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If I could start again/A million miles away… https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI An optimist’s lore: “They are Americans awed by what has gone before, proud of what for them is still…a shining city on a hill.” & now no more.🫏✊ #Truth ⚖️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦 My NYC photos: #NYC-eod

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

We need tens of millions to turn out for the nationwide No Kings march on October 18! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1h

Look harder.

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS! · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** 📍 Where: Father Duffy Square, 47th st. and Broadway 📅 When: 11:00 AM ET, October 18, 2025 NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! Enter from the...

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

#Truth

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

"Courage is resistance to fear."

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

No, you’re interacting with someone who has read Anthony de Mello’s books.

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

Look at the #neckgina on #Trump!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

Your cynicism is a product of your unconscious programming, which makes you increasingly vulnerable to disappointment. You are a bitter child, traveling through life without awareness. Wake Up!

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

The laws of government need to be just and upheld by moral men today and tomorrow. Trump is an immoral wrecking ball who is further emboldened by a complicit and obscenely wealthy elite.

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

We need tens of millions to turn out for the nationwide No Kings march on October 18! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 2h

John Adams’ cousin, Samuel Adams, observed that the rule of law means that “There shall be one rule of justice for rich and poor, for the favorite in court, and the countryman at the plough.”

What exactly is your point, Mr. Net unfavorable?

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 10h

Using 14” x 22” white poster board and Word doc:
“A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS,”
Franklin Gothic Heavy 288 pt ~4”
“NOT OF MEN.” Franklin Gothic Heavy 288 pt ~4″
“-JOHN ADAMS, FOUNDING FATHER” Franklin Gothic Heavy 126 pt ~1.75″

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 20h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"His family is also affected. His wife is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said.

'I voted for Trump,' Reynolds said. 'I didn’t expect this'...”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

www.washingtonpost.com

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 20h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks, Appreciate you

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 22h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"If they could snap their fingers and eliminate the ACA marketplaces altogether, they would. And they haven’t arrived at a consensus on what the insurance system would look like in their preferred world, beyond a bunch of vacuous bromides about 'choice' and 'patient-centered care.'"

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

Summary: Republicans have a few basic principles:
1) Govt-provided healthcare is a bad thing.
2) Better that a person get private coverage.
3) Govt-provided coverage should be given to “deserving” only.
(Must pass a virtue test for receiving coverage or get it taken away.)

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have a few basic principles:
1) Govt-provided healthcare is a bad thing.
2) Better that a person get private coverage.
3) Govt-provided coverage should be given to “deserving” only.
(Must pass a virtue test for receiving coverage or get it taken away.)
bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: Republicans are totally full of it on healthcare.

It becomes more obvious every time they talk about it. And it's a big reason the shutdown is turning out to be such a disaster for them.

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

Not for Beatty’s acting though. So, we’re on the same page. I’ll put it on my wishlist.

Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

He only won Best Director for Reds in… 1982?! No one even watched THAT movie.

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

Wild that anything Warren Beatty was in was a hit. Terrible, pretty boy actor.

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Empire of Dirt ⌛️ @empireofdirt.bsky.social · 1d

Full source pt 2: