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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 19h

Brilliant ❤️🐸👏

Portland Frog standing against ICE.
Art by Nikkolas Smith.

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 1d

Moon hanging over the ocean. It looks like it's smoking. #photography #fullmoon #nature #hawaii #love #marinelife #cool #zen

Moon reflecting its light on the open ocean in front of a beach. There is a trail of clouds up and left from the moon that look like smoke from a burning cigarette.

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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 18d

My god.

WHY would NJ Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli — three times — vote against bills to keep sex offenders & other abusers away from children??

And against a bill to address college sexual assaults??

Read this. Seriously, wtf??

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

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 14h

Know your rights. Guard your tone. Protect your neighbor. Panic is surrender in advance; knowledge is armor.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h

A classic "big if true" situation

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 16h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m Just a File (Classified Edition)”
Schoolhouse Rock parody by channelpoor

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h

How many felons do you think are working for ICE at this point? I definitely think it's a a non-zero number. If they weren't a felon when they started, I suspect many of them are...now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump to Hannity: "The tariffs have brought peace to the world. I'm telling you they brought peace to the world."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said his government believed one of the boats recently bombed by the United States in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers had been carrying Colombian citizens, not drug traffickers.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 15h

He says this bc Border Patrol does get away with this. This is actual training. Americans did not care when they could only do this on the southern border. Bet ya care now.

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 1d

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 19h

#ResistanceRoots

Jesse Jackson was born on this day in 1941 in Greenville, S.C. A central figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Jackson made two bids for the Democratic presidential nomination. He negotiated the release of hostages on multiple occasions, often on unofficial diplomatic missions. /1

Jesse Jackson in 1988. Photo credit: Dennis Brack/Black Star.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 18h

Great but chilling column.

“We should be exceedingly clear:
There is no crisis in Chicago that requires the Nat’l Guard. To the extent that there is civil instability in Chicago it has been caused by Trump’s surge of federal agents into the city & their lawless assault on the citizens of Chicago”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 16h

48-51 vote on Schiff-Kaine resolution to block further strikes in the Caribbean.

Resolution does not pass.

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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 1d

Now this is a great way to resist!
#USDemocracy

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 15h

He uses those words, because he wrote it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Astropus @astropus.bsky.social · 1d

Does he use the words and phrases in that birthday letter to his pal Jeffrey? You decide.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 15h

🤔 So Republicans don’t understand why releasing the Epstein files is such a big deal either?

Confirm Adelita Grijalva &
Release the EPSTEIN FILES!

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 15d

I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.

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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 15h

When the hell is this going to stop ?!!!!

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President Trump calls for investigation into Blumenthal after conversation with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi - NewsBreak

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — President Donald Trump (R) is calling for investigation into U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) after the senator exchanged words

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

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

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

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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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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