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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 4h

I hear she has supported school bands as well: www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...

Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'

Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.

www.thepinknews.com

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 7h

I can only imagine what she said to her sister!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

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 · 11h

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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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 1d

But other than that…

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 1d

Were they chosen based on their ability to blend in with locals?

Screenshot of the Saturday Night Live skit about Bears fans featuring hefty actors in sunglasses and mustaches similar to Bears coach Mike Ditka.

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Vishanti @missdiedra.bsky.social · 1d

actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

Tell Congress: Stop Starving Gaza and Block the Bombs

Forced famine is here. Israel has blocked almost all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since early March. This is not a natural disaster – it's genocide. As Israel's largest military funder, the Uni...

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 1d

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Buck Owens & His Buckaroos - "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"

YouTube video by TheQueenOfCountry

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 2d

Ban reporting on polls.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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stevemartin35.bsky.social @stevemartin35.bsky.social · 2d

We aren't learning.

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 2d

You answered your phone? I think you have to turn in your Gen X credentials for a Boomer card.

PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 3d

I was working at a video store when it came out on video. Wasn’t the first “huge deal” (that was probably Top Gun), but it was in demand for months.

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe it’s time to hold churches to the same level of scrutiny that every non-profit has to follow to keep their tax exemption.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Judge Immergut is a woman.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump on Portland ruling: I wasn’t served well by the people who pick judges. I appointed the judge and it goes like that. If he made that decision—Portland is burning to the ground… all you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers.

That judge ought to be ashamed of himself

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Oct 7

It's cake season! Cake season runs from October to March and is one hundred percent something I made up

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Sep 21

Cake season is when you bake cakes and tell yourself you're going to give cakes away to your neighbors because holiday cheer and whatever but instead you just eat all the cakes yourself

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 4d

Now would be a good time for Democrats to announce support for the U.S. rejoining the International Criminal Court Treaty.

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 4d

Responding to Trump's latest deadly bombing of a boat in international waters, Amnesty International USA declared: “This is murder. The US government must be held accountable.”

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 5d

Saw someone call him Metamucillini and almost choked

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 5d

seems like an easy thing for opposing candidates to point out to voters...

Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 5d

24,576 pounds of cheddar cheese to Food Bank for the Heartland in Nebraska;

270,000 eggs to Harvest Hope Food Bank in South Carolina;

4,640 pounds of chicken legs to Maui Food Bank in Hawaii

--> just some of the food aid canceled by Trump

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 6d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8d

Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 8d

If you get shot your assailant’s gun was a right

If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege

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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 8d

Now imagine that 50 times over for the God Awful Movies crew when it comes to rapture films!

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