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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 2d

Why not? Looks good

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steve harrington’s hair swoop @uxalchemist.blacksky.app · 4d

I’ve just decided ppl are 21 and ignorant

✨Moves like Michael Myers✨ @shannasince87.bsky.social · 4d

Lil Kim the Black Barbie circa 2000 baby she was everywhere from the US to Timbuktu I don’t know why folks like to do revisionist hip hop history

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4d

It was the 2011 White Correspondent’s Dinner when Obama roasted Trump. That’s the actual moment that lead to all of this, I’m convinced of it.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 4d

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone at this vineyard tour has a look. I’m in “joggers September spring summer” and a textured T-shirt and Warriors cap.

GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

This outlet @opb.org went out of their way to find exurbanites complaining about Portland. They’ll find Idahoans next.

OPB @opb.org · 8d

While some Oregonians seethe over President Trump's announced deployment of the National Guard in Portland, others believe the city needs it. They say homelessness and crime has worn the bloom off the Rose City, and federal intervention is needed.

‘Now we’re pig slop:’ Portland troop deployment sparks mixed reactions across Oregon

As Portland fights against troops, some outsiders welcome an intervention.

www.opb.org

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

Chasing a Black boy with a gun was liberal?

GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe someone white can tell y’all what Black Progressives already know — Democrats should run on Progressive policies because if ppl
In the “middle” have a bigot they like, they won’t choose you. And it all boils down to bigotry. If they’re Black and saying it, you won’t hear us.

Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 5d

Fetterman's numbers should alarm any pundits or consultants who believe Democrats should shift to the right and meet conservatives in the middle.

open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

Analysis: Fetterman’s Polling Numbers Should Be a Warning For Democrats

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s polling numbers highlight the already failed strategy of trying to appeal to the political right

open.substack.com

GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

Black people said to vote for Lamb but nooooo. Y’all know better. Black people know America as it actually is. Y’all know America as a façade.

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

Angling to make him president by giving him more visibility

James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 4d

I can't think of any reason why the White House would make an unpopular vice president the "frontman" in the shutdown fight.

Unless, that is, the president is not interested and/or capable of doing it himself: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Vance Emerges as White House Frontman in US Shutdown Fight

The White House has increasingly made Vice President JD Vance the face of the government-shutdown fight, turning to a messenger who so far has taken a lighter touch — and more discipline — than Presid...

www.bloomberg.com

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 4d

GAAAHHHHHHHH

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

There are plenty of billionaires and pop stars, but there is only one Taylor Swift. Swift is not just selling albums; her team has created an entire economic ecosystem that extends from cassette sales to hotel room bookings. https://cnn.it/3VLhQJx

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 5d

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 5d

More or less 😆

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 5d

I’m sorry but if you’re saying Seinfeld was an overhyped show, you are wrong.

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 6d

She’s right. Evangelicals HATE Scripture used against them when it points out their hypocrisy. You’ll have to firmly defend what you use, but trust me, as a former Evangelical, it gets to them.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 6d

I had my first classic (dirty) martini last night and that is not for me. Pure bitter alcohol.

GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 7d

He lost like once lmao

GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 7d

TF you say?

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 8d

This is not framed truthfully @stephengroves.bsky.social

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 8d

As much sense as they make*

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 8d

We need to shut down and down the shut. This makes sense! ☝🏾

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GinaLavetti on 🐦 @jaminkcreates.bsky.social · 8d

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