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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 8h

The world behind pig butchering SCAM FARMS scams : Planet Money

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The secret world behind those scammy text messages : Planet Money

You might have seen these texts before. The scam starts innocently enough. Maybe it's a "Long time no see" or "Hello" or "How are you." For investigative reporter Zeke Faux it was – "Hi David, I'm Vic...

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 8h

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Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 9h

Well, Montana- this is the idiot you voted for instead of Jon Tester. youtu.be/j1YyW6ZuNhA

MAGA senator stunned into silence after being confronted by Trump Cabinet member's words

YouTube video by Robert Davis

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Lisa 🍉🦘 @makingmeals.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re a fan of Kermit this is great.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 9h

Pulling the rug out from underneath the farmers is not an appropriate way to shape policy. In trump world everyone is disposable, depending on how inflated his ego is at the moment. How hard could it be to have a conversation and lay out a coherent plan. Yeah, It’s trump so not possible.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 13h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 9h

@50501movement.bsky.social www.fiftyfifty.one

50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement

Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h

What is happening in Chicago, and other cities across the U.S., is unimaginably horrific—it will forever be a stain on American history.

Do your part to fight back against this by attending a protest this Saturday.

We need to show America—and the rest of the world—that we are done with this shit.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 18h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Salt Lake City” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Salt Lake City · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** No Kings Salt Lake City is being hosted by Salt Lake Indivisible, in partnership with Green Wave, Our Revolution and national DemCast. Our peace...

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 22h

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Samantha Paige (she/they) (@samantha705901)

The arrival of the emergency naked bike ride at the Portland ICE facility. Careful, I didn’t blur the bits ☺️

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 22h

Brook’s points are well-taken, and this is a good read. But he is going about this in the least inspiring and least energizing way-with excess verbosity. The point is, WE THE PEOPLE better get up off our asses and put an end to this madness, NOW.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 22h

RFK and trump undermining our freedoms, again and again.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ohio...

Ohio experts trust decades of medical evidence on abortion drug safety as federal review requested

Ohio reproductive rights providers and advocates are keeping an eye on federal discussions about a longtime FDA-approved drug used in medication abortion, while maintaining a resolute message in a sta...

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lowbot.bsky.social @lowbot.bsky.social · 22h

The trump crime family in action

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Chump's Making More Money
Illegally As President, than He Ever
Made Before Out of Government...

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm with Mick on this one. Their behavior is not just appalling, it's vile and disgusting.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

@trumpresistancemovement Timothy Snyder earned his BA in history and political science from Brown University and his doctorate in history from the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings means no paychecks?” Scott, that’s not how government works; that’s how feudalism works. You’re literally arguing for the system we escaped in 1776.
No kings means exactly what America stands for— we don’t serve monarchs or dictators. The people are the power, not one man or family.

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