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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

"While ICE is invading immigrant neighborhoods and kidnapping people by the thousands, the fact that a hugely popular artist would sing in Spanish at the Super Bowl is a sign that America is still a polyglot nation. And that is unacceptable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 10h

They did it! #letsgobluejays

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 22h

I was just logging on to ask if anyone had cam footage of Portland so we could see how "war-ravaged" is it in practice.

As far as wars go, dancing dinosaurs, raccoons, bears and unicorns seems pretty benign.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 14h

You have got to be kidding me.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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🧷PussyCatsResist🧷 @pussycatsresist.bsky.social · 15h

THIS IS ANTIFA!

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 9h

Portland and Chicago will outlive him. ❤

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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 11h

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Super Bowl should have picked a halftime performer with wider appeal, suggesting Lee Greenwood as an example.

Listeners on Spotify:

Lee Greenwood - 447,395
Bad Bunny - 79,800,000 (179 times more popular)

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 15h

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 19h

This is what's coming for Alberta if Danielle Smith keeps taking the province down the path she's going.

Science denial has a cost - our kids shouldn't be paying it.

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double what they were for this same period last year, according to the Centers for D...

www.nbcmiami.com

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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 19h

I had pertussis as an adult. My initial shot had worn off & I didn’t know that the Army’s boosters at the time didn’t protect against pertussis.

And thanks to US antivaxxers I caught it on a flight.

I coughed for a month. Broke three ribs. Vomited constantly. Blacked out.

It will *kill* babies.

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 19h

This is what's coming for Alberta if Danielle Smith keeps taking the province down the path she's going.

Science denial has a cost - our kids shouldn't be paying it.

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double what they were for this same period last year, according to the Centers for D...

www.nbcmiami.com

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mrfl14.bsky.social @mrfl14.bsky.social · 7h

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Post from Issue Addict - YouTube

Release the files!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Is Trump a blathering idiot or a shameless liar — or both?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile in Chicago: BRAVO for not taking the bait - YOU ROCK!!!

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 16h

So Abbott is spending more of his state’s money to send the Texas National Guard to Illinois to round up the immigrants he bused there last year?
Meanwhile how is the grid in Texas?
Make it make sense🤦‍♀️
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Gavin Newsom Slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott For Sending National Guard Troops To Other States In The U.S. 'Deal With Your Crime Epidemic'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Texas counterpart Greg Abbott for sending state National Guard members to other states in the country.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 7h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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