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Mother Hubbard @oldmotherhubbard.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Xoxoxoxo

Judge Sides With Sandwich Slinger as Bondi Gets BLASTED

YouTube video by Democracy Watch

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Aug 27

COVID cases are on the rise -- and RFK just took away the ability for millions of Americans get COVID vaccines.

COVID shots are now only FDA approved for 1) people 65+ and 2) people w/ underlying conditions that put them at severe risk.

That's it. www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...

The FDA Finally Approves COVID Shots — But With More Restrictions Than Ever

Experts warn the new guidelines — a sharp break from previous years — could have deadly consequences.

www.huffpost.com

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Aug 15

Looking forward to this!

Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Aug 12

Wednesday, Nov. 5 at @92ndstreety.bsky.social, I'll be in conversation with @benstiller.redhour.com about my new book Notes on Being a Man. Tickets and info: www.92ny.org/event/scott-...

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 10h

🤦🤦CDC Scrambling to Restaff After Accidentally Firing Top Scientists
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CDC Scrambling to Restaff After Accidentally Firing Top Scientists

More than 4,000 government employees were laid off on Friday in what has been dubbed a “massacre.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, who went viral on the "Humans of New York" account by sharing stories about her life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970s, has died

A photo of Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, sitting down, holding a photo of herself

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 8h

Leadership looks like repeating the truth again and again and refusing to back down to bullies and pressure.

It looks like using your platform and leverage-- whatever it may be -- for the larger good.

So grateful to Pritzker and everyone else modeling this now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 12h

Work harder and die

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9h

It has sound, too.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

Kamala is all out of f*cks and I’m here for it 🔥

We see you, @codepink.bsky.social

Your paid performative agitators pop up on her book tour like they think we don’t know the VP’s job.

The VP doesn’t set Middle East policy, the President does. The VP’s role is to support the President, period.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

poppy, who’s not a fan of baths, got 2 of them today: one in the sink and one from panzer #cleanboy

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Canada Kate @classickate.bsky.social · 1d

#caturday. This week my very favourite Caturday model was sent across the Rainbow Bridge. Miss my little guy. He was such a good cat. May he find a suitable incarnation that he earned in this life. Go with Grace, Lhakyi

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 17h

Lying Vance is such a dunce, now he's blaming the firing of essential CDC personal and having to hire them back on the Democrats because they shut down the government. Always the victim even with they have a majority in Congress and the SCOTUS in their pocket.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

“We’ll tell our grandkids that we defeated fascism with six-dollar clickers”: how a group of community activists is tracking ICE’s movements in Los Angeles.

The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles

How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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friendleemarie53.bsky.social @friendleemarie53.bsky.social · 16h

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💙💙THE LIONESS 🐯OF THE SENATE SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER 🐯🐯💙💙

Thanks to Republicans, some Americans will pay $22,000/year to keep their health insurance.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈