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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 12h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Common Justice @commonjustice.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know? More than two-thirds of people serving life sentences in the United States are Black or Brown, and people of color are more likely to receive long sentences while being less likely to ever be released from them.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 13h

My article on the 3.5% rule and why it matters. kellyscaletta.substack.com/p/why-the-35...

Why the 3.5% Tipping Point Matters

Yesterday I posted on the Site Formerly Known As Twitter that 1-in-50 Americans protested on Saturday.

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: No King's Day numbers are approaching the critical key 3.5%... Political scientists' "3.5% rule" states that no government has EVER held power after 3.5% of voters took to the streets. Let's go!!!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 9h

No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 6h

The bully in the White House is trying to stop drug addicts from dying by killing people he suspects are drug dealers. If he had expert advisors they might suggest policies to prevent drug abuse and provide help for recovering addicts and make life better in America for everyone.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago with 70% of the vote yet Mike Johnson refuses to swear in. This is a continuation of the Jan 6 attack that was designed to overturn an election.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 8h

Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 6h

Did Tom Homan disappear $50K bag of cash.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 11h

It’s kind of wild that after seven million people were in the streets protesting, the president posted a hallucinated video of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans and then proceeded to start demolishing parts of the White House

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 10h

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 8h

A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana's Redistricting Supreme Court Case... fascinating and frightful. fully exposes utter hypocrisy and intellectual corruption of S Ct open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana's Redistricting Supreme Court Case

"The Supreme Court is being woefully blind."

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 7h

Rachael Maddow is showing videos of tons of No Kings Day rallies,
amazing turnout. So much energy.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 7h

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 11h

I don't know what those No Kings protesters were upset about, now if you'll excuse me I'm replacing the White House with a ✨Royal Palace✨

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 7h

He specifically told the 6 maga judges he could do it and they didn’t say no. He has been an insufferable brat for almost 80 years.

Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 10h

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

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Kathi Bowman Smith @ownedbyadachshund.bsky.social · 21h

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 7h

He hates smart women who won’t submit to him.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

He hates American values and principles. He hates democracy. He despises the Constitution and its constraints. He hates most Americans. All he desires is money, power and staying out of jail. Am I missing something?

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 15h

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.