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annenews

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1st Amend lover. Retired: journalist, teacher/debate coach, dir/actor, Olympics-USST marketing director. Love RBG, earth. Word games fan, volunteer, knit/crochet. Mother of 4. MA degree. Polio survivor.💙💪💙🇺🇦💙

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

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Art Weber @artweber.bsky.social · 6h

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8h

Just a thought: Instead of Argentina, how about we bail out America first?

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Angie @angieispissed.bsky.social · 1d

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

YES THEY ARE! WHY ELSE WOULD THEY ATTACK FELLOW AMERICANS LIKE THIS?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

NEW: No Kings is this Saturday, and here are my tips for how to mitigate anxiety in large crowds. Feel free to share! youtu.be/nxpkVk9TGgQ?...

NO KINGS! Tips for Protesting with PTS and Anxiety

YouTube video by MSW Media

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11h

I have splashed out the extortionate rate American Airline charges for Internet on its flights, so YOU DAMN WELL BETTER ENTERTAIN ME for the next three and a half hours, Bluesky

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 14h

something i hate about offices is how people walk around with their open laptops in hand. all it takes is one walk near the kitchen, a corner drama, and you're really fucked for the day

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

An error or what video removed? Bring it back please!

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Phecda🇺🇦Plato @phecdaplato.bsky.social · 6h

Demons lie.

Everything Trump Touches Dies

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 7h

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Government has published three witness statements re the dropped Chinese spying prosecution.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Witness statements in relation to alleged breach of Official Secrets Act on behalf of China

As the Prime Minister said in the House, he has carefully considered this matter and, following legal advice, the Prime Minister decided to disclose the witness statements in full.

www.gov.uk

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

I keep saying, THE GUY IS ELECTRIC! GO Z!
Love how history shows we always seem to get the right person at the right moment. He can’t be president unless we change the Constitution BUT WE CAN HEAR HIS VOICE AS MAYOR, GOVERNOR, SENATOR ETC. GO Z! WE HEAR YOU!💪🇺🇸💙

Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

"In an age of darkness, New York can be the light."
This speech from Zohran Mamdani is high-octane hope.
jacobin.com/2025/10/mamd...

Zohran Mamdani: “Our Time Is Now”

Last night at a campaign rally, Zohran Mamdani addressed his supporters: “For too long, we have tried not to lose. Now, it is time that we win.”

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

"In an age of darkness, New York can be the light."
This speech from Zohran Mamdani is high-octane hope.
jacobin.com/2025/10/mamd...

Zohran Mamdani: “Our Time Is Now”

Last night at a campaign rally, Zohran Mamdani addressed his supporters: “For too long, we have tried not to lose. Now, it is time that we win.”

jacobin.com

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 21h

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6h

"In unison."

Amen.

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Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

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Elizabeth Alice Croydon @misslizzy.bsky.social · 6h

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

This is one of those days when it’s REALLY HARD to read the news. BREAK TIME! If only Gazans and Ukrainians could take a break too.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 1d

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Legal Alien in NYC, so far @legal-alien-nyc.bsky.social · 19h

Why not?

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annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 6h

What goes around comes around. People who use and foster hate, inflicting pain on others, deserve what they get.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

a person too narcissistic and egotistical to engage in self-reflection and who has also surrounded themselves with people who will indulge their worst qualities, many such cases.

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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