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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes apparently it is just a stupid Instagram ad that gets you

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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 5h

The fact that no psychic has ever won the power ball lottery is enough to prove they’re frauds just bilking people for money.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18h

Clairvoyants and psychics should be banned. It's pure predatory behaviour from people who target vulnerable people using cheap parlour tricks that have been thoroughly debunked countless times. Charlatans the lot of them.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 5h

MORE. OF. THIS.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 6h

I’m only impressed that it’s taken this long for them all to turn on each other.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

This is a real post from Dinesh D'Souza. 🥴

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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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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 13h

I think if it took you to October 5th, 2025 to realize that maybe this 1/6/21 business was maybe a big deal I think you shouldn't be allowed to comment on politics

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 6h

So, that’s a no.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Annette @ladywaterood.bsky.social · 10h

Wind and solar generate more power than coal globally for the first time ever
Source: Interesting Engineering share.newsbreak.com/fd3hva3o?s=i16

Wind and solar generate more power than coal globally for the first time ever - NewsBreak

For the first time ever, solar and wind have outpaced coal globally.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 6h

Hang on … Steve? Is that you?? At least use the bronzer, dude.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 10h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

Oh this is not great

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

One of the reasons they're having trouble concocting a Left Wing Terrorism epidemic is basically nobody in this country has ever met a left wing person. You might as well say we're being invaded by the smurfs

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 6h

I guarantee Israel will violate it.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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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.

apnews.com

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brett @birwin20.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Portlanders protesting.

I was worried. He wants violence. I know you folks will fight but that is playing his game. You can't out-violence them.

So you are having a dance party. So freakin smart. I love you all. Ya'll got this.

Stay safe enough.

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Helena Handbasket @helena-hand-basket.bsky.social · 18h

It must be exhausting to get that furious about every little thing.

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

so #nintendo is stealthily shoving the trans political agenda and nobody has noticed it?

video without context with trans flag colors everywhere from nintendo america

you people better sart noticing patterns
just like netflix

carbon monoxide leak

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

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads, drilling and other disturbances.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

www.motherjones.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Ask why Trump installed Ellis as CIA General Counsel and if that has anything you do with getting a favorable legal opinion on boat strikes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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