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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible and sad for California

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Yells “Your Taxes Are Coming Down” To the Rich While Our Military Families Are At Food Banks

politizoom.com

Trump Yells "Your Taxes Are Coming Down" To the Rich While Our Military Families Are At Food Banks

twp.ai

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

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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Visikarte 🎗️ @visitkarte.bsky.social · 3d

President Biden brought home 148 living hostages.
Just a reminder.
Very happy the last hostages are home. But never forget who saved the most souls.

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Lisa Brito @lisabrito24.bsky.social · 2d

Honest question: How far from this do you think we are? youtu.be/WZCvrylCewQ?...

The Handmaid's Tale 1x03 - Protesta

YouTube video by David Putoy

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 5d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 5d

There is no leader of Antifa.
There is no girlfriend of the leader of Antifa.

They are creating imaginary people so they can justify going after real people.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5d

Yep. Difficult now for people under 65 to get the vaccine.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine that

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 6d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 5d

It’s been 11 days since the government shutdown started.

Republicans refuse to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Lisa Brito @lisabrito24.bsky.social · 6d

Avelo Out of BWI with handcuffs depicting deportation

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

i’ll never get over this

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 7d

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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