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Rocko's Person

@agninri.bsky.social

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Wife, mother. Public Education/ Immigration. Reader of all things.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · Sep 7

There is still a lot of gaslighting about this but I'm telling you right now: MAGA is a movement that is fueled by racial animus.
I'm mentioning this now because they have started to drop the mask.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

"You will only get paid if you kiss His Majesty's ring" is an interesting hill to die on, but I say go for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 1d

well it does make it easy for everyone to recognize an official propaganda machine. In particular I think of our allies who will know who not to trust. (not that they trusted OAN before)

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 1d

FFS. Substack. So they will share revenue with Nazi-apologists?? Great.

Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 1d

Correct.

Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 1d

We knew this. Manchin said he was voting against it. I’m glad he admits it though.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

like my god I’m glad we have him and the people who work for WCK are heroes but there are so many systems and institutions who should be ashamed WCK exists because hunger is a policy failure

and also btw so is a federal workforce being so underpaid for so long that a shutdown creates a hunger risk

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 2d

Bless you for doing this. I could never. The UN speech was enough.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 2d

Cabinet members can call for it. There’s a certain number of them. Don’t know how many.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 2d

So continuing to starve gazans. I see

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 2d

Bullshit. Call for the 25th amendment. They know what to do, they choose not to because insane or not, psychotic or not, they are safe and they benefit.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 3d

Major Joffrey Baratheon(Lannister) vibes.

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Bryan Norcross @bnorcross.com · 3d

NOR'EASTER & TROPICS UPDATE: The nor'easter will maximize its impact from VA to the Northeast today & the Northeast to New England tomorrow. Major to moderate flooding along the entire coast and in inland waterways. And something new coming off Africa in the tropics. More at HurricaneIntel.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 3d

I am in this situation where UPS keeps telling me there is a delay.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 4d

There. Are. No. Exceptions. To. Human. Rights. If one of us isn't free, none of us are free. I want to live in a country where a politician who stands on this principle isn't the exception. But until then, Mamdani is an example of what's possible, and what we should demand from our leaders.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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tyoder.bsky.social @tyoder.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Newspaper of Record:

YOU'RE THE EFFING NARRATOR

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 4d

This is AI. Please delete this.

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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 5d

Thoroughly enjoying these *before* I watch the show so I know to brace my heart. Thank you.

Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 5d

I heard Timothy Snyder speak live a year or so ago and he said that north of 10 billion, they are totally separated from reality but more dangerously, they all think they can "fix" the world. Not sure how he arrived at this number but it was notable.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

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