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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 28m

Bonnie & Clyde - Georgie Fame

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

Sickening.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 21h

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

Overstressed Air Traffic Controllers ‘Aren’t Fit For Duty,’ Says Agency Veteran—As FAA Issues ‘Staffing Triggers’ At 6 Airports Tuesday

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

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giantsigh.bsky.social @giantsigh.bsky.social · 53m

Are we great again because I sure don't know if I can take anymore greatness!
Trump Administration Abruptly Cut Off Highly Effective Support for Disabled People Experiencing Homelessness | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities share.google/1CZxOQXNznvA...

Trump Administration Abruptly Cut Off Highly Effective Support for Disabled People Experiencing Homelessness | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 54m

Wondering who’s at fault for the shutdown dragging on?

Take a look at who’s in DC and who’s not.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 6h

Hey Chumpster, When You've Lost
Marjorie Taylor Greene, One Of Your Early Disciples, You May As
Well RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Julie Lavender Menace @2tickytacky.bsky.social · 5h

Be sure to come to my book signing! Today, I'll be signing "It", by Stephen King. Next week, I'll be signing the owner's manual to my 2006 Honda.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5h

Chump Inciting A Civil War.......

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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 48m

Thanks for sending lardasses, Greg. You keep our state’s standing high on the “punchline” list.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

Nobody in the blue states asked for your “help,” Greg.

Tweet from Greg Abbott showing members of the Texas National Guard boarding a large military cargo plane on a runway at sunrise. Text reads:
“The elite Texas National Guard.
Ever ready.
Deploying now.”

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 4h

The "Department of Homeland Security" which is living up to its Orwellian name has posted a video on Facebook of agents arresting (alleged) illegal aliens and titled the video "Bag it. Tag it. Take it down."

This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,

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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 50m

An “agreement” won’t be the end of it - just the beginning. A blackmailer/extortionist doesn’t leave you alone after one payment. It’s a forever control kind of thing.

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Maggie @courageousgirl2.bsky.social · 53m

richmond.com/news/local/e...

If UVa signs Trump's 'compact,' it will risk state funding, Democrats threaten

President Donald Trump wants at least nine colleges to agree to a broad set of political, educational and financial principles in exchange for federal funding. Democratic leaders call it extortion.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 58m

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 13h

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CapeCodCritter @capecodcritter.bsky.social · 1h

www.huffpost.com/entry/george...

George Conway Claims This Controversial Trump Adviser Is More 'Deranged' Than The President

”I mean, listen to this stuff that he puts out day by day. It's completely untethered to reality,” George Conway said.

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KJ doesn't obey in advance 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦✌🏼 @katemjackson.bsky.social · 23h

Alternate headline: Performative c*nt and most corrupt AG in history embarrasses herself while fellating her fuhrer under oath.
www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...

'Utter disgrace': Experts decry 'disdain and disrespect' as Pam Bondi faces senators

Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday where she was asked pointed questions about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, former FBI Director James Comey and Whit...

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4h

New drinking game for historians of disability and medicine: take a shot whenever you see someone online rolling their eyes and saying ‘you think everything is eugenics!’

Might as well be drunk through the Age of Eugenics: It’s Going to Get Worse and I don’t Know How to Make People See It

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