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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 21h

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Kris and Dave

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 5h

Not really bizarre. They may be talking about agitators. Bessent made a comment about umbrellas.

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Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 5h

the umbrellas comment...this is what he's referencing. Think it's a warning they are going to have agitators at the No Kings protest?

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Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9h

The important thing is that we can rebuild something fully new and better, which is why facing the severity of this moment can be a source of hope rather than paralysis.

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 8h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 7h

So what happens if some self-governing individual decides it's ok for them to be a serial killer?

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 11h

If you read the precedents Abrego Garcia is citing in seeking release from detention, you begin to realize the unreported horrors Trump's DHS/ICE is quietly committing throughout the country. Take Zavvar v Scott, for instance. ...
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Zavvar v. Scott et al, No. 1:2025cv02104 - Document 28 (D. Md. 2025)

Zavvar v. Scott et al, No. 1:2025cv02104 - Document 28 (D. Md. 2025) case opinion from the District of Maryland U.S. Federal District Court

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 11h

while denigrating the people who do need the help

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 13h

The US could have the same types of things but a couple of stodgy lunatics decided to stop the forward progress of the country for 40 years in the name of the almighty dollar.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 13h

Did they fix the list of presidents issues?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23h

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.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 22h

Thinking we should add independent psychological evaluations as a requirement to run for office. None of the people in that chat should be allowed into any leadership role.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 22h

Could have your father's ring enlarged a little with mom's ring within, connected to dad's and put a gem within mom's ring. circle in a circle with a gem. Another option: do you want both rings on same piece? Could do necklace with matching bracelet?

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Memorial Wedding Band Pendants with Gemstones

Transform your late father's wedding bands into beautiful pendants with gemstones. Keep the original design intact while adding a touch of personalization with favorite colored gemstones. Perfect for ...

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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 1d

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 2d

IMO, it's both. World is going bananas and we see what others don't or won't see. Feels like a global shift is happening and a lot of people are fighting / resisting it. To clarify, I'm referring to something bigger than Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu, but they're part fighting / resisting the change.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 2d

Could be David Bowie's passing. I swear nothing has been right since he died.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 2d

How is Mike Johnson second in the line of succession for the presidency and he doesn't know / hasn't seen specifics? Is the Trump Admin not keeping him updated and in the loop? Are Johnson's congressional staff not briefing him? Where is the communication breakdown?

Journalists? Media? Bueller?

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Old Toast @oldtoast.bsky.social · 2d

Did Kristi Noem approve the search and rescue, FEMA costs? Where is the FEMA guy?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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