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tamrakat

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No DMs =🚫 Agnostic Poet #Science is real #Vaccines save lives #Truth matters #Expertise matters #LGBTQ #ally 🌈 #BLM #Democracy #BlueCrew #Resist #goodtrouble Gaga not M___ Woke AF 💙💙💙 And just like that, the caterpillars turned into butterflies! 🦋 🦋 🦋

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · Feb 2

#grief #loss #childloss #pregnancyloss #stillbirth #poetry #TheClosetBox

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 33m

TSA Is Checking Your Phone (Delete These 5 Things Before Flying)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is an idiot

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 3h

#FloridaMan 🙄🤬 “Jonathan Rinderknecht, of Melbourne, Florida, was arrested Tuesday near his home on suspicion of destruction of property by means of fire. If convicted as charged, Rinderknecht faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison.”

Uber Driver Purposely Started Fire That Destroyed Thousands Of Palisades And Malibu Homes: DOJ

Authorities have made an arrest in connection to the deadly Palisades Fire.

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Ron Hacker @ronhacker.bsky.social · 3d

I pray this Bad Bunny does this.

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 4h

This right here 🔥🔥

Facts ✅

Fuck ICE
#SheShed

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

#WarRavagedPortland

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OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

We don't give enough credit to journalists who risk life and limb to bring us the truth

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is a “war-ravaged” city that is “on fire,” President Trump warns. But I braved the artillery fire and militia checkpoints to bring you this video report from the front lines.

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 3d

Farmers Just Got a Reality Check They Didn’t See Coming

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Trump CAUGHT ON TAPE as INVASION Spins OUT OF CONTROL

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

People are asking: Why is Trump screwing American farmers so badly when they’re his most loyal voting bloc?

Maybe because it’s a cheap land grab. Run farmers out of business, then he and his billionaire buddies buy up millions of acres for pennies on the dollar.

Are the farmers catching on yet?

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 4d

Americans can’t afford for their health care premiums to double, but that’s what is going to happen next month if Trump and Republicans don’t work with us to protect your health care.

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is now targeting Black Americans.

It was never about immigration. It was always about racism and control.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 5d

This guy not wearing a mask makes him the bravest ICE agent and yet is still, like all of them, a pathetic bullying coward. Look at him grab Fuentes, who’s literally just standing there. Look at the hatred in his dumb face.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 4d

F*ing liars.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5d

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Paul @endthecaste.bsky.social · 6d

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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 4d

Gen. Thomas Bussiere: Head of Air Force Global Strike Command, formerly nominated as U.S. Air Force’s vice chief of staff, Bussiere announced his retirement in October 2025 for "personal and family reasons," just days after Hegseth's speech to military leaders.

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