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Bill Sheehan

@marsisblu.bsky.social

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Astronomer on a pale BLUE DOT, 🇨🇦 wannabe, psychiatrist, author of books on Mars. Disgusted by Trump, Musk, GOP, Roberts court. No MAGAs, white Christian nationalists, or other porn and filth. Am part of the reality-based community, ❤️science. No DMs

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Bill Sheehan @marsisblu.bsky.social · 2d

They aren’t as powerful as they want you to think. Twelve or thirteen of them couldn’t catch one little brown delivery guy with great focus and moves on a small bike, and their gormless leader Noem (or is it gnome?) couldn't even wangle her way into a police station to take a s—-t.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime."

@publiccitizen.bsky.social

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.

The brutality of this regime is on full display.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

A rare bloom in Chile's Atacama desert has briefly transformed one of the world's driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers.

The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show

A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a 2022 interview warned supporters of reproductive rights that "one day it’s going to be your turn."

"Murder is murder. And one day it's going to be your turn."

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

You know it has to be really, really, really extremely bad Republican disarray if even Politico admits it

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

Disarray!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Politico: Republicans are in disarray 1 week into the shutdown

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10h

Trump is much weaker than he looks. He's always been a bloated, sloppy, low-IQ flaccid failure. Now he’s a bloated, sloppy, low-IQ flaccid failure desperately trying to distract from all that by attacking US cities with our military and sending his Justice Dept after political opponents.

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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social · 8d

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I thought the one where he was a Black Panther was in poor taste

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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stillfischer.bsky.social @stillfischer.bsky.social · 2d

Night of the Short Shots

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

Whichever way history turns, I have a feeling that this will be a historic photo

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 2d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Mar 26

For @newyorker.com: I wrote a crash course on how John Roberts empowered the current destruction and lawlessness in Washington.

There’s a perception this began with the immunity ruling, but he has long been pushing the idea of an unrestrained, unchecked presidency. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

How John Roberts Has Empowered a Lawless Presidency

The Chief Justice’s rebuke of Donald Trump over his calls to impeach judges obscures Roberts’s own role in fostering the destruction in Washington.

www.newyorker.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

THESE PAGAN LIBTARD WAR DANCES CAN ONLY PRESAGE CALAMITY!!

MEIN LEADER PRÄSIDENT TRUMP, HERR REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE, HERR VERRÜCKTPSYCHO STEPHANMÜLLER, DER VOLK DEMAND YOU DEPLOY DIE PANZERBRIGADEN NOW!!!

Vielen Damk für your attention to this matter

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Only a strong and powerful leader like Trump can bring this war ravaged city back from the brink of destruction and anarchy.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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