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Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 17h

It's about time. Do something.

Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 17h

Yada yada yada. He did another thing. A lot of people will be outraged and post and repost the outrage, and our elected officials still won't do anything of substance whatsoever to stop him. Is this terrible? Yes. Has he done more than enough to warrant being stopped long ago? Oh, yeah! So now what?

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

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We are all paying for this vanity project

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

Making Argentina Great Again

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It looks even worse by video 😢

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 22h

People are using GoFundMe for groceries.

GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.

Americans are fundraising for basic necessities, while the top 1% increased their wealth to $52 trillion.

This is what a rigged system designed by the wealthy looks like.

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 23h

The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nasty business

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 4d

Right?!?? Isn't that the "loving and courageous" thing to do?

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Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 12d

I have heard some spooky adoption stories for sure. I doubt they're actually sharing adoptee voices, though, are they?

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Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 12d

I'd be livid if someone contacted anyone from my life to ask questions about me for a study on adoptees/foster kids. Knowing the people I know, I doubt more than 2 or 3 would have a clue how adoption has impacted me, even though I'm fairly vocal. They just don't hear what doesn't fit the narrative.

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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 15d

harlows-monkey.com/2025/10/05/u... 🥚from an adoptee perspective

Understanding outcome studies of foster care and adoption

As part of a larger, long-term project, I’m reading historical books and articles about children who experienced placing-out (foster care or adoption). I am not trained as a historian but I t…

harlows-monkey.com

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Laura @playingopossum.bsky.social · 12d

There's an initial fee to lease the box and set it up ($20,000 each for the 3 in Alabama in 2023) and yearly fees to keep it operational ($500 each for the 3 in Alabama). It's a great money making scheme for the Safe Haven "non-profit" organization.

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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 13d

The better question is, WHY ARE THEY LYING TO YOU?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 14d

I appreciate Heather Cox Richardson's ability to sort out the craziness that's been happening in the U.S. For example, she says Vought is a Christian Nationalist who wants to bring the US back to the early 20th c, while Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.

Still listening. (42 minutes long) ⏬

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 14d

Politics Chat, October 7, 2025

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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