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I believe we are ALL better off when EVERYONE has housing, healthcare, food, and education. If you're fond of punching down - especially when it comes to blaming voters/non-voters - you probably shouldn't follow me. Thanks! Sorry, can't afford to donate.

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EK @evanka.bsky.social · Jan 20

Thanks to all the lawyers in advance. They're going to be very busy.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h

🟢 New Press Statement - Hamas:
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The horrific scenes visible on the bodies of the martyrs returned by the occupation, bearing marks of torture, abuse, and field executions, clearly reveal the criminal and fascist nature of the occupation army and the moral and human decadence this entity has...

This must be on the front page of every newspaper.
It must be on every TV screen.

This is one of the Palestinian bodies held hostage by Israel, returned through the International Committee of the Red Cross.

This is one of the people CNN referred to, only as “deceased.”

He was blindfolded, handcuffed, and hanged.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 3h

This describes so many people in my life

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 5h

Izunyan, a fashionable cat-like fairy who enjoys changing clothes and eating mandarin oranges, is the mascot for Izumiya Shopping Center in Osaka.

A white cat-like mascot with orange, green, and blue patches and a red love heart on its chest is standing in a park.

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short exact sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 2h

ben-gvir one of the most reliable guys for getting me to think about this dynamic

short exact sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · May 25

every time I listen to what israeli politicians commanders etc are actually saying they are like "we are genociding these people, and it's great, except we need to kill more quickly, especially the children." every time I read the NYT it's like "israel's muscular security stance has drawn criticism"

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 22h

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 2h

really shocking Islamaphobia from yet another member of the Congressional delegation to New York

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2h

Gillen has graduated to Moulton-tier 'Needs a Primary' status. She's in a Harris district.

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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 7h

#Stairs #PalacesAndGardens
Schloss Augustusburg the beauty goes far beyond any photo I could capture

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 18h

I wrote this a year ago:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social @mskathleenquinn.bsky.social · 4h

"Pro-Israel media fought a shameful war to obscure the extent of the Israeli genocide. Ordinary people, powerfully amplified by countless social media platforms, collectively fought back. They defeated a mainstream propaganda machine that served for decades as the primary defense line for Israel."

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 15h

“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

( Middle East Monitor ) – A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on 9 October may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel’s decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. […]

dlvr.it

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 17h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 20h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 8d

I have been clear about Palestinian liberation for a long time. I wrote this in Harper’s Bazaar in 2017: “The occupation of Palestine harms Palestinian women—period. If Zionism is harmful to some women, then it cannot, at any point, be considered a feminist commitment.” Play with somebody else.

If Your Beliefs Are Oppressive, You Are Not a Feminist

“Everything a woman does is not inherently feminist because she deems it so."

www.harpersbazaar.com

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Prism @prismreports.org · 1d

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Louisiana v. Callais case to decide whether to strip away what’s remaining of the Voting Rights Act, allowing Louisiana & other states to draw districts that disenfranchise Black communities.

Matt Olszewski explains what's at stake with the legislation.

Landmark protections in the Voting Rights Act are being eroded

Legal experts lay out unprecedented challenges to fundamental protections laid out in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 60 years later

prismreports.org

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Radareyda @radareyda.bsky.social · 20h

This is a abstract bran scan of mine during October, leading up to Halloween. Watercolor, ink, quick sketch.
#31DaysOFHalloween #brainscan #Halloween #thoughts #EastCoastKin #skulls #bats #candycorn #pumpkinswirls #humor #spookyart #watercolor #ink #quicksketch #traditionalart #autumn #abstract

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 4h

2/ Anyone who pays bail after being arrested for a criminal charge is being taken. People showing up to court are being taken. People with cases about to go to trial are being taken. People who violate their probation are being taken. ICE's respect for state cops and prosecutors remains nonexistent

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EK @evanka.bsky.social · 3h

PUMAs especially.

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EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social · 22h

The Bends.

#Photography #Nikon #Shadows #Abstract

Abstract shadows curving from bottom of frame to top left, zebra pattern almost. Dark vignette.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4h

Very sad to see NBC Out go down. I know journalists who have worked there and it was home to some of the best in depth reporting on LGBTQ+ issues out there from a legacy media outlet.

Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.

Breaking: NBC fires teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, axing NBC Out & NBC BLK staff

NBC News has fired journalists who reported on Black, Latino, Asian and LGBTQ+ communities.

www.advocate.com

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EK @evanka.bsky.social · 4h

One daily pouch of Soylent green, more likely.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 8h

We have free copies for anyone in prison in the United States or Canada.

DC Books to Prisons @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for copies of "Copaganda," which shows the role media, security forces, universities and "liberal" politicians have in growing the security state and ensuring unequal justice. We'll send these to the prison book clubs we support and fulfill individual requests.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7h

How about someone just do an article when Dems *are* ready to fight something. Save us all time.

"Yes it's illegal, but": Why Democrats aren't fighting Trump's shutdown workarounds

"The legality is questionable, but politically I hope Democrats don't do it," said one vulnerable lawmaker.

www.axios.com

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BM: Arts of the Pacific Islands (Bot) @bmpacificislands.bsky.social · 8h

Bowl (Ko'oka) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/58812

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Ben Shahn @benshahn.bsky.social · 7h

Untitled (county fair, central Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303698

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

© President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Rilkes Gärtner @rilkesgaertner.bsky.social · 7h

Arnold Böcklin
Die Pest (1898)

Kunstmuseum Basel

Böcklins Gemälde "Die Pest" zeigt eine alptraumhafte Personifikation der Krankheit, die sich durch eine Stadt schlängelt. Der Tod reitet auf einer drachenähnlichen Kreatur und verbreitet mit einer Sense wahllos Tod und Zerstörung. Menschen fliehen oder liegen bereits tot am Boden.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 2d

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 11h

Gonna move back to Brussels brb, the house Saint Cyr is for sale for only 2 millie

www.christiesrealestatebelgium.be/en/property/...

A most gorgeous incredibly ornate art nouveau house with beige stone, brown wood and green metalwork

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