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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 1d

“This is the largest interruption of benefits in the history of this program put into law 90 years ago by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Frances Perkins.” – Former Social Security Administration Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 8h

My Little Pony is also good.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

This is the way. Frog costumes blasting Yakety Sax and the Imperial March at these losers.

Fascists want fear. They crumble when you point and laugh in their faces. Turn the protests into circuses! Dance! Bring tamales! They HATE IT.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reminder that everyone can turn off the "Rude" nonsense that is being grossly abused.

Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 10h

that wasn't an 'Einstein visa', she got an 'Epstein visa'.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah. This is a real thing and a real problem.

I find it amusing to watch the harsh criticism of the Comey and James indictments after heavy pressure from the White House coming from the same folks who a couple of years ago were demanding that President Biden force Garland to indict our political adversaries without real investigations and to fire him if he didn't and replace him with someone who would.

A lot of folks on the left have no problem with authoritarianism. In fact, they love it. They just want to be the ones who exercise it.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 11h

As Congress works to end the government shutdown, it’s crucial to remind your elected officials to pass clean spending bills.

The initial House bill, H.R. 4754, included harmful riders, including Section 128, which would remove protections for gray wolves in 44 states.

📣Take action: bit.ly/48ZBFo7

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 14h

only 30 bucks to embarrass the entire us government on live tv?

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

It's happening.

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 11h

good.

Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 1d

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Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 12h

how do you define 'the working class'?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 15h

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 15h

I was raised never to celebrate anyone's death. I was also raised to believe that, whether I voted for the person or not, if he won, he was my president.

I am going to make an exception to both of these at some point in the future.

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 15h

then his team would have said something like 'standard procedure before traveling'. They didn't say that. They said 'routine yearly checkup'... except that he had a 'routine yearly checkup' less than 6 months ago.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Apropos of nothing in particular this morning, I've been told that, in essence, there are two things that physicians can't do at the White House medical unit: MRIs and surgeries. Virtually anything else can be done there if you have to or want to.

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noreen @noreen28.bsky.social · 15h

I keep remembering that Congress wouldn't allow Obama to upgrade/repair the a/c and other needed repairs to the WH in his final year.

a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

Alt: Rage -a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 16h

I guarantee that Fox viewers would have a huge problem with this if it were covered on Fox.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent Says Today They Directly Purchased Argentine Pesos Bessent Says They Have Finalized $20 Billion Currency Swap Framework With Argentina’s Central Bank

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

Holy crap.

Not to mention…Bernie is 7 years older than Mills and has already filed to run for another 6-year term in 2030.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 1d

I saw this 15 mins ago and I am still laughing

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 16h

that's one of those things that one scoffs at the idea of it until one has it then can't imagine never not having it.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17h

Torches, pressure cookers, power stations, power banks, magnetic balls, waist fans, pajamas, and more. It was a wide-ranging Recall Thursday. Check out this week's consumer product recalls: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 18h

It’s Day 10 of the Trump Shutdown.

The government is closed because Republicans don’t want to provide healthcare to working-class Americans.

Extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits NOW.

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 18h

he's insane.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19h

It's not just Badenoch or Jenrick. The entire British conservative project is dying iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19h

‘People wanging on about government control actually just want the government to chuck out people they don’t like.’

James O’Brien connects the dots between digital ID outrage and Brexit hypocrisy.

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 19h

I'm sorry, @jvl.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, & @timmiller.bsky.social but Sam Stein is doing your brand quite a bit of damage. On today's Bulwark Takes, he completely mischaracterized Brian Schatz's stance on the shutdown. I'm sure he's a fine editor, but Sam shouldn't do commentary.