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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news!

A librarian got fired for refusing to remove LBGTQ books and sued the county, its board of commissioners, the library board, and members of both government boards for violating her 1st amendment rights, and discriminatory and retaliatory firing.

www.rawstory.com/wyoming-libr...

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

www.rawstory.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MGT is getting bold -calling out Johnson & Thune to blame for the Shut Down.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE racially profiles an elderly man and takes him into custody. They realize their mistake and release him. They also intimidate witnesses. This incident occurred in Long Beach, California.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

'I'm not fearful, I'm fearless':
NY AG Letitia James responds to indictment

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.

It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.

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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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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤷🏼

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Jonathan @frakitall.bsky.social · 1d

Since when did Oregon start using the Policia?

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 1d

US soybean farmers finding out the hard way that "America First" was a lie

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

TIER ONE: Americans who Donald Trump pedophiled with: They get shielded from prosecution for the crimes they did commit.

TIER TWO: Americans who brought Donald to justice for the crimes he did commit, they get prosecuted as revenge even if they committed no crimes whatsoever.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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wideblue.bsky.social @wideblue.bsky.social · 12h

As far as I know, Bad Bunny doesn’t hate anyone.

We can’t have that, Christians need lots of hate.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution.

Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS from the Terminal Island Facility forcefully restrained an observer, documenting the incident.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 1d

In the middle of a government shutdown—while millions of Americans face down dramatic increases in their health care premiums—the Senate just voted to send another $900 BILLION to our already bloated pentagon budget. Disgusting.

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wideblue.bsky.social @wideblue.bsky.social · 12h

I think it’s more than the polling.

They plan to cheat on future elections anyway.

I think the billionaires have realized that the oligarchy they wanted is rapidly turning into a dictatorship.

They are giving new marching orders to their politicians.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

The ‘currency swap’ has been finalized. Argentina got their $20 billion and gave us an unknown number of pesos, while he cuts healthcare and human services for Americans. Don’t call it a bailout, they say — it’s like saying tariffs aren’t taxes. What happened to America First?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Koh: This is an AG who is taking orders via dm and is trying to save her job because Trump’s upset about what's happening with the Epstein files. That's what this is all about.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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