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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 1h

Prophylactic

It’s too too bad that Fred
Didn’t wear a raincoat
Would’ve eased our heads
Saved us from this turncoat
We wouldn’t have such dread
Where we need an antidote
Where many who bleed red
Wouldn’t now need a lifeboat

#tHartigan
#vss365 #raincoat

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 1h

The Storm
Is Here

Republicans
Aren’t
Into
Noticing
Country’s
Obvious
Anguishing
Trauma.
Rather
Are
Into
Nodding
Conspicuously,
Obliging
Anything
Trump.

#tHartigan
#vss365 #raincoat

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 2h

Blue Haiku

Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen’s masterpiece
Triangular love

#tHartigan #haiku
#vss365 #raincoat

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 2h

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 4h

We head into the final few stops on our musical mystery tour, it's day 11 just 4 more days to enjoy (or endure 🤣)

Today's inspiration is from post-punk pioneers who served up the wonderful Odyshape LP, today's #vss365 #prompt 11/10/25 is #raincoat

What's your favourite album?

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Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social · 4h

nor’easter lurks
now where did I leave
that raincoat

#vss365 #raincoat

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 4h

That #thing
that I'm seeking?
Ah yes, motivation

while it pours,
#sublime ly
upon me,
I let it drip
from my #raincoat
of procrastination,
eking into the soil
beneath my feet

later I'll #unearth it,
bringing it back
to the #top

but for now
let me just put
my umbrella up

#2wordprompt #vss365

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Steve - Teller of Tall Tales 🇺🇦 @bofferson.bsky.social · 4h

Katie was always losing things. She lost her #raincoat at the park whilst playing football. She lost her dinner money on the school bus.
But she never expected to lose her shadow. She'd had it yesterday. It had followed her all around the playground.
But now it was gone.
#vss365

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

The entire DC office of the CDC was fired overnight. All of it.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

We’re really going to need some version of regional CDCs, like what already happened with Covid shot coordination, organized by Dem governors, or there will be no public health data or policy in this country.

RFK’s ascension was a top five fiasco of Trump 2.0.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 3h

Translation: if the president has to give in to the Democrats’ demand for renewing health insurance subsidies, don’t worry. We can come back later with clawbacks (“rescissions”) that require a simple majority (“reconciliation bill”) to pass.

IOW, Johnson is announcing his intention to cheat.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 18h

Read my interview with the peerless @tify330.bsky.social.

www.editorialboard.com/hakeem-jeffr...

Hakeem Jeffries: 'Republicans have zero credibility, zero'

The Democrats' message is breaking through, says Tiffany Carlock.

www.editorialboard.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Benny Johnson is a well known plagiarist, grifter, & Christian nationalist who was being paid by Russia - to the tune of well over a $100,000 a month - to push Russian propaganda on the American people - the perfect bio for a MAGA influencer. We no longer have a Justice Department.👇

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 14h

Release the Epstein Files.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 17h

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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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 14h

Gavin Newsom:

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 13h

We Will Never
Bend to….

Kings
Needn’t
Ever
Exist,
Kleptocrats
Needn’t
Ever
Enlist,
Kakistocrats
Need
Empty
Edicts.

#tHartigan
#vssdaily #knee

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 14h

We Will Never
Bend to….

Kings
Needn’t
Ever
Exist,
Kleptocrats
Needn’t
Ever
Enlist,
Kakistocrats
Need
Empty
Edicts.

#tHartigan
#vssdaily #knee

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vssdaily @vssdaily.bsky.social · 14h

The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/11/25 is #knee

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Instead of working to reopen the government and lower health care costs, House Republicans are taking their FOURTH week of vacation.

@repmcgovern.bsky.social and I are going to keep showing up—even when Republicans don't—to make sure every family has access to affordable health care.

Instead of working to reopen the government, House Republicans are taking their 4th week of vacation

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

youtube.com

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 1d

A dirge for the scourge is urged.

#7syllablesentence #dirge

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: And a special g'morning to Donald Trump and the exciting news about the Nobel Peace Prize!

Ms. Machado of Venezuela is the winner but Don you don't walk away empty-handed: you receive the home version of the Nobel Peace Prize Board Game!

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoying our musical mystery tour writers/authors/poets? It's day 10, two thirds of the way through!

We're sticking with the 90s, it's a bittersweet symphony this life, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 10/10/25 is #verve.

What's your favourite lyric of all time (tough I know).

a man is walking down a street in front of a kfc chicken restaurant

ALT: a man is walking down a street in front of a kfc chicken restaurant

media.tenor.com

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 1d

You are welcome

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thpossiblepoet.bsky.social @thpossiblepoet.bsky.social · 1d

Stop the Insanity

Two old & aged white guys
Who either side do despise
Each did surely try to serve
They did & do without much verve
Now for this the second go
We didn’t think, just say no
No art, no deal, you imbecile
Thanks but no we’ve had our fill

#tHartigan
#vss365 #verve

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

There are lessons to be learned here.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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