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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

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For all who don’t believe us (Jewish Americans): deny this if you can.

You tried to break me yesterday with your vitriol over the freed hostages. It wont work. We’ve survived worse.

2,900 pages expose Young GOP leaders’ racist, antisemitic, violent chat: 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.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 1h

House Republican shrugs off farm bankruptcies in his own state: No 'free pass'

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House Republican shrugs off farm bankruptcies in his own state: No 'free pass'

U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) assured CNN anchor John Berman that farmers are enduring the collapse of the U.S. soybean market, despite President Donald Trump disrupting all sales to their biggest in...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 1h

Judge snaps at Trump's DOJ: 'You're not even prepared'

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Judge snaps at Trump's DOJ: 'You're not even prepared'

The Justice Department appeared in court after President Donald Trump and his administration fired thousands of federal workers. Trump publicly threatened Democrats, saying that if they didn't end the...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 1h

'Murderers’ row of has-beens': MAGA's alternate Super Bowl halftime show brutally mocked

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'Murderers’ row of has-beens': MAGA's alternate Super Bowl halftime show brutally mocked

The outrage over the NFL selecting reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny as the next Super Bowl halftime musical artist led Turning Point USA higher-ups to jump into the fray and propose an alternative “All A...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 1h

The real reason the Supreme Court is on Trump's side is terrifying

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The real reason the Supreme Court is on Trump's side is terrifying

Are they afraid Trump will get them killed?Ninety years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fired William E. Humphrey from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Humphrey sued to the Supreme Court, whic...

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 5h

As a former federal agent and the daughter of a career law enforcement officer, nothing is more important to me than Virginians’ safety.

That’s why I’m proud to have earned the endorsement of the Virginia Police Benevolent Association.

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 4h

She wasn't "arrested", she was assaulted, kidnapped, & is being unlawfully imprisoned for playing music during a peaceful protest.

The chump administration is openly trampling the rights of Americans to instill fear & silence dissent.

#Pinks

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 2h

Justice Brown Jackson flattens Louisiana lawyer in major Supreme Court redistricting trial

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Justice Brown Jackson flattens Louisiana lawyer in major Supreme Court redistricting trial

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clashed with a Louisiana lawyer during oral arguments on Wednesday when the court heard Louisiana v. Callais, a case on whether a majority-minority district in Louisiana ...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA influencer flips when called out on false claim: ‘I refuse to acknowledge that data!'

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MAGA influencer flips when called out on false claim: ‘I refuse to acknowledge that data!'

Conservative commentator and media personality Benny Johnson got into a heated exchange with Rep. Ro Khanna Wednesday after being called out on his false claim that the “vast majority” of recent polit...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 2h

JD Vance faults 'scumbag' reporters who leaked vile texts from Young Republican leaders

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JD Vance faults 'scumbag' reporters who leaked vile texts from Young Republican leaders

Vice President JD Vance faulted "scumbag" reporters for leaking text messages from leaders of Young Republican groups that praised Adolf Hitler, used the N-word, joked about putting political opponent...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 2h

Soy it ain't so: how Trump is selling out his own voters while bailing out somebody else's

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Soy it ain't so: how Trump is selling out his own voters while bailing out somebody else's

Trade policy isn’t sexy, but it is weighty, economically speaking. Jobs and wage-income are at-stake. Take President Trump’s trade policy, notably his fondness for tariffs, a tax on US imports that bu...

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 5h

Gov. Walz: Bankruptcies have doubled in the first 7 months. Trump's got no plan. So he'll go talk about Columbus Day. He'll go talk about trans athletes in some middle school somewhere. Because he has no plan. Prices are rising for Americans. Ag country is in trouble.

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 3h

Trump sinks underwater in every swing state in new polling

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Trump sinks underwater in every swing state in new polling

President Donald Trump boasts about winning all seven swing states last year to claim a broad mandate, but new polling shows him underwater in each of them less than a year after the 2024 election.The...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 3h

Why this former Republican aide will march on No Kings Day

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Why this former Republican aide will march on No Kings Day

What are the No Kings protests about?It’s a natural question if one has never been to a large protest. I’ve seen many of my friends on the right, especially after the first No Kings protests in June, ...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 3h

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

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'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...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 3h

Helping Trump lands deep red county with massive fine

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Helping Trump lands deep red county with massive fine

After President Donald Trump lost his reelection bid in 2020, he and his allies were pushing false narratives about the election being stolen, pressuring state and local officials, and calling for aud...

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GritsLady @gritslady.bsky.social · 3h

In this terrible moment, one decent Republican showed us the depth of Trump's depravity

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In this terrible moment, one decent Republican showed us the depth of Trump's depravity

A president who calls his opponents “scum” and “the enemy within,” who ordered the murder of 11 people in a boat headed for Trinidad then posted snuff photos of the hit, and who has repeatedly encoura...

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✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 9h

Happy Wednesday!
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”- Abbie Hoffman

As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️

#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew