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Alicia Ziff

@alicia0001.bsky.social

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No DMs, please! I am a liberal Democrat from ruby red Texas, passionate about women centric legislation and filterless. I follow back if you have a history of posts, if not, check back with me again after you have some. #WomensRights #BankruptTheOligarchy

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 21h

Woman shot by ICE agents in Chicago last Saturday has been released from custody today by judge since body cam footage contradicted the government's claim she drove toward the agents. Instead, it revealed the agent saying, "Do something, bitch," before pulling over and shooting her five times.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 23h

In a nutshell.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

John Fetterman, ladies and gentlemen

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Angie @angieispissed.bsky.social · 2h

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1h

Piers Morgan: “out of interest, why would you think that anybody watching this, when they hear you tell a Jewish man that he's basically a Nazi?”

🇺🇸 Journalist Abby Martin: “If you want to not be compared to Nazis, stop acting like Nazis!”

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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 10h

We would like to thank puppy killer Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
We can’t wait to show up for that!

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5d

Damn... This was really brave and perfectly executed. The way you guys planted multiple people all around the room and spoke up one at a time overwhelmed their security. This was brilliant. I respect it.💙👏😎

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kevin464.bsky.social @kevin464.bsky.social · 3h

🤣🤣

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h

“They're either trying to convince me that the palestinian people are all terrorists & they all deserve to Di€ or in the same breath will tell me that they're actually human shields & they deserve to Di€.....”

—American actor Mark Ruffalo

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PHL SportsNut @ispw8842.bsky.social · 5h

That for sure calls for a big old nap.

gracepeace @gracepeace.bsky.social · 5h

Having a nap after losing her baby and finding him again.

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Alicia Ziff @alicia0001.bsky.social · 5h

Trump refers to it as Our Peace Plan.
Great if it happens, and I don't care who negotiated the peace as long as it's for real.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 10h

Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown

Gallego accused Johnson of wanting to “cover up for pedophiles on the Epstein list.”

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown

Gallego accused Johnson of wanting to “cover up for pedophiles on the Epstein list."

www.politico.com

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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 22h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 10h

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 6h

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Unelected Stephen Miller is manipulating trump into this - he is within one big event of getting his way.

Enrico Tarrio was on video Tuesday afternoon announcing the Proud Boys are on their way to Portland to "battle antifa."

The next U.S. civil war may have already begun

OPINION: With President Trump’s push to deploy troops in Democratic-run cities, the nation is rushing toward another internal military divide.

www.sfchronicle.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s tariffs and cutbacks are bankrupting farmers. He thinks they’ll keep supporting him no matter what, but his approval numbers say otherwise.

Tweet from Amy Klobuchar that reads:
“27 million pounds of chicken
2 million gallons of milk
67 million eggs
That’s how much food grown by American farmers never made it to hungry families because of the administration’s decision to cancel deliveries to food banks.”
Below the text is an image showing trucks on a highway with a banner labeled “CANCELED” and a caption: “Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid.” The source line reads: “From projects.propublica.org.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. it's every day, some new excuse why he won't sign, right? Look at the core. He knows that, that is the deciding signature on the discharge petition," Gallego added.

@nbcnews.com #AZ07
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 2d

📌 Listen Up California ‼️

Frances Fisher is letting
ya know it's done 👑♥️

#YesOnProp50 #Vote 🗳

I Adore her ♥️♥️♥️💐 🐥

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 18h

📌 The tide is slowly shifting
Souls are fighting back ⤵️🐥

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 6h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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Hansine Ilse of the North Shore @parisinthespring99.bsky.social · 6h

The rage and hatred of the mediocre white like diks is astounding. 🤬

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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