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Healthcare worker. Love my husband. Love my dogs. Love my books 💙📚. Tolerate politics.

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · Jun 3

You. Only. Take. Steps. Like. This. If. You. Hate. Civil. Rights. apple.news/AIoc2DLm_Sqa...

Navy mulls new name for USNS Harvey Milk and ships named for civil rights leaders — CBS News

The Navy is considering renaming naval ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and others named for prominent Americans.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

why not
isn’t this something they are proud of

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 9h

Like, your side has every branch of government and the presidency and you want to kill the leader of the side that has no control of anything? You don’t beat a team in football and then threaten to kill the other team’s quarterback. Go shoot a puppy with Kristi and celebrate. Go build a ballroom.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 9h

They should check the British Museum for the jewels taken from the louvre

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 9h

In case anyone is confused about who is responsible for the shutdown.

1. Mike Johnson refuses to open Congress and swear in new congresspeople
2. Trump refuses to negotiate with democrats. Continues to demolish the White House to build a ballroom.

House speaker Republican Mike Johnson stresses “Trump is not going to negotiate with the democrats”. Now please leave him alone he has a ballroom to build.

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 10h

If their sorry, racist, homophobic supporters don’t let go of bigotry and hold them to task Republicans WILL NOT CHANGE.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all.

The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 11h

Also let’s furlough the people that oversee the nuclear stockpile. Who cares. Just shut down the government, stfu and build this asshole his ballroom.

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 12h

Can’t let a government shutdown that will hurt our national parks stop his ballroom construction. Let them eat cake.

The image shows the juxtaposition of local businesses that operate around national parks warning about the long term impacts of the government shutdown.

But the government isn’t too shut down to stop the destruction of the White House to build trump a ballroom.

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 1d

a woman with blonde hair is making a funny face and looking at the camera .

Alt: a woman with blonde saying blah blah blah.

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 2d

Dammit I love me some protests. It makes you feel like you aren’t alone in hating this shit.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 3d

I laughed out loud at this omg

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

#A_NewHope ✊

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 6d

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

I love this.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6d

Solidarity is the only way

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 6d

Oh these racist, sexist kids these days whaddya gonna do.

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 6d

She’s terrible. But it’s interesting how black people who are crazy right wing nuts are treated differently from white ones. Any evidence of Charlie Kirk having been denied access to Australia?

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 6d

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s.... if you have Reddit, this is worth watching. He is a citizen. He had his birth certificate. He had his ID. ICE DOES NOT CARE. This is all about terrorizing black and brown people for absolutely no reason.

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: 66-Year-Old Elderly Black Man Terrorized by Unstable Masked ICE, Kidnapped and Dropped into Broadview, Only to Be Ejected Before Dinner With No Way Home

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 7d

Ahhhhh how scary!!!!

Radical peace! Radical healthcare! Radical common sense!!! Radical listening to science and rejecting racism. The horror.

a man in a shirt and tie is laughing in a kitchen with his hands in the air .

Alt: a man in a shirt and tie is screaming hysterically.

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 7d

This one stings. RIP D’Angelo. Damn.

BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 7d

D'Angelo, RIP. The enigmatic neo-soul legend has died at age 51 after a previously unreported "prolonged and courageous battle" with cancer, according to his family.

📷 Paul Natkin/Getty Images

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 7d

D’Angelo was one of the most widely revered artists of the past 30 years.

He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'

More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 8d

There are so many ads I can’t even read this.

BearBear’s Human @llynnster.bsky.social · 10d

The fact that we have to constantly and repeatedly explain to white men why people who aren’t white men are competent, qualified individuals in their own right should be more concerning than the cost of explaining. Like why haven’t they learned this lesson yet.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10d

Without ACA tax credits, a 64-year-old couple making $90K would face an extra $26,000 a year in premiums.

Democrats are working to protect families—Republicans are ready to let these credits expire.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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