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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 2d

😏 yeah he did

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 2d

lapdog, right down to the sad eyes

Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 2d

Cabbage Field. Edvard Munch, 1915. In collection of Munch Museum, Oslo.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 7d

🎶Thicker than
A deep dish pie
Joints are sore
Blood pressure high
Pudding, flan
And crème brûlée
None are safe
From the Green Beignets🎶

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 5d

Yes! The provocation is constant and intentional. Gets us all abuzz with this BS, while the other players break laws, defraud, abuse and grift.

That's not to say RFKJr isn't harmful.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d

Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 6d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 6d

Sloth in general, really.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 7d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 8d

My dad did this, and it was my job as the early riser to warn the siblings of what was coming.

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 8d

My mother (of Swedish and German descent) loved this stuff... especially on a hot day paired with a cold beer.

I'm not quite 65 yet, never partook, and now I am curious.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 8d

The former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush have written an op-ed warning Americans that RFK Jr. is endangering the health of the nation by leading the department down a road which lacks scientific integrity and transparency.

6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation

The bipartisan group of surgeons general included Democratic and Republican appointees dating back to the early 1990s.

truthout.org

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 8d

...and she might be right about that.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 9d

Another one of those "my favorite poem ever"!
Empires by Charles Simić
www.divasofverse.com/2013/12/empi...

Empires by Charles Simić

Empires My grandmother prophesied the end Of your empires, O fools! She was ironing. The radio was on. The earth trembled...

www.divasofverse.com

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 9d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Todd (he/him) @dunderberger.bsky.social · 13d

"soup"

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 13d

It really cannot be understated just how willing Republicans are to see this country and the world burn to the ground rather than do the bare minimum required of them by the oaths of office

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13d

They didn’t need democrats to confirm Trump’s nominees.

They don’t need democrats to keep the government open.

The government is closed because they want it closed.

So they can continue to hollow it out, privatize essential functions, and use working class tax dollars to benefit the oligarchs.

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