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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

You can care about someone and still shake your head at their choices. Love isn’t about agreeing on everything it’s about wanting the best for each other, even when you see things differently. You don’t have to give up your values to treat people with kindness and respect.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

Threatening to strip healthcare from millions,fire workers,cut funding to communities to get his way is pure coercion, not governing.It’s using fear and power to force compliance,treating Americans like pawns in a game.True leadership serves people, protects them, and seeks compromise,not punishment

Elizabeth Warren & @ewarren
Trump is saying if Democrats don't bend the knee and let him take health care away from millions, he's just going to turn around and inflict pain by firing American workers and withholding funding from our communities.
That's not governing. That's a wannabe king taking hostages.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

Humanity possesses knowledge, resources, compassion, creativity to build a world far better than the one we live in.Yet we continue to follow leaders who lack vision, wisdom, integrity.Real tragedy isn’t that a better world is impossible it’s that we let those least equipped to lead shape our future

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

Most people don’t actually lose their power they hand it over by believing they never had any to begin with. The moment you stop seeing your voice, your choices, and your presence as meaningful, you’ve already let someone else decide what matters for you.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

Collins has grown too comfortable, too insulated,too wrapped in tradition.That gives Platner space. He brings energy,a fresh narrative,authenticity that could resonate with voters tired of the same old politics. Odds are still tough but if he runs a smart, bold campaign,he very well could unseat her

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

He’s painting 🍊💩’s demand as authoritarian overreach and trying to make a stand not just for himself, but for state power versus federal intimidation. It’s a defiant, confrontational response that aims to shift the narrative from “Will he be arrested?” to “Who actually has the authority here?”

WATCH: 'Come and get me,' Pritzker responds to Trump's call to put Illinois governor in jail

"What kind of a country are we living in where the president of the United States is targeting his political opponents?" Pritzker told the press on the sidelines of a union protest in Chicago.

www.pbs.org

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 6h

This isn’t just an isolated act of excessive force; it’s a stark example of how power is used to intimidate,even against people advocating nonviolently.The silence from the Christian Right speaks volumes it raises serious questions about whose rights and voices they actually care about.

ICE AGENTS PEPPER SPRAYED THE HEAD PASTOR OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO AS HE WAS
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING THIS WEEKEND.
Comrade Dale Earnhardt
33m • C
Ice sprays directly in the face the lead pastor for First Presbyterian in Chicago. This photo I believe will go down in history.
Rev. David Black
Senior Pastor 8 Head-of-Staff
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE FROM THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT?

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 6h

Prioritizing an outdated idea of “role models” over entertainment value ignores the tastes and realities of the audience and misses the point of the show entirely.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 6h

Johnson is wrong because the Super Bowl halftime show isn’t about teaching kids lessons it’s about celebrating music and culture. Bad Bunny is a hugely popular artist who connects with a wide audience, including young people, and there’s no evidence his performance would be harmful.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 7h

Honestly, it’s a mix of serious and absurd: a potentially life-changing Middle East peace deal happening amid the theatrical chaos of a 🍊💩-era roundtable, complete with handwritten notes and drama that almost overshadows the diplomacy itself

Rubio passes Trump urgent note on Middle East peace deal during antifa roundtable

Trump had kicked off the influencer event by telling assembled journalists that he planned to travel to the Middle East “toward the end of the week” and could even “make the rounds” in the region to E...

www.pbs.org

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 8h

It’s the perfect mix of frustration and honesty: sometimes you just have to tell people to shut up when they’re clearly more interested in hearing themselves than anything you actually have to say. Can’t argue with that energy.

You're not going to talk overme because you don't want to hear what I have to say so why don't you just keep Your mouth shut.
Rep. Jeffries to Lawler

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 9h

FBI’s evil plot was looking at phone numbers.Shocking stuff, right?Totally sinister to collect metadata while investigating an attack on the Capitol.No agents were inciting riots,no lawmakers were “set up,” just boring old legal investigation.Why let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory?

The latest Republican conspiracy theory about the FBI and Jan. 6 starts to unravel

Republicans are claiming that the FBI was caught “spying” on congressional Republicans and “tapping” their phones. That’s really not what happened.

www.msnbc.com

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