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Salty Blue 🌊

@saltydavid.bsky.social

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Progressive Democrat 💙 Boston guy now a SoCal Mtn. dweller Grandad Ret Police We Must Stop the Pedo and Everyone Involved Let’s Take Our Country Back Respect Mother Earth 🌎 Pro-Choice Boomer Red Sox⚾️ ☮️💟☯️♊️

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18h

By all means, indict Jack Smith on bullshit allegations and give him the trial that SCOTUS denied him.

Poke the bear, Donnie. See what happens.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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thecapt911.bsky.social @thecapt911.bsky.social · 17h

Trump says he will negotiate on Healthcare after the Democrats sign off on the Shutdown.

In other words, he’s lying and has no intention of extending the ACA Subsidies.

You can’t trust Trump!

Nobody can!

a girl with a backpack says how can we trust him

ALT: a girl with a backpack says how can we trust him

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 17h

"Based on Trump's statements Monday afternoon, turning to the Insurrection Act could be his next move if he keeps losing when he tries to federalize National Guard troops."
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social | joycevance.substack.com/p/portland-a...

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Salty Blue 🌊 @saltydavid.bsky.social · 17h

ICE = Gestapo/Brownshirts

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

There was a time when I thought Bill Barr was as bad as they could get.

Then Pam Bondi speaks.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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Salty Blue 🌊 @saltydavid.bsky.social · 19h

substack.com/@lynnsauvage...

Lynn (@lynnsauvageau)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20h

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 1d

finally some cool news

portland frog is back after getting “pepper sprayed in the ass”

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Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 19h

Senator Patty Murray
@PattyMurray

Ten states seeing highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

Do your MAGAT Senators know?

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enuffsaysv.bsky.social @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 19h

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Sleepyheart1 💙💙💙 @sleepyheart1.bsky.social · 19h

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Salty Blue 🌊 @saltydavid.bsky.social · 19h

This assignment is specifically for really sick assholes.
Shooting people who are legally assembled on a public way, from a high perch, with pepper balls is twisted and sadistic.