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Proud Liberal, reader, artist, chocoholic, ailurophile, Whovian, wicked witch (Octobers only), & fair weather gardener. DMs are ignored, so don't bother. No posts, no bio = no follow. F Elon & his Felon. #GoDawgs #Dem #Resister #WTF? 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 #SlavaUkraini📎

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Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 22d

We hit some new lows over the weekend w/the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them & doing everything they can to score political points from it.

— Jimmy Kimmel (Late Night Talk Show Host Fired for Speaking Truth to Power)

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Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 3d

Demonic sexual performances? Well, if that’s what Marge was doing with her trainer, I guess we all understand why her husband left.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands This Law Be Passed Before Bad Bunny Performs At Super Bowl

The Georgia Republican wants an English-only law passed before the Puerto Rican superstar performs at the Super Bowl.

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Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in Rep -Elect Grijalva so he can dodge a vote on releasing the Epstein Files. Mike Johnson is protecting pedophiles. He’s also disenfranchising her constituents in Tucson.

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 6d

"Never heard of it" was his official line throughout the campaign - and of course it was a lie. But that’s not the scandal. The scandal is how many people believed the check was actually in the mail considering who was saying that it was.

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Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
This was always the plan.
Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to
seize unchecked power within the federal
government and restrict Americans'
freedoms. And he is implementing it right in
front of our eyes.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025
Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most
of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and
whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can't
believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented
opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their
way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN! President DJT

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Trump and Republicans are desperately trying to make your healthcare twice as expensive.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

Which party incites violence again?

GOP Lawmaker Sparks Outrage After Calling For Dem Rep. To Be Executed For Urging People To Protest Trump

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans.

U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties.

Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed.

This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda.

It was always about cruelty.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

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Democrats @democrats.org · 6d

Sen. Bernie Sanders: If we do not make changes and fight back effectively, you're going to see 15 million Americans lose their health insurance through the cuts in Medicaid and the ACA. That's what's at stake.

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Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 6d

I hate having to agree with Large Marge. Republicans could end this shutdown if they wanted to. Ensure Americans have access to affordable healthcare and Dems will be on board. Do we want more for the American people? Yep. But they've got to give us the votes.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 7d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 7d

For MAGA, It was always, in part, about pedophiles. Trump and his ilk say or just imply that their enemies are pedophiles and watch their mob get to work. That mob is starting to look at its masters. And trump will do anything to distract them.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Richard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 8d

2 October, 1452 the birth of Richard Plantagenet, later Richard III. His Book of Hours -LPL MS 474- records his birth. 'Hic die natus erat Ricardus Rex Anglie tertius apud Ffoderingay Anno domini mlccclii'

The top of a page of a medieval manuscript. It shows the month of October and in writing different from the scribe who wrote the book, is the mention of Richard's birth.

The sign at Fotheringhay which says King Richard III Youngest Son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevill was born in this castle October 2nd 1452. Richard III Society. For more details please visit www.Richardiii.net

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terps3040.bsky.social @terps3040.bsky.social · 7d

a man in a suit is walking towards a couch with yellow pillows on it

ALT: a man in a suit is walking towards a couch with yellow pillows on it

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Gin Guzzling Pirate @trump-is-a-virus.bsky.social · 7d

He has no decorum or decency. Wholly unfit for the office of VP.

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💀 Spooky Biker🇵🇸 @balme.bsky.social · 7d

Vance is part of a company that buys financially distressed farms.
His shittyness knows no limits

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Jana Riegel @anaj1.bsky.social · 7d

JD makes my skin crawl.

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drcbob.bsky.social @drcbob.bsky.social · 7d

Vance is a pathetic sphincter.

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lindaisee.bsky.social @lindaisee.bsky.social · 7d

JD does not have humanity. He is a selfish, privileged prig who loves power and strutting his weak personage around as if he mattered. He is less than an empty suit.

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marblegirl.bsky.social @marblegirl.bsky.social · 7d

AI isn’t funny and either is Vance. He’s the deep fake here and should be ousted!

Xine @xine42.bsky.social · 7d

Rich SOBs like Vance and Trump are yukking it up, having a good time, while my brother & his family risk losing their access to affordable healthcare and my brother-in-law is furloughed. Guess they are some of the reasons why JD had to explain the joke. It isn’t funny.
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Vance laughs off criticism of Trump's deepfake Jeffries video: 'We're having a good time'

VP JD Vance dismisses criticism of Trump's deepfake video mocking Democratic leaders and showing Jeffries wearing a sombrero.

abcnews.go.com

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