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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 13h

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson

Pic of the day

#photography

Loutro Beach on the island of Crete. A small boat with a man in it hovers on top of turquoise water. In the distance, brilliant white stores and homes line the cove. There are no roads to get here. Boat is everything.

#greece
#travel
#sea
#holiday
#crete

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10h

Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we're organizing it in communities throughout the country. #NoKings

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 14h

The Gadsden flag after one therapy session and a lavender latte.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Phang: We know that there is a move by 99% of the Republicans locked step with Trump and countless still unidentified billionaires and politicians to keep this from moving forward. How do we know? Because Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva…

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11h

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 21h

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

The only reasonable reform is universal healthcare.

Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 10h

The GOP believes in healthcare darwinism. They are fine with insurance companies raping Americans who’ve already been assaulted by our predatory health system. Think of it, what does it say when a country creates a predatory healthcare system and then just keeps making it worse

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Boomer @boomer1956.bsky.social · 18h

No president in our great country’s history has talked more about himself, or taken more credit for himself, than the president in the #EpsteinFiles

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 12h

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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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

Cops should NEVER be helping ICE.

violeta @violetsalazar.bsky.social · 1d

Pls never talk about good cops there are none what they enforce has biases and wrong there is no such thing

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10h

It's hard to feel free when your life is dictated by a constant, low-grade fear of:

✅ Unexpected medical bills 🏥

✅ Unexpected transportation costs 🚗

Imagine a country where the system was designed to let you focus on living a joyful life, not just surviving financially.

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks a bunch, you anti-vaxxer dipshit fucks.

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h

Is TIME trolling him with this vile picture on their cover?

Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

Who else can swear in Adelita?

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

It’s become crystal clear, Speaker Johnson doesn’t want Congress to come back in session because they don’t want the Epstein files released.

Stop the shutdown - release the files!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

If Trump's laying off 'non essential' government employees, how the fuck is Stephen Miller still employed?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

ICYMI — with electricity rates already skyrocketing, Trump just canceled the largest solar project in North America.

Utah’s Republican governor seems to understand this is probably not the best idea: “This is how we lose the AI/energy race with China” 👇🏽

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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

Be brave, friends.

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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

Courage peeps.

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

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 10h

Have courage ya’ll

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