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Abigail Breiseth

@abinbaltimore.bsky.social

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Teacher of hospitalized kids. Civic. Curious. Cranky. Baltimore, baby.

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Abigail Breiseth @abinbaltimore.bsky.social · Dec 30

I read a smart thing about marking up vile things before reposting them, so the brain is signaled before reading and we aren’t normalizing them by giving them more oxygen. So, something like this, from me with no particular online skills? Tips for better marking?

Same EM text as original post with a “forbidden” circle with slash drawn over it.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: A Washington Post deep dive into surgeon general nominee Casey Means found she blurred sponsorship lines as she promoted supplements and products outside the medical mainstream.

Here’s one example.

And a gift link to read more: wapo.st/46LWoKQ

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 20h

Every act is now a defiance
of his will-
like swimming upstream she
pushes against his habit
to control;
the egg has cracked,
the jar opened,
the tags from clothing removed-
she will not return
to that world before,
she will not be abused

#emoetry #poetry #domesticviolence

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

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...

www.propublica.org

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

Fire breaks out at russian gas plant after reported drone strike

by Lucy Pakhnyuk

A fire allegedly broke out at a Lukoil gas processing plant in kotovo, russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

kyivindependent.com/fire-breaks-...

Fire breaks out at Russian gas plant after reported drone strike

A fire allegedly broke out at the Lukoil Korobkovsky gas processing plant in Kotovo, Russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

kyivindependent.com

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 52m

Get Happy www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7d0...

Get Happy – Judy Garland | Summer Stock | Warner Archive

YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics

www.youtube.com

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago Fightin ICE Gestapo! #chicago #iceout

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 21h

Up to 90% of all life on this planet died during the Permian Triassic extinction event when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years.

We’re on track for a rise of 4C+ just in our children’s lifetimes.

It’s impossible to overestimate how much trouble we’re in.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 5d

What has been missed to protect the American people by focusing on protecting Trump?

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

House Republicans are on an Epstein vacation

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

This is an Epstein shutdown

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats are united, authentic, and everywhere—communicating the stakes, telling the truth, and making sure Republicans own the shutdown they caused.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d

If the FBI and the Department of Justice are so focused on going after the president's enemies, are they sacrificing our ability to protect ourselves?

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d

What are in the Epstein files that is worth keeping the government shutdown?

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s “plan” to lower drug prices? Let his son cash in.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that Hamas proposed exchanging all hostages for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in February 2024

Netanyahu delayed any deal so he could avoid prosecution in Israel and continue mass murder in Gaza

nypost.com/2024/02/07/n...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 1d

I tried all day to join antifa.
I was thwarted!
•No website.
•No email.
•No Substack.
•No Instagram.
•No LinkedIn
•No TikTok
•Not even a lousy Facebook page.

I wonder if Pam Bondi can help me find them.

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