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EarnedMySpurs💙 @plannedtheride.bsky.social · Jul 31

👀'traded around' like the young girls between you and epstein, eh?

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 She fights back. ✊🏼

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 15h

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

When referring to people who are anti-Trump, don't fall into the trap of calling them "Antifa."

That is a loaded, mangled word. Call them what they are, "anti-fascists."

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 5h

Hey friends! We're almost through another week.

Have you had enough water today? Fruits and veggies? Did you get a moment to relax and just... be?

Take a moment to take care of yourself before you hit the hay. We'll be doing the same.

GN 💚

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 5h

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots
Source: CNN

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Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots - NewsBreak

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective i

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12h

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 5h

Keep on keepin' on.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 8h

MGT is getting bold -calling out Johnson & Thune to blame for the Shut Down.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 7h

Every "Give Trump the Nobel" op-ed has the tone of an exhausted parent arguing with the other about letting their tantrum fueled toddler have the toy so they can just get the hell out of Target without child services being alerted.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5h

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7h

He was definitely hired *because* he's this kind of person, not in spite of it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

Why didn’t he just let the air out of her tires?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h

And Trump always speaks so well of him too.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 6h

President Barack Obama is facing criticism from right-wing influencers and White House officials after a post celebrating the Israel-Hamas peace deal failed to mention Donald Trump.

MAGA Fumes at Obama for Ignoring Trump in His Peace Post

Furious Republicans found another reason to be annoyed at the former president.

trib.al

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 6h

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h

ANTIFA:

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 17h

Full text of President Obama’s speech:

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2009

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"

www.nobelprize.org

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6h

Truly a man of peace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 21h

In the Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete, Greece, lies a very deep cave with a continual cold spring waterfall. To reach it, you have to swim about 100 meters in 10 degree (C) water. I spent time thinking about hypothermia I was so cold. Nice payoff tho.

Pic of the day

#photography

Walls of the cave direct you to a small bright opening in which a cold mountain spring falls to bright turquoise water.

Along with Denali Mountain and Bryce Canyon, this is the most majestic place I’ve ever been.

My teeth rattling even as I could stand in only waist deep water kept me from fully enjoying it,, but no chance I was missing this just for some discomfort.

It seemed to get progressively colder tho so this is about as close as I got. In later days I’ll post a shot looking back thru the caves. The video I took is really the best indicator of the beauty here but I dunno if I can post that here or not. I may try in the comments later today.

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