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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

She’s still out here ✌️

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 3d

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Be Happy and Civil @beakindhuman.bsky.social · 5d

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Dave, Aspiring Peasant @aspiringpeasant.com · 5d

Warrantless mass detentions of US Citizens in Chicago during midnight raids using military forces?

Yes, friends, fascism has come to America, wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.

If they don't have rights, neither do you. Neither do I.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 4d

It’s day 4 of the government shutdown.

Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 6d

Horrible news from Manchester. Anti-semitism is an ever present threat and it’s horrific to see another attack like this. My thoughts are with all of my Jewish friends and colleagues today.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7d

For the generals yesterday, resistance meant total silence. And I thank them for it. But for the rest of us, silence is cowardice. Silence in the face of this daily onslaught against democracy, the rule of law, pluralism, the Constitution, and basic human decency is utter cowardice.

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Indivisible London UK @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social · 13d

The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice — but only if we pull it that way.

Nothing is inevitable. We have to make it happen.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 15d

I didn’t take paracetamol during pregnancy. My son is autistic. Of all the -isms to be worried about in the world today, autism is quote low on the list. In fact it’s not on the list. I’d settle for a POTUS who is half the man my son’s turned out to be. Different does not mean less, you buffoon.

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 16d

I wonder just how far this overt hostility to public health goes before visa-free travel for US citizens becomes a real liability for countries that currently offer it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21d

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 20d

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21d

This is fascism. This is what fascists do. But once again, when future generations look back and wonder how fascism ever came to America, they will point right to all the fascist’s enablers. They will point to you @WaltDisneyCo, and you @Disney, and you @ABC, and you @ABCNetwork.

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 21d

Thank God we don’t have the cancellation of satirical comedy in this country. I can’t wait to see how they deal with the Trump visit on The Mash Report, Mock The Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22d

Remember back in February in Munich when @JDVance criticized European countries for “backsliding” on free speech?

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28d

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

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