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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 4h

ungrateful, greedy old man

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 5h

bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 6h

Due to DJT's tariffs, China bought $billions of Argentina's soybeans; so DJT (again) bought the farmers' vote with $14billion subsidy, of our tax dollars! Farmers' tax dollars too! Not their fault. Now, DJT gives $20 billion tax dollars to Argentina. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...?

Trump to welcome Argentina's President Milei as US extends $20 billion lifeline

Argentina’s libertarian leader is lavishing praise on Donald Trump ahead of his first White House meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday. It's a tactic that has helped transform President Javier ...

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 19h

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Opinion - Mike Johnson is a great cheerleader for Trump, but a horrible Speaker

We should be able to expect more from the Speaker of the House.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 19h

Airports upholding our Constitution. Noem violated the Hatch Act by making & distributing this campaign video using our tax dollars. She is not putting America first!
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Portland, Sea-Tac and Westchester airports among those refusing to play Kristi Noem video in TSA lines

Some US airports are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 20h

GOP has no health care plan. They only want to defund ACA, which would increase premiums for all Americans.
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On keeping health care coverage affordable, the GOP’s Steve Scalise gives away the game

Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are ready for "thoughtful conversations" about the ACA's future. Majority Leader Steve Scalise said largely the opposite.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 20h

straight from the ass's mouth
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Steve Bannon Reportedly Compared Congress Under Trump to the Russian Duma Under Putin

Steve Bannon reportedly compared Congress's role in the second Trump administration to that of the Russian Duma under dictator Vladmir Putin.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 20h

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GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries

GoFundMe’s CEO says more Americans are crowdfunding everyday essentials like groceries as high costs and strained household finances persist.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 2d

It's frankly hard to tell lately whether he's lying due to senile confusion or deliberately lying.

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Trump Forgets He Was President During Capitol Riot, Blames ‘THE BIDEN FBI’ for Jan. 6 in Dead-of-Night Post

President Donald Trump blamed the Capitol riot on former President Joe Biden, claiming that “THE BIDEN FBI” had placed agents in the crowd that had assembled in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. 2021.

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 2d

The "banned books" stairway at Newport Public Library❣

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 2d

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2d

Cruelty is the point

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 2d

House Republicans are now scheming to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

And take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americans.

How did that work out for the extremists the last time they tried it?

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 2d

Just donated $20 to Wikipedia!

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful & inspiring story of goodness.
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What started with her babysitting money has now changed thousands of lives in Nepal | CNN

It’s been a decade since Maggie Doyne was named the 2015 CNN Hero of the Year for her work caring for and educating vulnerable children in rural Nepal. The plot of land she purchased as a teenager has...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

SNL Flays Trump And AG Bondi In Cold Open On Bonkers Hearing — With Huge Surprise Guest

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SNL Flays Trump And AG Bondi In Cold Open On Bonkers Hearing — With Huge Surprise Guest

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bluelauraann.bsky.social @bluelauraann.bsky.social · 2d

“America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence." MIT President Sally Kornbluth wrote in a Friday response to the DOE.

Republican Congressman Praises MIT for Turning Down Trump 'Bribe'
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Republican Praises School For Turning Down Trump ‘Bribe’

A renegade member of Donald Trump’s own party has blasted the president’s attempts to pressure the nation’s top universities into conforming to his MAGA agenda. “The surest way to screw up the world’s...

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Tell Congress: Cancel GOP healthcare cuts and end Trump’s shutdown

Contact Congress today!

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 2d