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Betty S 💙💙🦋🦋

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Blue Crew Member 💙💙💙 #strongertogether WE'RE NOT going back! #wevegotthis 💙 LGMD/EDS/Sjogren's Warrior Medicaid/Medicare/SNAP/SSI for survival. Keep connecting with like minded people because we truly are in this together!

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 10h

Remember,Trump reneged on an agreement to pay medical expenses for his disabled relative and told his nephew in 2020,

“Those people,” Fred Trump said his uncle told him, “the shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.”

www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/07/25/t....

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NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 10h

Can we TALK?! 👇

Let’s. Chat. Shall. We?! 😎✨

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

NEWS: Seven hostages have just been received by the International Red Cross from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, all walking upright on their own

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Betty S 💙💙🦋🦋 @betsj.bsky.social · 12h

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 12h

lol lol lol

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 12h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 12h

Don't let it happen!
FROGGY POWER!
Go Portland! Thanks for standing strong...

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ShoeHog @shoehog.bsky.social · 12h

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 12h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

Trump just installed Michael Ellis as CIA general counsel, possibly to green light legally dubious CIA ops to do this as an end run around congress.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

holy shit

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 15h

A Chicago pastor describes being shot seven times with pepper balls by federal agents outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

The agents were laughing as they shot at protesters. Shameful!

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

www.tiktok.com/@kcci8/video...

A Chicago pastor recalls being shot seven times with pepper balls by federal agents outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

TikTok video by KCCI News

www.tiktok.com

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Betty S 💙💙🦋🦋 @betsj.bsky.social · 13h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

"Trump is criminalizing Americans’ ability to challenge their leaders..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party.

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

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Judi Impeach Krasnov! @judi999.bsky.social · 13h

They lie without blinking or raising their blood pressure. That takes practice

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 21h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/f55haZg