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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool

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Retired: All-over-the road lawyer for 40 years - US, Canada & every continent but the cold one. LGBTQ+/neurodivergent family. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🇦🇬🇱🏳️‍⚧️ In D.C., the circus is always in town, Suspicious of posts that overuse "I" or "me."

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 3d

The U.S. minimum wage is so much lower than other western democracies, it stands out as an effective tool in keeping a beleaguered labor force powerless.

Plus, the U.S. is unique in ransoming access to healthcare - and withholding it completely who cannot pay.

It is beyond time for real change.

ACH4DC @ach4dc.bsky.social · 3d

Hit the meme wage

4 Days a week, for a total of 20 hours
At the rate of $69 per hour as a minimum

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 3d

I know that a lot of people have to turn hobbies into hustles for survival, but we shouldn’t make that the standard expectation to make ends meet. Jobs need to pay more. You deserve to have time to do things simply bring you joy.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

True bravery!

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 19m

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 51m

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Montana Sierra 🇨🇦 @montanasierra.bsky.social · 19m

This is incredible

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9h

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 7h

States need to start charging ICE officers with state crimes whenever they commit them, which appears to be constantly.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 21

"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 19m

When justice returns, civil forfeiture will be a tool of justice.

warner25.bsky.social @warner25.bsky.social · 2h

The trump family corruption never ends.

Ma Carol @caroodles.bsky.social · 2h

Super corrupt family

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warner25.bsky.social @warner25.bsky.social · 2h

The trump family corruption never ends.

Ma Carol @caroodles.bsky.social · 2h

Super corrupt family

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 32m

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 37m

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 29m

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 56m

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“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...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 56m

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 30m

That's one way to drive us toward veganism.

MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 52m

PSA: CHECK YOUR HAMBURGERS FOR SCREW WORMS.

Trump furloughed the inspectors. It's up to you now.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1h

Screwworm, which is a major threat to cattle and is already affecting beef prices, is advancing toward our southern border faster than expected.

No wall will keep it out. And the USDA inspectors who monitor it are currently furloughed.

Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 32m

Isn't Kansas a Red state?

Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 51m

2 wounded in shooting in Topeka, Kansas.

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 49m

See all of you on no King's Day 2.0 on October 18th, a Saturday. Be there or be square. We're going to get it on.

Anita zx @omi684.bsky.social · 1h

An update from war torn Oregon. 😹

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 48m

Pioneering medical researcher Gordon Guyatt was the anti-trans movement's favorite doctor—until he disowned them. They are, needless to say, having a normal one.

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 47m

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 33m

Laws are only for 'little people.'

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 47m

FORBES: “The cryptocurrency appears nowhere on the financial disclosure the president files with the government... But make no mistake, Trump is one of the largest bitcoin investors on the planet.”

#GoldenAgeOfCorruption

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 35m

If you don't let the billionaires break the laws they want you are "antichrist."

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 43m

While @GovBillLee @JasonMumpower and others boast about the Boring Company’s record, in reality Musk’s Nashville tunnel digging company is accused of a massive amount of violations in Vegas. www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 43m

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 43m

Trump just installed Michael Ellis as CIA general counsel, possibly to green light legally dubious CIA ops to do this as an end run around congress.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 51m

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 38m

So, ICE is now targeting children with autism that need to go pee...

P.S There are no words... though prolific use of expletives does help a bit.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 2h

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 1h

This is a handicap of the desperately hanging on 80+ year old leadership.

Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Democrats prize agreeability as an end in itself: disruption is discouraged,compromise exalted&restraint too&bcs these institutions shape liberalism frm the top down,their attachment to niceties dulls urgency&the space for bold, breakout leadership

Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers

The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the moment