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Lexstar

@reallexstar.bsky.social

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Democrat, atheist, vegetarian. LGBTQIA+ 🌈 RESIST & DEFY the greedy, racist-christian-nationalist republican oligarchy. Follow, repost, and/or ❤️ ≠ endorsement. I’d rather be woke than asleep through life. DMs are turned off. Dog is my copilot. 🐕

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Lexstar @reallexstar.bsky.social · Mar 30

Convicted criminal who donated $1.8 million to Trump campaign gets pardon. FUN FACT: bribery is a separate impeachable offense. Not so fun fact: congressional Republicans will never investigate this. But, if Democrats retake congress….

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Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon

The founder of an electric car start-up sentenced to prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, potentially wiping out hundreds of millions of...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26m

Fox Propaganda is desperately spinning the "No Kings" events in fearful anticipation of their success.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 20m

The whole right-wing squawking about "cancel culture" is that the unwashed masses were doing it to elites. That's all the complaining was about.

They're all for it when it's in the other direction.

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Patrick 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @pghdlo.bsky.social · 1h

When a President repeatedly claims he has been reviewing video evidence of one of America’s great cities “on fire” is it too much to ask him to cite his source so we the people can review it as well?

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Lexstar @reallexstar.bsky.social · 2h

This is ridiculous. The Dow fell 878+ points Friday after Drumpf made more tariff threats against China. Now this. The economy shouldn’t be jerked around by his endless blathering. He’s incompetent for the job.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

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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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 2h

I wish I was as diligent, steadfast and committed to anything as much as the media is committed to NOT saying or writing "the president lied" in the face of the most obvious flat-out lies.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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no one sees me anyway @dhighl5184.bsky.social · 10h

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 4h

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 2h

In a rational world the U.S. would make Israel pay for the cost of rebuilding everything they needlessly burned on their way out, but everybody knows who’ll pay for this. You will.

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Beki Winter-Fox @silverforgedfox.bsky.social · 8d

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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 3h

The hostage release is great and all, but if Trump could work on getting a cease-fire in his own country that would be great.

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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 2h

Delusional Karoline Leavitt blames the government shutdown on Democrats. She is divorced from reality. The entire regime is divorced from reality. That’s why it’s an authoritarian state led by a dictator-in-training. Its goal is to spreads misinformation and, disinformation, confusion and deception.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 19h

Right now, Newsom, Pritzker, etc., aren’t fighting to be anything but a candidate you can vote for or against in a future election.

Right now, it’s about getting to future elections.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing says MAGA quite like laying off thousands of federal workers right before the holiday season during the deliberate government shut down by fascist republicans after refusing to make healthcare more affordable for Americans. The constant chaos is maddening.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 6h

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 5h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Lexstar @reallexstar.bsky.social · 2h

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Lexstar @reallexstar.bsky.social · 10h

Drumpf is declaring himself beyond Congress’ power to impeach him, and therefore beyond the constitution itself. 47 is a criminal who also won’t willingly step down by the end of his term.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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