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@mattivi28.bsky.social

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Twitter refugee, Fuck Trump, LGBTQ+ always welcome here. UAW retiree skilled trades. Union proud. True blue dot in big red Missouri. PS. I cuss a LOT! #BlueResisters Go Chiefs! oh, I'm the lady in the picture. Call me Ang.😊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder, there is no rule that prevents Mike Johnson from swearing Adelita Grijalva into congress, even during a government shutdown.

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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 1d

Cowardice and evil, personified

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 1d

The danger of dark money

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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @www.thefinancenewsletter.com · 1d

IRS to furlough 46% of its staff and shut down most operations as part of the government shutdown.

Scammers pose as IRS agents during shutdowns because you can’t call to verify. They’ll threaten arrest and demand gift cards. The real IRS never calls you first or accepts gifts cards as payment.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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LillianDCA @lillianorlando.bsky.social · 1d

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Classic Rock Junky AKA Todd James @tjsbam.bsky.social · 1d

October 8, 1988

U2 celebrated their first No.1 hit in the UK with “Desire.” The Irish rockers’ 12th single appeared on the album Rattle and Hum, which featured both live and studio recordings.

#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#MusicSky

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U2 - Desire (Official Music Video)

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

More than 1,200 women say Pfizer’s birth-control shot caused brain tumors.
Now the company is using a legal defense that could stop their cases before they’re heard.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for special House election https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-backed-van-epps-democrat-014938991.html

Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for special House election

They are seeking to replace Republican Mark Green, who stepped down.

www.yahoo.com

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mattivi28.bsky.social @mattivi28.bsky.social · 1d

Followed all I wasn't and reposted #StrongerTogether

mattivi28.bsky.social @mattivi28.bsky.social · 1d

Great list

crazy1689.bsky.social @crazy1689.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge grants the New York Times' request for a list of security clearances held by billionaire Elon Musk. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Is Trump a blathering idiot or a shameless liar — or both?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Billie Etchison @sybilte420.bsky.social · 1d

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 1d

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#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I have the same question for Tomi

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Shannon (she/her) @ravenlenore.bsky.social · 1d

History repeats itself… something something

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to Day 8 of the Government Is Shut Down Because We Have a Certifiable Madman in the White House Who Would Rather Burn the Country to the Ground Than Allow the Release of the Epstein Files

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mattivi28.bsky.social @mattivi28.bsky.social · 1d

#GoodTrouble

Paula C @levelheaded101.bsky.social · 1d

We must now decide whether we will meekly sit back and let him turn our beloved country into a verifiable banana republic, or to legally protest for a redress of grievances! I will protest! Am I afraid? Yes! Am I going to back down? NO! Make good trouble!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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