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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h

Pam Bondi gets uglier with every clip of her I see. People lying...when everyone knows they are lying...yet they do it anyway...they're the most repulsive thing you can ever see. That feeling of being repulsed...and what you are looking at...when you feel that way...fuse... permanently.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

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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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 16h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

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?
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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 16h

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7h

Finally! Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court in Maryland has signaled she is inclined to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported and later brought back by the Trump administration.

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

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 9h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 16h

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 10h

📢 Unmask ICE!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#ONEV1

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 85th birthday by revisiting our wide-ranging 1968 interview where he opens up about his songwriting process, Bob Dylan, India, and that infamous "Two Virgins" cover.

John Lennon: 'There's Nothing More Fun Than Talking About Your Own Songs'

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

The five-part Apple docuseries is everything a fan of the director of 'Taxi Driver,' 'Goodfellas,' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' could want — and more.

Review ↓

'Mr. Scorsese' Is the Definitive Portrait of Our Greatest Living Filmmaker

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

The song 'Elizabeth Taylor' is the emotional centerpiece of Taylor Swift's ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.

Read Rob Sheffield on why the connection between the Hollywood icon and the pop superstar runs so deep ↓

Taylor Swift's Brilliant New Song 'Elizabeth Taylor': The Life of Two Showgirls

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 4d

Money for jails and power for data centers; no money and no power for the people. It’s the Louisiana story, but it’s also the United States story.

#Louisiana #HurricaneKatrina #Disaster
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What It Means to Survive

Money for jails and power for data centers; no money and no power for the people. It’s the Louisiana story, but it’s also the United States story.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 3d

Communities across the United States are shutting down detention facilities and refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
@annalekasmiller.bsky.social
#ICE #Immigration

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Iced Out

Communities across the United States are shutting down detention facilities and refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Still Hasn’t Found the Cause of Autism: The President and his health secretary are busy spreading dangerous, dehumanizing lies about the condition.

Read the full story by disability rights activist Mike Ervin on The Progressive.

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#autism #rfkjr

RFK Still Hasn’t Found the Cause of Autism

The President and his health secretary are busy spreading dangerous, dehumanizing lies about the condition.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 1d

The reversal of Roe v. Wade has left states scrambling to secure abortion rights through complex legislative battles.

#abortionrights #womenshealth #reproductiverightd #roevwade

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In Montana and Wisconsin, State-Level Legal Battles Over Abortion Have National Implications

The reversal of Roe v. Wade has left states scrambling to secure abortion rights through complex legislative battles.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 15h

Modern AI is unlike traditional computer software—and potentially devastating.

Read The Full Op-Ed by Connor Leahy on The Progressive.

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#nuclearwar #artificialintelligence

Draw a Red Line Against AI in Nuclear War

Modern AI is unlike traditional computer software—and potentially devastating.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 13h

The national park system includes crucial spaces that hold our shared history and biodiversity and the promise of a livable future.

Read The Full Story by Mary Grace Larson on The Progressive.
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#nationalparks #environmentalism

We Must Fight for Our National Parks

The national park system includes crucial spaces that hold our shared history and biodiversity and the promise of a livable future.

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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 11h

Book Review: In 'Silent No Longer,' Robert Stack explores the lasting effects of the institutionalization of people with disabilities.

Mike Ervin's full review:
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#disabilities #disabledaccess #ableism #disabilityrights #bookreviews

Recognizing the Value in All Humanity

In 'Silent No Longer,' Robert Stack explores the lasting effects of the institutionalization of people with disabilities.

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Jim Hightower @jimhightower.com · 29d

History lesson! The first person reported to have used the word “WOKE” was Huddie Ledbetter, the legendary Black blues artist known as Lead Belly.

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The Secret History of “Wokeness”

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty scornfully declares that, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean.”

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Jim Hightower @jimhightower.com · 22d

The exciting new thing being pushed by non-profit hospitals is to spend big chunks of their tax-free revenue on their area’s professional and college sports teams. For what? Get this: To buy the naming rights to the teams’ stadiums and ballparks!

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CEOs of Tax-Exempt Hospitals Learn to Game the System

All across the country, nonprofit hospital chains are literally upping their game.

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