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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 10h

My plan to tackle a rigged economy.
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My plan to tackle a rigged economy.

It’s time to fix what’s broken in Washington.

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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 11h

Small Johnson is bothered bc he can't even spell "Bad Bunny". ✌️🤣❣️🍀🇺🇸🇵🇷❤️

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 11h

This is just😂

"Johnson did have some constructive input for who he believes should have been picked to perform by halftime producer Roc Nation: The Republican leader said ’80s country star Lee Greenwood would have been America’s clear and obvious preference, citing “a broader audience.”

House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 11h

One on One: End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller and Officer Harry Dunn
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One on One: End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller and Officer Harry Dunn

Tune into their conversation about Officer Dunn’s experience on January 6th and the importance of staying engaged amidst all the corruption we are seeing from this current administration.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the Pam Bondi dynamic: for two decades she's had the "well we have to book SOMEBODY, even that idiot Bondi" role in cable news. Now she has stature and professional hair colorists and ad libs written for her.

She's in Pam Bondi heaven and will do or say anything to stay there

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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 2d

#iceprotests #miller

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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 18h

Metro Times posted a scathing exposé on MI Rep. Josh Schriver that let us know he's not as pure as he claims to be. And in Kalamazoo, US Rep. Bill Huizenga still doesn't want to appear in public.

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Hypocrisy and Hideouts: Michigan’s Purity Patron Exposed and the GOP Congressman Who Can’t Show Up

Josh Schriver's history tab is full of fetish sites and Bill Huizenga still can't face his people.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 14h

Portland PD threatens ICE with arrest! More. Of. This. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 1d

10 families bask in a staggering combined wealth of £24.7bn, eclipsing the £24.5bn owned by #Scotland’s poorest 28 per cent — more than 1.5m people

While £7.7bn, along with 220,000 acres of land is owned by one man

Best #VoteGreen

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Tax on richest 10 families could lift 30,000 kids out of poverty

A WEALTH tax on Scotland’s 10 richest families could raise 30,000 children out of poverty at a stroke, according to a new report.In analysis for Tax Justice Scotland, an alliance of trade unions, comm...

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Sophia Banks @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 18h

Sorry. But the Portland clowns have got this song stuck in my head.

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The Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland

YouTube video by Vafareunculo

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Ernesto Franco Ramos @wlerf.bsky.social · 1d

Always true

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 13h

Figures that if you live in a red state, you’re getting screwed the hardest by Trump and Republicans buddies.
The top 10 states facing the highest projected premium increases are all Republican led.

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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 12h

Fiction for the fuhrer. #FightFascism #DefendDemocracy #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #GovShutdownIsTheGOPsDoing #AbolishICE #SupportNATO #impeachandpurgetrumpandhisfascistmagatregime #TaxTheRich #Makethempaytheirshare #nopardonsforpedos #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #HoldThemAllAccountable

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[email protected] @2braids.bsky.social · 13h

These dummies are having a fake presser about a fake organization...it's sooo funny. They are leading up to stop elections in 2026 and 2028. This is part of the plan. Ya'll better be aware.

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The Idaho 97 @theidaho97.bsky.social · 1d

Bad for Idaho, bad for America.

‘People are going to die’: Idahoans fear spike in insurance costs

Boise resident Susan Wood spent her career in the health insurance industry. She worries federal changes may upend her health care coverage.

www.idahostatesman.com

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 19h

Idk who needs to see this.

But the quicker we can get the House to come back in DC. The better.

Don't let up!!

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#SheShed

A screenshot of a Eric Swalwell tweet from Twitter.

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 15h

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

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Trump: 'We will be very threatening to antifa'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that federal law enforcement will be "very threatening" as it goes after the antifa movement, which he recently designated as a "terrorist organization."

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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 12h

Knock yourself out, Tweedle Dumber. #FightFascism #DefendDemocracy #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #GovShutdownIsTheGOPsDoing #AbolishICE #SlavaUkraini #SupportNATO #impeachtrumpandhisfascistmagatregime #TaxTheRich #Makethempaytheirshare #nopardonsforpedos #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #HoldThemAllAccountable

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23h

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