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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 16h

During a shutdown where Americans forego paychecks.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 16h

You must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on.

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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East Valley Unite ❌👑💛 @eastvalleyunite.org · 1d

Keep flooding the internet with support for No Kings! Bring as many people into the movement as possible!
Ways to do this:
Add ❌👑 to your profile name.
Use 💛 in posts to signal you’re with the No Kings movement.
Invite as many people as possible to your local No Kings protest.
💛💛💛
#nokings

Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 14d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Chandler, AZ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Chandler, AZ · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 17h

Got this for the event from a neighbor! She’s selling them!

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 2d

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 1d

Where are the other blue states

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Deborah @applewood.bsky.social · 1d

This for all my Bluesky Buds (BB’s) who make my life a little brighter and more connected. Thanks! Have a good afternoon.
🍁🍂🧡🤎🍂🍁

Thank you to the friend who let me talk about the same situation 583 times until I finally got over it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 1d

Travesty.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 3d

Swing and a miss.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

Killing people to protect pdfs.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

American fascist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

They control all three branches and they have the nuclear option.

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Kate @kateretired.bsky.social · 5d

More of this, please!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@kalmantibs.bsky.social Thought you would enjoy this!

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 5d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

It made me sick.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately I heard a video of her praising him.

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Grandmablueaz @grandmabluelove.bsky.social · 4d

Irony is dead.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5d

Your creativity is needed for the resistance! 🐸🐸🐸

#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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