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Dave G

@rocketmann55.bsky.social

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No DM's No Crypto Accounts without posts will not be followed back. Loyal to the USA, #DisloyalToTrump. Religious extremism is wrong whether from the Taliban in Afghanistan, Dati Leumi (Religious Zionism) in Israel, or Christian Nationalism in the USA

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Dave G @rocketmann55.bsky.social · 8h

Couple with 85k income could see their insurance premiums go from 10% of their income to about 30%.

Dave G @rocketmann55.bsky.social · 8h

Posting for no apparent reason

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ShethaDamnTruth 🌊🌊🌊 @shethadamntruth.bsky.social · 8h

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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Catherine Zoltan @catherinezoltan.bsky.social · 22h

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 19h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 2d

Never in Social Security’s 90-year history has a Commissioner held a second job.

If Bisignano doesn’t want to focus on Social Security, it’s time for him to quit.

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Antonia 🦋 💙📘🩵Democratic Election Judge, Autism Awareness @antonia2024bsky.bsky.social · 1d

www.yahoo.com/news/article... Habeas corpus is a basic pillar of American law. Passing the question to Kristi Noem is not leadership. It’s outsourcing your civics homework to someone else and hoping no one notices.

Trump Not Knowing How To Respond To A Simple Question Is Going Viral Because People Cannot Believe It's Real

"This would be extremely hilarious if not so extremely dangerous," one user said of the President's latest fubbed comments.

www.yahoo.com

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

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 4d

Well, since the former Oklahoma Dept of Education head superintendent resigned, the State AG has launched a full investigation on his handling of the department. They found a lot of money spent on things that weren't related to education. He had a consultant in Texas, he paid $150,000 for.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 1d

A diseased population is easier to control

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

A couple in their early 60s in Duluth, MN making $66,000 will pay an EXTRA $252 every single month to get health insurance if we don’t get a shutdown deal.

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Dave G @rocketmann55.bsky.social · 1d

If this was happening in any other country we'd be up in arms about these masked goons. Why are #MAGA ok with this?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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

Grab the popcorn.

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 2d

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 1d

As John Pavlovitz reminds us, we can’t just trust that the arc of the moral universe will bend toward justice - we have to help bend it.

Be an arc bender.

Every act of courage, compassion, and love helps move that arc a little closer to justice. Let’s keep bending it - together.

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

😕🇺🇸

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Member of the Chicago press gets arrested by
masked ICE GOONS

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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