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🌀Blue Crone

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Blue dot purple state. #resist 💙 Things I Agree With: Nobody is Free Until Everybody is Free,Keep Your Theology Off My Biology,Housing is a Human Right,E Pluribus Unum -I Read Banned Books 🏳️‍🌈Ally 🏳️‍⚧️/✊🏽 /Semper Fi Union Member #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽

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🌀Blue Crone @nishb.bsky.social · Apr 24

The links contain articles and resources on Christian Nationalism- we need to pivot our fight. And PLEASE support Freedom From ReligionFoundation! @ffrf.org @ffrf.org.web.brid.gy

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”

(Published August)

Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Kids”

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 10h

WTactualF?!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 8h

HuffPost says that by late March, Trump's golf outings had already cost taxpayers approximately $26M , for travel, security, logistics & secret service detail.

Candidate Trump claimed that if re-elected, he wouldn't have time to golf.

Liar in Chief!

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 6h

MAGA calls it a “hate America” rally because they need to pretend mass opposition is fringe. But millions across the world are rising together against their regime. MAGA’s not scared of antifa or radical leftists, they’re scared that people will realize rejecting them has become the global majority.

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Politics and Health 👍🏻🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🦋 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 2h

You can’t say many of us haven’t warned you: the regime is coming for #contraceptives .

Women who vote #Republican are voting for a loss of their own rights. www.notus.org/health-scien...

HHS Appears to be Cutting Its Entire Family Planning Office

Almost every member of the Office of Population Affairs lost email access and is unable to tell if they were laid off, workers told NOTUS.

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Politics and Health 👍🏻🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🦋 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s ideal America:

Women are seen, not heard, and only seen at home

Babies must be born, all of them, whether or not that kills the mother

People of color should not live here

We should all bow down to him at all times

Everyone must be Christian, no matter what

#NoKings

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12h

The Trump administration is planning massive changes that will allow the IRS to go after left-wing groups, according to a new report late Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

New Trump scheme seeks to let loyalists hunt down left-wing groups through IRS

The Trump administration is planning massive changes that will allow the IRS to go after left-wing groups, according to a new report late Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.The change would allow the administration to stack the IRS's criminal investigation unit with Trump allies "to exert firmer c...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social says Republicans have been successful with a clear message of division, which helps Trump, Musk and the Billionaires keep us divided as they “get away with highway robbery” — and to counter that Dems need to be equally clear in their message of solidarity.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 11h

Federal agents ended up tear-gassing Chicago police officers on Tuesday while trying to perform basic crowd control, violating a temporary restraining order banning the very use of tear gas in the ...

Federal Agents Tear Gas Chicago Police—Violating Judge’s Order

Trump’s agents in Chicago keep unleashing tear gas on protesters and local police alike.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11h

Tell Congress: Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Tell Congress: Cancel GOP healthcare cuts and end Trump’s shutdown

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Tell Congress: Cancel GOP healthcare cuts and end Trump’s shutdown

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

The CFPB is one of the most staunch financial watchdogs for the American people.

The agency has returned at least $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011.

It's no longer protecting consumers now...BECAUSE THIS REGIME DOESN'T WANT IT TO!

Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

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

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 11h

@aoc.bsky.social on the GOP shutdown: When one party wants the votes of another party, you negotiate and you pass a bill. That is Schoolhouse Rock, and that is how things should be.

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🌀Blue Crone @nishb.bsky.social · 14h

This place has fabulous food! Glad they are making it back!

The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 19h

The family who started the original business in 1913 is making some changes.

Long-running Kansas City barbecue restaurant is back ‘under old management’

The family who started the original business in 1913 is making some changes.

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@kwch12 @kwch.com · 18h

Gov. Kelly says GOP condemnation ‘rings hollow’ after racist chat group exposed

Her full statement: https://www.kwch.com/2025/10/15/gov-laura-kelly-responds-chat-group-involving-kansas-young-republicans/ #kwch12

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Loud Light @loudlightks.bsky.social · 17h

Not very transparent from this transparency committee 🔍

Btw all of our social engagement is organic because of our dear followers and Kansans 🔎🕵️. #kansas #ks #ksleg

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 16h

Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/15/j...

Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts • Kansas Reflector

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and t...

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KMUW @kmuw.bsky.social · 16h

Kansas could be the testing ground for a nuclear reactor built 1 mile underground
www.kmuw.org/2025-10-13/a...

Kansas could be the testing ground for a nuclear reactor built 1 mile underground

Deep Fission is a fledgling startup that says it can help tech companies meet the "explosive demand" for more energy to power artificial intelligence. It's one of two nuclear companies that have…

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 15h

Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is volleying fresh criticism at posts made by the state GOP after Politico exposed leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans exchanging racist and homophobic messages.

After racist Kansas Young Republicans chats leak, Gov. Kelly calls out posts from state GOP

Politico exposed racist and homophobic messages sent by leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state GOP modeled similar behavior in its own social media posts

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🌀Blue Crone @nishb.bsky.social · 15h