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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 6h

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Mississippi in 1968 Was A Hard Place To Live If You Were Black

YouTube video by David Hoffman

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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 6h

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Bondi Torches Justice For Trump

Pam Bondi didn’t testify; she detonated. Oversight collapsed into insults, lies, and theater, while Republicans clapped like seals and democracy sank one more rung into the abyss.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14h

Which party controls the presidency, House and the Senate? It depends who you ask.

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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 6h

That’s why we’re going to jail him in alligator Alcatraz

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h

Freedom agitates him. Freedom irritates him.

He's a scaredy cat who hates freedom.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "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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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 9h

“We took the freedom of speech away”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "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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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 9h

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Fox News Wants Meidas Eliminated…

By Ben Meiselas

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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 13h

😳😂😂👊🏾

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Fishing in Portland

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
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Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social · 1d

If I used ivermectin, I'd be too sheepish to admit it.

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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 13h

Next time there will be no pussy ass merrick garland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

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

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1d

Oh so the administration plans to implement fascism without paying anyone? Excited to see how that all comes together

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 14h

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WATCHING INTERVIEWS OF CITY MAYORS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH OTHER MAYORS TO DISCUSS HOW TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I KNOW WE ARE "USED TO IT" BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

- ASHA RANGAPPA

OCCUPY

DEMOCRATSX

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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bobbytoo @bobbytoo.bsky.social · 1d

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 14h

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social for President, 2028.

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Bruno @boweaver11.bsky.social · 13h

Wow NOT a shithole country unlike united states

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in Canada 🇨🇦

The Supreme Court is:
* Appointed Based On Merit & Experience
* Diverse Like Canada
* Female-Majority
* Under 75 - When They Must Retire
* Independent Of Elected Politicians

Chief justice says judicial independence defend Canada from autocracy share.google/BUANEh3EHOv2...

Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence defend Canada from autocracy

Chief Justice Richard Wagner says that while Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it is certainly a democratic superpower.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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