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Novelist, feminist, 💙🇺🇸🇨🇦✊🏼, dog momma, Tarheel, committed to saving the Constitution and our democracy, resistance fighter, INTP, Native sovereignty. Will follow everyone committed to uniting to take back our country. Slava Ukraine! Slava Zelensky!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✊🏼

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 5h

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The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)

Check out the NO KINGS SONG! Play this at your rallies. 🙌 Pass it on.

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The Two Democrats Quietly Reshaping Their Party

Democrats have found two authentic voices emerging that may resurrect its fortunes

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Ellen Mitchell (@ellenmitchell2)

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 5h

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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)

Another story out of Chicago. Shared by not_kristin_wiig on IG. ICE agents plowed into another vehicle, then got out of their car with weapons drawn and dragged the victim out of her vehicle, hand...

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 6h

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Really American (@reallyamerican)

This is insane: Border patrol agents slam WGN video producer Debbie Brockman to the ground, violently arresting her for allegedly obstructing justice. This is not making America safe. Make sure every...

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 10h

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😳 they should start by arresting everyone buried in Arlington Cemetery who fought in WW2 and all their descendants who believe in the democracy they died protecting. 🤬

Jenn Budd (@jennbudd)

I agree. They are setting the stage for mass arrests:

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

🤣🤣🤣🤣running scared Mikey?

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12h

Three cheers for MIT. When the White House tried to buy obedience with funding strings...MIT said, “Hell No!” Merit over mandates. Freedom over control. Finally...an institution with the guts to tell power where to shove its politics.

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

She’ll change mind once 🍆🍠🍄‍🟫 touches her 🐈 in the Oval.

rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

So I guess for MAGA when a Chinese balloon goes over US airspace it’s a week straight of apoplectic comments that WW3 is starting because Biden is weak, but when Trump allows the Qataris to have an airbase in the US and fly fighter jets over our country that is America First.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

How about Congress indict her sorry 🫏 NOW!

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 17h

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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topbird01.bsky.social @topbird01.bsky.social · 11h

The House rules state that a rep can only be sworn in by someone other than the speaker if the House majority approves it. We’ve never had to worry about this because we’ve never had such a vile disgusting House majority and speaker. Do any of you ever do the slightest amount of research?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just threatened to impose severe, unprecedented tariffs on Chinese imports. He won’t negotiate with Xi at the upcoming APEC summit, choosing to sink the global economy. The Dow is already down 300 points. This will devastate American small businesses and cause your expenses to skyrocket.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16h

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 3d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 11h

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✊🏼make sure they are never again given responsibility over our lives again 🤬 and if they’ve colluded with the criminals, bring them to justice!

Michele’s💙🌊 (@democraticwarrior)

The Lincoln Project NEVER fails with their messaging! NEVER FORGET THESE TRAITORS OF AMERICA‼️ GOP = Guardians of Pedophiles

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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 14h

That horse knows what she does to puppies!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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