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WJ❌️ @wjm37.bsky.social · 3h

Counting the Jan 6 convicts Trump pardoned?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 7h

GET THAT MAN AN AWARD

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 6h

Every timeline needs a cute raccoon playing with soap bubbles!

😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #nature #wildlife #animals

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 6h

#ChicagoWillWin
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/p...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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WJ❌️ @wjm37.bsky.social · 4h

Kristopherson is describing the scene under Reagan. Sounds awfully similar to today. I know we have a lot of Reagan loving former Republicans against Trump, and I applaud them. But they might want to look deeper into how we got here.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 18h

Born 8 Oct 1949, actress Sigourney Weaver. She rose to fame playing Ellen Ripley in the film Alien (1979), which earned her a nomination for a BAFTA. She reprised the role with a critically acclaimed performance in Aliens (1986), for which she received her 1st Oscar nomination. #SigourneyWeaver

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Joseph Wang @lenticulus.bsky.social · 18h

Stephen Miller is following Stalin’s playbook.

snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."