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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 2h

SMDH

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2h

I’m so damn spooked by this headline

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National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders

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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 2h

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 3h

Because as a passenger, do you really want somebody landing your plane who hasn't been paid and is worrying if his family is going to have someplace to sleep?

Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 3h

All staged better than a Broadway musical.

Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 3h

Oh sure, I'm sure they'll tell the truth- He's 6'5", a svelte 160 pounds, has the eyesight of a hawk. Meantime, we can all see he's senile, overweight, and can barely walk.

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 3h

And do you REALLY BELIEVE THEY"RE GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH? THE MAN IS A WALKING CORPSE!

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3h

Donald Trump will undergo a routine physical exam on Friday, the White House announced, following questions about the president’s health after he developed noticeable bruising and swelling in recent months

Trump to Undergo Regular Physical Exam at Walter Reed on Friday

President Donald Trump will undergo a physical exam on Friday following mounting questions about his health prompted by noticeable bruising and swelling in recent months.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 11h

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 5h

Our forebearers fought and died on battlefields to protect our right to free speech from tyrants. This right is so central to the Constitution we vowed to protect that it is enshrined in the very first amendment. You will NEVER take our freedom of speech away on our watch.

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 5h

Okay. I can agree with all of that.

Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 5h

Greta Thunberg, Jane Goodall, Dolly Parton. Try one of those.

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 6h

If you're a young pregnant woman in a red state and you show up having a miscarriage, they'll put you in a wheelchair, sit you in the parking lot and as you bleed out they'll call the cops. Because that's what Mike's kind of Christianity calls for.

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Wilson Voight @radiospanishspeak.bsky.social · 6h

undo process.....

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 6h

FAUX got to keep those mutant MAGAS fed with their daily ration of bullshit. I bet behind the scenes Watters is laughing his ass off. He gets paid big money to make shit up. It's a dream job.

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 6h

Damn- he looks like a wax corpse....

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Rob Benson 🦋 @robnellie.bsky.social · 1d

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 7h

Joan Bennett Kennedy was a gifted artist & dedicated advocate whose compassion & vulnerability is an inspiration to us all.

Through her music, teaching, & support for the arts & addiction services, she uplifted so many.

My heart is with the Kennedy family & all who loved her.

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 13h

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, has died.

Joan Bennett Kennedy, former wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, dies - The Boston Globe

“I will always admire my mother for the way that she faced up to her challenges with grace, courage, humility, and honesty,” her son, Ted Kennedy Jr., said in a statement.

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David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 8h

Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7h

A Democratic voting rights group was "sounding the alarm" Wednesday, warning of a "nightmare scenario" wherein the U.S. Supreme Court could "clear the path for a one-party system" and give Republicans control of Congress.

'Nightmare scenario': Analysis warns Supreme Court may 'clear path' for one-party rule

A Democratic voting rights group was "sounding the alarm" Wednesday, warning of a "nightmare scenario" wherein the U.S. Supreme Court could "clear the path for a one-party system" and give Republicans control of Congress.The high court is slated to rehear Louisiana v. Callais on Oct. 15, and in a ne...

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 7h

This article says it all- Trump is looking to enact the Insurrection Act in Chicago...

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

"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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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 7h

Jesse Watters is also available for MAGA kids birthday parties, where he actually pulls a white rabbit out of a hat.

Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 7h

All it takes is one stray strand of rope to unravel on the way down...nope, not me.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 7h

‘You don’t want to hear what I have to say so why don’t you just keep your mouth shut.’

- Hakeem Jeffries to an annoying Mike Lawler

After getting owned earlier w/ Mike Johnson by Sens Kelly and Gallego, Lawler felt a desperate need to prove his manhood by ambushing Jeffries.

It didn’t go well.

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Willi Morris @williesha.bsky.social · 7h

#JournoRequest: The state of Black women's unemployment is really concerning. It's a bad sign for high unemployment among all groups. I'd love to chat with Black women in Alabama who have been unemployed for more than six months. July story from @19thnews.org - 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign.

New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.

19thnews.org

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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 7h

For the insurrections they are responsible for insurrecting? I’m shocked, I tell you. 🙄

He said you’d never have to vote again………

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked ..”

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 7h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Adelita Grijalva wants to get to work. The GOP won’t let her

Rep.-elect Grijalva tells Salon she's exploring legal action over House Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to seat her

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