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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, thank you. She’s a horrible person.

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 5h

STFU, Orange Pedo Guy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Bobby Wesson @bobbywesson.bsky.social · 2d

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Donate to Please Help Me Travel To UCLA For Free Clinical Trial, organized by Bobby Wesson

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 5h

Thank. Followed the new ones!

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 6h

That person is evil—her name escapes me but we all know her. Brutal.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva! Release the Epstein files!

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 6h

Incredible!! Beautiful. I LOVE spiders …

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 6h

NYT has become a rag.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 6h

On NYT Home Page there's a Douthat column w/the headline "Trump's Foreign Policy is Succeeding. He Should Apply It's Lessons at Home." On what planet? Betraying our allies. Blowing up the global trading system. Embracing autocrats. Pulling back support for Ukraine. Helping to support Gaza slaughter.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 11h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 9h

I cannot even comprehend this cruelty.

2021-Free until now 🇺🇦 💙 🍂🦇 @patricia-ann.bsky.social · 9h

#TrumpTheTerrible 🇺🇸

#NoPeacePrizeForTrump 🏆

Trump slashes mental health agency 👀🚨

“SAMHSA is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, billions in grants for mental health and addiction services. It was

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 10h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 9h

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11h

Fat Satan got his COVID booster shot yesterday. If he doesn’t listen to his Trumpshit-crazy HHS Secretary, why should we?

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Cindy 🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 10h

Bernie to Johnson:Oct 18 No Kings is not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally..It's millions of Americans together saying we're not going to allow you & Donald Trump to turn this country into an authoritarian society...You are not going to stop us
www.nokings.org

youtu.be/71u9Jx3OKkU?...

No, Speaker Johnson.

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 12d

Roy Cooper's website gives you a lot more information about him along with opportunities to volunteer. Pitch in a few bucks if you can to help him win a U.S. Senate seat for North Carolina. You can also follow him on @roycoopernc.bsky.social.

roycooper.com