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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 7h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 12h

this is a prime opportunity for democrats to explicitly tell their voters "they say you're a terrorist, but youre just a patriotic american who is trying to get by in this world."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 8h

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 19h

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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The Spectre of Potatoism 👻 @kootenaymarxist.bsky.social · 8h

Boy with boot on his head meme.
1st image
Boy is marked liberal.
Boot is marked God I hate Trump

2nd image wider view
Boy marked liberal is smiling while holding the boot to his head.
Boot is marked I can't fucking wait to vote for Gavin Newsom

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Duroyan Fertl ᚇᚓᚑᚏᚐᚇᚐᚅ @dfertl.bsky.social · 1d

Disturbing account of the abuse, torture, & sexual harassment of #GretaThunberg & others in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla after #Israel kidnapped them.
If they do this to white Europeans in the public eye, what do you think they do to #Palestinians?
#FreePalestine #Gaza
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 18h

All of the talk of "doxing ICE agents" should be a non-premise because law enforcement agents working for the government shouldn't have anonymity to begin with. "Steve Johnson from Duluth is a cop" should be a matter of public record. You're a government employee not fucking Banksy

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 1d

Milei has decimated Argentina, but the billionaires need him in power to continue to justify their destruction of the US

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 18h

another one:

MacKenzieScott donates $40 million to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Receives $40 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott | National Trust for Historic Preservation

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced it has received a $40 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

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oce @ocelittle.bsky.social · 1d

So now that ChatGPT is offering erotica, all the card processors should refuse to authorize subscription charges, right? 😒 Or was this only about the people using something to make money and not a corporation?

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 17h

I was forced to listen to him sitting next to a very weird coworker at one of my first post college jobs after moving to CO. Just absolute racist madness

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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 1d

I don't love Prop 50, but I voted yes on it.

I don't love it because it's a move back to political gerrymandering. I voted for it because it expires in 2030, and California is the only state that can help move the balance of power in Washington right now. These are not normal times.

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Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 18h

Thinking of creating a Canadian Yakov Smirnov.

“In Canada, we beat each other either sticks on ice. In America, ICE beat YOU with sticks!”

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Aug 2

In the US AI buildout is so gigantic; contrib. more to US growth than consumer spending in 2025!

China's green boom is so gigantic that Clean-energy contributed more than 10% of China's WHOLE ECONOMIC GDP in 2024 for the first time ever
energyandcleanair.org/analysis-cle...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jul 14

Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,

Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 18h

In which I call for a Brown Scare and a left-wing McCarthyism.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-coming...

The Coming Purge

We're going to need a left-wing Joe McCarthy

www.unpopularfront.news

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 18h

While Scott Wiener certainly bears responsibility for forcing the rezoning, the plan's targeting of rent controlled apartments for replacement while largely leaving single family homes alone is 100% the choice of the Mayor. The supes can fix it if they want to

Scott Wiener has been cast as the upzoning heavy. He’s fine with that. Will voters be?

A recent poll revealed concerning numbers for the state senator, especially on the Westside. But he is not concerned.

missionlocal.org

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 1d

While empowering the people he said he had a problem with: the Saudi royals, the psycho Christians, & israel

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

when all is said and done it looks reasonably likely that bin laden will have taken down not just the us but the entire west

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · 1d

This is the original, 1950's edition of Fluoride Conspiracy Narrative, right back to the "saps the precious bodily fluids" stuff that Sellers mocked in Dr Strangelove

Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 1d

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'Fluoride Disconnects One from God': Inside the Weekly Call With RFK Jr.'s MAHA Hype Squad

A growing weekly call gives insight into RFK Jr.'s biggest allies, showcasing how a fringe movement now holds legitimate power.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

Imagine telling these men that morning in the landing craft that 80 years later their grandkids would be putting the swastika up in their offices in Congress

"Into the Jaws of Death" - photo in black and white of soldiers disembarking from landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 1d

Or make them Congressional staffers

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Love when a guy with a name like “Angelo Elia” thinks the white supremacists don’t have a plan for him and his family.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 1d

Irvine on the Bay. What a joke

OB Chargn @obchargn.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like they're gunning to triple the size of the highway, going from 2 to 6 lanes

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OB Chargn @obchargn.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like they're gunning to triple the size of the highway, going from 2 to 6 lanes

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