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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

#MedicareForAll

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine that

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

now do jan 6th

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

Not in my lifetime and I am not young! I do not believe there has ever been an administration this corrupt in U.S. history.

Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

For sure; you just KNOW there is more. I mean, this was just six months ago:
www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread:

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

And Trump gets a $5.5 billion golf course in Qatar...and a plane. Quid pro quo.
apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business

The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.

apnews.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

NEW: A $915 million contract to fly immigrants out of the country was awarded to a brand new firm with DHS ties. A rival say it’s “unlawful.”

Massive DHS "self-deportation" contract challenged as secretive and "unlawful"

The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

I love that @theguardian.com used this image for the article. 😀
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Federal appeals court hears arguments on whether Trump can federalize Oregon national guard

President wants to deploy guard in Portland, where small, nightly demonstrations attract protesters in costume

www.theguardian.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

bit.ly

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 1d

This does not make anyone safer. In fact, it makes all of us less safe!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 2d

I'm glad this has gotten media attention because it's safe to assume this has happened to others, as well:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 2d

Trying very hard, but housing costs are sooooo high...

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 2d

HILLS. Had the same thing happen to me last year in WA. I went on a hike on the *first day* and my knees got murdered, which affected the rest of the trip, even in their hilly cities. Hills and stairs were conquered with gritted teeth. It's FLAT where I live! 😅

Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 2d

a neon sign that says " but her emails "

ALT: a neon sign that says " but her emails "

media.tenor.com

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Renée @reneeh.bsky.social · 3d

Six days ago, sporting a fake black eye: