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#Arkansas 🔵 looking for humanity in this weird world. Stay critical, strong and resist! Don’t submit in advance. FAFO has started 🍿

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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · Jan 2

“On some great and glorious day,” Mencken wrote in 1917 “the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

Dudes, we’re there. Donald Trump isn’t merely ignorant, he exists in fear and loathing of anybody who’s not.

Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 2

Gene Lyons, the great Arkansas columnist, calls it quits. Why? Donald Trump.

"I just don’t want to spend the rest of my life thinking and writing about him."

https://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-2670718685

Good-Bye And Good Luck: Why I Won't Be Writing Any More Newspaper Columns

After giving the matter some thought, I have decided that I’ve become unsuited to the low art of writing newspaper columns any longer. My deficiencies to participate in the current conversation are many. For one thing, I have never listened to a podcast. I prefer reading things, a more efficient way...

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

Rep Mark Alford (MO) faces a tough town hall www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDhRH39/

Mark Alford of Missouri town hall

TikTok video by Witchy Shai✨

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Good job #arkansas

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans ripped health care away from 15 million people and are raising costs for millions more.

The numbers are damning.

Graphic showing the average ACA premium increase in each state. It's an average of 136% increase this year alone.

Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 1d

Did you see her lately? She looks very unhealthy, almost skeleton like.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 1d

Billions to Argentina, now a Qatari Air Force in Idaho!? WTF?

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Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting this! A must read.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 2d

The Jails We Pay For... #Arkansas open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

The Jails We Pay For...

Are We Getting What We Want Out Of Our Investment? Arkansas has the highest rates of incarceration in the world among independent democratic countries. What the hell, Arkansas?! What is wrong with thi...

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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 1d

To be corrupt is part of the job requirements. Right next to have no conscience and complete lack of humanity.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and Ranking Member Robert Garcia are fighting to save health care and end the Epstein cover up. Stop the shutdown, release the files.

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

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.”

TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

@aftynbehn.bsky.social

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 3d

This is ANTIFA! Heroes!

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Tye Dye Terrapin @tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social · 3d

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