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John Paul @johnpaulhi.bsky.social · Nov 23
Stop being an asshole

There.

Now I’m your
Life coach
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A+++😂
patrickworld.bsky.social Patrickworld 👋🏾 🌎 🎸 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 10h
Rand Paul is a Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky, serving since 2011. Born in 1963, he is a physician and son of Ron Paul. Known for libertarian‑leaning positions, he advocates limited government, fiscal restraint, and civil liberties
Ru Paul. Hello dear reader! Did you know alt text helps people who are blind, have low vision, or struggle to interpret images access essential meaning when visuals aren’t usable? Also, it’s great for jokes! I know full well who the person is in the photo, and that I've added the bio of a different person entirely. It's a gag about people having a vaguely similar name, which I can mix up in a comedic way. Some people hate these, but I hope you enjoy it!
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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February 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP!
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February 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Can you help by sharing this? 💙
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h
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NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP!
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February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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how can this only lower prices

are we to believe it's going to make a $1 item cost 50¢ for one person and then it's not going to raise back up to $1?
ronanfarrow.bsky.social Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 4d
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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the ocean: we made a big lake that smells like one billion rotten eggs
February 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Obama gets his first touch of the All-Star game
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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alas, on the sidelines
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 13h
Obama still has hands
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Yes. This is what happens when Right Wing con artists get elected thru lies & are given vast political and social power through the vast reach of Right Wing media.

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The Vast Reach of Right Wing Disinformation
In one of my previous essays, I explained how very much in denial most Americans are about the extent to which our nation is immersed in…
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February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Resisters Rule 💙
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February 15, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Worth the click. New Jersey man explains why he came out to protest for the first time in his life. www.reddit.com/r/thebulwark...
This dude is what our community is all about.
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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GINA CHRIST: “My name is Gina Christ. And I live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. I was on my way to work. There’s people all around my car. I have both hands up on either side of my face — you cannot hear me. An ICE agent breaks my driver’s side window, glass, reaches in, opens my door, pulls me out of the door, tells me to get on the ground, zip-ties me — and now gas, flashbangs, pepper spray. There was no need. They detoured to grab me. They could have continued to drive. Their cars were past my car. They passed my car, jumped out of their cars, apprehended me, and kept going. Once I was detained, it was very like, ‘Do you have water? Are you comfortable? How’s the heat?’ It was a very schizophrenic experience. I mean, this is insane. This isn’t anything that could minutely be referred to as a couple of bad apples.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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ALIYA RAHMAN: “My name is Aliya Rahman. I was born in Northern Wisconsin, grew up in Bangladesh. I now live in Minneapolis. I came upon a traffic jam that I pretty quickly realized was ICE. I was told: ‘Move. I will break your effing window.’ And I couldn’t get a clear answer to where they wanted me to move to. Very quickly, I was pulled out of that car. I fell twice — once right outside the car, and once behind the car face down. I am disabled. I am autistic. I have a brain injury. And when I hit that ground face first, I just experienced shooting pain through my neck, through my head. My vision became blurry. What happened to me in detention was far worse than what happened to me on camera. What happened to me in detention was a complete stripping of my rights. Nobody knew I was there. I wasn’t told where I was going. I wasn’t given a phone call. And I’m going unconscious and I’m wondering — is this it? They call us bodies. Is this it for me? Am I going to die? I want to live in a country where people who are enforcing the law treat people humanely.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.

Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...

I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
GEORGE RETES: “My name is George Retes. I was born and raised here in Ventura, California. I’m 26 years old and I am an Iraq combat veteran. I was going to work like normal. I show up. ICE is there. There’s kind of like a roadblock. I get out. I identify myself — that I’m a U.S. citizen, that I’m just trying to get to work. I’m trying to leave. I’m getting ready to leave and they surround my car, start banging on it, start shouting these contradictory orders. Even though I was giving them no reason, they still felt the need to — one agent knelt on my back and another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I’m just pleading with them that I couldn’t breathe. I was in isolation. I was in basically this concrete cell. I was stripped naked in like a hospital gown. And they leave the lights on 24/7. They just came out and they said that I was violent and that I assaulted agents. Why lie when it’s on video of everything that happened? Why lie?”
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Not normal ... not legal ... not moral ... not right.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Republicans & Trump regime -> Voter Suppression
Never forget
#Nov2026 🌊🌊
brennancenter.org Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14h
Lawmakers renewed their push to pass the SAVE Act, which would block millions of Americans from voting. It failed before — and it must fail again. Tell Congress to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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kawulf.bsky.social
Cf full histories of complex, diverse, regularly violent American history.
willbunch.bsky.social Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d
This NYT column by @polgreen.bsky.social is the truest thing I've ever seen about the REAL reason public trust in the media collapsed
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Highly rec this v straightforward discussion fr our RI Sec State (and former hs history teacher!) Gregg Amore about election law, federal and state, the integrity of voter rolls, and election security. I shared this w family & friends not as perennially online but feeling awfully anxious.
February 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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"...amid a national push by conservative lawmakers to mandate “patriotic” education in colleges and universities... “It fulfills the statutory requirements precisely,” said Messer-Kruse. “But it treated these documents ... by asking who wrote them, why and who paid the price.”
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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This is why I rarely go anywhere 😭💔🐈‍⬛
February 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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When children are hungry at school, they typically have less energy and the ability to focus. So you can imagine that feeling tired and distracted impacts a child's social interactions and behavior. Please consider helping with a repost or snack. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
February 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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@johnpaulhi.bsky.social @breakingkind.bsky.social Hi, would you please help me by reposting our wishlist?
dee4ever.bsky.social Dee @dee4ever.bsky.social · 1d
When children are hungry at school, they typically have less energy and the ability to focus. So you can imagine that feeling tired and distracted impacts a child's social interactions and behavior. Please consider helping with a repost or snack. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM