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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · 6d

The impact goes far beyond fed employees. Contractors will be furloughed w/o back pay, including low paid jobs like cleaning and food service. Not all contractors are paid $$$. Restos etc frequented by feds suffer. Dog walkers lose income bc feds are home. Etc. It hits a lot more than fed employees.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 8d

BREAKING: Republicans just voted against a bill to fund government AND save your health care.

Help make sure Americans know Republicans are SO determined to let premiums DOUBLE that they would rather SHUTDOWN the government than work to avert this crisis.

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · 26d

That Hella weird valhalla reference during the press conference makes a lot more sense now...

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · 28d

How is this the watershed moment for political violence when we just had two actual elected officials and their spouses murdered in their own homes?

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · 28d

Susan Collins: Most Concerned Woman in Washington

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is EXACTLY why I lost my mind when spineless Mayod Bowser said she thought it was a good thing for the federal gov to take control of Union Station.

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Sep 1

The other side clearly understands these skills. It's time the side of right learns how to properly apply them as well. Particularly propaganda and morale building.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Aug 28

At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 25

NEW — A DC National Guard member spotted carrying an M17 pistol, as The Handbasket first reported they would. (Photo shared with me by @publius24.bsky.social)

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Remember during the Yalta conference when FDR went on and on about how busy DC's bars were, and Stalin was like, have you seen the lines outside the Moscow bars, and poor Churchill couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 18

Trump on DC: "The restaurants the last two days were busier than they've been in a long time." (Data in fact shows restaurant business dropping sharply over last week.)

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 17

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hell, you could watch Veep, and see a better functioning government than we have

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Aug 15

Why is the media not using their minds about how objectively awful Trump looked and sounded and how much difficulty he appears to have walking???
#trump #russia

lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Aug 15

He looked and sounded objectively awful

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · Aug 15

Trump standing next to the guy everyone knows tried to elect Trump & exonerating him.

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Aug 15

He looked and sounded objectively awful.

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Aug 15

IF YOU SEE AN ENCAMPMENT BEING CLEARED TONIGHT

DM us location & what details you have (what police, how many, movements, vehicles)

If you see someone being detained get as much info as possible:
- legal name
- DOB
- emergency contact/case worker
- where they are being taken (precinct or hospital)

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Jul 4

Democracy is dying in America, and resistance begins with language — it shapes what the public sees, and what they’re willing to tolerate.

Resistance begins when we refuse to repeat their lies.

Words become action. Action becomes power. Truth becomes revolution.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 22

MAGA Friday: No new wars!

MAGA Saturday: Ok bombings but no regime change!

MAGA Sunday: There’s really no other solution than regime change.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Jun 23

Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Jun 23

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him

In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · Jun 22

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · Jun 6

Scott Jennings is just so gross. On so many levels.

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lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · May 11

This is deeply, deeply troubling.

lk80.bsky.social @lk80.bsky.social · May 9

Reminder that there are no ethical billionaires...

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