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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

The Portland mayor will have more support than Kristi Noem and the Trump administration when it comes to federalizing and occupying cities.

She’s safely on top of a building looking down at reporters and a guy in a chicken suit. Mayor Wilson is standing up for Portland. She’s against them!

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StanleysMom @whenpigsfly12215.bsky.social · Aug 21

Roberts "has consistently shown hostility towards civil rights, trade unions and environmental protections, approaching the law with the rigidity of a right wing ideologue."

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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2h

Yet another embarrassment for the United States.

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Senate confirms Herschel Walker as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas

The former NFL player, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 2022, will be the first ambassador to the Bahamas in nearly 15 years.

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Bret H Dingley @bretding.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Breyer's Ice Cream @martyvburen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Independent journalist Marisa Kabas was first to report on Borges’ resignation and his email’s disappearance in posts on Bluesky

Fuck yeah @marisakabas.bsky.social

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW: SSA chief data officer and whistleblower Charles Borges resigned today—but his resignation email quickly disappeared from recipients' inboxes, sources tell @wired.com. @makenakelly.bsky.social and @davidgilbert.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/charle...

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s dispel a myth.

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Vaccine Shedding Is Real — But Not What You Think

The science behind who actually needs to worry (spoiler: probably not you)

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 4h

Doesn’t feel so good when the shoe is on the other foot does it?

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Noem says she and DHS officials denied restroom access in Illinois city hall

Noem said that she, along with other law enforcement officials, were denied entrance into a city government building in Illinois.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 22h

I guess the First Amendment is now used as toilet paper in our current administration. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

Country legend Zach Bryan has released a song that puts country over his own bank account.

The backlash from country fans will be massive- they’ll force him off country radio like they did to the Dixie Chicks but he doesn’t need radio access anymore

American hero 🇺🇸

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 1d

Barbie doll Pam Bondi did her best rendition of textbook fascist obstruction. Dems aren’t having it.
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Attorney General Bondi Melts Down Under Senate Scrutiny

Attorney General Pam Bondi stonewalls questions on Trump, Epstein, and the $50,000 cash scandal.

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Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of pedos and pedo enablers hide behind crosses and badges. It seems to fool a lot of people.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2d

Today I was behind a car with West Virginia tags, and on the back of their car they had Gay AF. Some bigoted people call gay people swishy. I’m sorry, but if you live in West Virginia and you have Gay AF on your car, you have balls the size of Mount Everest.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2d

This is disgusting. Human skeletons in the ugliest fucking rags imaginable. This is #fashion?

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A look at the latest styles and trends at Paris Fashion Week, in photos

PARIS (AP) — This photo gallery curated by AP photo editors displays the latest in styles displayed during Paris Fashion Week.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2d

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The REAL reason Trump is attacking public transit

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Illegal Immigrants Are Already Getting Health Care Under Donald Trump

The program financing ER care for illegal immigrants has been around for four decades, and not even Trump wants to take it away.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2d

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Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign

Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 2d

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SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN

Don't look now, but revitalized Democrats have the wind in their sails, and are finally taking the fight to the anti-American Republicans ...

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 4d

The week in review. Not a good one for the 🍊💩’s regime. Keep the faith. We shall emerge victorious.
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Trump’s Shutdown Backfires, Newsom Torches His University Loyalty Pledge, Mike Johnson Gets Cut Off, and The Regime’s Portland Lies Exposed

Great news for truth, terrible news for Trump

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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Ann Werner Writes Great Novels @mswerner.bsky.social · 5d

Fuck them, kids. REALLY? This is not America. This is not normal! ICE “agents” are nothing more than jackbooted thugs.
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Snapshot: The Attack in Chicago

The night-time raid on a Chicago apartment building and its residents is an ugly escalation by a an immoral regime—and an attack on all decent people

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