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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

Me too 🙏🏼

The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

The Vikings came across the land long before him. They found the land occupied and the natives good people with goods to trade and friendships. Plenty to share. Before that there were signs the Chinese landed and colonized for a short time. Thousands of years ago.
Fuck Columbus 🖕🏼

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 7h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

If you put your ear against the Capitol, you can hear the sound of a man who will do nothing to challenge—and anything to justify—presidential violations of the Constitution, as long as the president is of his own party. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

“Gaslighting addition” 🤣

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

“Pull my string and I’ll say anything”

A wind-up doll — Trump’s propaganda machine.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

“Pull my string and I’ll say anything”

A wind-up doll — Trump’s propaganda machine.

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

🧐 “FROGTIFASCIST”

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 7h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 2h

“Nothing about any of this is inevitable.”
I love that.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 2h

Credit where credit is due. We need more of this every day from everyone. Stop letting them lie.

Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 8h

George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies.

NO MORE BULLSHIT.

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

I’m with her 💯
Also, I want the day WE voted for 🙏🏼

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

Oh I love this 👊🏼😎

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1h

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1h

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 1h

It shouldn’t matter. And yes. The indigenous communities, the ones the settlers forced the natives to settle on. The flood planes. 😞

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Ville Kaukonen @kaukonenville.bsky.social · 4h

😂😂😂

The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t give ice any stinkin ideas 🤫🤣🤣

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 2h

👊🏼😎

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1prayerwarrior.bsky.social @1prayerwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

I AM ANTIFA!

The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 4h

I am anti-fa. 🤘🏼😑

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1prayerwarrior.bsky.social @1prayerwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

PLZ SHARE NEWS FROM THIS AREA! FEMA is not helping. Trump ENDED FEMA, causing MANY DEATHS!

The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 16h

Please share this 🙏🏼

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃 @smokingrasshopper.bsky.social · 2h

Are they both republicans? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 5h

www.newsweek.com/republican-b...

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Matt Gaetz Forehead @mattgaetz4head.bsky.social · 5h

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

She committed her life to advocating for trans women and sex workers struggling with addiction, homelessness, and incarceration, and worked tirelessly with organizations supporting people with HIV and AIDS.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Earthbound420 @earthbound420.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting 💥

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