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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

So, the grifter extraordinaire, sexual predator, convicted felon, and liar who supports heroin-addled RFK Jr.’s dangerous, unscientific propaganda just got double vaxxed.
Show this to every MAGA fool who claims vaccines aren’t safe.
@underthedesknews.bsky.social

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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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Oz 9 Podcast @oz9podcast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, did we mention we have a #newepisode out? Yeah, you might have noticed the smell, but we hear some mentholated balm rubbed under the nose can help. Or at least make this nonsense smell minty.

On @pocketcasts.com pca.st/K67k

Oz 9

It's Spring 2142 (a Tuesday), and Gated Galaxies has launched its 400 Oz-8000 ships, each carrying 50,000 "resting guests" to, hopefully, a new home on a shiny, brand-new planet. Except this whole "te...

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Oz 9 Podcast @oz9podcast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yeah, we released another episode. Thanks, Twigs!

Twiglets @twigletsaregre.bsky.social · 2d

Taking bets now! I wonder what the odds are and is it legal? Time to board @oz9podcast.bsky.social - episode one hundred & eighteen: Easy, M Night Shamalamadingdong - and discover if events are progressing, or not!💜

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episode one hundred & eighteen: Easy, M Night Shamalamadingdong

Podcast Episode · Oz 9 · S6 E18 · 28m

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

As Trump guts workplace safety, rolls back worker protections, and empowers corporations to exploit workers, unions have never been more crucial.

Congratulations to these workers for winning their union. In these dark times, we can always find hope in the labor movement.

SEIU_ORG (@seiu.org)

Worker power in action! Let's get it!💜

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 2d

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 2d

Ya think?
Isn't that where they shot a presbyterian minister in the head with a rubber bullet for standing on a street praying?

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..."

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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 2d

Only one political party is actually expressing any empathy and concern on the way this shutdown is immediately impacting tens of millions of patients nationwide.

The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 2d

Mark this down as the first day this season that I wore a hat to work this morning. Happened to be one of these really comfortable ones if you want one yourself: www.pgh-scanner.com/store/p/ante...

Premium Knit Beanie — PITTSBURGH SCANNER

Nicely embroidered knit beanies customized by veteran owned Waterfront Embroidery 100% acrylic 3” cuff Black with Gold logo (our city) or Blue with White logo (our street signs) For questions ab...

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 2d

You don't see 🍊🍄‍🟫🤡 lovin' evangelicals doing stuff like this. Just saying.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 3d

#medsky

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3d

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 3d

She’s fantasizing about mass arrests of teachers, librarians, dental hygienists, and baristas.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kristi Noem compares antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic State

Homeland security secretary calls loosely affiliated network of anti-fascist street activists ‘just as dangerous’

www.theguardian.com

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 4d

Freezing federal funds and firing en masse: Trump uses shutdown to enact Project 2025 agenda
In reality, there’s no difference between the White House’s shutdown contingency plan and the agenda they’ve already put into action. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Ali Velshi: Freezing funds and firing en masse: Trump uses shutdown to enact Project 2025 agenda

In reality, there’s no difference between the White House’s shutdown contingency plan and the agenda they’ve already put into action.

www.msnbc.com

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 4d

Rob Reiner warns Trump’s media crackdown could plunge U.S. into a ‘full-on autocracy’
The award-winning director and actor said the current climate has become “beyond McCarthy era-esque.” www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Rob Reiner warns Trump’s media crackdown could plunge U.S. into a ‘full-on autocracy’

The award-winning director and actor said the current climate has become “beyond McCarthy era-esque.”

www.msnbc.com

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 5d

Every accusation is always confession. Every time.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

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Trump pushes a new label for Democrats: ‘The Party Of Hate, Evil, And Satan’

Republicans apparently want Democrats to stop using the kind of incendiary political rhetoric that the president uses all the time.

www.msnbc.com

Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 6d

What’s the Harm?

Private readings, memberships and the virtual coffee tip mug on Ko-Fi all support Sage Sips free tarot blog. Merry Monday. I think. I am soooo not a morning person, but here is to it anyway. Today's card is a nice one to start. If you are seeing this on a not-Monday, it is a good…

What’s the Harm?

Private readings, memberships and the virtual coffee tip mug on Ko-Fi all support Sage Sips free tarot blog. Merry Monday. I think. I am soooo not a morning person, but here is to it anyway. Today's card is a nice one to start. If you are seeing this on a not-Monday, it is a good vibe for any time. Pentacles are practical, grounded and centered.

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 6d

Dropping In

And you thought I was kidding about the whole "I don't have ducks, I don't have rows, I have squirrels and they are hosting a rave" thing. (P.S. I suggest giving nibsnextdoor a follow on Instagram - loads of fun, that one) Actually, I'm changing irl day jobs and finding the process to…

Dropping In

And you thought I was kidding about the whole "I don't have ducks, I don't have rows, I have squirrels and they are hosting a rave" thing. (P.S. I suggest giving nibsnextdoor a follow on Instagram - loads of fun, that one) Actually, I'm changing irl day jobs and finding the process to be fairly stressful. So in the name of stress management, I am going to drop back to my original comfort zone of daily meditation one card tarot for a while.

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 7d

UPDATE: We’ve filed for a temporary restraining order in our case to block the Trump-Vance admin from unlawfully firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

We refuse to let President Trump treat civil servants and their livelihoods as political tools.

Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 11d

We’re suing the Trump-Vance administration for threatening to conduct mass firings of federal employees if the government shuts down tonight.

Using people’s livelihoods as a bargaining chip is both cruel and illegal. That’s why we’ve joined forces with unions to protect these vital jobs.

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 6d

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

After all they've done, every decent person who can must peacefully protest in some way. We must activate our 3.5% that is theoretically effective

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8d

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Sage.Sips @sagesips.bsky.social · 7d

It's not a recent hijacking. Cruelty and hate have been there for decades. The Southern Baptist Convention exists because they *sided with the confederacy* and Republicans have been playing footsie with evangeligals since at least Reagan, probably longer

Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 7d

For @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, Christianity is about “siding with the underdog and the marginalized,” but the right has “hijacked” rhetoric around the faith “as cover for meanness.” He says many turn away from organized religion because “they’re turned off to all the cruelty and hypocrisy.” #Velshi

John Fugelsang: Right-wing Christians use the Bible ‘as a prop’ & ignore Jesus’ message

The son of a former Franciscan brother and nun, Christianity is deeply important to John Fugelsang, and inspired him to write the new book “Separation of Church and Hate.” “They don’t really follow this holy book they wave around like a prop,” Fugelsang tells Ali Velshi. Fugelsang argues that the rhetoric of Christianity “has been hijacked” by right-wingers and Christian nationalists whose ideology actually runs counter to the teachings of Jesus.

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