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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 9m

Kind of like Sean Duffy bemoaning and criticizing the subways in NYC when this is his hometown

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 23m

A woman commented on a Pritzker FB post abt Conde Nast naming Chicago the best city to visit "Nobody wants to go there!" Picture of HER town fr Wiki presented w/o comment.

Gray skies over a deserted street with a few weathered buildings.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 44m

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 23m

Those guys look white. There must be some mistake.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 51m

Senator Ruben Gallego calls Speaker Mike Johnson a "Pedo Protector" to his face for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva.

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Gia Monroe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @giamonroe.bsky.social · 27m

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“More concerning for the Republicans, 12 percent of voters(!) explicitly said their most important issue was to vote against Republicans and the MAGA agenda, second only to their concerns about the economy."

thehill.com/opinion/camp...

In the Trump economy, social issues can’t save the Virginia GOP

For Earle-Sears and the Virginia GOP, the economy isn’t the problem — the scandal-plagued Republicans who wrecked the economy are.

thehill.com

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1h

Felon Degenerate is living in a fantasy world.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Just before the election an answer was changed by Kamala. She gave a horrible death defying--- election defying answer. And they took the answer out & replaced it with another answer that she gave 5 minutes later having to do with a different subject but at least it wasn't election defying"

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause

A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.

www.cbsnews.com

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

I wish him and HST were still around to respond to this horrible situation we're in.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1h

WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF THIS!

Bourdain is ON POINT.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1h

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

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John DesMarteau MD @jdesmarteau.com · 1h

The pope has the unrestricted power of excommunication. He should first issue a Papal Bull that harming immigrants is an excommunicable offense, and then excommunicate those Catholics in the US Government, including those on the Supreme Court, who are violating the Papal Bull.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

a man with long hair and a beard is drinking from a glass

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is drinking from a glass

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

My whole account was labeled Rude by Bsky after I was mass-reported by malicious folks who wanted to shut me up. I have appealed several times but have received no response.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2h

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries DESTROYS Republican Mike Lawler

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 1d

“A new left-wing political approach must emerge from the Supreme Court’s destruction of laws and rights—an approach that doesn’t rely on the courts to enforce social progress, but relies on the people to force social progress on the courts.”

As always, he’s correct.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 3h

This is amazing.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

As in the street? Yeah.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

We lived in Worcester for several years. It's funny how so many non-MA folks want to add an "h" and make it "Worchester".

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1h

This is the President not only purporting to arrogate unto himself the ability to “take away free speech rights,” but also to do so for speech because it “aggravates and irritates.”

The bottom line is these people running our country are literally foreigners to the concept of democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Adam Darowski @adarowski.bsky.social · 1h

I’m looking forward to MAGAs looking me in the face and saying “he never said that.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Joanne @jomommafromtwitter.bsky.social · 1h

Unfit gd dementia addled madman.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

Desperate con man drowning in a sea of his own lies

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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 17h

I hope you are following as many Dem congresspersons as possible because everyone is going all out messaging about the shutdown. I don’t want to hear ‘only ___and ___ are doing anything’. Pay attention and join in. WE need to do OUR part to help. Messaging is not just up to politicians.

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