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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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GDLeahy @xrciseguy.bsky.social · 3d

Do you ship overseas?

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 3d

This is from Stephen Millers cousin and this is also why as a quasi-expert on the Holocaust I give Miller 0 quarter for being Jewish.

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 3d

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GDLeahy @xrciseguy.bsky.social · 4d

120 years ago today, Tyrannosaurus rex was first named and described...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

The Speaker of the House flailed across television as reporters fact-checked his claim that Democrats shut down the government to lavish undocumented immigrants with free health care.

In reality, those immigrants are ineligible for tax credits, Medicaid, and Medicare. trib.al/b05zB58

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

"Something’s not quite clicking... And yet, despite that, Democrats are still winning the public debate. Imagine how big these polling gaps would be if Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries had a comms strategy that had folks fired up."

Remarkably, Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Debate

And it's not even close.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 4d

This psycho really just went on camera and said that you have to be a US citizen to attend the Super Bowl or she'll arrest you

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem tells Bad Bunny that ICE will be at the Super Bowl and the event should only be for Americans who “love this country”

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

Every Democratic Member of Congress should announce they're donating this month's salary to health care non-profit organizations. Hit Trump and the GOP twice: first for taking a vacation while collecting a paycheck and second for holding the health care of millions of Americans hostage for greed.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Thugs.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Marge says that Republicans can end the shutdown anytime they want without Democratic votes.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 5d

Hey furloughed fed friends,

Stop feeling GUILTY. It’s not your fault the work isn’t getting done. You didn’t ask to be at home or warming an office chair. This colossal waste is not your fault. Don’t feel bad for someone else’s mistakes.

Unplug if you can. Rest. Take care of yourselves 💚🫂

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 5d

I’m in Oregon this weekend for one of my sons’ wedding. Captured this morning at Multnomah Falls in Columbia Gorge.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 5d

When Trump dies and is buried I hope his epithet reads, "Here Lies Donald Trump For The Very Last Time."

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine sending an airborne division after this guy

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5d

He's not just unfit to be president, he's unfit to be a human being. He’s unfit to be a carbon based life form. He’s a waste of cytoplasm.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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GDLeahy @xrciseguy.bsky.social · 5d

#FossilFriday: Velociraptor mongoliensis, a dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Though famous for its appearances in the #Jurassicpark and #jurassicworld films, the Velociraptor in those movies is actually modeled after Deinonychus, a much older theropod.

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Inko Gneto @inkogneto.bsky.social · 6d

This is the way

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