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Proud lifelong Democrat and Bostonian transplant loving life in western WA. I like animals more than I like most people, but I love the community working together to save our Democracy. #Angret 🐕🐴🫏🦉🦋🐞🌸🌻🍄❤️❤️❤️

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago today

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

This is planned effort to cull Americans, en masse.

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 4h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

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irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 15h

Sweet jeebus, what the hell is wrong with these people?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 15h

Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.

This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

If you read one story ahead of tomorrow's Supreme Court argument, make it this one. The fate of the VRA and the 2026 elections potentially hang in the balance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a powerful call to peaceful action. I'll be attending the No Kings rally in beautiful Olympia, WA.

Thank you for all you do for our democracy, @gtconway.bsky.social. Appreciate it, and I love your podcast with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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ALT: a brown and white corgi dog is standing in the grass and looking at the camera .

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

"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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irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 1d

Wise words, @lissagrayart.bsky.social !

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2d

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 2d

Brave warriors, all of them. #RunningThroughTheDangerZone

irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 2d

Purchase arrived July 1st.

irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 2d

Horrifying on so many levels.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d

tl;dr Yes prison labor will probably play some role. But the bulk of the US's farm labor by far will probably come from WAY more H2A visas.

Which the Trump admin just lowered wages on! They've also made it a lot easier to do modern day farm slavery on H2A workers & get away with it.

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irmagooddoggie.bsky.social @irmagooddoggie.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, evil and dumb are not mutually exclusive.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

🇺🇸🧑‍🌾Soybean Association President: “Unfortunately there’s not enough market competition due to (Trump’s) Trade War - the aid package is putting a band-aid on an open wound.”

@rustygrills @GovBillLee @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @RepFaison are you listening?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Helping these go viral is an incredibly important tool.

It makes the kidnappings unpopular.
It crowds out Noem’s porn.
And that’s an important base to build from.

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Dan "Deal Guy" Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 3d

CA and every other blue state need to be stopping funding for this shit. Immediately. Cut them the fuck off. Now.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 3d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Civil & Human Rights Activist “Bad” Brad Berkwitt @badbrad2024.bsky.social · 3d

All. Of. This.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 3d

There is peace within you. Find it.

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Climb To The Clouds @climbtotheclouds.bsky.social · 4d

My amazing friend Hopeful @hopeful66.bsky.social with a fantastic pack. These are all outstanding accounts!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6d

"Trump is dangerously and perversely fusing the roles of the US military and domestic agencies. What we are seeing is the worst of both worlds: domestic agents adopting military tactics, and the military itself being drawn into domestic political conflicts."

www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/federalism...

The ‘Chipocalypse’ is now

A training ground for the military?

www.ifyoucankeepit.org

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7d

Agree. Agree. Agree.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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