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Dorcas E

@de24.bsky.social

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Professional accountant. Politics junkie. DMV dweller. Traveler. Stock market risk taker.

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Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 29d

This is Jay’s feline. Timeline cleanse while he’s away for a minute.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 12m

Hello everyone!!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25m

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 28m

They gaslight from seating on the bench. There are no limits for white people to show their racism.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 33m

ABC had to settle with Trump cause of something Stephanopoulos said.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s priorities.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 1h

Every Black person should be woke especially today. Watch and listen to Roberts’ Court.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2h

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

YouTube video by Barack Obama

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Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 1h

Too bad Kirk died before he could repent.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 1h

Let alone that he’s playing Mitch McConnell trick on the Arizona member of Congress he refuses to swear in. Where’s the outrage?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4h

The speaker of the house doesn’t think one of his members assaulting and threatening women is a serious issue.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 2h

It takes just a little bit of love.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 2h

JFC

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Now we're onto the 3rd lawyer, Ed Greim. He's arguing on behalf of the white folks who believe their constitutional rights are being violated by not being allowed to overrepresent themselves in Congress. He's arguing for a straight reppeal of Section 2 of the VRA.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 2h

Dick tators have some bone spurs and bronchitis.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 2h

Trump did not fire Powell after all.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 2h

How fascism messages!!

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

How fascism messages
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 8h

THE DAY AHEAD: Early round victory for James Comey

youtube.com/shorts/AV99u...

Turmoil amid the James Comey criminal case

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Give it up Deelishis you look like a man..🧍🏾‍♂️ @blackranga.blacksky.app · 6h

Sigh, it seems like nobody cares. Even if you do not live in the South or Southeast, all est. 40 million Black people should care. An attack on where most of us live is an attack on us all.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 6h

Focus your ire on the right target. The people stocking our shelves and ringing up groceries aren't it. They're affected as much as the rest of us and more than some of us.

www.rawstory.com/trump-inflat...

'Happens all the time': Grocery clerk hit with profanity from sticker-shocked customers

President Donald Trump won re-election last year by promising to end inflation "on Day One," but 268 days into his second term grocery customers are swearing off some choices as too expensive.Mario Be...

www.rawstory.com

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 6h

"On Tuesday, the chairman of the Kansas Republican Party said the Politico article disclosing the commentary prompted immediate deactivation of the Kansas Young Republicans organization."

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 6h

Related:
kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat • Kansas Reflector

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

kansasreflector.com

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 7h

From the water's wet files...

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers."

Bombshell report reveals leaked GOP chat filled with racist jokes and rape fantasies
www.rawstory.com/young-republ...

Bombshell report reveals leaked GOP chat filled with racist jokes and rape fantasies

A treasure trove of leaked Telegram chats among the leadership of the Young Republicans exposed a mixture of racist comments, rape fantasies, and suggestions on how to drive their opponents to suicide...

www.rawstory.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 6h

They know where their solidarity lies.

Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 6h

White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 6h

And yes I’m referring to that thing you saw in the news. No the other one. No the other other one.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 6h

White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.

Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social · 6h

My instincts kicked in. Got up and dared stand in front of the car in case they drove off.