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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 20h

🤣🤣🤣

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3m

My book is a warning about attacks on knowledge, on pluralism, on our way of life and what teachers do to change that; to combat that. The crowd in DC got it. From questions about vouchers and charters to discussions of immigration, it was clear that they are focused on community.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3m

Thank you Valerie Strauss for the great conversation and thank you to Free DC for co-hosting last night’s event. Politics and Prose has such a storied history, I was so glad to be able to discuss my book there.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3m

Trump’s “plan” to lower drug prices? Let his son cash in.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 3m

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1h

Spot on. Hey 2A loyalists: you swore you’d rise up if the gov came for U.S. citizens - well, it’s happening, and you’re 🤬 silent. All talk, no backbone. The rest of us see it clearly now.

Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 10h

TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

JUST NOW IN MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social announces his run for Congress: “Believe in me, because I believe you deserve the best. It’s about US.”

Full: www.facebook.com/share/v/1A8A...

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

I see that. In an administration where justice depends on loyalty, even small corrections feel rare. When Jan 6 rioters walk free and critics face charges, it’s hard to trust our reality as anything but selective accountability.

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

Possible new slogan for MAGA:

I got the fever to do a favor for Führer. 🙌

(patent pending 😉)

Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good point. Semi-decent actions by them still catch me off guard.

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, I’ve had the app on my phone for months.

Let’s just say I wouldn’t have been surprised if she hadn’t corrected herself, or gotten squirrelly with the semantics of the English language, as they’re wont to do to stay in favor with the Führer.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 1d

It’s shameful that Speaker Johnson and House Republicans refuse to release the Epstein files. Swear in Adelita Grijalva and get this done for the survivors and American people.

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

Where he is I hope it’s always a Monday

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

When I heard she said that my first thought was “wait that is not how that app works”. I’m surprised she even corrected herself instead of staying with the lie to cover up their true intention- which is just to coerce a private company with Federal-mob pressure…again.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1d

YES YES YES YES YES YES ON PROP 50, A TEMPORARY, DEMOCRATIC COUNTER TO TRUMP REQUESTED EXTREME GERRYMANDERING IN TEXAS

Sign Vote YES on Prop 50
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Matt @usmcangryveteran.bsky.social · 1d

He framed the Insurrection Act as a legitimate tool to overcome what he views as legal or political obstruction. He concluded more broadly, “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I’d do that.”
Read the full article below:

A Threat or a Promise?

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open.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

SEN. HIRONO: “Did you approve shutting down the bribery investigation into Homan?”

BONDI: “Are you Antifa?” 🤡

(That’s a yes)

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 1d

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
Josh Hawley
Lindsey Graham
#SheShed
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

That’s an insult to a box of matches 😉

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA-wet dream is the American experiment’s nightmare.

If a police military state works so well…what the 🤬 is Sparta? It’s nothing more than a one-off curiosity in history.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

The rest of America is finally witnessing how this country had treated Black and Brown people.

Snarktivist @jefe7755.bsky.social · 1d

Whaaaaa??… Drumpf creates as issue with workers then finds a way not to pay them? Ya don’t say…. 🤔

MAGA, he’s your Trumpenstein monster. You own every “I didn’t vote for this” because you literally feel more joy “owning the libs” than living in a functioning society 🤷🏻‍♂️

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

The text of the law is clear. This is totally illegal.

This is another illegitimate attempt by Russ Vought to “traumatize” hardworking civil servants, which seems to be what gets him out of bed in the morning.