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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 1d

They sell drugs, and allow open carry...what could go wrong?

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 1d

Question of the day: who's the most fascist of the three?

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it was normal. I used to know a whole list of numbers.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 3d

# of times the Bible forbids/demands penalties for abortion- 0
# of times the Bible justifies keeping out immigrants-0
# of times Jesus condemns homosexuality-0
# of times the Bible addresses poverty, justice and compassion for the poor- over 2,000
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 2d

I do love Terry Gross. I recall an interview with a biographer of Stalin who mentioned that Stalin loved good classical music--the inimitable Terry said "So much for the ennobling power of art!" I never forgot that one.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 2d

Repeating myself...but everybody needs to hear again and again that the mass murder caused by cutting USAID medical aid, by essentially terminating CDC, and by ending concern for global climate change deserves a LOT more attention. Thousands are dying already.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 5d

When China beats out the US as champion of women, the world has indeed changed....

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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 9d

Please join Affirmation Coyote in celebrating National Do Something Nice Day.

They know the world is in desperate need of niceness.

www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...

NATIONAL DO SOMETHING NICE DAY | October 5

NATIONAL DO SOMETHING NICE DAY Your Official Day to spread awesomeness is on October 5! Today is National Do Something Nice Day and we are dedicated to making

www.nationaldaycalendar.com

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 10d

Happy St. Francis' Day, and blessings to all animals. Special shoutout to the coyotes on Bluesky pages Only.Yotes and AffirmationCoyote. I'm right there.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 10d

Everybody, beware of focusing on Trump. The deadly danger is Project 2025 and its bearers (Dans, Vought, etc.). It is a full-out Hitler Nazi plan for the US. We should be far more worried about what they have done, and are doing, than about Trump or "stupid" MAGA voters.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11d

Israel killed another staff member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Gaza, bringing the total number of MSF deaths to 14 with many more injured.

www.msf.org/msf-denounce...

MSF denounces killing of fourteenth staff member in Israeli attack in Gaza | MSF

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others.

www.msf.org

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11d

1. This is one of the most insane statements ever delivered by a presidential spokesperson in U.S. history. Totally disconnected from reality.

2. There is either going to be a civil war or abject Democratic surrender to autocracy. They are telling this you, to your face, in explicit terms.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 “They put black people in one van and immigrants an another… Trucks and military style vans were used to separate children from their parents.” THIS. IS. HAPPENING. People need to see this. We all need to see it. Nobody gets a pass here. Please share with your networks. 1/2

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 13d

It truly is horrible. We are subsidizing another neo-Nazi in Argentina while Argentina takes over our soybean markets.

genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 13d

I really think the Dems would do better if they mentioned the 14,000,000 who will die in the next 5 years because of canceling USAID, and the millions who will die in the US because of climate change and canceling medical care. Currently they stick to Epstein. Fine, but do more.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 14d

Yay! Great choices.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jul 5

“More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump [regime] dismantling USAID… Around 4.5 million would be among children under 5… 88 deaths per hour.”

“It’s not left-wing rhetoric to feed the hungry, heal the sick. If this isn’t murder, I don’t know what is.” Bono

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 15d

To take seriously the propagator of "The End of History" in blissful democracy is as reasonable as taking Trump's every word as truth....

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 17d

Those far-right corporations also succeeded in dividing the liberals, setting them against each other, leading to Trump's two victories--each time with minorities, the liberals having split the vote.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 17d

The Democrats need to point out that this orgy of fascism and hate all stems from giant fossil fuel and allied corporations funding the far right and creating the tissue of lies that maintain it--starting with climate change denial. Divide and rule.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 17d

Another example of the pettiness and threat of the Trump administration's censorship and deletion of science: USEPA used to have tools and training for #water utilities to build system resilience in the face of extreme weather, including #climatechange. That website is gone. Poof.
www.epa.gov/crwu

Screenshot of the EPA website that used to provide tools, training, and technical assistance to utilities to increase system resilience in the face of extreme weather and climate change. The program was called CRWU (Creating Resilient Water Utilities).

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 19d

It's technically known as "national socialism"--Nazism. Government and giant firms cooperating (colluding) to run the country. Trump is quite literally copying Hitler.

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 20d

Somebody has to point out--so I guess it is my turn--that this is exactly and literally Nazism--"National socialism." Partnership of a fascist government with giant corporations. Mussolini and Hitler perfected it and Trump is copying it. This isn't new and isn't real socialism.

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