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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 1m

People are fooled by who John Roberts is! He’s a large part of why we are here and we need to stand up before too late!
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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 7h

With SUPREME COURT poised to NEUTER what’s left of the VOTING RIGHTS, Democrats NEED to go on the offense and flood the zone with lawsuits! And start throwing votes out in Republican areas just as the Supreme Court has made it legal to do so in Dem areas!✅📜. This is the FASCIST JOHN ROBERTS COURT.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 10m

This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted.

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Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 7m

Mike Johnson seems addicted to lies!

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1h

NYT: Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

Adm. Alvin Holsey, who is leaving less than a year into his tenure, had raised concerns about the recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, one official said.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, Mike Johnson

You want to know who REALLY hates America

Take a look at your own party

Thousands of messages from Young Republicans praise Hitler, use vile racist language, glorify rape and are outwardly homophobic

And if you ask “where do they get it from”

Well-sh*t rolls downhill, they say

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lisasasa56.bsky.social @lisasasa56.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you to all the journalists and their employers who left rather than sign ❣️ we are proud of you!

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 54m

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 34m

It’s insane that some Jewish people overlook Trump’s behavior (including his administration and his followers)!

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Bodhi Boo🕊️🩵🤘 @bodhiboo.bsky.social · 1d

Johnny Cash
1932-2003

"It's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people."
JOHNNY CASH

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 51m

If you haven't already, please call your local TV stations and ask them to send a crew to the protests near you this Saturday. Don't let them pretend they didn't know this time.

Tell them you'll be watching for the coverage.

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 41m

Few senators resemble a Kkklan member as much as John Cornyn does!

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 42m

I have so much respect for Senator Durbin. He gets it!

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Andrew S(poooky) 👻🎃 @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 7h

congratulations to incoming Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Shannon Kobylarczyk

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

Trump’s America: Brewers fan caught on video threatening to call ICE on Dodger fan because she was mad her team was losing. The man is a US citizen and military veteran: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

Brewers 'Karen' fired for racist rant at war veteran in Dodgers game

One month after the infamous 'Phillies Karen' broke the internet, another female MLB spectator has earned the same unflattering tag after her racist rant towards a US citizen and war veteran.

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 1h

I so wish our governors would go a step further to call out the Supreme Court for empowering this mad president! This is John Roberts Inferior Court helping Donald Trump tear our country apart!

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 2h

RFK Jr, friend of Epstein with Russian ties. Unqualified & corrupt

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 1h

I so wish our governors would go a step further to call out the Supreme Court for empowering this mad president! This is John Roberts Inferior Court helping Donald Trump tear our country apart!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

“Grossly illegal. Immoral. Delusional. Trump appears unhinged… listless… in decline —cognitively & physically. The rantings of someone who needs an intervention. Needs help. Needs to be stabilized.”

- Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Trump threatening to invade SF next

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 3h

Israel has bombarded southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours — flagrantly violating the post-war ceasefire.

Drone strikes hit roads between Kafra and Sidiqin in the al-Asi area, injuring civilians and damaging infrastructure.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 4h

Contrast Smith's calm composure with Bondi’s histrionics at the oversight hearing. If you played both tapes side by side with the sound off, it would be apparent who was telling it straight and who wasn’t

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Jack Smith’s Quiet Integrity—and the DOJ’s Loud Collapse

Jack Smith breaks his silence just as Trump’s DOJ turns the law into a weapon.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 8h

Tough day for those who believe that only private entities should build high-speed rail

Headline: Report: Brightline West Cost Balloon to $21.5B

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@ howdudette1(Rhilezbreal) @howdudette1.bsky.social · 5h

Awesome Advice!! REPOST REPOST

Dorothee V. Plessis @dorotheevplessis.bsky.social · 5h

When you take a screenshot of a photo, the original metadata (like camera settings, date, and GPS location) from the image is lost because it is not part of the on-screen image.

Do it. It will protect you. If you don't know how:
www.youtube.com/shorts/sw83-...

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