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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 5h

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Senate Approves Gerrymander Targeting Black Voters

The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote, advancing a proposed congressional map that aims to dismantle one of the state’s Black Democratic seats at the reque...

www.democracydocket.com

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 6h

ICE hires untrained and purchases Chemical Weapons and “guided missile warheads and explosive components.” for them, what could go wrong? This info posted on the backs of the Marine firing live artillery that hit the official vehicles while driving on Cali interstate, a show of totalitarian force

If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 9h

Jfc. ICE weapons purchases increased 700%. Of the $71,515,762 spent, most was “on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and “guided missile warheads and explosive components.”

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ICE boosts weapons spending 700%

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 8h

Versailles by any other name? Images disturb struggling Americans, who are heavily Repubs, OR the official version? No to photos, After images of construction equipment dismantling the facade of the building went viral online www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Treasury’s headquarters is located next door to the East Wing, giving employees there a front-row seat to the construction of President Trump’s $250 million ballroom.

www.wsj.com

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 8h

No national guard to clean-up Roseland, LA pollution from oil explosion, or to help with natural disasters, or..."A federal appeals court will allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Ore., despite objections from state and local officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @WSJ

Trump Administration Can Deploy National Guard in Portland, Court Says

The decision lifts a temporary order that had stopped the dispatch of state Guard members to the Oregon city in response to protests.

www.wsj.com

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 9h

The richest tax dodgers in the world have a formula: Ongoing Planned Obsolescence of Workers "Inside Amazon’s Plans to Replace Workers With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...

Inside Amazon’s Plans to Replace Workers With Robots

www.nytimes.com

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 9h

Air Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

Air Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay

www.nytimes.com

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 21h

As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it’s time for workers to receive a cut of their employers’ success in the form of stocks fortune.com/2025/10/14/b...

As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it's time for workers to receive a cut of their employers' success in the form of stocks | Fortune

Billionaire wealth has increased by $33 trillion since 2015—and Mark Cuban says employees deserve a piece of that pie too.

fortune.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 23h

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 1d

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 1d

Unmentioned:
ICE gets paid anyway.
Impending food stamp cuts to poor.
Jeff Bezos needed a $50Million Wedding.
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"Airports Will Be Flooded With Cancellations": Americans On Edge Over Early Warning For Thanksgiving Flight Delays

Delays and cancellations are expected for Thanksgiving travel if the government shutdown continues.

www.thetravel.com

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 1d

‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Mississippi Crowds From Kosciusko to Gulfport www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...

Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport

Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 1d

Free Mississippi! Help MS get back on Bluesky!

bsky.check @bskycheck.com · 2d

📈 33K new users joined #bluesky yesterday.
A very good number and a nice trend too! 🎉

www.bskycheck.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 2d

You can't even open the Bluesky app in the entire state of Mississippi !
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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans continue to postpone the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress, for a 17th day.

Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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mariquitecontrary.bsky.social @mariquitecontrary.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.

They have worked 12 days in 3 months.

Epstein Shutdown.

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 4d

No tie games. What happened to the integrity of the tie?

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 4d

And yet, in the U.S., Epstein child molesters as President, and more.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 4d

Should have happened a long time ago.

Justice for Virginia Giuffre.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew to stop using titles and honors, including the Duke of York.

bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 4d

Wouldn't the AntiChrist himself call the Peacemakers 'the Antichrist'? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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bethbutler504.bsky.social @bethbutler504.bsky.social · 4d

How many people connect their increase in health insurance with the govt shutdown? Ergo how many will press their own Congressional reps to vote correctly? How many will keep buying Republican lies about what's happening?

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 5d

This should be very concerning.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 5d

ICE consistently violates the rights of Americans by assaulting & kidnapping people for singing, playing music, & peacefully protesting.

This administration is focused on normalizing violence against peaceful protestors by ice to instill fear & silence dissent.

#Pinks

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