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Hope Himars 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 @hopehimars.bsky.social · 10h

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 5d

Fuck her

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▪️Sandy▪️ @sandynikond700.bsky.social · 9h

Just like anyone else.

There is no pass for this horrific crime! No mercy!

Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 1d

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 8h

Dems have the winning Trope .. in one word really.. RESTORE.. Dems will restore justice, Dems will restore ethics, Dems will restore Due Process, Dems will restore Rights... for all of this please Work to Change out all GOP congress in elections ahead.. Demand GOP Congress release the Epstein Files

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 14h

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an apparent end point, reports Shauneen Miranda.

Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month • West Virginia Watch

The USDA is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October.

westvirginiawatch.com

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 14h

Love this...

Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 16h

This is not hateful Mike Johnson- this is Kanga- and she’s going to be killed and I noticed that this 1 post 4her has 46 reposts and that we can do better to save her! We need 2find her a human in celebration of Indigenous Peoples day! She may not be Taylor Swift but she matters too! REPOST HER!

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

Indigenous Folk are Hero Folk

Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us · 15h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, Minnesota. I am proud to stand with our 11 sovereign tribal nations, who have stewarded our land since time immemorial.

We can work together to ensure everyone has the right to live with dignity, safety, and respect.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15h

Beaded #sciart by Ruth Cuthand for Indigenous Peoples Day www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/ruth...

Beaded Images of Disease Explore the Impact of Colonial Trade

In her series Trading, Saskatchewan-based artist Ruth Cuthand creates a visual metaphor that outlines how early settler/Native relationships influenced First Nation people’s living conditions and well...

www.thisiscolossal.com

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and GOP are so Vile

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 15h

In 2023, then-President Biden enshrined Indigenous Peoples Day. Now Trump is blaming left-wing "radicals” and “arsonists” for "canceling" Columbus.

Trump and Republicans Want to "Un-Cancel" Columbus Day, Erasing Indigenous Peoples Day

In 2023, then-President Biden enshrined Indigenous Peoples Day. Now Trump is blaming left-wing "radicals” and “arsonists” for "canceling" Columbus.

www.teenvogue.com

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 15h

I get a bunch of angry posts when I say this, but IMA SAY IT AGAIN.
ESPECIALLY on INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY!
White people have demonized immigrants and everyone who isn't WHITE, but who's destroying 🇺🇸?
WHITE PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING AMERICA 🇺🇸.
This should piss off EVERYONE WHO LOVES THIS COUNTRY!

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truthseeker19.bsky.social @truthseeker19.bsky.social · 16h

Where's FEMA?
Where's the National Weather Service?

Trump and elected Republicans do not give one 💩 about conservative voters in Alaska, apparently. Mike Johnson and his GOP House reps are still on EXTENDED vacation (NOT working, obviously).

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 16h

MIKE JOHNSON IS ABETTING AUTHORITARIANISM

THE SPEAKER REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE OR EVEN ALLOW CONGRESS TO RECONVENE!

MIKE JOHNSON IS HOLDING OUR GOVERNMENT HOSTAGE!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening." Wouldn't you know who one of them is!

New from @saletan.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

Shut off Mike Johnson's health care and let's see who needs what.. in fact shut off all GOP Congress in elections ahead

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 15h

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Mike Johnson slammed the expiring Obamacare subsidies at the center of the government funding standoff as a “boondoggle” as the shutdown approaches the two-week mark with no end in sight.

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

www.nbcnews.com

tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

study up

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Phang: We know that there is a move by 99% of the Republicans locked step with Trump and countless still unidentified billionaires and politicians to keep this from moving forward. How do we know? Because Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva…

tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

GOP own a shutdown, GOP own a corruption of whole systems and GOP OWN a grinding down of Democracy itself.. And for this alone be inspired to Work to Change Out All GOP Congress in Elections ahead - GOP Congress are Trump's and Oligarchs' Enablers !

Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson: “We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history”

Oh man, if only the party that controls EVERY branch of government could do something like oh idk not let our insurance prices triple?? 🧐

tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

Spot on on all three points (and there are more points where GOP Congress are betraying us all).. be inspired to Work to change out all GOP Congress in elections ahead

♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ @pamrichmond1.bsky.social · 15h

Do your job Mike Johnson. Swear In Adelita Grijavla, end trump government shutdown, and release the Epstein files !!

tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 15h

Be there and too find the local Dem office involved and link up.. we must be inspired to change out all GOP Congress in elections ahead

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson really doesn’t want you to go to the largest peaceful protest in American history: NoKings.org

NO KINGS
For the love of America

OCTOBER 18
www.NoKings.org

Picture of Statue of Liberty with American flag in the background

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 1d

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tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 18h

Love this... Dem WILL RESTORE so much.. Due Process, Free Press, and more... so Work to Change out all GOP Congress in elections ahead

Your pissed off grandma @anomaly100.bsky.social · 1d

tajblueskyhope @tajblueskyhope.bsky.social · 18h

Not the best man to carry the message but the Message is great..

Bayjmin Tuckles @bayjmin-tuckles.bsky.social · 18h

OCTOBER 18th: If you are at all able to get out and participate in the NO KINGS Protest, please do it. We need EVERY soul, EVERY body out there putting the fear of God into the POTUS menace and his incompetent henchmen.

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 19h

“It’s a ticking time bomb,” @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social, Director of Science for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University, tells Sentient of the groundwater situation in Arizona.
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In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 19h

Whether it was fueled by geopolitics, personal profit, or some mix of the two, Israel’s attack on Qatar appears to have been a spark that spurred Trump into action on Gaza.

Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?

Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.

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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 19h

Prince Andrew could be banned from 'fun activities' on royal estates after new bombshell claims about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew 'facing strict ban from fun outings after Epstein email bombshell'

www.mirror.co.uk

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