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Phil @darkphil.bsky.social · 6h

Words can’t describe these people or those who vote for them

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Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

www.politico.com

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kissysmom.bsky.social @kissysmom.bsky.social · 7h

A quote for today ~ Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. - Sir James Dewar, Scientist (1877-1925)

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kissysmom.bsky.social @kissysmom.bsky.social · 7h

Online sales are transforming the market for Native artists www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Online sales are transforming the market for Native artists

But will counterfeits pose an existential threat to their work?

www.motherjones.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11h

The President’s authorities under Article II are limited to responding to an armed attack/the threat of one and do not apply here.

These continued strikes — 27 killed to date — risk getting the U.S. into a full fledged war.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

How MAGA sees things.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11h

More and more Americans are literally being forced to use GoFundMe to survive.

So what are Donald Trump and the Republicans doing to help?

Ripping away families' health care and jacking up insurance premiums to pay for giant tax handouts for their billionaire buddies.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

President Trump can’t seem to explain why Americans are the ones responsible for making “Argentina great again" to the tune of $20 billion in taxpayer dollars. trib.al/p3jpDN2

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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kissysmom.bsky.social @kissysmom.bsky.social · 1d

A quote for today ~ One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. - Maya Angelou

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maryloutwp.bsky.social @maryloutwp.bsky.social · 2d

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kissysmom.bsky.social @kissysmom.bsky.social · 2d

A quote for today ~ All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill

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Anne Golden @annegolden.bsky.social · 2d

To all those saying “We’ll take the government back in the midterms”: 27 states use Dominion voting machines. Dominion has been sold to a new company, Liberty Vote, run by a former Missouri Republican election director, Scott Leiendecker. /

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

I’m a patriotic American, so I’m proudly anti-fascist. How about you? 🇺🇸

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fightthetyrant.bsky.social @fightthetyrant.bsky.social · 14d

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 14d

FORCED BIRTH
Wealth transfer to the rich
Inequality
Authoritarianism
Voter Suppression
CUT MEDICARE
Terrorism
Insurrection
GUN VIOLENCE
END SOCIAL SECURITY
Dirty Air and Water
Destroying Planet
Pandemics
RACISM
Misogyny
War
Theocracy
NO PLATFORM
..DEAD PARTY...GOPDead

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 14d

Crazy how that works.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 2d

10.18.25
We will be there BECAUSE we love America and democracy, contrary to comments made by Mike Johnson stating his lying opposite.
Guess what, Mike? We will be loud, proud, & peaceful because-
WE.HAVE.HAD.IT.WITH.YOU!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury…”
You’ve seen the evidence: a Speaker blocking troop pay, stalling a Democrat’s swearing-in, and shielding the one vote that could expose Epstein’s secrets. Coincidence? Or, more likely than not, a cover-up.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2d

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...