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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 1d

I took a protest “break”. Let us champion everyone’s right to exist with the exact same rights and opportunities (not nepotism and legacy). Remove all identifying markers (race, ethnicity, religion, gender, etc.) from applications. & no one is above the law.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 19h

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 17h

Steven Miller is in charge. He is using an auto pen. Donald Trump already told us what is going on. He has dementia.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 19h

Military families are waiting in long lines at food banks. Shame on Trump, Mike Johnson, John Thune, & the other Congressional Republicans who are responsible for this shutdown. #RepublicanShutdown #MAGAshutdown #TrumpShutdown

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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 1d

I took a protest “break”. Let us champion everyone’s right to exist with the exact same rights and opportunities (not nepotism and legacy). Remove all identifying markers (race, ethnicity, religion, gender, etc.) from applications. & no one is above the law.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 2d

Actions have consequences.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Such a pathetic, insecure, sad, little man @realDonaldTrump is. He’s been out there for months, stomping his feet, openly begging for a Nobel Peace Prize. And he’s got so many of his enablers out there begging for him too. Such a pathetic, insecure, sad, little man he is.

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 1d

A man who has declared war on American cities is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 1d

It takes years to become an air traffic controller. They’re already shorthanded. Go ahead, fire them. Ground every plane in the United States. 😂

Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 1d

I seriously doubt Duffy has the balls to fire these air traffic controllers...everyone who works in the airline industry is laughing at this threat.
With Pilot and ATC shortages that's never going to happen..especially with the Union they have.

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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 1d

I stand with Letitia James. Mark my words, he just picked a fight with the wrong lawyer.

This is what happens when a vindictive felon with unchecked power sits in the White House. It’s disgraceful, and every single person cheering it on will be remembered for standing on the wrong side of history.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1d

Lindsey Halligan indicts Letitia James on one count of bank fraud in EDVA. We are in an absolute nightmare.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

Harris and Hillary were right about it all. Every shocking prediction is coming true.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Trump signed an EO to combat "anti-Christian bias."

This week ICE shot a Christian Pastor, David Black & not one MAGA politician, pundit, or person has bothered to condemn it. Instead they celebrate it.

It was never about anti-Christian bias—it was always about fascism masquerading as Christianity

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 2d

The president, Congress, and the administration should not get paid while the government is shut down.

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 2d

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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Sipping Tea @nofs2give.bsky.social · 2d

@katabug-9.bsky.social is correct.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.