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@cnpompeius.bsky.social

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Married Gen-Xer. BLM. DEI. Progressive Dem. Lover of Samoyeds, Great Pyrenees, Classics (Greek, Latin, Middle to-late Republican Rome and Cn. Pompeius Magnus), Video Games, and Guitar/Piano. Blue Maga = BLOCKED TRASH End the Genocide. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 17d

Boycotting EA now that is being acquired by Saudis and Kushner is so easy. This should be a no-brainer for any gamer.

#BoycottEA

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Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout

Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout fu...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

They say taxing the wealthy and powerful their fair share is impossible.

They said the same thing about our campaign.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 5h

"Hold the gop to a higher standard."

That's asking the impossible!

Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 5h

Follow some well-known people here like Eli Mystal,
Wajahat Ali, and Mehdi Hasan and read what they have to say.

It's a world where we have more like Bernie Sanders, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Chris Van Hollen, etc. in Congress and less people like Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, Coons, etc.

Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 5h

Pay attention. I'm not talking about GOP alternatives. I'm talking about better alternatives existing when ACA was passed. Centrist Dems ignored & still ignore them. Go back to your inane space of just posting about how bad GOP is. Meanwhile us adults are looking at holding Dems to higher standards.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

No surprise that someone who signed up for Benjamin Netanyahu's legal defense team doesn't know the occupation is illegal.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

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Richard Brecky presents: JELLYBEAN! @spm1961.bsky.social · 17h

+ reports of ICE in chicago now abducting black citizens

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 18h

The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.

📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact

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Richard Brecky presents: JELLYBEAN! @spm1961.bsky.social · 13h

every elected dem should be seething with rage about this type of shit but 90% of them are crying to themselves, wondering why republicans have to be so mean and (especially) wishing more white conservatives would run for office as democrats

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Richard Brecky presents: JELLYBEAN! @spm1961.bsky.social · 12h

best they can offer is "afford the healthcare you need", which is a lie since tens of thousands go bankrupt every year due to hospital bills and these motherfuckers are NEVER even going to pass a public option

but they will fund fascism so the insurance industry can keep getting subsidies

Democrats @democrats.org · 13h

Republicans want to triple health care costs.

Democrats want to make sure Americans can afford the care they need.

This has always been a health care fight.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "Let me predict what Sen. Kelly is gonna say on the show. He's gonna give you a long, impassioned speech about healthcare and how the subsidies are so important to make sure people don't die and all of this. Let me tell you something. This is not a healthcare fight."

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Richard Brecky presents: JELLYBEAN! @spm1961.bsky.social · 11h

if poppinfresh stancil only means the 8/28/63 march on washington , sure - if it's "no kings is bigger than the civil rights movement", no, he's as big a fucking idiot as everyone says - millions of libs taking saturday off to call trump names isn't a movement - call me when we hit "general strike".

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people say that "by the numbers" Stancil is right about No Kings being bigger than the civil rights mvt. But no. That's not how any of this works.

It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 10h

Police are not here for community safety. They exist to collect fat paychecks and feed our lucrative slave system of incarceration. They may arrest some real criminals, but a revised institution of community safety could do that better without their systemic corruption, racism, and injustice.

The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) @transmetropolitanr.bsky.social · 11h

wild, what do they think of you deploying your state police on protestors?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 10h

So far this has been only the reply that I've scrolled through acknowledging that Pritzker is seemingly a part of the problem.
Everyone else seems oblivious to it.

He's been called out on many other posts.

We need an answer from him. It's also a reminder to NEVER a trust a billionaire.

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The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) @transmetropolitanr.bsky.social · 11h

wild, what do they think of you deploying your state police on protestors?

bsky.app/profile/unra...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 13h

True. It’s actually pretty sickening that someone whose sole “talent” is hate has grifted so well to afford such a home. This is Amerikkka so I shouldn’t be surprised.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 21h

And Since Chump Shutdown The
Government, We're Not Getting
Information About The next COLA
For Social Security recipients......

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13h

This is why the hype around Tomahawk missiles is a ridiculous distraction. The Americans are no longer a reliable ally, and in their current path to internal paralysis not much help to traditional adversaries either.

Better for EU-UK and Ukraine to expand production and reduce reliance on the US

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14h

Kind of amazing how so many geopolitical deepsea divers predicting Trump's next diplomatic triumph haven't processed what a US government shutdown in its third week and troops in US streets might say about America's long term prospects for shaping the new global order

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

The racist-ass Supreme Court says race can't be a factor for college admissions or redistricting but racial profiling is perfectly fine for ICE to bash brown and Black skulls.

F this corrupt institution.

Expand the Court.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 14h

Nope. Netanyahu’s policy of genocide has far broader support among Israelis than what any US president has enjoyed for anything. Also Israeli citizens are not remotely diverse.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/10/16/i...

Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg

Israel is so evil it’s actually hard to wrap your mind around it.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 14h

People here taking the gloves off and posting about term limits. 😣😣😣

Impeach all six tyrants for lying about Roe vs Wade being settled law for starters. There is no shortage of legit angles.

Expand SCOTUS too.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

@katmabu.bsky.social is joining me right now talking about how communities are resisting ICE's terror in Chicago and why Democrats need to embrace ABOLISH ICE

LIVE now. No paywall.

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A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15h

Shout-out to Bernie Sanders and AOC for doing a town hall about the shutdown on CNN last night.

Very clear messaging from both of them that others should learn from.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15h

People who self-register as fuckwads, tired of being treated like fuckwads

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 18h

Treat yourself to this incredible photo essay/interview series with Cybertruck owners from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social. Will put my favorite part in a reply below because it is a SPOILER.

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 15h

He was a great candidate. He was progressive and thus got no support from the Dem establishment.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16h

Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated.

My latest in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act

The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.

www.thenation.com

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