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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool

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Retired: All-over-the road lawyer for 40 years - US, Canada & every continent but the cold one. LGBTQ+/neurodivergent family. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🇦🇬🇱🏳️‍⚧️ In D.C., the circus is always in town, Suspicious of posts that overuse "I" or "me."

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 5d

The U.S. minimum wage is so much lower than other western democracies, it stands out as an effective tool in keeping a beleaguered labor force powerless.

Plus, the U.S. is unique in ransoming access to healthcare - and withholding it completely who cannot pay.

It is beyond time for real change.

ACH4DC @ach4dc.bsky.social · 6d

Hit the meme wage

4 Days a week, for a total of 20 hours
At the rate of $69 per hour as a minimum

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 6d

I know that a lot of people have to turn hobbies into hustles for survival, but we shouldn’t make that the standard expectation to make ends meet. Jobs need to pay more. You deserve to have time to do things simply bring you joy.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 41m

Who thinks BLUE states should STOP sending our hard-earned taxpayer dollars to the federal government to subsidize RED states?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26m

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 34m

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 9m

This explains so much about Incels.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 18m

If these four "Young" Republicans are the Übermenschen, we all deserve a refund on evolution

Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 10m

Waiving the cross to distract from bad politics has become the last refuge of so many scoundrels.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 17m

I'm not a fan of organized religion -- I think it has done more harm than good to humanity. But if it works for you personally, have at it.

Mike Johnson wears his religion on his sleeve, and his daily behavior doesn't help the case for faith any.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 31m

When parents get rightfully upset about Turning Point USA bringing clubs into high schools across the country, it’s because the people that were caught in that young Republicans chat are the same people who will join a TP USA chapter in high school.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30m

Again, WHCA, where u at?

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 31m

"One of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year." — @brianstelter.bsky.social

I'd say THE most striking. It's not only the solidarity among those who have covered the Pentagon, but their vow to continue the work amid a mood of despair.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

www.cnn.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29m

Erik Prince, Blackwater founder
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe founder
Jared Leto, actor
Sophia, simply getting a driving lesson

Just some of the thousands of people in 100 countries we discovered were targeted by phone-tracking tech sold by a firm called First Wap:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27m

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25m

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25m

TN GOV RACE — @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social (D) responds to @marshablackburn (R) attacking her by name again by pointing to Marsha’s MILLIONS from Billionaires to push their agenda attacking public schools

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24m

Episode 2 of my Collateral Damage podcast is out today. Ryan Frederick killed a police officer during a pot raid on his home. He was tried for capital murder, but convicted of manslaughter.

We'd later learn that police informants were breaking into homes to obtain probable cause for raids.

Episode Two: A Death in the Dark

How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the drug war — leads to tragic consequences.

theintercept.com

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 24m

DID YOU KNOW: Wonder Woman is so powerful because she comes from an island where healthcare laws aren't written by men.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22m

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 21m

It's certainly no longer a first world democracy.

Les C 🪕 @fightalways.bsky.social · 32m

This isn't America. It's a fuckin 3rd world country now

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Forcing them to watch the boss's speech and telling them they'll get in trouble for making fun of him.

That's just a sign of a respected and capable leader, folks.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 23m

Someone needs to explain to the judge that child rape is a felony, not a misdemeanor.

Is the judge in the Epstein files?

Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 3h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sure there are plenty of faculty at colleges and universities across Pennsylvania who can share stories of the profound impact Kirk made on their lives thanks to the harassment campaigns fueled by his Professor Watchlist

Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 3h

State Sen. Joe Picozzi (R., Philly) wants to make conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's birthday, Oct. 14, an official commonwealth holiday. "Although his life was cut short, Charlie’s profound impact has been undeniably felt by Pennsylvanians of all beliefs and backgrounds."

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

A government that targets citizens against fascism and dictatorships, isn’t a government worth keeping.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 18h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

First they came for the woodwind section, and I said nothing ...

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Agolf Twitler Slayer @slayeragolf.bsky.social · 2h

$20 billion to fund another country's government. And they won't even fund ours.
#FireRepublicans

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 2h

Oh. My. God. 🤬

Mr. McCan’t know shit.
Get him away from our kids.
And check on his wife.

kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 3h

The teacher speaking is Mr. McCant at Lovejoy High School in Clayton County, Georgia.

Is this what is being taught to students? It's no wonder people are feeling stressed, but it's the left indoctrinating people. 🙄

Would this be considered grooming?

#ProudBlue
Video credit: queenbigdawgg/Tiktok

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 2h

Tell me again how it’s the drag queens our children shouldn’t be around.

Every MAGA Republican accusation is actually a confession.

From: REICH-WING WATCH

MAGA YOUTH PASTOR AND CPAC PERFORMER, ZACHARY RADCLIFF, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 30 ADDITIONAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 2h

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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