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Sam Jones @samjownes.bsky.social · 13h

A small but powerful sacrifice we can all make to support our parks:

Message From Advocates: Cancel Your National Park Visit

Let park employees fight for our land without distractions

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 11h

Everyone needs to follow this real-life hero! ⬇️

Small actions make big impacts 🫶🏻

patalier.bsky.social @patalier.bsky.social · 12h

I put banned books in my little Free Library. I have been listening to the Velshi Banned Book Club and making sure these titles are mixed in. It was very enlightening when a woman stopped and didn’t know who Rachel Carson was and had no idea what DDT did. Change the world a book at a time.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13h

from Thursday’s post, on the batshit White House ‘anti-antifa’ roundtable that featured Donny Convict, ICE Barbie, and a fetid fucktangle of MAGA halfwits and hangers-on.
you can read the whole thing in all its glory here: bit.ly/4mSP3Ol

Chris Wray — who had been appointed FBI director by Donny — had it exactly right. antifa isn’t an organization. it’s a belief — that fascism is bad.

pro tip: if you’re against the idea of antifascism, you’re on the wrong fucking side.

this is something that Pizzagate Jack and his buddies don’t seem to realize.
fast forward to today. Chris Wray is gone, replaced by Krazee-Eyes Kash. Donny no longer has adults in the room.

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Paul @dedikend.bsky.social · 20h

There have been many monstrous leaders throughout history who have threatened world peace but none more irresponsible, callous and disgusting as Donald Trump.

#USDemocracy

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 7h

Especially Texans!

Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 10h

Wow! Logical Thinking From A Republican….

BREAKING: Republican governor of Oklahoma and head of the Nat Govs Association Kevin Stitt BLASTS Trump & Abbott for sending Texas National Guard to Chicago. 👏 “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker sent troops to Oklahoma" 💯 EXACTLY

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stat-monkey.bsky.social @stat-monkey.bsky.social · 8h

This is what fascism looks like. Hate will never make America great

Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 9h

If this does not terrify you WE share no common ground!

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 7h

What a bunch of sick losers.

Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 8h

REAL footage from Portland 2025.

The horror!!!! 🙄

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 14h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 7h

Hopefully, he be checking out of Planet Earth sooner than later.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 7h

Illegal too.

Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 9h

The fact that Donald Trump is politicizing and misusing our military to go into American cities is deeply disrespectful, dangerous, and un-American.

Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 8h

Vought is a fascist, not a small government conservative.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

I wrote about the bizarrely credulous way the New York Times’ flagship podcast “The Daily” presented Russell Vought, how it is indicative of blind spots and fallacies that undermine the public response to Trumpism - and what we actually need to understand about this dangerous man:

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 21h

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 8h

No surprise there.Anyone that trust trump is a fool.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

Trump can't guarantee Israel won't bomb Gaza after release of hostages.

"First thing we’re doing is getting our hostages back..... After that, we’ll see."

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Tiffany Drastic @pdxeleven.bsky.social · 14h

Point and Laugh.
Giggle.
Guffaw.

They’re not going to stop so neither can we.

🫵🤭😂🤣💪🇺🇸

Clown Car Fascism: Point and Laugh at These Motherfuckers

You don’t beg a tyrant to stop. You humiliate them until they can’t show their face.

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 8h

No, they fucked US.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 8h

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 10h

Federal judge temporarily blocks the National Guard in Illinois saying “it would be like adding fuel to the fire.”
Trump has declared war on Blue states. Let’s hope the courts continue to follow the law.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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US judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard in Illinois — Reuters

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a sim...

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 8h

More lies from the trump crime syndicate.

Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 9h

The White House is using footage of Florida in Trump’s “fake news” attempt at showing chaos in Chicago.
In the video which was shot during “Operation unrest” you can see palm trees.
They are so bad at this.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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White House's Chicago

The White House has been caught faking unrest in Chicago.

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 8h

Another racist, vengeful fake indictment by the trump crime syndicate.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 10h

🚨 She fights back. ✊🏼

Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 1d

What a lying sack of shit.

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very cruel to broadcast statements from someone who is so detached from reality

Isn’t anybody going to help this poor man

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 1d

How I wish that she goes to prison!

earthbound420.bsky.social @earthbound420.bsky.social · 1d

#LockHerUp 💥🤬

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Catherine P. Henry @catherine-p-henry.bsky.social · 1d

"Chicago"--by Carl Sandburg
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:...
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has
never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse,
and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!

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evangeline63.bsky.social @evangeline63.bsky.social · 1d

IN THE END THIS FIGHT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO AMERICA'S WARRIORS!!!

I ASK EVERY SOLDIER IN HONOR OF MY WARRIOR FATHER TO HOLD THE LINE
FOR THE OATH THEY TOOK TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DO NOT BECOME DEMONIC KILLER FOR A DEMENTED MAD KING AND HIS PROFIT AT ALL COST.

a soldier is standing in a cemetery with the words gone but never forgotten written below him .

ALT: a soldier is standing in a cemetery with the words gone but never forgotten written below him .

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Steve Potter @ripdeuceler.bsky.social · 1d

Gestapo Botox Barbie!

Ellenⓥ🌱 @ennievegan.bsky.social · 1d

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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