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Andrea Mullaney @andreamullaney.bsky.social · 19h

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice?
"You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12h

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

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waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social @waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social · 1d

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 1d

The dangerous radicals have appeared! Fairfax, Virginia!
#NoKings

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 1d

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Nice recap

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 23d

The strong need NEVER demonstrate their strength. It is readily apparent the second they enter a room. It is the weak that bully, flex, preen, seek to dominate, saber-rattle, peacock.
These are comically weak, insecure, feeble-minded, fatuous little men.

@gregolear.bsky.social on pete hegseth

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 29d

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J.M. Hardin @jmhardin.bsky.social · Sep 19

Yesterday, @hcrichardson.bsky.social published a video simply entitled "The United States Constitution." If you haven't watched it yet, you should go watch it now.

The United States Constitution | Heather Cox Richardson

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

youtu.be

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 19

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waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social @waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social · Sep 13

Seth and his writers have done it the best.

youtu.be/daelVcacO4k?...

Seth Addresses the Charlie Kirk Killing and Rising Political Violence

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · Sep 13

This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”

It existed yesterday and is gone today.

What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism

Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic...

web.archive.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · Aug 11

On that stage you have a convicted felon, you have an FBI Director who pled the Fifth in a grand jury investigation, you have a SecDef who had to pledge to sobriety to get confirmed, and you have a US Atty who helped saddle her former employer with an $800 million settlement.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Aug 11

“This is Liberation Day in DC and we’re taking our Capital back,” says President Trump, announcing the DC Metro Police with be under federal control and National Guard being deployed. “You don’t want to get mugged, raped and killed” in Washington.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Aug 10

Okay, hear me out: the reason the second Trump Administration is slashing scientific research is to prevent the arrival of the time traveler who prevented the first Trump Administration.

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waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social @waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social · Jul 30

$2.64 blend today in what is typically the cheapest state. $3.32 for 100% gasoline.

waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social @waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social · Jul 28

From Oklahoma. Last in the nation in education.

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 20

The government of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho has declared a two-year state of disaster, as its once-thriving garment industry unravels in the wake of Trump's tariffs threats.

"We are on our knees": U.S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers

The government of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho has declared a two-year state of disaster, as its once-thriving garment industry unravels in the wake of Trump's tariffs threats.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 19

Trump limiting NIL money for college athletes is the latest example of Republicans only caring about the “free market” when it benefits the rich and powerful — as they deride any attempt to help regular people as “socialism/communism”

www.sbnation.com/college-foot...

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · Jul 16

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lilli @toomanymouths.bsky.social · Sep 9

bro they're playing your leitmotif pizzicato. there's a slow clarinet lurking beneath it. you better not be about to betray me right now i swear to god bro

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waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social @waitwhatwhatwait.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Teacher/Music Lover/Sometimes Artist/USMC vet (merch in bio) @djharper.bsky.social · Jul 12

Although I don’t find this funny because his ignorance is insulting I am going to help spread it so others can understand the level of his ignorance.

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New Popular Front ❌👑🇺🇸🇫🇷 @ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social · Jul 12

No one.

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