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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Free school meals will help kids stay on track and save families $1,000/yr per kid. Republicans wanted to end the program, but Gov. Whitmer and Democrats fought to save it. www.wzzm13.com/article/news...
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'Game-changer for Michigan families': Gov. Whitmer declares Oct. 13-17 as Free School Lunch Week
“I’m proud that Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature came together to continue free school meals for all in this year’s budget,” said Gov. Whitmer.
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Therapy
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Have a cup of Wake The Hell Up America!
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The GOP plan to rip Medicaid away from millions of Americans is bad enough, but the assault on healthcare doesn't end there. They're also using Trump's budget to gut the ACA and steal care from millions more. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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It’s not just Medicaid: Republicans’ megabill would sabotage the Affordable Care Act
The GOP has dropped the “repeal and replace” phrasing, but its megabill is an anti-ACA package that would take coverage from millions of Americans.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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OldSchool @blueskyoldschool.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
48 YEARS AGO TODAY on May 7, 1977, "Hotel California" by The Eagles reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 07/05/2025
“We are in the midst of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of the U.S. government,” Maddow told Colbert. “And it is not by an insurgent movement… It’s the party in power.”
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Rachel Maddow says we’re in an ‘attempted authoritarian overthrow’
"The was no learning," Maddow told Colbert about Donald Trump's competence.
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I just watched this movie conclave and I gotta say that ending I did not see coming!
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If all it took was trans people existing for you to turn into a Nazi, you were already a Nazi.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"Illegal things are happening in the United States every day..." David Frum, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, discusses whether President Trump would contravene the US Constitution by pursuing a third term. #Newsnight
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Have you watched this yet? If you can, make some time to watch it -- you'll be glad you did.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
IN FULL: “There is a reason why at hockey games Canadians are booing the US national anthem… we are insulted, we are mad, we are angry” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly about US tariffs and the "51st State" #Newsnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QUAr6qHKA
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 05/03/2025
“We’re asking people to divest from Target because they have turned their back on our community.”
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Target faces 40-day boycott for ending DEI programs as Trump tariffs take effect
A 40-day boycott against Target is beginning today.
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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 16/02/2025
It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent. Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"the house of the USAID mission director in Kinshasa had been looted, and videos of the ransacking began circulating on social media..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
USAID workers based in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell a harrowing story of how Trump’s attack on the agency complicated an escape.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mass resignation marks a new kind of defiance in the second Trump era
The Trump team has rarely if ever faced such resistance from within the government, a move that may pave the way for further defiance.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
BREAKING The Trump administration is pressuring Romania to lift restrictions on the Tate brothers. Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime, and money laundering. Full Story: bit.ly/431iwiC
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
What’s up Michigan? 💙
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
👋 legal profession! "With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Government lawyers with ethics concerns look for help amid Trump crackdown
Some lawyers hope that bar associations, which have themselves been targeted by Trump, will come to their aid.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
“I think we should react, and we should react united” Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof tells Paddy O'Connell there should be a retaliation were US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on the EU. #Newsnight
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The next four years will consist mostly of Donald Trump proposing insane criminal schemes he doesn't really want to do to distract from insane criminal schemes he is already doing.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Nothing he does is going to make groceries cheaper, shitheads.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 29/01/2025
Six days after her sermon urging Trump to show mercy toward LGBTQ+ people and immigrants, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde spoke to The Advocate about the aftermath and the motivations behind her message. Read more: www.advocate.com/news/bishop-...
"It’s disheartening when people weaponize faith to dismiss others’ humanity. The teachings of Jesus call us to mercy, love, and inclusion.” — Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 29/01/2025
After Target made the decision to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Minnesota's largest Pride festival decided to drop them as a sponsor. Now, Twin Cities Pride has more funding than they started with.
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Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more
After rejecting Target's pledged $50,000, Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto tells The Advocate how his organization raised more than double that in less than 24 hours.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
There is no tragedy so great that Donald Trump won't use it to prove he's an unfeeling sociopath.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
My cat wants to move back to Florida!
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
THIS!!! MORE. OF. THIS. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
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Grand Rapids police ‘not in the business of immigration enforcement,’ chief says
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom on Thursday, Jan. 23, said his officers would not be arresting people for immigration violations.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 23/01/2025
“I was trying actually to encourage a different kind of conversation, that you can certainly disagree with me… But could we, as Americans and fellow children of God, speak to one another with respect?"
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Watch Bishop Budde tell Rachel Maddow she’s received ‘death wishes’ over Trump ‘mercy’ sermon
The Episcopal Bishop of Washington discussed her historic sermon that the president called “nasty.”
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 23/01/2025
President Trump has revoked a cornerstone of civil rights policy that has shaped federal hiring and contracting for nearly six decades, marking yet another blow to equity and inclusion under his administration.
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Trump revokes LBJ-era civil rights protections in federal government contracting
The rules were in place to protect Americans from discrimination for nearly 60 years.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I want to thank the little voice in my head that stopped me from captioning this 'don't shoot the messenger'... www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
The bill, which is unlikely to pass, would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”
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auggieaustin.bsky.social @auggieaustin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Heather Murphy-Raines💋🇺🇸☠️🤬ScoutsHonor @scoutshonorusm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
can't wait for another four years of everyone in trump's orbit pretending they've never heard a word he's said
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
If we put this drunken shitheel in charge of preventing the next 9/11, the terrorists win.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"In her meeting with Sen. Lankford, Gabbard couldn’t clearly articulate what the role of director of national intelligence entails. When she met with Sen. Rounds, Gabbard seemed confused about a key U.S. national-security surveillance power..." www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Charm Offensive Draws Skepticism From Republican Senators
In private meetings, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. spy chief has mixed up details about a key surveillance law.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This billboard says it all.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
what are we doing here, people
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