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drjohn100.bsky.social
Agree with this completely
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 4
We must tackle inequality.

Your bills are not high because of migrants.

The NHS is not crumbling because of migrants.

It's because of politicians who only serve the super rich. 👇🏼

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Zack Polanski on Corbyn, NATO and the St George's Cross
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September 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
davidraine.bsky.social
What is the endgame?

A question I find myself asking a lot when looking at what appear to be the deranged actions of MAGA and DOGE.

Is it just grift? Are they lining up contracts and wealth transfers, moving money to themselves and their backers?

Or is there a wider plan? Full destabilisation?
March 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Isn't that supposed to be the bit you *don't* say out loud?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 23
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
He nails it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
davidraine.bsky.social
Music of my day: "What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding" by Nick Lowe

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(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Nick Lowe · Untouched Takeaway · Song · 2004
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February 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
davidraine.bsky.social
Mile Pence knew. Come on republicans, do the right thing and clean up the corruption of the GOP.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Feb 15
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
davidraine.bsky.social
This. Is exactly what Putin dreamed of.
troynovaunt.bsky.social Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · Feb 15
Roses are red
Violets are blue
CN Subscribe Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing what they do The administration officials didn't seem to know the agency oversees the country's nuclear weapons, sources say • CNN Exclusive: FEMA firings reveal roiling tension and confusion within the Department of Homeland Security
February 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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robertsaunders.bsky.social
"The American state has been captured by a group of people who do not see the world as we do ... To their credit, they don’t pretend to be anything else. To our discredit, we lie to ourselves that they do."

Good piece by @lewisgoodall.com.
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If it weren’t so serious, it would genuinely be funny. Here was a Vice President whose administration has spent these last weeks lauding or at least cordially embracing a Russian regime where freedom of speech does not exist, whilst chastising and insulting democratic allies where it most certainly does. Here was a Vice President scolding European leaders for allowing the pillars of their democracy to fray, whose boss was the head of an actual insurrection in the American Congress. Here is a Vice President lecturing others about freedom of speech, who says he is concerned by the rise of relativism of truth, who does not even dare to say aloud the unalterable objective fact: that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. In Munich irony died, was exhumed, only for Vance to sever its head again.
February 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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cherijacobus.bsky.social
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
davidraine.bsky.social
The great grift.
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Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. Here are the numbers…
by Greg Palast Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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@taniadc.bsky.social welcome and congrats.
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
davidraine.bsky.social
So, what does content moderation look like on bluesky? I have not seen any indications; no fact checks, no warning messages...
January 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM