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RAOK

@evolvingempathy.bsky.social

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We have reached an inflection point in this country are we gonna have a democracy or not it's up to us! Evolution is not possible without empathy! 🐶🐾🐱❤️☮️💟💙 My dog has more empathy than the entire MAGA Cult 😔

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · May 15

Kindness Wins! 🥰🫶🏼❤️🐾🐶💟☮️

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 3m

Seth points out that Trump really has lost his grip on reality it's hard for me to understand why the mainstream media is not reporting on this 🥴👇🏼💙👏🏼👏🏼

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 11m

Don't miss the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show👉🏼 the right wing replacement for Bad Bunny🤨😂😂👇🏼💙

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 17m

Probably the only job he could get after this regime is thrown out the office💙😂😂👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼

RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 19m

Veteran uses General Millie's speech to remind the National Guard they took an oath to the constitution not a wannabe dictator!👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼👊🏻💙💙

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 36m

More 😂😂💙

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 39m

Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo! 😂😂💙💙👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼👊🏻

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 45m

This guy is so full of shit I'm surprised it isn't coming out his ears as he speaks🤨👇🏼💙

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 46m

Protesters have a lawyer who explains the law to the Braindead ICE Gestapo👇🏼 👏🏼👏🏼💙💙👊🏻✊🏼

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 55m

www.huffpost.com/entry/amy-po...

Amy Poehler Lampoons Pam Bondi's Hostile Senate Hearing In Return To 'SNL'

Another "SNL" legend surprised audiences with a cameo as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 57m

www.commondreams.org/opinion/mahm...

Mahmoud Khalil and the Israelification of the US: Wake Up! | Common Dreams

Palestinian human rights advocate, Mahmoud Khalil, knows authoritarianism when he sees it. “I lived under the Assad regime [in Syria]. I know how that feels.”

www.commondreams.org

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 59m

truthout.org/articles/fro...

From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US

One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…

truthout.org

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1h

truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE Is Targeting Day Labor Centers in LA That Hold Contracts With the City

Elected leaders are failing to protect immigrant workers. We must build community power, as only we can keep us safe.

truthout.org

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1h

How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

Opinion | How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con

www.nytimes.com

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1h

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 18h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 18h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 18h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Jaime Harrison @jaimeharrison.bsky.social · 23h

Government’s shut down. Federal workers aren’t getting paid — some even being fired.
MAGA Speaker Johnson just canceled House votes for yet another week.

And this guy’s out golfing.
You can’t make this 💩 up.

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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La Bodega Baddie 🇵🇷 @zeenthecity.bsky.social · 6h

Rural hospital closures eventually impact urban hospitals. This is about to be a mess.

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bubbles1968.bsky.social @bubbles1968.bsky.social · 5h

Beyond insane.

NBC4 Columbus @nbc4i.com · 5h

The bill allows public school teachers to incorporate positive impacts of Christianity in American history lessons, and establishes that teaching those topics is not a violation of the First Amendment. https://nbc4i.co/48V4nq7?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 1d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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MissMary @missmary1111.bsky.social · 5h

Like RFK Jr, Stephen Miller's family WARNED US.

We were WARNED.

MAGATS are idiots. They VOTED FOR THIS SHITSHOW.

Bartholomew Kuma’s Bible 💥 👨🏾‍🍳💻 @shortribninja1.blacksky.app · 5h

www.newsweek.com/stephen-mill...

Stephen Miller’s family members are disowning him—cousin

“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil,” Miller’s cousin wrote on social media.

www.newsweek.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

"CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale."

Kudos to Dan Rather, a 44-year veteran of CBS News, for speaking truth to power.

deadline.com/2025/10/dan-... #CBS #Paramount

Dan Rather Says Bari Weiss Hire And Skydance-Paramount Merger Mark “A Dark Day In The Halls Of CBS News”

Rather said that Weiss' hire will add to fears journalists have of losing their jobs.

deadline.com

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1h

The Uncomfortable Truth About Netanyahu’s ‘Victory’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

Let's see what happens after the hostage exchange 🤔👇🏼

Opinion | The Uncomfortable Truth About Netanyahu’s ‘Victory’

www.nytimes.com

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