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Karen Ess @kareness.bsky.social · 5h

I am so proud of all that you do to defend our country and its freedoms👏👏👏👏👏

My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives are welcome to slander strangers and protest the sharing of resources and celebrate the suffering around them and assert their right not to give a damn about anyone but themselves—but we can’t allow them to pass the buck to God while they do.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...

Christians Who Don't Want to Feed People—Aren't Christians

Well, we’re in the “Jesus didn’t say we should feed people” portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Portland police say Trump's troop deployment inflamed protests https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/portland-police-trumps-troop-deployment-231309242.html

Portland police say Trump's troop deployment inflamed protests

By Jack Queen and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Portland police testified on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order to deploy National Guard troops in their city inflamed protests and increased

www.yahoo.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d

Dear everyone in South Carolina,

Do not let MAGA Fascist Party candidate Nancy Mace become your governor.

Register to vote in #SouthCarolina

www.votescblue.com

Nancy Mace, candidate for SC Gov from fascist party

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Interstellar @interstel1ar.bsky.social · 1d

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Dennis @moongeorge.bsky.social · 1d

www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-w...

Finally, some states are telling people why there is no SNAP! Placing blame where it belongs is genius.

Blue State SNAP Webpages Giving The GOP A Taste Of Its Own Medicine

These states are telling it like it is.

www.huffpost.com

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SG Hendricks @sghendricks.bsky.social · 2d

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 1d

☠️omfg

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 2d

A haunted house but it’s just the country you live in trying to kill you.

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 1d

If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

"One former law enforcement official familiar with the matter, who spoke to Bloomberg on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities surrounding the case, said the probe lasted 18 months and turned up at least tens of millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions."

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case

Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2d

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

"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes

“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

taskandpurpose.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2d

For the record, the Kaiser Family Foundation has NOT retracted it‘s prediction. Oz was either mistaken, or, more likely, lying.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1d

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

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Karen Ess @kareness.bsky.social · 1d

She seems like she likes Trump. I just never cared for her

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.

And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d

Full speech:

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin

www.youtube.com

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Karen Ess @kareness.bsky.social · 4d

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 4d

What a punk-ass racist piece of shit

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 4d

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

One of the most difficult things abt the Trump Admin.

It's beyond question he's corrupt and happy to harm the US.

What ISN'T clear is what he considers too scandalous to pull off.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Trump nominee at U.S. export bank withdraws amid scrutiny of Russia ties

Bryce McFerran is a senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia’s richest oligarchs and is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Karen Ess @kareness.bsky.social · 4d

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 4d

Fixed it

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.

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Karen Ess @kareness.bsky.social · 4d

The REPUBLICANS ARE screwing over Americans for their own personal gain

Sharon Chisholm @theogsharonc.bsky.social · 4d

🇺🇸If you control the steering wheel, the accelerator and the brake, you can’t blame the passenger for driving the car into the river.

So remind everyone again, WHO controls the US government?

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Remember America! @flynavy77.bsky.social · 4d

Trump did this to us too! Never Forget!

youtu.be/DXnHIJkZZAs

Video Of Capitol Riot Shown During First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

YouTube video by NBC News

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