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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡

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Here for politics and like-minded. Posts/Replies=follow. Avoiding scammers. It's an honor to be followed by poltically likeminded💙. Way behind in my follow backs - working on it. **It's ok if we disagree, just be respectful or I will block your 🐴!

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · Mar 17

Bluesky has been inundated with scammers. I've had three confirmed scammers and I'm certain there were more before I removed them and blocked all DMs. MAGA? Foreign? Boys who need real jobs? Who knows.

Here is just a reminder for those of us pure at heart who tend to let their guard down.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 10h

Excellent summary.

Let's also keep in mind, Repubs had no problem using the budget reconciliation process to pass the big fugly bill on a simple majority vote.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO NEGOTIATE. It's 100% their way or they are going to screw over Americans even more along the way!

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20h

Republicans own all three branches, but they can’t open the government because even their own party knows raising healthcare premiums will be disastrous. LP Chief of Staff Ryan Wiggins explains:

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ChuckCjmmn @chuckcjmmn.bsky.social · 19h

A letter from war torn Portland Oregon, truly heartbreaking. Please pass along so others across the world can see how bad it is🤭

#DefendersOfDemocracy

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

apnews.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 11h

America('s oligarchs) first.

Trump Treasury Sec Reveals Argentina Bailout Is Actually Twice as Big share.google/sLew4gDPCsjj...

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 11h

Repubs aren't trying to win non base voters over anymore! They are calling the "no kings" movement the "hate America rally".

I suggest as many of us as possible take an American flag to the protest Sat.

Patriots don't continue to undermine democracy! Let's show the world who the real patriots are!

the american flag is waving in the wind

Alt: the american flag is waving in the wind

media.tenor.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

When natnl guard from one state are sent to another (unsolicited by Gov), it is pitting one state against another!

I'm not going to be too rough on the guardsmen though.They have no say in assignment & are patriotic weekend warriors. That said, they have a reponsibilty dissent from unlawful orders.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

A mindset of entitlement.

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

Ok corporate America, if libs posting benign things about Charlie Kirk were fireable offenses, most certainly this will have your bottom lines spinning.

Fire away! Prove standards are the same (besides the fact that you fired libs for way way less)!

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that's great! I'll have to check them out! 😆

Yep. Nudiastertian was a stumper.😉. I think his turning wheels got stuck on the "nudia" part of the word.😆

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

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come, according to Vance (as if that wasn't the plan all along).

5. The prez medal of freedom has become as meaningless as inciter in chief & his honoring of 1/6 coup member Ashli Babbit. Hijack a govt & you too can demean every honorable tradition that came before you! Making America Illusory

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

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drop in 2026 due to "no longer financially sustainable in current environment".

3. Va health dept (under Youngkin) is updating its recommended vax req for covid, chicken pox, & mmr to reflect cdc.

4. The Trump regime is using the shutdown to illegally eliminate 4,000 federal jobs, with more to

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump's economy & "policies" are now being felt. Takeaways from local news:

1. Seasonal job hirings will be lower than last year due to tariffs, CoG, & econ uncertainty.

2. Sentara Health (largest regional hospital network) is cutting 400 jobs related to the medicare advantage plans it will

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

He knew the word.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 1d

That is a new one for me. Thanks for sharing. Probably good we don't get to use it.

I look forward to passing it by my hubby to see if he knows the meaning (he probably will). He's got quite an expanded vocabulary & drives me nuts sometimes.😆 BUT, I do usually beat him in Scrabble🤔.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

I miss competency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump confused" . . . again.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 2d

Hammerhead!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 2d

Seems this regime's Cabinet of Horrors is emboldened & feeling impenetrable to accountability.

Obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact is going to eventually find it's way to the top!

But Pam Bondi, like the rest of Trump's creatures, is too drunk on power to realize it.

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 2d

🎯 Amen!

Between demeaning AI videos released just prior to "negotiations", to Johnson sending the House home to prevent action, to a Repub majority trying to convince Americans they aren't the ones who have been going it alone up til now, we know REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHUTDOWN!

Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 3d

For once, I agree with Donald Trump!

Will it be from overly clogged arteries? Syphilis of the brain? Or maybe Air Force One will go into a death spiral b/c he got just a little too close to heaven's doors?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 4d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has hijacked our govt and has handed agencies over to his cabinet of horrors, to whom he has relinquished complete control, so he can focus on the "fun" parts of potus - retribution & making $ off the office.

Not sure how Naziferatu got so hands on as he's only an advisor. Proof of ineptness.

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