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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Gothamist spoke to residents in East New York, Coney Island, Rochdale Village, Wakefield and East Harlem — and found widespread support for our plan to address public safety and the mental health crisis.

Mamdani mental health plan resonates in former Adams strongholds as NYC election nears

Interviews in five neighborhoods that were strongholds for the current mayor in 2021 suggest residents want the next mayor to focus on mental health issues.

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

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

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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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is claiming he is only laying off Democratic agencies and Democratic employees?

Seriously, bro?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, so NOW they can breathe with a mask on, huh? F'n Aholes! 🤬

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 1d

That's your healthcare provider's fault. You should have an annual wellness check that includes an assessment for cognitive abilities. Some providers may choose not to give it if the patient's cognitive abilities are good during an exam but my doctor does a full wellness check every year.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

RIGGED AND STOLEN!!!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 2d

Trumpers: Yeah, but were they illegals?

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"How" @myoneandonlykat.bsky.social · 2d

What in the brain worm fuck is he talking about.

Oh yeah, those two studies were done by Earthworm Jim and Moldorm.

#MagaMorons

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 2d

The campaign against circumcision baffles me. This isn't going to help. Male circumcision leads to better health for women and they can't stand that, I guess. Men say they clean themselves good enough but as a nurse who put in multiple catheters a day in a Cath lab, that's a LIE. Tylenol?? Wtf? 🤦‍♀️

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

FACT: Netflix’s market cap has gone UP $10 Billion since right wing, snowflake, bigots targeted them with a cancel culture boycott over a transgender character in a cartoon.

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 2d

That's what's up. 🤣🤣

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d

GOP Sen. John Kennedy tells me there is absolutely no way Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster to reopen the government: “That's not even within the realm of possibility.”

“You'd have to be smoking wizard weed to vote for that,” he says. “Dreamweaver, man. That ain't passing.”

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 2d

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Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 2d

Please refuse AIPAC money so I can campaign for you in 2028. ❤️

Roktgurl @roktgurl.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't see AIPAC on his donor list. I love him, already. ❤️

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

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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