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Tides of Time

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Determined to fight MAGA/fascism in every way I can, in hopes that I live to see the US become a place where EVERYONE has rights, respect, and opportunity. I find solace in books, creativity, computer games, historical research, and small things of beauty.

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Tides of Time @tidesoftime.bsky.social · Mar 18

For anyone curious about my Bluesky name: As I'd originally intended to use Bsky mainly for my genealogy/history research, I chose a name that was an homage to the title of a poem written by one of my great-great-grandfathers, Harlan Ashley Pierce. Unfortunately, then politics took over the world.

The image shows a nighttime view of ocean waves "each chaining each", with the text of a poem over it:

The Tides of Human Life
So men and generations come and go,
Like tides in one unending flow,
And ebb, each chaining each upon the sea,
Of human life as waves succeed
Each other on the shores of time
To break and disappear fore'er
In spray or hidden undertow.
-- Harlan A. Pierce

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 1h

#EpsteinShutdown

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s obsession with immigration is really an obsession with segregation. It was never about immigrants, it was always about hate and racism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

Trump’s obsession with immigration is really an obsession with segregation | Heba Gowayed

His policies are the latest instantiation of a centuries-long American tradition: laws meant to exclude people of color and privilege whiteness

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

it’s all just a grift

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself. Arctic Frost isn’t the scandal...it’s the mirror.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Tides of Time @tidesoftime.bsky.social · 2h

Can someone please put this delusional, senile fool on a plane and take him to Portland? Maybe he could be convinced if it's done early in the day before he totally sundowns. Take videos of him being there so he doesn't forget and play them on a loop with a Fox logo superimposed so he believes it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Tides of Time @tidesoftime.bsky.social · 2h

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We Have Two Options

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Kim-M 26947 @kimberlymorgan.bsky.social · 7h

And that is just the way they like it.

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This Bitch Resists @liberalantitheist.bsky.social · 5h

And it's up to US to remove the threat.
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calamity curtis @curtiscalamity.bsky.social · 2h

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 5h

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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Tides of Time @tidesoftime.bsky.social · 2h

Look for Trump to sic his sick MAGA toadies on Catholics and Catholic churches now.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

"At the Vatican Wednesday, Pope Leo urged bishops to 'speak strongly' on behalf of immigrants affected by Trump’s deportation drive.

The pope met privately Tuesday with 100 American Catholics involved in migrant ministry, thanking them for their work..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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Tides of Time @tidesoftime.bsky.social · 2h

It's her inner ugliness oozing its way to the surface.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3h

Once a content thief, always a content thief www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7h

"For instance, CNBC found that one Microsoft data center in Illinois received more than $38 million in data center sales tax exemptions but created just 20 permanent jobs."

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/t...

In race to attract data centers, states can forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companies

Amazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI.

www.cnbc.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4h

The Headquarters of Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party (1934)

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 8h

Leading economists say the U.S. saw “essentially no job growth” last month.

Small businesses are getting crushed by Trump’s tariffs and immigration chaos while health care carries the economy.

The shutdown means no official jobs data—just more chaos and uncertainty.
thehill.com/business/554...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 6d

Listen to God, @speakerjohnson.bsky.social !

God @thegodpodcast.com · 6d

Thou shalt not refuse to swear in elected officials because you’re desperately trying to cover up sex crimes by billionaire pedophiles.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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