Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone. Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops today and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who groomed her to become a sex slave for Epstein and his wealthy friends. Buy it. Read it. Give her justice.

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JoeVe @josephjveverka.bsky.social · 3h

There are no morons in hell.no dummies, no happy ppl, no birthday parties bc no one is going anywhere.👹

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 11h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Making Argentina Great Again

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Hellish Children @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 13h

March:

Trump's USDA secretary defends $1 billion cuts to funding for food banks, schools

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins took a jab at trans people while defending the food aid cuts as "nonessential" in remarks to Fox News.

www.msnbc.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Translation: if Dems don’t cave this week, Donald Trump and Republicans are going to turn up the pain level on the American people.

📌 “The Schumer shutdown is likely to end sometime this week… if it doesn’t… the White House…will have to look at stronger measures…to bring them to the table.”

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 13h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 13h

💙💛

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 9h

Yes!
I never thought about politics!
It was handled...

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WE ARE FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 18h

Happy Birthday @kamalaharris! The truth you spoke and the warnings you gave are now our reality. We will not give up the fight but are here to win our country back! Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do for the American people.
#Pinks #SheShed