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Dann

@dann1960.bsky.social

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Cat Lover😻 Student of Life🎓 Defender of Democracy✔ Voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980💙 No Crypto, Single Boomer, Still Got a Spark 😉 Seattle & Washington🍎 State Resident Since 1960

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · Mar 13

5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 52m

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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Dizzy’s Cat @jbogue.bsky.social · 4m

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 2m

Yes, time for it to go.

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In 2024, 56% of ACA marketplace enrollees lived in congressional districts represented by Republicans.

Also in 2024, 76% of enrollees were in states won by Trump (i.e., red states in the 2024 presidential election).

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 17h

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 18m

He sure doesn't know much.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1h

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 19m

This Republican Congress is the laziest bastards I've ever seen.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 1h

In a court filing Monday, attorney Patrick Fitzgerald accused the DOJ of withholding information involving its charges, citing that Comey and his legal team can't be trusted with it.

DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

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DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

Ex-FBI Director James Comey was narrowly indicted by a grand jury this month, but according to his lawyer the Justice Department is refusing to reveal its evidence against him. In a court filing Monda...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 17h

The end of the US empire is getting closer and closer, and will probably end if Trump is not expelled. The Irony is that Russia is collapsing at the same time.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 16h

A Message to MAGA....

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 16h

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 24m

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Hegseth Slammed By Critics For 'Clarification' On Qatar Deal: 'That's Not What You Said'

The defense secretary announced Friday at the Pentagon that the U.S. will "build a Qatari Emeri Air Force facility" in Idaho, then issued a correction amid backlash.

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 25m

Defunding?

Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 27m

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They aren't white.

ICE Tear Gassed 27 Chicago Police Officers

YouTube video by Reese Waters

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😂

Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 31m

So feisty.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 35m

Mike Johnson keeps canceling House business to shield Republicans from questions about huge healthcare cuts and health insurance premium hikes.

We must keep up the pressure on Republicans to stop hiding and end the Trump Shutdown: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

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moneill16.bsky.social @moneill16.bsky.social · 35m

'Bombshell!' Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning

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'Bombshell!' Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning

The U.S. Supreme Court seems almost certain to side with President Donald Trump in an upcoming challenge to his authority to fire government officials for any reason, but a leading conservative legal ...

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 39m

Doesn't it warm the cockles of your heart that we have an absolutely non-compos mentis insurrectionist pedophile rapist traitor as our face to the world?

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 45m

Once Trump & Stephen Miller get all their Gestapo (=ICE) concentration camps up & running, not only alleged undocumented persons, but also Demo politicos, Judges that ruled against them, & enemies of the State (=Trump doesn’t like them) will find themselves in them & many will be executed

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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 41m

Yes.

Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 46m

No, it should've been shut down; no money/weapons to Bibi.