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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13d

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13d

Can't we just get healthcare

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 13d

ICE patrolling the streets of Chicago with dressed in full military uniforms and with real weapons. This is today (Sept. 28).

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 13d

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13d

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · 13d

He likes to lick the camera lens. 🤣🤣Will do!

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · 13d

Isn’t he? He’s got so much personality too!

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · 13d

Happy Gotcha Anniversary #3 to this lovable goober, Trooper. He is a source of light, a sass master, a good boy, with a boopable snoot, bombastic side eye and beeeeeeg stretches. And we love him. 🐶❤️

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · 23d

I'm such a huge fan of @kialeep.bsky.social and it’s not just because I’m her editor. I've loved every one of their books and Nyte in Shining Armor is no exception. Want a different kind of vampire, non-binary rep, and worldbuilding that will keep you guessing? You should pick up a copy today!

Cover of Nyte in Shining Armor of NPSeeds Saga by Kia Leep. Cover depicts a purple tinged, pointy eared vampire with short dark hair, wearing purple robes. Magic swirls around them. They are holding a huge shield, about their size with a glowing gem in the center that is red like the magic.

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · 25d

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 11

It is possible to think the things a person supports are horrendous, while not wanting then to lose their potential to change one day, even if it never would have happened.

Nobody should be celebrating political violence. Both sides have done this and neither is right. (2/2)

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 11

It is possible for two things to be true at once. It is possible to hate everything a person stands for and still not want them to be murdered. It is possible to hate all forms of gun violence and hate when that violence is done to someone who supported it. (1/2)

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 8

This exactly. But things will be saved!!!!

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy International Literacy Day!

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-york-s...

Quote from President Truman with his picture

"Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called Social Security.
Socialism is what they called farm price supports.
Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independant labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
Harry S. Truman, 1952

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Sep 8

Everything just feels really crushing right now

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hell yes. Go after all of them. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Apple Sued by Authors for Copyright Infringement

On Friday, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of illegally using their books to train its AI.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 8

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WriteHive 🐝 @writehive.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Sep 7

I don’t truly believe it would be better to be oblivious to everything going on right now and just live like a dullard but I do wish I had a dullard setting that I could toggle off and on

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#𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝑭𝑶𝑻𝑼𝑺 @feldakat.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 8

My husband has already started doing this. It’s sick that he even has to, but that’s the US we live in now.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 8

In light of today’s SCOTUS decision, every person of color with an accent in the US should probably carry proof of citizenship with them at all times - while working and everywhere they go. If you don’t want to be in a detention facility awaiting a friend or relative to bring it.

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Maca Iglesias🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸 @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · Sep 8

Kudos to the Dems in the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov for finding the note 47 said didn't exist.

I wish @wsj.com the best of luck with the lawsuit. I hope they allow cameras so the women whose lives they destroyed can watch him get pummeled in court for days.

PEDO TRUMP IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE.

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Stephi Cham @stephicham.com · Sep 6

Fiction will never be frivolous. We need people to keep imagining how much better or worse the world can be, and what it would take to get there.

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Justine Manzano @justinemanzano.bsky.social · Sep 6

It really is a them problem.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · Sep 6

Two great points here!!

Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · Sep 6

Famously modest, Donald Trump told nobody for decades about his work helping the FBI take down Epstein

In other news, most people become FBI informants to avoid or mitigate a harsher sentence or as part of a plea bargain....just saying

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