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Optimistic realist. Humanity gets twisted into evil shapes by trauma, but we can recover, be better, & extend our recovery to others & the planet.

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Thankful Thinker @thankfulthinker.bsky.social · Nov 16

From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot - a very apt quote for today's political landscape!:
"It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

🚨NEW: Louisiana v. Callais Oral Argument LIVE BLOG🚨

Starting at 10am, the Democracy Docket team will be offering live coverage of today's blockbuster SCOTUS redistricting argument. Follow and bookmark. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 18h

Someone in the WH had better intervene or he's going to stroke out on TV. His hatred and anger are consuming every aspect of his miserable life.

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Stephen Miller's 'Plenary Authority' Glitch On CNN Has People Talking. Here's What His Body Language Said.

Body language experts say the behaviors on display could line up with one of the mainstream theories about what happened.

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Thankful Thinker @thankfulthinker.bsky.social · 6h

They want us to think that they're the majority, but they're not. They're just a miserable minority of fearful, insecure people with a crust of rich grifters seeking to profit off of them.

Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 7h

[Good riddance] Dr. Phil’s anti-woke TV network goes broke www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Dr. Phil’s anti-woke TV network goes broke

After the end of his popular daytime talk show in 2023, Dr. Phil McGraw launched a right-wing media network, and a new report from Slate documents a network in chaos, with suspended programming and .....

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 7h

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown | AP

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Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

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Thankful Thinker @thankfulthinker.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting conversation with Trevor Noah after a show in New York. Intelligent & thoughtful & funny.

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Saudi Comedy Festival, Charlie Kirk - Between the Scenes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is looting America in broad daylight.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 11h

I think you put this very well: these Project 2025/maga destruction-oriented plans ARE brilliant strategy. They are hitting hard in all sectors, disappearing people, sending the wealth to the top, and completely disregarding human beings.

Their's is a race to deconstruct our institutions...

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 1d

It actually is kind of brilliant, in a corrupt, malevolent, evil-genius kind of way.

When you realize Trump & Vance are gangsters and kleptocrats like most authoritarians, and realize they actually hate Americans and are out to screw them over, it makes sense. Clever scam. bsky.app/profile/4ani...

Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 1d

It's kleptocracy. Asset-stripping.

Trump deliberately destroys the US farming industry w tariffs that cause farmers to lose their export markets, they go bankrupt and lose their farms, and Vance & his company swoop in buying up farmland for pennies on the dollar.

Gonna control the US food supply.⚠️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 8h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Føø 🥋 @dummkopf.me · 9h

Iowa 2024 election results: 56% Trump, Harris 42.7%

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Zach Wahls @zachwahls.bsky.social · 1d

Over half of Iowa's energy comes from wind power. Because of Ashley Hinson's vote to gut clean energy tax credits via the "Big Beautiful Bill," Iowans will see their utilities go up by hundreds of dollars a year and thousands of Iowa workers are at risk of losing their jobs.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Legend @fubarrockchick.bsky.social · 1d

Always loved Martin Sheen 😋

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume As Insurers Hike Rates - PopularResistance.Org

“I’ve never seen it this bad.” Eddie LeJuine has been fishing and shrimping along the southwestern coast of Louisiana for about four decades. The garrulous 62-year-old can talk for hours about the bes...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious