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Shooti

@bambooshooti.bsky.social

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Writer. Lifelong Democrat. Devil's Advocate. My spirit animal is the shrew. Unofficial historian of the Resistance. People call me Shooti.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · Dec 19

#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory

What caused the Great Depression?

Most people would say the stock market crash of 1929. That was probably the No. 1 factor, but the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 made it worse. The act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods by almost 60%. /1

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA,
Real question: how much do you have to lose before you realize YOU were always the target?Your job,healthcare, social security,dignity,your child's education...what?
What will be YOUR breaking point?
Or will you really follow him off the cliff?Down into the bunker?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 14h

Oregon’s National Guard General: They’ll defend America and protect protesters.

That’s leadership we need more of. 🇺🇸

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 14h

Clearly, Chuck Schumer has not seen Ricky Stanicky.🙄

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 15h

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Oh, come on PA we deserve better than this guy. I don’t know if he’s just clueless or he thinks we’re stupid. I guess he thinks American revolutionaries had 3-D printers. This kind of mentality is exactly why we’re the only state without a budget passed. 🤦‍♀️

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7d

Pennsylvania State Rep. Tim Bonner (R-Grove City) speaks in favor of ghost guns, saying American revolutionaries used them to defeat England.

"We call them 'ghost guns' today. Our founding fathers and our true patriots call them 'homemade guns.'"

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 16h

Who are the pedophile donors he’s protecting?

It’s expected that Johnson will change the rules to increase the number of signatures needed on a discharge petition, potentially from the current majority of 218 to 220 or more

#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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Mike Johnson To Betray The House To Protect Trump On The Epstein Files

Speaker Mike Johnson has a plan to kill the Epstein files discharge petition, and it involves going back on his word and changing the rules.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 17h

🚨Texas!! Abbott and Cornyn are up for reelection next year. Light up their phones! Not just theirs, but every TX voting member!

As it is, Texas is one of only a handful of states that refused to expand Medicaid. Now this??👇🏽

Find your Texas representatives here:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21h

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 17h

The future of our state is at stake. NJ needs a governor who’ll prioritize our safety, our economy, and our families. Mikie Sherrill has the plan & the courage to get it done. She’ll invest in our schools, our transportation system, and our communities.

#VoteNJ
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 17h

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson doesn’t know who Bad Bunny is but he knows he doesn’t like him.

Translation: Too brown, too loud, too proud.

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 18h

Dems are fighting for you 👇

Families like this one in Georgia are having to pay quadruple the cost just to stay insured on the lowest plan.

Republicans own this!

#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 18h

📣 Spread The Word PA 📣

Don’t be fooled by their dirty tricks. Millions are being spent to spread fear & lies. Now more than ever we need our courts to fair & impartial.

We Must Vote YES To RETAIN On Nov 4 To #ProtectPACourts To Protect Our Ourselves & Our State

#ProudBlue
#Voices4victory

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 18h

The GOP shut down the government and now Trump is threatening not to pay furloughed workers which goes against the executive order he signed in 2019, the last time he was responsible for a shutdown.
#TrumpShutDown
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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'Horrible' message: Republican slams White House threat to withhold furloughed workers' back pay — The Hill

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Tuesday strongly criticized the White House budget office for circulating a draft memo indicating that furloughed federal workers may not automatically receive ba...

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Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 21h

Talked to a political psychiatrist to learn how to talk to MAGA family and friends with hope of a positive outcome. Listen to learn how at
youtu.be/PbkT2GeeN6A

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 20h

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What if billionaire donors had a problem property-foreclosed,losing💰 & wanted it cleared overnight?Normally that takes months in court. But what if all it took now was right meme coin transfer?Who would put it past them?
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 21h

It’s true! Furloughed employees ARE paid for the time they’re (shutdown) furloughed - in 2019, MAGA Mike voted 👍🏽 for the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act which passed overwhelmingly in the House, 411-7, and by voice vote in the Senate without expressed opposition.

But “random headline.”

Jan Brady sitting in her kitchen with the caption “Sure, Jan 6”

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 22h

Enough of the damn lies!!

We see it with our own eyes!

This is NOT the American way!

#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 23h

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Let’s do this PA! Register by Oct 20 to vote to protect our rights & freedoms.

Vote YES To RETAIN 🗳️

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 23h

Mike Johnson says Republicans may not pay back federal workers after Trump’s shutdown.

They stand with billionaires and turn their backs on the workers who keep this country running. 😡

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 23h

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Kyrylo Budanov has become the face of Ukraine’s silent war, a commander who’s outsmarted, outplanned, and outfought the Kremlin at every turn. A master strategist who lives every day under threat. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 23h

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Vasyl Maliuk leads Ukraine’s fight against spies, saboteurs, and traitors as head of the Security Service, the SBU. Every day he protects the nation from within while standing in the crosshairs of Moscow’s fury. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 23h

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Robert “Madyar” Brovdi turned drones into Ukraine’s sharpest weapon, founding the Birds of Madyar and leading the creation of the world’s first Unmanned Systems Forces. A citizen turned commander who redefined modern resistance. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 23h

I have lots of work to do

It would be easier with a higher chair

This is rather hard on my back

Love to all 🩵💙

Happy Tuesday 😁

#TTDS

Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 1d

Posture checkpoint!

📸 BAREThisInMind

A cat lying partly over a laptop computer on a desk.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 23h

Please take time to read @mjfree.bsky.social’s newest piece, The Great Insurrectionist!

“Trump now openly admits he knows and follows Project 2025 — the far-right, 1,000-page roadmap to dismantle democracy and install an imperial presidency.”

And so much more! ♻️

open.substack.com/pub/mjfree/p...

THE GREAT INSURRECTIONIST

Trump’s Project 2025 Isn’t a Plan — It’s a Coup in Real Time

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 23h

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Things aren’t adding up…

Johnson sends the House home after a Democrat win, troops are being sent to peaceful blue cities, our military is bombing boats in international waters & provoking a war, red states are drawing new redistricting maps.

Is it clearer now?

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