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Kate Jones

@tryn2bkind.bsky.social

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Cis, het, she/her. Atheist currently in Baltimore. Ally of all folx hated by RWNJs. 🚫 NO DMs except requests for freelance editing &/or proofreading services. I can't afford to give you any money, so there's no point in asking.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · Nov 7

I think a lot of people don't realize how much strength it takes to pull yourself out of a dark mental place. If you've done that today, or any day, I'm proud of you and you should be proud of yourself.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 16m

White text on a black background reads "Someday I'm going to eye roll myself into another dimension."

Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 35m

I have been voting by mail since Covid struck, but I used to have to stand in line every time I voted before that.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 56m

Seems like just a few days ago that Trump declared everlasting peace in the region thanks to his brilliance.

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 55m

Fernanda was violently g_ng r_ped by 7 men. But no worries, her HUSBAND was compensated $11k for what she went through. WTF?

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 47m

I wasn't saying that there aren't too many people who don't vote, just that the number isn't as high as people think it is.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 1h

How many of those "did not vote" numbers actually represent suppressed votes?
Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. - Greg Palast
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Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won.

Here are the numbers...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5h

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe the outlined states can join Canada.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1d

Uh, being compared to Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people on CNN? Not on my bingo card.

Real talk tho: Keeping our tax dollars here to feed kids, build schools, and provide healthcare instead of sending it abroad to subsidize genocide…should be standard DEMOCRATIC platform.

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 2h

Right before the holiday season begins, 700K federal workers have been furloughed while that many more work without pay.
tRump felt this was a great time to throw a ‘richest men in the universe’ party in the $200mil ballroom at the White House.

#Pinks #ProudBlue

www.tyla.com/news/politic...

Donald Trump hosts billionaires in his new $200,000,0000 White House ballroom and people are furious

Donald Trump has come under fire after hosting a group of billionaires in his new $200,000,0000 White House ballroom amidst the US government shutdown.

www.tyla.com

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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you!

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John Prince @nbpt-john.bsky.social · 2h

If Moses brought the House back into session, the 1st order of business would be to swear in the newest elected Democrat, Adelita Grijalva. The 2nd order of business would be to vote on release of the Epstein files. The 3rd order would be to release them. The votes are there. That’s why #USDemocracy

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 2h

Republican lies are flying faster than Trump grabbing a bribe. They are scared silly of granny, gramps and their kids carrying signs down the streets of America.

The Mad King And His Stooges Are Scared Of No Kings

The regime fears No Kings Day—because when We the People rise, tyrants tremble. Here’s why this grassroots movement has them running scared.

www.patheos.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

Governor Newsom Press Office &
@GovPressOffice
X.com
We're relieved the White House backed off its plans to shut down a major interstate.
Now that I-5 will stay open, we hope the Trump Administration applies that same common sense to reopening the federal government!

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

Epic Freudian slip

"We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology" -Mike Johnson

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h

Kavanaugh stop update. Spoiler: It turns out Americans are getting sucked up in immigration secret police dragnet. Via ProPublica

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, they did.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3h

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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Sepp Gattermayr @seppgattermayr.bsky.social · 2h

Wtf

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 21h

Angelo Elia, a congressional staffer for Rep Dave Taylor (R-OH), appeared on Zoom with an swastika American flag behind him—just a day after thousands of antisemitic & racist GOP staffer texts surfaced.

Republicans have a Nazi problem & they don’t care.

Tip of the iceberg.

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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 3h

I know. They lied and lied about their intentions.

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Ul @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 3h

Obama failed by pushing ACA. He did want bipartisan support. Not a single Republican voted for it.

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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 3h

The Republicans refused to even consider the ACA unless there was built-in profit for Insurance companies. Obama let them have it, not for votes, but to keep them from using procedural blocks.

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dearersenilekine.bsky.social @dearersenilekine.bsky.social · 3h

So the question is still the same: why does healthcare have to be so complicated?

The answer: it doesn’t. Other countries have figured out how to make it much simpler, less expensive, and more effective.

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dearersenilekine.bsky.social @dearersenilekine.bsky.social · 3h

Now that I’m on Medicare, I still have that enrollment period agony, because I have Medicare Advantage.

I have an expensive eyeglass prescription, which regular Medicare doesn’t cover. Until our government considers eyes, ears, and teeth as part of the human body, I have no choice but Advantage.

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dearersenilekine.bsky.social @dearersenilekine.bsky.social · 3h

When I had insurance through ADA, every year around this time I had to spend hours comparing the changes in the plan I had chosen with other plans to see which was the best deal. Every year I wondered why health care funding had to be so complicated.

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