Marcus
@map54.bsky.social
Retired Licensed Professional Counselor; Progressive; baseball fan #StlCards; uke player; you don't have to feel obligated to follow me. I'm not here for #s. I rarely post anything original.
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Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
n.pr
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
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BREAKING: An early U.S. intelligence report suggests U.S. strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by a few months, AP sources say.
Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
A new U.S. intelligence report finds that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not totally destroyed as President Donald Trump has said.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
BREAKING: An early U.S. intelligence report suggests U.S. strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by a few months, AP sources say.
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Brace for impact.
Cartoon by @Andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story
#PoliticalCarton #NickAnderson #Deficits #SocialSecurity #Politics #Trump #USPolitics
Cartoon by @Andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story
#PoliticalCarton #NickAnderson #Deficits #SocialSecurity #Politics #Trump #USPolitics
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Brace for impact.
Cartoon by @Andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story
#PoliticalCarton #NickAnderson #Deficits #SocialSecurity #Politics #Trump #USPolitics
Cartoon by @Andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story
#PoliticalCarton #NickAnderson #Deficits #SocialSecurity #Politics #Trump #USPolitics
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lars Kenseth. #NewYorkerCartoons
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June 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Secretary @KristiNoem accusing Padilla of “political theater” is delicious
June 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Secretary @KristiNoem accusing Padilla of “political theater” is delicious
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Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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It's so bad, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered to negotiate a peace deal between Trump and Musk, but only if Trump agrees to forfeit all government territory taken by Musk during his invasion of government
June 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's so bad, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered to negotiate a peace deal between Trump and Musk, but only if Trump agrees to forfeit all government territory taken by Musk during his invasion of government
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New Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson's personal X page is a treasure trove of ultraright-wing content.
She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years.
https://trib.al/vrtqs6L
She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years.
https://trib.al/vrtqs6L
Pete Hegseth’s Garbage New Press Secretary Is as Extreme as They Come
Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson has troubling views when it comes to just about every topic.
trib.al
June 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson's personal X page is a treasure trove of ultraright-wing content.
She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years.
https://trib.al/vrtqs6L
She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years.
https://trib.al/vrtqs6L
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"Waste and fraud were just a cover story. Too many in the news media have enabled this con and even promoted it."
Read @davidcorn.bsky.social on the media's role in helping Elon Musk's big con.
Read @davidcorn.bsky.social on the media's role in helping Elon Musk's big con.
www.motherjones.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Waste and fraud were just a cover story. Too many in the news media have enabled this con and even promoted it."
Read @davidcorn.bsky.social on the media's role in helping Elon Musk's big con.
Read @davidcorn.bsky.social on the media's role in helping Elon Musk's big con.
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The Trump administration has officially begun meddling in reports it doesn’t like.
https://trib.al/xcx3wpj
https://trib.al/xcx3wpj
June 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Trump administration has officially begun meddling in reports it doesn’t like.
https://trib.al/xcx3wpj
https://trib.al/xcx3wpj
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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous.
What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.
What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.
Analysis | The White House’s disingenuous claim about CBO’s political leanings
What the White House calls a ‘verifiable fact’ is a nonsense fact.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous.
What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.
What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.
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Stephen King knows horror better than anyone.
June 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stephen King knows horror better than anyone.
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No more masked ICE agents.
Unmask the terrorists.
Unmask the terrorists.
June 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No more masked ICE agents.
Unmask the terrorists.
Unmask the terrorists.
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RFK Jr. wants to eliminate as many vaccines as he can. Don’t believe him when he claims otherwise and says he just wants better science and safer vaccines He’s lying. His endgame is, for all practical purposes, to eliminate access to vaccines. thehill.com/policy/healt...
RFK Jr. fires ‘opening salvo’ on vaccine status quo
Public health experts say Robert F. Kennedy Jr is exactly who they thought he was. The Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary — who is also the nation’s most well-known vaccine skeptic — i…
thehill.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RFK Jr. wants to eliminate as many vaccines as he can. Don’t believe him when he claims otherwise and says he just wants better science and safer vaccines He’s lying. His endgame is, for all practical purposes, to eliminate access to vaccines. thehill.com/policy/healt...
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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...