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Joe W

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Rocket Scientist 🚀 Houston Astros and Texas Longhorns fan🤘Restorer of vintage Macintosh computers 💻 Progressive in a sea of TX MAGA red 🤠 Still hungry for tacos 🌮 #FDT #BreakfastCrew

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Mary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · 1h

Funding this government shouldn’t mean funding our own abuse. Receipts inside. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #kristinoem #stephenmiller
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Police State, Soft Launch

Eight protesters, a chicken suit, a hospital shackle, and a regime that wants your money to make it permanent.

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning, Jen, and cheers!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

This is the way

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Good morning, LLG! ☀️☕️

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Good morning, Paula ☀️☕️ Me too 💙 Have a terrific Thursday as well!

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Good morning, Allie ☀️☕️ Happy Friday Eve to you, too!

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Good morning, Maureen ☀️☕️

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Good morning, Annette ☀️☕️

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Good morning, Melanie ☀️☕️

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Good morning, Doug ☀️☕️ You too!

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Good morning, Clareraynor ☀️☕️

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Good morning, Josette!

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Good morning, Jaye!

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Good morning, Peppa ☀️☕️

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning, Bob and Friends ☀️☕️ Happy Friday Eve. Day 9 of the Republican shutdown, but as Foxy says, we will be okay 🦊 Have a great day!

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning, Carmen ☀️☕️

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Good morning, Jaye!

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Good morning, Brenda and #BreakfastCrew friends ☀️☕️ Happy Friday Eve! It is also Day 9 of the Republican shutdown. No matter, we will persevere. Have a great day, everyone!

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 15h

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia — The Atlantic

Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Goodnight, Brenda 🌙 Pleasant dreams

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Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you, Cosmo 💙🫶

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Then he froze as soon as he uttered those words, likely thinking, “I wasn’t supposed to say that out loud.”

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✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 20h

Please take a look at my latest blog entry on Substack. And if you want to be sure to see future posts, please subscribe. It's free.

The Importance of Documentation

Don’t let the official version be the only version.

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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. @annepmitchell.bsky.social · 20h

I JUST GOT THE BRIEF THAT COOK COUNTY FILED TODAY IN ILLINOIS V. TRUMP AND IT IS VERY REVEALING AND REPUDIATES EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP IS CLAIMING!

Cook County, in which Chicago lies, *just* filed an Amicus brief with the Court in Illinois v. Trump, and it’s a doozy.

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