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Thyme to Fight Back 🟧 @thymesup.bsky.social · 1d

Why am I seeing practically nothing about this on the news? Did this huge house just spontaneously blow up for no reason on a Sunday afternoon?
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South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge | CNN

A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, CNN affiliates WCSC and WIS reported.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Dec 30

Those of us who study the Theo Bros have long suspected a financial connection between them & the Tech Bros, but were unable to find it. Forbes just did. The connection is thru Marc Andreessen (who advises DOGE & is involved w/ Network States) & New Founding (led by Nate Fischer & Josh Abbottoy). 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Jan 14

In 2023, Vice reported that tech advisor Marc Andreeessen had included Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (co-author of the 1919 Fascist Manifesto) on his written list of the “patron saints” of “techno-optimism”. (Andreessen now advises Elon Musk’s DOGE”) 1/ www.vice.com/en/article/m...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21d

As predicted: “Oracle [founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison], Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Trump/Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] consortium will control 80% of TikTok…” 9/16/25

Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/

Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz consortium will control 80% of TikTok in U.S.: Report

Current users of the app will be asked to shift to a new app, which TikTok has built and is testing.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20d

I’m sure the sale of TikTok to MAGA billionaires Larry Ellison & Marc Andreessen (a close Peter Thiel ally) will be fine. It’s not as if American teenagers spend nearly two hours a day on TikTok. Oh wait… www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-youtu...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22d

14/ Good God: “Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison Biggest Backer of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover” 5/5/22 www.channelfutures.com/channel-busi...

Oracle Co-Founder Biggest Backer of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

An SEC filing shows that Elon Musk has secured $1 billion from Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison to support Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 18h

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 “I refuse to let Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and Gregory Bevino, continue on this march towards autocracy.” Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Before and during Mr. Musk’s breakneck takeover of Twitter, a close-knit group of libertarian-leaning activists and businessmen have been encouraging him to get involved. This group includes…Peter Thiel and entrepreneur David Sacks…” 4/29/22 www.wsj.com/articles/the...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

Instead of "illegal" or "unconstitutional," it's "tradition bucking."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10h

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

If you were determined to devastate places like the Arkansas Delta, where I grew up, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a more destructive set of policies. It's soybeans and rice as far as the eye can see. It's not an incidental fraction of the local economy, it is the entire foundation of it.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 12h

Please share widely, especially if you know anyone in PA. The GOP are throwing everything at the PA Supreme Court race. We have to maintain our Democratic majority! Thank you!

Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 17h

ATTN: PA VOTERS

🚨IMPORTANT🚨

VOTE YES TO RETAIN 💥DEM MAJORITY 💥 PA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Christine Donohue
Kevin Dougherty
David Wecht

‼️If using mail in ballots, the Supreme Court Justices are
located on the flip side.

‼️In the voting booth, they will be located at the bottom of the screen.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 13h

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
The Election RIGGING RESPONSE ACT
Nov 4, 2025

STOPELECTIONRIGGING.COM

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 9h

He said the already pretty loud part even louder.

Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 12h

Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you California
You're doing this for the whole country

Vote Y E S on PROP 50

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson says Republicans may not pay back federal workers after Trump’s shutdown.

They stand with billionaires and turn their backs on the workers who keep this country running. 😡

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 16h

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 14h

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 13h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 10h

So Bondi plans her congressional hearings by bringing up dirt on the senators who questioned her rather than answering the questions. This is the lying schemer that is running the DOJ.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 10h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Really looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for the staffer's notes who put this together, DURING a shutdown.

Not least bc (as @whitehouse.senate.gov noted), the Reid Hoffman slur was false.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 10h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 9h

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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