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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 5h

There’s more Botox in the Trump cabinet than in a dented can of beans.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

“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...”

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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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Mary P @mpavia.bsky.social · 1d

Bottom of the 15th Mariners v Tigers, 2nd salmon run. HUMPY WINS!!!!

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Mary P @mpavia.bsky.social · 1d

We just sang take me out to the ball game in the middle of the 14th of this Mariners Tigers game.

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Mary P @mpavia.bsky.social · 1d

We’re three innings into the 6th game of this Mariners Tigers series.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 3d

I knew fascism would suck, but I underestimated how fucking stupid it would be.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 8d

The Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa has said Americans are like “deer in the headlights” amid the collapse of US institutions and free speech under the Trump administration, particularly after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.

Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart

Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration

www.theguardian.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

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Mary P @mpavia.bsky.social · 7d

What an amazing human being she was.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 10d

🕯️🦍 Jane Goodall, you showed us that animals are not objects but kin—feeling, thinking, loving beings. Through your courage and compassion, you taught the world to protect life with reverence. May your spirit forever roam the forests you cherished, guiding us to live with care and hope.

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Mary P @mpavia.bsky.social · 16d

The local character and flavor of RSN Mariners broadcasts will be missed. Angie will be missed. During this celebratory end of season and the upcoming post-season, this is very sad news.

www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Mariners shuttering ROOT Sports: 'End of an era'

The Mariners are exiting the regional sports network business and shuttering ROOT Sports, whose last live game broadcast will be Sunday.

www.seattletimes.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19d

Some of us do.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 20d

A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 22d

When the Smothers Brothers apologized to President Johnson for their jokes about him, he replied, "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists." Imagine having a president who had this courage now.