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REPUBLICANS CAN STOP THIS AT ANY TIME (Authoritarianism has been here all along).

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem is Pam Bondi is Ghislaine Maxwell. Any woman who aids and abets the rape and power grab of women and children is a monster. WE WILL NOT FORGET.

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

Sickening.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 16h

“It’s true, all of it… it’s all true.”

Daily Beast: lol Republicans’ polls suck

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 2h

@publixofficial.bsky.social we have many choices of where to shop and I have a feeling Publix is going to take a financial hit for this decision. Their prices are exorbitant already, who wants to see shoppers carrying a rifle or semiautomatic weapon in the bakery?

An article headline in the Orlando SunSentinel says: Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix will too, workers say

FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 2h

In case anyone is wondering how things are going here in Florida:

Article headline from the Orlando Sun Sentinel: Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix (grocery stores) will too, workers say.

Proposed legislation for the Florida House of Representatives in 2026: Redesignation of State University & Florida College System Institution Roads” requires state university to redesignate roads to certain names relating to Charlie James Kirk within a specific time period & requires state funds.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

it's interesting to me how suspicious Republican Sen. Kennedy seems to be about Epstein and the administration's handling of it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Her expression tells me she has seen the photos.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 20h

These are simple questions, AG Bondi.

Three-panel graphic featuring Senator Whitehouse questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi.

First panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'Did the FBI find photos of Trump with half-naked young women in their search of Jeffrey Epstein’s premises?'

Second panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'You don’t know anything about that?'

Third panel: Pam Bondi, [refuses to answer]

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you for writing this piece and sharing it here. Signed up for your bi-monthly newsletter, too.

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Outstanding piece-please take the time to read it. So many points to quote, this one seems helpful for White America to understand exactly how we got here:

“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression.”

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 23h

This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 4h

10 MINUTES until SCOTUS hears Bost v. Illinois, deciding if federal candidates can challenge state laws on the “time, place & manner” of federal elections. At stake: states’ power to count mail-in ballots up to 14 days after Election Day. Tune in on Legal AF at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT!

LIVE: MAJOR ORAL ARGUMENT on Voting Rights

YouTube video by Legal AF

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Completely agree, 100%. She has zero fear of repercussions, which most of us in Florida knew and warned of.

Yesterday was another inflection point in the demise of our country.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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🐈💙Mrs. Cat Momma 🐈‍⬛🦋 @violetrose13.bsky.social · Dec 26

Seriously!! #Bluecrew #fucktrump

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Misery. They are miserable. They’ve given away their identity/power by aligning themselves with their white men and are left with policing others.

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Calaca Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social · 11h

It's really offputting when white people insist on having access to all spaces and burst through the wall like the KoolAid man*

Like, it's not a conversation you've been invited to, that's all. You're not entitled to just access every space like that. People's consent still matters.

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 13h

White people are always BIG MAD when we create spaces of our own because if they aren’t in our business being nosy ruining our good time

Who are they?

What is their identity apart from us?

They have hate. Nothing else.

Seriously, start watching the way they move. They are nothing without us.

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 13h

Ok, Karen. Get over it. And look up racist while you are at it.

"Lo,even whenst
it
hath nought
to do with me,
be still and know
shallst maketh it about me.
"

Karen Proverbs 1, verse
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

@schumer.senate.gov great video!

Pls let’s record one on freedom of speech and the limited access that real journalists now have

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FL RN ✡️🎗️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 3h

Incredible.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 5h

If you're a reporter in DC lobbing questions about who's gonna perform at the Super Bowl to the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, you're just a shit stirrer and a hack.

Plenty of things in Mike Johnson's wheelhouse you should be asking him about. Bad Bunny ain't one of them.

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 4h

10/10 But by all means, if you want to get into the streets do so. Instead of worrying about what Black people are doing, remember that there were elements of the Asian Community that went heavily for Trump. Why don't you focus on that? Why is it so hard for PoC to listen to and follow Black people?

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 15h

Agreed. 👇🏾 Professor Heather Cox Richardson was on my podcast Democracy & Destiny: m.soundcloud.com/profciara/de... 🎧😎🗳️

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