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culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Pres Obama on C-SPAN stumping for Abigail Spanberger in NorfolK & remembering what it was like to have an intelligent, compassionate, funny & decent human being in the White House. With good turnout there’s a decent chance Republicans are gonna get walloped in Northern Virginia on Tuesday.

culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024, only 64% of eligible voters out of a population of 340 million people made the effort to vote in the US presidential election while 36% of voters sat on the sidelines.

The math isn’t complicated. It can help in 2026, it could’ve helped in 2024.

ballotpedia.org/Election_res...

Election results, 2024: Analysis of voter turnout in the 2024 general election

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

ballotpedia.org

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culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 1d

Where are Republicans who wield control over the East Wingless-White House & both houses of Congress? WTF are they doing about this & why aren’t they in DC right now? I live in NJ’s 4th Congressional District & will cast my vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social for NJ Governor this Tuesday. Vote 🇺🇸

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 1d

Rep Joe Neguse of Colorado’s 2nd District absolutely nails it & coherently sums up the frustration of most Americans watching Republicans who control the White House & both houses of Congress do nothing but blame Democrats & hide from the horrifying reality that Trump’s tariffs & their BBB created ⬇️

Jeremy Gibson Brown PhD @jeremygibsonbrown.bsky.social · 2d

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 2d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

BOSTON— @mayorwu.boston.gov : “The president of 🇺🇸 is using hunger as a political tool.”

(Related: So is @GovBillLee… other Republican states are stepping in. Tennessee is refusing, letting 700,000 Tennesseans go hungry)

#TrumpAndLeesHungerGames

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culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 1d

Even before the Trump-GOP shutdown interrupts SNAP benefits for the first time since 1964, Republican’s BBB legislation cut Fed spending on Medicaid by $1 trillion & SNAP by $186 billion. MAGA’s hammering of the most vulnerable Americans is intentional cruelty. VOTE 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

www.nytimes.com

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culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 4d

Wait, what??

nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 4d

Christian Nationalist linked to Pete Hegseth defends slavery as "not inherently evil".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUJr...

Christian Nationalist linked to Pete Hegseth defends slavery as "not inherently evil"

YouTube video by Friendly Atheist

www.youtube.com

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 5d

'A Lambeth Alley' (1920s) by Douglas Percy Bliss

(Private collection)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be an uncompromising voice for democracy. We have no parent company, no corporate overlords, no billionaire investors. We never compromise, bow down or obey.

If this sounds like a community you want to be a part of and support, join now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Julie @okie1962.bsky.social · 5d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 5d

European Beech with no name, or a name only known to other Beech trees

Fraïsse-sur-Agout, France

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 5d

PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 October 1914. American medical researcher Dr Jonas Salk was born in New York City. He created the 1st approved polio vaccine in 1955. Polio cases fell from 58,000 per year in 1952 to 6,000 by 1958. Salk’s vaccine was replaced by a new one developed by Albert Sabin in 1962.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 4d

📌Every bill to help feed people in my long lifetime has been passed by Democrats.
Every bill to starve them has been passed by Republicans.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5d

Chump's Invisible Tariff Money is just Another Big Ugly Lie,As
Farmers,Ranchers and Everyday
Citizens Suffer Chump's Stupidity!

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 5d

Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

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PoliticalOdor @politicalodor.substack.com · 5d

Although this has been shot down by Congress folk previously, I still believe that all Congressional people do not get paid during a shutdown, so that there is at least some motivation to not play chicken with people's livelihoods.

Shouldn't they hurt more? ($$$) 😡

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6d

NEW: California says it will send its own monitors to watch Trump’s DOJ “poll watchers.” State officials warn the federal stunt is part of a broader effort to intimidate voters and question legitimate elections.

California to Monitor Trump’s DOJ Poll Watchers Amid Concerns of Voter Intimidation, Election Interference

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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culturegeist @culturegeist.bsky.social · 7d

Gave up my WaPo subscription when they wimped out on a presidential endorsement. Sad when wealthy egomaniacs who value profit over ethics, integrity & the Constitution buy up media outlets to try and muzzle free speech & good journalism.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8d

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 8d

In 1970, cattle ranchers earned 70¢ of every consumer beef dollar.

Today, they get just 30¢.

Where did the other 40 cents go? Straight into the pockets of JBS, Tyson, Cargill, and National Beef.

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 8d

Hundreds of ICE recruits in training were not fully vetted. Had criminal histories, failed drug tests, failed physical tests. 50% of all new ICE agents failed the written test ALTHOUGH they could use notes and textbooks. But sure, give them guns and badges #DefundICE

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXi...

'Recipe for disaster': Some ICE recruits failed drug tests, have criminal backgrounds

YouTube video by MSNBC

m.youtube.com

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