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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 12h

Those Epstein files must be a whopper. Shutting down the whole government and sending R Congressmen home for 4 weeks so far(paid, of course) just to avoid swearing in a new Congressmen.....

Release the Trumpstein files.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 12h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

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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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 23h

Every flush sends traces of our medicines into rivers. When antibiotics mix with common drugs like painkillers or hormones, bacteria can evolve to resist treatment.

Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance

Every flush sends traces of our medicines into rivers. When antibiotics mix with common drugs like painkillers or hormones, bacteria can evolve to resist treatment.

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Fantasy Football Draft Dodger @liberationnow.bsky.social · 17h

Does Gaza have a right to defend itself?

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Hamas gathering forces and working to reassert control sure doesn’t look like Hamas disarming and accepting an international security force in charge of Gaza.

Weren’t we told to gush with praise for the brilliant diplomacy that solved the big problems? Could’ve sworn that, it was just this week.

Gaza: Hamas mobilises fighters as fears of internal violence mount

Clashes have already taken place between the group and an armed clan in Gaza City.

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 12h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

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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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 1d

Obama’s warning: Trump’s militarizing cities is “a deliberate end run around the law.”
And he’s right.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

'Mind-boggling': Obama slams Trump for deploying troops in Chicago

Former President Barack Obama took President Donald Trump to task for deploying National Guard troops in Chicago, Obama’s hometown, under false pretenses and for violating the law in doing so.…

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 12h

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23h

With new privatized dining facilities yet to open at five Army bases, the service is already planning to privatize 10 more facilities within the next year and a half.

“We’re going to learn for all the services,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer said.

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

Anyone saying they’re not racially profiling is unserious

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Fantasy Football Draft Dodger @liberationnow.bsky.social · 17h

Joe Biden sent thousands of bombs to kill children.

Show me where the lie is.

Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 17h

You don't care that you have been lied to?

You need to care. Fascists kill with lies.

www.axios.com/2025/01/25/t...

Scoop: Trump lifts Biden's hold on 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

Biden had used the hold to protest Israel's invasion of Rafah.

www.axios.com

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 13h

Farmers who were told to get big or get out grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn 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.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 13h

We have acted like acquifer will be ours to squander forever. Look at the state of the primary acquifer for the entire food belt of America. Just a shadow of itself.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 14h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 13h

House Republicans want to start a fight over how doctors are trained to provide abortions.

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Walter @walein.bsky.social · 18h

@aoc.bsky.social continues to do the work.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

AOC speaks with Americans about GOP’s crushing health care cuts

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York released a video Tuesday addressing the GOP’s Medicaid cuts that will raise health care costs for millions who are already struggling. In the ...

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