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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 19h

"It fundamentally changes what those corporations are." CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social breaks down exactly how states can—and should—get corporate money out of politics.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jake @my2bits4u.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you in advance

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3Elaine @3elaine.bsky.social · 13h

FACT...💥

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 1d

Data from 2023. The good ‘ol days. 🤦‍♂️
Measles and pertussis are already on the rise.
Sadly we won’t see these numbers ever again, except for maybe SP, unless it escapes some lab freezer or closet (remember that one?).

A bar graph showing the numbers of cases of various diseases in the US in 2023.
Vaccines have decreased cases of Measles, Pertussis, Mumps, Rubella, smallpox, Diptheria, and polio by over 97%.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Criminals......

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 14h

SHUT. UP.

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME.

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 13h

Isn’t this illegal???👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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🎉 ZELD🅰️ 🎊 @zeldazellzelda.bsky.social · 1d

🤮🤮

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 17h

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had enough of the right wing-lies. As Dems continue to show up to try and make a deal to reopen the government, Pelosi was confronted by a reporter asking about January 6th. Pelosi snapped back telling her to "shut up".

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

Lead Is Becoming More Common Among Protein Powders And Shakes, Report Says

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

www.forbes.com

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 20h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona AG Kris Mayes warns she’ll sue Speaker Mike Johnson if he doesn’t seat Adelita Grijalva —It’s the final signature to force a full house vote. Justice must be served for the victims. No more excuses. No more cover-ups. Swear her in now. The TRUTH demands it.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

America is spending $20B of your tax dollars to ensure Argentina continues to have free healthcare while the US government is shutdown because it can’t afford to give you a discount on healthcare premiums?

Make it make sense.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

Federal immigration agents reportedly detained the parents of a U.S. Marine during a visit to Camp Pendleton, California, leading to the father's subsequent deportation.

www.newsweek.com/us-marines-i...

US Marine’s Parents Detained by ICE While Visiting Military Base

The parents were initially taken into custody on base and later released with ankle monitors, before being detained again.

www.newsweek.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 13h

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enuffsaysv.bsky.social @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 13h

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That explains it!

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

So, China is buying soy beans from Argentina instead of America but we are giving Argentina billions of dollars? Also, Argentinians have free healthcare but Americans do not and our government is now shut down because it doesn’t have enough money to give Americans even a discount on healthcare?

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18h

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers.

A window into @jd-vance-1.bsky.social's disgraceful character.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Vice President JD Vance downplayed the severity of racist texts leaked from a Young Republican group chat, dismissing the criticism as "pearl clutching" and attempting to draw attention to a Democrat texting scandal instead.

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching‘ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

trib.al

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

Can governors legally call up their own state's national guard to protect polling places on election day?

They need to keep ICE and the Feds far away from people voting.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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