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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · 12d

This 💯

Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 18d

Now EVERY Senator MUST follow Senator Warnock's LEAD & SHOW THIS ON THE MSM!

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 19d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20d

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · 20d

This

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 20d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 20d

Fuckin yikes, man

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 23d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24d

If you or anyone you know is wondering what is REALLY going on with the shutdown…

Watch every second of this. I Promise it’s worth your time.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · Sep 20

The termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social is insane. They’re claiming that white men are a protected marginalized group

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · Sep 18

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 18

This part.

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · Sep 18

Please keep speaking

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · Sep 16

Methinks thou doth protest too much 🙃

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Sep 13

MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for pointing out Kirk’s hate speech while Fox keeps Brian Kilmeade after he said killing the homeless via lethal injection would end homelessness.

A perfect example of how right-wing extremism is tolerated, but even pointing it out gets punished. The media reinforces this.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Sep 12

The pivot from rage to empathy and sorry is like 50 times too brazen to even be funny, it's just the most crude and evil demonstration possible that none of these people genuinely care about any of this shit

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Sep 12

In summary:

The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.

It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.

Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Sep 12

Are all you white media punidts who have been cannonizing Charlie Kirk also going to start praising Nick Fuentes for practicing politics "exactly the right way" now that it looks like the suspect was inspired by Fuentes' "willingness to debate"?

Or nah?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Sep 8

“Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.”

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨Rep. Crockett is 🎯. The 1A is not only under attack, it poses imminent danger to those who go against DT in voting to release the Epstein files. The U.S. government is at a crossroad. Are legislators going to protect a man they fear, or do right by victims? No moral ambiguity here.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · Sep 4

To say that deranged chaos agent RKF Jr is simply politicizing HHS and public health is a vastly gross understatement, he’s literally bringing back dangerous deadly diseases to deliberately sicken the country and kill off many vulnerable citizens, he’s committing murder.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pritzker: It appears they are amassing ICE officers… It’s been reported that about 300 officers are planning to come in and do what they did in LA — terrorize neighborhoods and cause mayhem. Their plan is to create enough chaos on the ground that troops will have to be called in

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · Sep 3

For the sixth month in a row, U.S. manufacturing activity shrank in August.

One manufacturer said they’re just trying to survive.

Didn’t the President say his tariffs would bring those jobs back to America and boost manufacturing?

finance.yahoo.com/news/us-manu...

US manufacturing activity contracts for sixth straight month in August: 'It's survival'

Data released Tuesday showed the US manufacturing sector continues to bear the brunt of uncertainty around tariff policy in the US.

finance.yahoo.com

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Rachaelrach526 @rasobe.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

THE UNITED STATES WILL DECLARE WAR ON NORWAY IF THIS ABOMINATION OCCURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Kein_unfug @machtnichts.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 2

Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois.

I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights.

Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.

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