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Zorek Richards🌊🌊 @zorekr.bsky.social · 2d

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MellyT @carmi865.bsky.social · 4d

Donate to a local food bank if you’re able. The billionaires have the ballroom covered.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 6d

Wow. Every word true.

President for Life - The Atlantic

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 10d

I'm conflicted. On the one hand, if the Dodgers win, it shows the resilience of my city after the hell of fires and ICE. On the other hand, the thought of the orange asshole gloating about American superiority over Canada is unbearable.

I guess it's... Go, Blue Jays?

a man wearing headphones says i 'm so torn in front of his face

ALT: a man wearing headphones says i 'm so torn in front of his face

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 10d

The irony is that they’ll mostly find republicans at the polling stations here in CA because most of us Democrats vote by mail

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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 11d

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 11d

Warner Bros has been passed around so much it’s like it’s being trafficked. 🙁

Warner Bros. Keeps Taking a Beating That the Joker Would Be Proud Of - The Hollywood Reporter

Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 11d

‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling - The Guardian

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 14d

There's no bottom for this crew of malignant despicables
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Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal, report says

Trump administration allegedly agreed to abandon confidential informants protected by US government in an effort to ink CECOT deal

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 15d

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 19d

SenatorWarnock just broke it down: health care is on the line.

A Chatham County family once paid $559/month for coverage—now it’s $2,100 after GOP subsidy cuts. Quadruple the cost just to stay insured.

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 19d

And yet the farmers still support Trump. Which makes me NOT support them in any way, shape or form.

Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 24d

There's a new expression here in L.A.: "Anne Frank-ing it." It's used re: restaurants hiding their employees when an ICE raid is imminent.

The fact this is happening in our country in the year 2025 is disgusting.

Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 24d

If there is a vulnerable member of your community that you trust, give them a key to your home

now

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 24d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 25d

This whole situation is appalling. The fact a huge portion of our country thinks fascists are the good guys is beyond comprehension.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport - The Guardian

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 28d

For fun, read @lisaqmathews.bsky.social delightful Halloween post! chicksonthecase.com/2025/10/06/g...

Go As Alice: Ghosts of Halloween Costumes Past

Whether you fill giant bowls with candy in hopes of trick-or-treaters at your door—or hide in your living room with the lights off—you know they’re out there: gleeful, greedy goblins dressed in cos…

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David Blue @davidblue.bsky.social · 29d

Suggesting A.I. to a performer is like telling a friend whose car was stolen to purchase it back from those who stole it, AFTER they chopped it, vaguely assembled it into a car-like shape, spray painted it neon puke, & inflated the price tenfold, all while using enough resources to end hunger.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Oct 3

@marlacooper.bsky.socialhttps://chicksonthecase.com/2025/10/03/welcome-to-spooky-season/ asks, are you Team Spooky Season?

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Oct 3

Buh-bye, CBS.

Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News - The Washington Post

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Sep 30

Unfortunately, it feels like we're yelling into the wind.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Sep 30

These generals look so unhappy that it actually gives me hope the military might push back against the total coup obviously on the agenda with the current regime.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Sep 30

Heads up, Angelenos, OC, and South Bay...

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Sep 28

That would be heaven.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · Sep 28

Welcome to our world, says this Angeleno. It SUCKS.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 27

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