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Katieg🦋 @katieghere.bsky.social · Jan 9

Today marks the 100th post I'm making on BlueSky. I dedicate this post to President Jimmy Carter. He proved to be the embodiment of Human Dignity. Sharing my favorite poem, The Desiderata in memory of the rarest humans of our time. 🙏 💙 🦋

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Desiderata - A Life Changing Poem for Hard Times

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Life during wartime. 🥴

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Never never never give up

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Politics, Bulletin 224. A very heated and contentious senate hearing today with AG Bondi over Epstein, Homan, and many other issues. That and everything else that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 224. 10/7/25

… AG Pam Bondi had a heated and contentious hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee where she refused to answer questions, made personal attacks against Democratic senators, and got extrem...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Several pro-voting groups asked a court Monday to block Utah Republican’s audacious new GOP law designed to make it harder to strike down the state’s new gerrymander, arguing it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Utah Map ‘Unduly Favors Republicans,’ Claims New Filing Challenging GOP’s Two-Pronged Gerrymander Scheme

Read more here.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2d

I discussed with Ana Cabrera the Supreme Court’s decision not to consider the appeal of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. @MSNBC.
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Supreme Court denies bid to hear Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal

The Supreme Court rejected a bid to hear convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal. Managing Attorney at The Bloom Firm Arick Fudali, who represents several Epstein accusers, and former ...

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 2d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to the quick work by the judge here to stop this out of control White House.

The image is an X post by Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney
) on X.com, reporting: "BREAKING: Immergut has granted Oregon and California's motion to block the new call-up of Guard troops to Portland. She says this effort to bring CA and TX troops to Oregon is in 'direct contravention' of her original order." The post includes a verified badge.

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LisaTheLiberal 🦋 @lisatheliberal.bsky.social · 2d

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

Calm isn’t surrender. It’s rebellion. Learn the thinking pattern that turns emotional chaos into unstoppable focus.🔥👇
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How to Stay Sane When the World’s on Fire (And Still Do Something About It)

The Unbreakable Mindset for a Nation on the Brink-How to Keep Your Head While Everyone Else Is Losing Theirs

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 2d

No one is above the law. The public deserves transparency & accountability from government leaders. We'll be in court to get answers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI — A July 17th post from Miller’s cousin disavowing him is making the rounds again. www.rawstory.com/stephen-mill...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Nye is currently on the Hill to advocate against a proposed 47% cut to NASA science from the Trump admin

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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