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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃

@katmmlo.bsky.social

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Democrat, defender of social justice, equality & democracy, a proud Swiftie, mother, genXer, lover of art, animals, nature, home improvement, science-fiction and fantasy books, hating perimenopause, aspiring writer once I retire from the daily grind.

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Flower Girl Baker @flowergirlbaker.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine going along on every lunatic demand and still getting sued.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Soul Dance @souldance.bsky.social · 1d

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 8h

Why is there no accountability?! Their constitution rights were violated!!! WTF!!! 🤬 Suremem Court wake up! At some point, they will turn on you.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 22h

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 8h

Thune is a coward. They have not negotiated anything. And if one ask to continue the ACA subsidy is a hard no in their book, Maggots better wake up because it’s them that will be impacted too. This is not bipartisan!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 1d

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 8h

Dems need to start acting immediately not wait for weeks before they take big actions. Letters don’t do it. There should be daily press conferences and social videos flooding the zone. But as always, nothing. Ridiculous!!!

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 8h

Is this what people voted for?! WTF!!! 🤬
They are targeting babies with chemical warfare now!!! Let that sink in!!! And they just bought a middle system! See where this is going?! Wake the fuck up America!!!

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 1d

This should make every American angry!!! OUR house is being desecrated!!!

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s keep going. No money for special education, FEMA, childhood cancer research, SNAP, Headstart, and so much more!!!! We MUST win the midterms!

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 2d

And now let’s add 2 luxury jets at $170M+ but we have no money for healthcare, child cancer research, FEMA, etc. Did anyone vote for this waste?!

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 2d

The parties are NOT the same.

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you San Francisco! Such American patriotism. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 3d

Love my California for coming out! Yesss!!! We the people love America! 🇺🇸

KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 3d

My favorite from today’s rally.

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 3d

The best wood, the most beautiful cardboard

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

$5 BILLION is headed out the door to build new job-creating, zero-emission projects, fix roads and bridges, and improve sidewalks and bike lanes across California.

We're investing in our communities, our people, and the places we drive, walk, and ride every day.

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you governor! The truth is if it’s not for blue states and cities, there would be no funding for project for the people!

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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 3d

The average net worth of a health insurance CEO is $156 million. NO ONE should be getting that rich because we need to see a doctor.

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KitKat Progressive 🇺🇸💃 @katmmlo.bsky.social · 3d

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Most Americans are genuinely good people, regardless of their political affiliation.
So when the White House says horrible things to make you hate your neighbor, the White House IS THE PROBLEM.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 3d

CBS: In what Homeland Security says was “an extreme act of judicial activism”, Chicago federal judge Sara Ellis tells Homeland that her order requiring federal agents to wear and turn on body cameras was not a suggestion, but an order.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 3d

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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