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uncleralph @uncleralph.bsky.social · 8h

Worth a try

Travis @goosethetruth.bsky.social · 8h

Anyone else drinks sake while they cook?

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 1d

This was the first thing I thought of, too, when I saw the Wells Fargo headline. It’s in the playbook, so look for more of the same.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds similar to the Aurora, CO slumlord who helped create the “Venezurlan gangs have taken over entire apartment complexes” talking point in 2024.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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ℱℴℴ𝓁‧ℴ𝒻‧𝒶‧𝒮𝓅ℴℴ𝓀 @clirkus.bsky.social · 1d

since Wells Fargo is trending let's not forget they once had an employee die in their office and she wasn't discovered for 4 days

at her desk

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 1d

PRAY FOR DOLLY PARTON ❤️‍🩹

Freida Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, asks for prayers for Dolly’s health. She says with prayers she know Dolly is going to be just fine.

We all love you, Dolly! Praying 💛

people.com/dolly-parton-sister-was-up-all-night-praying-for-singer-amid-health-struggles-11826073

A happy Dolly Parton reads books aloud to happy kids

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pixburgher66.bsky.social @pixburgher66.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not gonna be okay when Dolly dies…not now, ma’am. Too soon.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

America is not strong enough to survive without Dolly Parton holding us up via gravity-defying hairspray.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to understand why 3 scientists got the Nobel Prize in Medicine today for discovering what keeps our immune systems from running amok--and how that keeps you healthy-- read this @laurenjyoung.bsky.social story:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 2d

👀Notable context in times when medical research funding is being destroyed. And Funding for the police state increases. 🩺 🧪

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2d

What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

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uncleralph @uncleralph.bsky.social · 2d

City of Brotherly Love

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 2d

No one is above the law. The public deserves transparency & accountability from government leaders. We'll be in court to get answers.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 2d

ALL CONGRESSIONAL PAYCHECKS SHOULD BE HALTED FOR AS LONG AS THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN!

Rep. Johnny Olszewski @repjohnnyo.bsky.social · 2d

Members of Congress should be treated exactly the same as we’re asking employees of this government to be treated.

I'm withholding my congressional pay for the duration of the federal government shutdown, and I call on my colleagues in both the House and Senate to do the same.

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Andrea Ros @apocalypsecarousel.bsky.social · 4d

ground.news/article/judg...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in tro...

ground.news

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HCITC 💙 @hcitc.bsky.social · 4d

We absolutely need to release the #EpsteinFiles immediate to stop this madness

No one wants to cover for pedophiles, right?

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uncleralph @uncleralph.bsky.social · 4d

And all respect for not coming after the female.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Too bad they furloughed or fired all the workers who could remove it.

Image of an X post from @PenguinSix
(Andrew Leyden) stating, "The statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has returned to the National Mall today." The post includes three photos: the first shows a statue of two figures in front of the U.S. Capitol, the second depicts a large banner with "FIRST" and the same statues in front of a building with an American flag, and the third shows the statues again with people and cars nearby on the National Mall.

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Roland S. Martin @rolandsmartin.bsky.social · 4d

I’m about to keynote the Freedom Fund Gala at the 83rd NAACP Louisiana State Convention And Leadership Conference. We will stream my speech on the Black Star Network. Watch on the app or at Youtube.com/RolandSMartin #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

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Author Alexis “AC” K. @acknight3.bsky.social · 4d

Read every single quote to this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Emily Ward @omgitsemilyward.bsky.social · Apr 6

an historic moment in SNL history and SNL socials are already out there posting the bleeped version and we can’t have that so here is the unbleeped one god bless king Ego

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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The 3rd Corey 🍁 @undacuvabrutha.bsky.social · 4d

And when they’re done with the hammer 🔨 options 2 & 3 are just two other hammers.

The evil is only surpassed by the stupid 🤷‍♂️

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4d

One of the things that sucks about this era is having to think about the racists all the time, because they’re so boring. They have like, three tools in their toolkit, so we get to say things like “oh look, they’re using the hammer again”

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 5d

As I was saying:

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uncleralph @uncleralph.bsky.social · 4d

...if it wasn't for those pesky facts

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