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Colorado, Christian Socialist, Osage, disability rights, #MMIW #M4A I post about poverty, Native issues, & how we need Socialism ✊🏽 Theh-wah-hoyn Pah-huhn-leh Kah-xah Pee. 𐓍𐒰𐒿𐒻͘𐒼𐒻𐓍𐒷 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒻͘ ❤️

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · Jan 8

No lies detected.
If you're supporting ANY politician who doesn't support single payer healthcare ( #MedicareForAll) then you need to find a different politician to support.

Only when as a whole we begin doing this we're going to keep running around in circles fighting for what's right. It's time

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 13h

Totally calm. Fully allowed. That's the best approach.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 1h

lol 😂Ya, I agree, FUCK THE YANKEES!

a man with a beard and glasses is giving a thumbs down sign

ALT: a man with a beard and glasses is giving a thumbs down sign

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 22h

Wife: Fuck the Yankees!

Me: Hey maybe let’s don’t yell “Fuck the Yankees” with the windows open.
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Wife, louder: FUCK THE YANKEES!

Guy walking by outside: FUCK THE YANKEES!

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1d

You can buy China's Unitree G1 Robot from Walmart in the US.

Meanwhile, no American robotics company has a working commercial product.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 1h

Yup that's EXACTLY what I spoke of with regards to Pete. The intention was to muddy the water & to confuse donors over what M4A is. What Warren did here is a big reason why the left abandoned her entirely. She was dishonest.

LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 1h

What AOC said is a very damming indictment AGAINST Democrats. Now I don't know about you but I'm thinking the Dem Party should start actually representing people, especially those who are poor & working class instead of the wealthy donor class. And yes, the same can be said about Republicans too.

LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 1h

Bernie wasn't successful with M4A in Congress not because of what you said, well maybe somewhat, but anyways, it was & is due to so many politicians on both sides of the aisle who are on the take from big healthcare & big pharma.

Look at what you posted.
Do you see it?

LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 2h

No, he does NOT support single payer Medicare For All. This was a huge issue during the primaries. He was asked by the establishment to muddy the waters to confuse people about M4A with his "for all who want it".

This is NOT single payer healthcare.
www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-bu...

Pete Buttigieg's answer to "Medicare for All" includes a public option

Buttigieg likes to say that his health care plan is "Medicare for All Who Want It," that is, it would allow patients to purchase private insurance if they prefer

www.cbsnews.com

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 2h

Just voted here in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Just 2 questions on the ballot 🗳️
Both were about raising taxes on people making $300,000+ a year to fund health lunch programs for kids.

As it is, JeffCo already has free lunches for everyone 🙂 🥪

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 5h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 3h

And Pete Buttigieg doesn't support single payer #MedicareForAll. Pete should get on board with it & really fight for it because it would save American's thousands upon thousands annually 💰

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 3h

Wait! I knew I've seen those National Guard troops before!

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 5h

We can't become desensitized to this.

The President of the United States is baselessly calling for the jailing of two Dem leaders on the same day a former FBI Director was arraigned for an indictment the president personally directed. This is un-American authoritarian insanity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 10h

Ya, right. I'll believe it when I see it.

🟣 'Epstein bomb about to drop': Dem lawmaker claims House Republicans ready to abandon Trump www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

'Epstein bomb about to drop': Dem lawmaker claims House Republicans ready to abandon Trump

Republican lawmakers in the House are ready to abandon Donald Trump because of the fallout over files related to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, according to one Dem in Congress.Rep. Eric Swal...

www.rawstory.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 11h

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 11h

Well yeah, that should be a no brainer. Populist policies are popular. But Democrats suck so much at messaging they'll turn around & somehow concede some culture war bullshit to Republicans further angering their base & moving the Overton Window to the right enough to blame the left when they lose.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

I’m shocked.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 10h

What a good boy! 🐶 🐕

An elderly 86 year old grandma was out walking her son's dog when she fell. The dog, named Eeyore, went & found help, saving the life of the lady. people.com/hero-dog-lea...

Video of incident 👇🏽❤️

LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 11h

You said it. It's really effed up when you think about it too because anyone can hold their phone up to their face & ask it "what's the difference between Socialism, Communism, & Liberalism ideologies" but do they? No of course not & willingly remain a knot in a fallen tree.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks me too

LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 11h

People need to be honest with themselves about 2016. Hillary was NEVER going to win. She was so upside down in polling & incredibly polarizing. So what does the GOP? Run a guy who voters see as a total outsider against the poster child of "status quo establishment" politics who people loathed.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 11h

It was rather surprising & I sure didn't expect that at all because there was no leading indicators at all. None. She never discussed politics at all & there wasn't any posts on her Facebook indicating things. It took me by surprise because the MAGA ideology doesn't fit her at all.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 20h

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