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Ellen Fitzpatrick @vaughnglenwood.bsky.social · 1m

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@congressmannion.bsky.social

Endorse Mamdani now.

Or endorse Cuomo.

You can't keep your boots out of the mud and be Speaker of the House.

Purity of message is great if you're throwing a garden party. Doesn't fit with throwing over the authoritarian regime.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

😡😡😡😡

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 13h

Good afternoon to everyone but especially Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who argued her heart out today in an effort to stop the Supreme Court from destroying the Voting Rights Act.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2h

Promise me that yall aren't going to platform the eventual "repentent ICE agent" stories that will come out...

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No Kings.

Frogs ok.

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Ellen Fitzpatrick @vaughnglenwood.bsky.social · 43m

Imagine. Clarence is considering an opinion that is one step removed from installing a "Colored" water fountain for himself. Clarence is okay with that.

I'm not.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Linda Davis @littletreeswallow.bsky.social · 8h

I like green frogs more than ever💚

Pickerel Frog green with brown rectangular spots in green grass and clover

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 14h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1h

#OtD 16 Oct 1854 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. Moving to London, he became an advocate of libertarian socialism and an early inspiration for what would become a movement for LGBT+ rights. Commemorated here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want to brag but the Dunkin Donuts near my kids’ school knows my regular order now. I’m kind of a big deal.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Sarver @kevinasarver.bsky.social · 1d

Dad Guy said it’s Tongue Out Tuesday. So I obliged. 😊

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 1d

They will always be there

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 2d

🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Australian #Aboriginal
Attributed to
Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (1897 - 1985)
UNTITLED
(FLYING FOXES AND ROCK PYTHON), ca. 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Untitled--Rock-Python-and-Flying-Foxes-/C2D61245F0E4C7984B9E6FA2FAC72CA1

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 20d

I know what it means to be shot in the head, to have doctors say survival is unlikely, and to fight for every step of recovery. Hearing that 12-year-old Sophia is healing is a miracle. I’m praying for her recovery and for the strength of her family 💜

Girl shot in head during Minneapolis Catholic school shooting making 'miraculous' recovery

Doctors warned that Sophia Forchas was "on the brink of death," but now she is due to be moved from an acute care ward to an inpatient therapy program.

www.nbcnews.com

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 1d

RIP
Mhttps://www.davehoekstra.com/2025/10/13/tony-fitzpatrick-a-baseball-road-trip-and-a-lucky-tattoo/

Tony Fitzpatrick; A baseball road trip and a lucky tattoo | Dave Hoekstra

Tony, for my 2000 road compilation “Ticket to Everywhere.” He titled the book. In early 1992, I took a road trip with artist-writer-friend Tony Fitzpatrick to Kansas City, Mo. The weekend was covere...

www.davehoekstra.com

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Spotted While Cafe Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A man (60s?) carefully fixes a wobbly table before producing a newspaper and pen.
Moments later, his wife joins him.
Talking softly with heads bowed together as they do the crossword, laughing at each other's silly guesses. (1)

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Gayle @gskh1237.bsky.social · 8d

#TheyAreEatingOurHealthcare
#TheyAreEatingTheEpsteinFiles
Thank you, John💙

John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 8d

The asleep mutter their mandated directive to the masses in unison across the land. Not realizing, the primary objective was not supposed to be revealed. The unwoke mind virus has mutated, Elmo must be brought back into the fold! Grok can manipulate the algorithm to protect the Masters!

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 6d

Oops

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 4d

(1) Time once again for my very own cartoon carousel of #myart from the last 7 days. Special thanks to all who repost and interact with my work, it is truly appreciated. As always, prints of my work are available.🧵

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 3d

A hurry the fuck up and get well cartoon for my friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Clay Jones as he recovers from his recent stroke. If you’ve enjoyed his fabulous work over the years and are so inclined, drop a buck or two to help him out at gofund.me/abe906548

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 1d

Coming your way

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