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Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 19h

And that’s a wrap… A clear night last night and the temperature got down to 27. Our hard frost has come at last. Goodbye garden. Until next year. #AlaskaSky

A frozen sunflower that will never bloom

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Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 20h

Update: Hard frost last night. October 9th. The latest frost I can remember in my years here in AK.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 1d

?This talking over people is out of control. There is a simple remedy for this. Cut off the mic. When one person is talking only that person's mic should be on. This is not a difficult fix. Why is this being allowed to continue?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 1d

No, sorry. I don't know anyone with ginko trees.

Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 1d

October in Alaska feels different this year. We've had one light 'frost on the windshield'. Still no hard frost where I live in SouthCentral. Dahlias and garden flowers blooming. Tomatoes, basil, marigolds still producing in the (unheated) greenhouse. Weather is changing. #globalwarming #AlaskaSky

Godetia, foxglove, rudbeckia and a sunflower in the autumn garden

Sungold cherry tomatoes, basil, and marigolds in our unheated greenhouse

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant‼️ The heartbreaking truth …creative and informative‼️ Well done‼️

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 1d

There should be no pay or benefits for the President, Administration, House of Representatives, or Senators, anyone who facilitated this shutdown without negotiating a solution in good faith, that best met the needs of all the American people. Hands down!

🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3d

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

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

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

How about this: We don't pay members of Congress when they cannot keep the government functioning?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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peachiiKim @peachiikimaf.bsky.social · 4d

Argentina got our healthcare plan before we did.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 5d

Hmmm... weird.

Graphic that shows Republicans absent when needing to vote on the Epstein files or prevent a shutdown, but celebrating when cutting taxes for billionaires.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 5d

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 5d

How many voters-even Republicans-wanted this guy as defacto president?

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d

If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"

@Sec_Noem on X: Chicago, we’re here for you.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 6d

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are running this country.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 7d

Who is really in charge of the US? Clearly not the old & frail figurehead they drag out to sign things.

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 7d

“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”

Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

www.nytimes.com

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing says Make America Great Again like giving $20 billion to bail out Argentina while farmers here at home suffer.

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Philip Stafford @staffordphilip.bsky.social · 10d

Saying the quiet bit out loud
www.ft.com/content/b3fa...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9d

California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940.

The money is going to be used *against* you.

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🇺🇸DragonLady🍁☘️ @withastruthinit.bsky.social · 9d

Are you paying attention yet? These are the backroom deals being made by the felon of the US at the expense of we, the people.

The felon is not now, nor has he ever been, for the American people. He cares only about himself and who he can use to enrich himself on our dime.

#ImpeachTheFelon

DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 10d

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