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Rebel Heart @bardo61.bsky.social · 8h

#GovernmentShutdown

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 12h

I think it has to be understood at this point that between the internal and external policies of the current administration, there is a formal push for weak, poor, vulnerable populations to be, for lack of a better word, systematically removed.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 1h

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think we have enough National Guard to fight such a vicious enemy .

Maybe glitter ?

Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 10h

Keep calling their bullsh¡t out

kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 2h

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 5h

Hakeem Jeffries obliterated Lying Mike Lawler: “You’re ripping away people’s health care. People will die in your district.”

Then Creepy Mike Johnson tried to crash a press conference and got exposed for the Epstein cover-up.

Every Democrat should be fighting like this. No excuses. 💥

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 16h

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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 5h

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Fair Share America @fairshareamerica.bsky.social · 9h

"The most popular economic policies are bold, tangible, and grounded in fairness — and can unite voters across class and partisan lines. Across twenty-five ranked proposals, policies that reduced costs, curbed corporate abuse, and held elites accountable consistently performed best."

Report: Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt

An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that indepen...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

California is the first state to define ultra-processed foods and phase them out of school meals.

DC politicians can talk all day about "Making America Healthy Again," but we've been walking the walk on boosting nutrition and removing toxic additives and dyes for decades.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 10h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

Oh this is not great

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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 15h

Kristi Noem standing on buildings with her hands on her hips staring down chicken man is a huge waste of our money

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 1d

This is what I've been saying for MONTHS!

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kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 5h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

ICYMI — bumbling ICE stooges finally chased off by Chicago folks after a humiliating attempt to grab a man they racially profiled

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 13h

Let's focus on Steven Millers slip up on CNN.
Who the hell does he think he is?

Plenary?Plenary authority?

No Steven Miller, Wrong again!!

No! You do not plenary authority to harm the American Public. It is cruel and illegal. You do not have the executive power to overthrow our own government

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kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 5h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 13h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 18h

📌 The tide is slowly shifting
Souls are fighting back ⤵️🐥

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Ed Burch @echod75.bsky.social · 11h

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kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 5h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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kellyseidlitz.bsky.social @kellyseidlitz.bsky.social · 5h

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Question: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?

Trump: Suspending who?

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 12h

Yes on 50, California!

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