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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago

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Matt Gaetz’ 🐀 Tąppėd Laņdlînë @krisbouncedx.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 so good!

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2d

James Talarico: We have politicians who have ‘Christ follower’ in their Twitter bios, but they are kicking the sick off health care. It's estimated 51,000 Americans will die needlessly if these GOP cuts go through. That's 51,000 flesh and blood human beings. That’s a moral crime

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ILIAS 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇫🇷🇪🇺✡️🏳️‍🌈 @iliasnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday thanks II

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 20h

George Stephanopoulos cuts off JD Vance mid sentence 🤣🔥….this is the way!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 23h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 1d

Looks so serene and post-apocalyptic at the same time.

Chicago, IL

Taken from Indiana Dunes State Park

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 19h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

PRIORITIES: “Your taxes are coming down! See? Everyone’s happy, honey.” 💰

Instead of stopping health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions while millions more lose coverage, Trump rides around his golf course glazing himself for lowering taxes for his billionaire pals

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 19h

basically she wants to be able to report abortion as child abuse … of a fetus. And she wants to report people for having had abortions in other states, where it is legal for them to have had abortions, or getting gender-affirming care in states where it is legal for them to do so.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 19h

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Nosy Doctor Sues For Permission To Tell Cops About Your Out-Of-State Abortion, Wins.

Really great judging and doctoring all around.

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America-The Republic of Suffering @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 1d

I will not stop posting this:Fake police,ICE INCELS,Cowards,Eunuchs,Fascist Terrorists.They are thugs:tactics of Gestapo,Stasi,KGB,Stalinś NKVD, Putinś FSB. inhuman barbarians. Inside the FascistHouse (WhiteHouse)calling the shots. find out who they are. And destroy..pogroms are next?

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 20h

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SNL’s Colin Jost squirms after Michael Che shows him partying with Epstein and Trump in brutal Weekend Update bit (The Independent)

Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost was left squirming after he was inserted into archival footage of President Donald Trump and the deceased convicted sex o...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 23h

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Alarm raised as Trump undertakes a controversial MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education (AlterNet)

WASHINGTON — A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, the U.S. Ed...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 23h

They are so critical that U.S. car companies have curbed production due to rare earth shortages as China has leveraged the supply to counter Trump’s tariffs.

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China has a stranglehold on rare earths, producing more than 90% of the world’s processed rare earths and rare earth magnets. They are used across industries, from the tech sector to automakers and defense contractors.

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China’s rare earth controls can ‘forbid any country on Earth from participating in the modern economy,’ former White House advisor warns (Fortune)

Beijing’s new export controls on rare earths go well beyond restricting access to a critical technology input, according to a former White House advisor. On ...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 1d

that further squeeze the city's autonomy. And the one person who could act as a voice for Washington on Capitol Hill has been a rare sight.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 1d

Troops patrol train stations and streets in the nation's capital. Masked federal law enforcement agents detain District of Columbia residents. Congress passes bills

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 1d

"D.C. is under attack as at no other time in recent history, and we need a new champion to defend us," Donna Brazile, a onetime Norton chief of staff, wrote in a Washington Post opinion essay.

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