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Writer, publisher, artist 🚫MAGA 🚫Nudity 🚫Haters I mute rage baiters … my views are my own. Review the literature on logical fallacies, then we'll talk. https://www.logicalfallacies.org

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 51m

SAMHSA funds "are the backbone of behavioral health in this country," Rachel Winograd, a psychologist at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, told NPR earlier this year. "If those grants were to go away, we'd be screwed."

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 28m

Almost worst, we tried to pretend what she said didn’t matter and got right down to business with Putin

Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 5d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18m

Lord have mercy 🙏

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 19m

No, I’ve tried using those apps to identify the plants in my yard but find they are often inaccurate. 🤷‍♀️

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Chrissy Wiley @chrissyone.bsky.social · 16h

Never give up hop 🐸

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

I want a president who cares more about Chicago and Portland than about Qatar and Argentina. Trump’s “America First” slogan is a sick joke.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 10h

Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh ...

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 10h

Zowie! I love everything about this. Thanks very much.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 10h

Beautiful. Thanks. Here's a couple I took today for you.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

now we're talkin'

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

all the worst. all of them.

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

I love the way he crosses his legs. so sophisticated ...

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

thanks for the laugh. you had me at antidisestablishmentarianism ...

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

part of trump media now

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

If true this a fucking disgrace and the beginning of the end of TikTok

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 12h

this is preposterous

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 13h

so perfect!

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 13h

that he thinks anyone with any intelligence will believe it is just crazy making

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 17h

Same to you, Pam. Thanks.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 17h

There is no end to their cruelty ...

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 20h

this will fix it

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 20h

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 20h

building his own monuments to himself

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Americans are slowly learning what Qatar got in exchange for its private "no strings attached" gift to Trump. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. www.ft.com/content/7d44...

Qatar to build fighter jet facility at US base in Idaho

Pentagon’s approval for project draws fire from Maga influencer and Trump ally Laura Loomer

www.ft.com

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 20h

sleazeballs