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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 1h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=blaR... #hysteriapodcast

Is Trump LYING About His “Perfect” Health?

YouTube video by Hysteria

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 1h

I luv Hysteria Pod because it's like sitting around with your girlfriends. Politics and Women go together. crooked.com/podcast/marj... #hysteriapodcast

Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t Wrong (this time) | Crooked Media

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ivory1.bsky.social @ivory1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Fun fact: In 1908, Port Arthur (today merged into Thunder Bay), Canada, was the first place in the world to implement Daylight Savings Time. 🍁

Guy who invented the clock: There will be 12 numbers on it.
Friend: So the day will be divided into 12 segments?
Inventor: No, 24.
Friend: So will the day start at 1?
Inventor: The day will start at 12, which is at night.
Friend: .
Inventor: The 6 means 30.

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

apnews.com/article/germ... Swift fans flood German museum to see painting echoing her hit video 'The Fate of Ophelia'

Taylor Swift fans flood German museum to see painting echoing her hit video 'The Fate of Ophelia'

A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans. The Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany reports that hundreds of additional visitors came over the weekend.

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 2h

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As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire

Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance will face higher costs next year if Congress doesn't extend enhanced premium tax credits that have made the plans more affor...

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Church of Norway says sorry to LGBTQ+ people for ‘shame, great harm and pain’

Presiding bishop Olav Fykse Tveit says discrimination and harassment should ‘never have happened’

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

That was my thought too.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states

AOC: And should be legal in more.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

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Glitter Jedi Fellina @glitterjedi.bsky.social · 8h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
#WeThePeople
#3E
#Pinks

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

The GOP has been murdering fishermen in Venezuela. “How long will the CIA continue to carry on with its coups? Latin America doesn’t want them, doesn’t need them and repudiates them,” President Nicolás Maduro said in a televised speech. #venezuela #GOP #petehegseth #trump

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

I suspect there is more of this behind the scenes, which is why the admin is using the CIA

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3h

"One current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats" near Venezuela

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

The money laundering continues. Attendees included Amazon, Meta, Palantir, Lockheed Martin, Google, Microsoft, etc. All to make deals that benefit Republican investors and the Trump Crime Family, not the American People. #GOP #trumpcrimefamily www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Hosts Corporate Ballroom Donors at Glitzy White House Dinner

The event included representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir.

www.wsj.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6h

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

Exclusive poll: Inflation remains a concern despite president’s pledge to reduce prices on ‘day one’

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 16d

Blue States Sue Over DHS Cutting Their Terrorism Prevention Funds

www.notus.org/courts/blue-...

Blue States Sue Over DHS Cutting Their Terrorism Prevention Funds

The coalition of states said if the issue isn’t addressed in court soon, it’s likely they could lose those funds.

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

The GOP is diverting funds for terrorism from blue states to red states.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6h

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from cutting nearly $34 million in anti-terrorism funds from the city’s transit system, part of a long-standing security appropriation stemming from the 9/11 attacks.

N.Y. judge blocks Trump from cutting $34 million in anti-terror funds

Federal judge rules that the Trump administration violated the law when it revoked anti-terror funds for New York’s transit system.

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

“If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we’d no longer live in a free country,” now-Vice President JD Vance told Fox News in 2023. “This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country.”

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans urged caution, and Democrats expressed outrage, on Thursday in response to a news report that the IRS is gearing up to target progressive organizations with criminal investigations

GOP lawmakers largely duck on report of IRS political meddling

www.politico.com/live-updates...

GOP lawmakers largely duck on report of IRS political meddling

Democrats, meanwhile, denounced any move by the Trump administration to target the tax-exempt status of liberal-leaning groups.

www.politico.com

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blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

www.thedailybeast.com/vances-hot-t...

Vance’s Hot Take on Political Persecution Comes Back to Haunt Him

The vice president has spoken before about “weaponization of the IRS.”

www.thedailybeast.com

blueginger99.bsky.social @blueginger99.bsky.social · 2h

Mr. Bean's car!

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