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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

BlueSky just verified the White House account. I responded by doing the only appropriate thing:

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 1d

Former Houston youth pastor arrested, accused of having child porn.

www.fox26houston.com/news/former-...

Former Houston youth pastor arrested, accused of having child porn

The former pastor was allegedly found to have a possible history with illegal child content.

www.fox26houston.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 11h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers.

It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16h

California is keeping our promise to provide affordable insulin for all who need it.

Come Jan. 1, you'll be able to buy CalRx insulin at 11 bucks a pen.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

To be unaware of one thing you don't wish to talk about is convenient.

To be unaware of *everything* you don't wish to talk about is either lying or incompetence. Or both.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Can’t wait to see the evidence at their trial now, since summary execution failed. There will be a trial with evidence, right?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

Are you ready for tomorrow?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 7h

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MEDxyz @medxyz.bsky.social · 12h

There is a stink emanating from the House of Reps created by the refusal of Johnson to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Very reminiscent of the stench that rose from the Senate in 2016 when McConnell refused to hold a hearing re Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court.Someone please file a law suit.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 17h

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 18h

I'll take my shot at refutation.

I don't hate America. I loathe everything you and your kind is doing to undermine and destroy its honor, promise and humanity. So I will join with millions of others in dissent, which is the most American thing there is.

You lying, fearmongering, cowardly trash.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

Johnson: “They're going to descend on our capital for their much-anticipated so-called ‘No Kings’ rally. We refer to it by its more accurate description: 'The Hate America' rally. I'm not sure how anybody can refute that."

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Cindy K Duncan @ckdcaorok1969.bsky.social · 15h

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ALT: a green frog with big eyes and a red mouth is smiling

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

This picture is from about 5 minutes after being hit. A visible bruise is forming on my right cheekbone and by my right eye.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Authoritarians fear only one thing: DEFIANCE‼️

(Downtown Portland)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 3h

Two words about tomorrow:

SHOW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 14h

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17h

i think raw terror for their own physical safety is going to be the single predominant motive during the rest of this administration, which maybe suggests some not-great things about where we might be headed

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18h

“White House deputy chief of staff Stephen and his podcaster wife, Katie Miller, have fled their Arlington home after peaceful chalk messages were left on the sidewalk.“
Now imagine if armed, masked men were hunting you and your family like animals.

Stephen Miller selling home after fleeing amid peaceful chalk messages on sidewalk

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen and his podcaster wife, Katie Miller, have fled their Arlington home after peaceful chalk messages were left on the sidewalk.According to ARLnow, the Millers ...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

What do you think made America great?

I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.

And I also know who truly hates America:

• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7h

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

Jeffries: “ And then you got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above"

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”

~Patrick Henry

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