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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 4h

EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment! He didn’t broker peace — he hijacked it. He stole the spotlight, claimed credit for a collective effort and stole a moment of global hope

EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment 😱

A fragile peace, a moment of global relief — and one man’s desperate need to make it all about himself.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5h

The House GOP has already voted (& failed) to replace Obamacare/ACA 100 times. ONE HUNDRED TIMES. Never once has it put forward a credible replacement.

100 to 0. That's the record. Here are the ugly details: howmanytimeshasthehousevotedtorepealobamacare.com

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

This is the way.

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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 3d

Washington officials caved.

Priests who hear confessions of child abuse no longer have to report them to law enforcement.

Religious leaders fought to protect predators over children—and they got what they wanted.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/after-sett...

After settlement, Catholic priests in Washington can keep sex predators' confessions secret

Years of effort to safeguard children were undone by religious leaders who worship secrecy more than justice

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 18h

We have measles coming around, and frogs, soon it will be locusts.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23h

President Zelenskyy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session:

Putin can be forced into peace - just like any other terrorist. By stopping Russia now, you [Europeans] are not only helping us protect our lives - you are helping yourselves. Russia must lose.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸 I am a proud, anti-fascist vet who served on the USS Trenton LPD-14 as an assault boat coxswain in the '70s.

🇺🇸 We defended our country from America-attacking, suckers and losers like Trump.

🇺🇸 So Happy 250th, Navy! Remember: You are to protect us from fascist enemies like Trump, not appease them.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get the determination to make Columbus relevant to US history. He never set foot on US soil. He "discovered" a place where millions of people lived and vikings and Irish fishermen knew about. He thought he visited India until his deathbed. His contemporaries considered him a violent weirdo.

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Barbara Rybolt @barbararybolt.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue #Resist #TruthMatters

He’s absolutely right! We don’t jail officials because they disagree with another official’s policy decisions.

As for the President’s authority, he is a dictator and it ends there!
This is definitely a hill on which we can defend The Constitution and Republic!

Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 5d

In a democracy based on freedom and the rule of law, we don’t jail public officials—or anyone—because of policy disagreements. We need everyone to repudiate this nonsense because a president cannot act as a prosecutor, judge, jury and dictator.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I didn't know the president communicated with his cabinet officers via direct messages, but I bet you every intelligence agency worth its salt in the world already knew that." - @gtconway.bsky.social

Watch the latest George Explains with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social right now

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 1d

There is no worse time to be alive than when so many in our country can't read or comprehend above a 3rd grade level and they never bothered to learn history so the rest of us are condemned to relive it. #FDT #NoKings #VetsAgainstTrump

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1d

No Justice, everyone pays the price bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Apr 18

Trump's History of Violence (2016-2020)

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Iain MacCallum @iainmaccallum.bsky.social · 1d

Any ideas?

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

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Dune Booda 🌊⛵⚓🏳️‍🌈 @dunebooda.bsky.social · 1d

And has built an Army of unqualified ICE thugs who are terrorizing our blue cities. This isn't going to end well.

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Jody Elliott LMHC 4District 5 @jodyelliottlmhc.bsky.social · 1d

👇. At first I was surprised at this novelty but it’s brilliant. As Trump describes violent protests the media shows these guys dancing. Trump wants angry retaliation and the people give him cuteness. 👏👏 well done!

The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA Republicans who cosplay as patriotic Americans are terrified of people protesting in costumes.

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA Republicans who cosplay as patriotic Americans are terrified of people protesting in costumes.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone was wondering, “Give us your land or we will bomb you and take it” is not a peace deal; it’s extortion by artillery. A peace deal requires consent.

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