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Blue dot in a red state
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Life long liberal and retired civil servant a blue dot in a red state
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If a pardon happens and the President says he doesn't know anything about it, did it happen?
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting
A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man for posting an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.
www.newschannel5.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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worth 4 mins of your time to watch this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...
Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice
YouTube video by Justice Connection
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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He speaks like a poet.
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just read a “both sides” shut down article that only quoted republicans. Main stream media is failing the moment
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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ME: "Jesus, why does your close friend Speaker Mike Johnson relentlessly bear false witness?"

JESUS: "WHO???"
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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gift link - no paywall.

very much worth reading:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Let’s honor Charlie Kirk’s death by demanding the release of the Epstein files.
September 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Understand that Trump voters will see every House seat Trump steals via gerrymandering as a legitimate MAGA gain, and every House seat Republicans *lose* through gerrymandering as "stolen."

The effect of this is that there's a good chance Trump orders Mike Johnson to not accept the midterm results.
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome.

Love, Allison
July 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I've lived in D.C. for the better part of two decades. Nearly my whole adult life. Something folks aren't talking about--a giant elephant in the room--is the amount of "brand protection" going on right now.

I don't mean fear of Trump or political persecution, although those can overlap.

(thread)
July 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. 

A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.”

Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A movie about an undocumented immigrant fighting an evil billionaire on behalf of the masses and winning is coming to theaters this week. It will piss off all the right people.

Love it.

#superman
July 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Saying, “They voted for it!” about Southern states is inherently anti -Black.

Why?

1. You know this is where most (56%) Black Americans still reside, for hundreds of years of generations and no it’s not that easy for everyone to just move.

2. You know the voting is manipulated against them.
July 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Lawmakers in Congress should not be buying, trading, and owning individual stocks. Period.

It’s long past time to BAN Congressional stock trading.
June 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM