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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

❤️❤️❤️

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 4h

For my love of Children & Dogs

Timeline Cleanse
Sweetness

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.

The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.

But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Not pro-life.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.

25/47

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 4d

📣Public Service Announcement 📣

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone! ICE agents keep lying under oath, and you’re the reason the truth is coming out.

Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.

American capitalism is off the rails.

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Kerry @kerrysstuff.bsky.social · 5d

Really, Mike Johnson? I mean, the words “guardian” and “highjacker” DO each have three syllables, but beyond that I’m confused as to how you could mix up the two…

Good lord he is such an asshat.

Kerry @kerrysstuff.bsky.social · 8d

Umm, why are you ignoring the part where she described him as intelligent and pragmatic?

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 12d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13d

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13d

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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Kerry @kerrysstuff.bsky.social · 13d

God please help us

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.

But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15d

Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️

Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.

Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15d

What did people do before SNAP?”

They died.

Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.

They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore

The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15d

NOT-SO-FUN FACT: A month before Thanksgiving, wholesale turkey prices are about 40% HIGHER than last year. 🦃

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Kerry @kerrysstuff.bsky.social · 15d

DON’T LOOK AWAY!

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15d

The daily abuse by Trump’s masked ICE agents are such an ugly and sour drumbeat of life in Trump’s America. But we can’t look away or grow accustomed to this lawless cruelty. We need to be resolved that it must be stopped and these men must be held criminally accountable along with their superiors.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17d

There are literally no decent republicans

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17d

It’s still hard to grasp that there aren’t 4 GOP Reps (who will otherwise be forgotten forever after retiring & likely defeated next year anyway) aren’t interested in going down in history as all-time 🇺🇸 heroes by caucusing with the Dems & giving them the majority to impeach Trump & save the Republic

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18d

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.

Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

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