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Shoebill Stork

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Endangered species. As are we all. If all you can do is trash Democrats on the front fighting for the Constitution but not meeting your armchair issue expectations like we aren't at war with a terrorist tyrant, you're blocked.

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Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · Dec 13

Time to post this for the hundredth time: one of the Koch Bros ran for VP on the Libertarian ticket in 1980. He lost because...read it. So they learned and spent billions over 40 years, creating hundreds of non-profits, economic schools, & brainwashing GOP with Tea Party BS, leading to DUMP.

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Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · 3h

What an idiot the Sec. of Drunk War is: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · 5h

Pack a frog costume.

DemCast USA @demcast.com · 10h

Before you hit the streets- join the know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/15/25 at 7 PM ET.

Together, let’s send a clear message: the people will not be silenced. act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

At a time when so many people feel “really powerless, Michelle’s work is a reminder that it’s still possible to be powerful, and she’s done it through art.”

One woman’s quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

www.motherjones.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

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Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · 5h

I think about The Dead Zone a lot. A. Lot.

Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 6h

Happy 40th birthday to SILVER BULLET, a stupid movie that, as I wrote about a few years back, means something to me. filmfreakcentral.net/2020/10/step...

Stephen King: 5-Movie Collection - Blu-ray Disc - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

THE DEAD ZONE (1983)****/**** Image C Sound Astarring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lomscreenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on the novel by Stephen Kingdirected by David Cronenb...

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Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · 5h

Guess that false flag op with Charlie Kirk backfired on the Trump/Netanyahu criminal enterprise. Even MAGA aren't fooled anymore. They know what's up and many are on the exit ramp.

abdohassan.bsky.social @abdohassan.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: For the First Time in Polling History, More Americans Sympathize with Palestinians over Israelis.

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Donna 💙💙💙 @dao1donna.bsky.social · 6h

Before the shutdown, Trump already stated people were going to be FIRED to continue reducing the federal workforce. Other wards, Trump blaming Democrats as his excuse for his original plan!! He’s vowed to focus on ‘democratic programs!’ President for the all Americans, TRUMP IS NOT!

Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 8h

THESE FUCKING MAGAT'S ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO BREAK AMERICA.

EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES TURNS TO SHIT.

AMERICANS WILL DIE BECAUSE THEY VOTED FOR THIS.

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 7h

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 7h

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Lisa @gracehunterlisa.bsky.social · 6h

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 6h

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The 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social · 6h

A critical premise of the work of the 14th Amendment Center is that we are all founders & framers of the future of democracy in this country.

Prof. Kate Andrias channels that spirit in this excellent op-ed.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Martin J. B. Burns @burns1mjb.bsky.social · 6h

(His staff people stand around him
while he says this stuff and they force themselves not to roll their eyes. 'Reporters' are afraid to shout 'Bullshit!' displaying how
thoroughly tamed they are.)

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 6h

Right. This 100% rookie just wanted to “get it done,” so she opted not to inform Bondi and Blanche. This detail is not the most troubling, but it is the weirdest. On CNN yesterday, I could only refer to it as.”funky.”

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Sadie Gurman on X: "New: Lindsey Halligan presented the case against ⁦@TishJames⁩ without informing Bondi or Blanche because she “wanted to just get it done.” She is also likely to bring additional charges against James. W/ ⁦@meridithmcgraw⁩ https://t.co/rkVA1hMoXn" / X

New: Lindsey Halligan presented the case against ⁦@TishJames⁩ without informing Bondi or Blanche because she “wanted to just get it done.” She is also likely to bring additional charges against James. W/ ⁦@meridithmcgraw⁩ https://t.co/rkVA1hMoXn

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h

Who Was Jeffery Epstein? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU

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Shoebill Stork @shoebillstork24.bsky.social · 6h

What happened to the parents of special ed kids? Not so long ago, the one group of parents you did NOT want to piss off was that demographic. Did they go with RFKJr's. brainworm?

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

More eugenics from the Trump administration.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 6h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 7h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Gray @grays.art · 1d

It’s Fly-day. We made it!

Long-tailed Skipper
(Urbanus proteus)

day before yesterday
at the Naples Botanic Garden

#flyDay #eastcoastkin #bugsky #native #insects #bugs #butterlies #Lepidoptera #flowers #gardens #gardening #naplesBotanicGarden #nature #art #macro #photography #macroPhotography 🦋

Nectaring a handful of purple flowers, a showy butterfly with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, and prominent eyes.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 6h

When Trump team pushed to investigate Soros, it cited a watchdog group report. But the group's own leader says "we actually did not make either of those claims that a prosecutor would need to make.” @fahrenthold.bsky.social @aduehren.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...