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James Hughes

@dystopian-fashion.bsky.social

7.9K followers 12K following 16K posts

Proto-Germanic Paganist with nonspecific surliness. Squirrel psychologist, Fullerian Professor of absurdity, oppressor of the inhabitants of Pavia

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A three-wheeler Pedelux cycle car at Park Royal, London, 1930

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Everything they say is a lie and a cover-up, yet their base continues to support and cheer it on.

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Embroidery artist Laura Dalla Vecchia ( IG: @levezaart ) creates amazing art. She embroiders onto leaves! This one is a shimmering humming bird on a skeletonized leaf.

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Peeling Paint Appreciation Society
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WTF

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 20h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Appeals court rejects Trump request to deploy National Guard in Chicago area!

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Appeals court blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in Illinois

The court ruled that National Guard troops can remain federalized, but cannot be deployed in the state.

www.nbcnews.com

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 18h

This is frightening!

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Despite having what many see as an essential role in protecting the nation's mental health, SAMHSA has not been viewed favorably by the current administration, Trump calling it a 'liberal' department...

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Trump has permanently laid off more than 100 employees at the nation's main mental health agency at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) citing the government shutdown.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia.

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

newrepublic.com

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Jeremy Miranda. Untitled. 2024

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I hope you realize that they're attacking PBS and NPR because they're among the few national media outlets not totally beholden billionaire ownership.

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Professional wrestling executive and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, wipes out Special Education Department in shutdown layoffs.

The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 1d

Yo this is wild AF

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
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