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BlasingSun

@blasingsun.bsky.social
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Lifelong Democrat 💪🏼Strong believer of fairness & justice for all people, voting, environmental, labor, financial, animals. Kindness is everything 🙏🏼

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 21h
Today, Cairo’s population is under 1,700 residents. Once majority-White in the 1960s, the town’s demographics inverted following the unrest. Cairo is approximately 75.7% Black and 20.6% White. Racism killed this town.😔 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 www.abandonedspaces.com/towns/cairo-...
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Cairo, Illinois Suffered Economic and Racial Struggles That Turned It Into a Ghost Town
Cairo, Illinois, was once a bustling community that thrived thanks to its unique location. Now, it has become an eerie ghost town.
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YES!! I have noticed this my entire life!!
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 19h
In the matter of hours, 35 square blocks of the vibrant Black community were turned into smoldering ashes. Countless Black people were killed — estimates ranged from 55 to more than 300 — and 1,000 homes and businesses were looted and set on fire. www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/...
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Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago. How the Tulsa race massacre was covered up and unearthed
On May 31, 1921, a white mob turned Greenwood upside down in one of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history.
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Slot Manchine @steviejay33.bsky.social · 19h
My wife grew up in Bartlesville, just about 35-40 miles north of Tulsa. She said that she had never even heard about the Tulsa race riots until she was a grown woman. I’ve read loads about it. One of the darkest days in the dark history of this country.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 21h
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell. The ruling: suicide. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 7h
apnews.com/article/clim... Households in the contiguous US will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since Trump returned to office such as canceling new clean energy projects, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank.
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Households will pay more for energy because of federal policy changes, think tank says
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, such as canceli...
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BlasingSun @blasingsun.bsky.social · 6h
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 7h
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
His beautiful spirit remains as our guide of hope and courage
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
NO KINGS DAY I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New article on why AI has thus far been a complete disaster -- and why things will probably get much worse. I mean, AI hallucinations almost started a war with China last spring. This is serious -- a code red. Read and share, if you feel so inclined: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/ai-almost-...
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AI Almost Started World War III with China
It’s past time to shut them all down, now. (1,500 words.)
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 21h
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 10h
PETE HEGSETH is so inept, so incompetent, and is destroying the USA Military so quickly and thoroughly that it’s hard to believe it’s not intentional? Pseudo “Christian” Zionist, Neo-NAZI ideologue Hegseth claims his war-crimes to be a “Holy War” - for “Christ’s return”?Armageddon, and the Rapture??
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Hegseth Takes an Axe to Generals, Admirals and Military Education | Command Post
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 7h
It does make sense if you figure if the Republicans lose both House and Senate, Trump is going to declare the election null and void on some pretext and wants a compliant military (plus ICE) to quell dissent. Anyone with any integrity has to go.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12h
Tim Disney’s new satire graphic novel, The A.R.C., is a darkly humorous novel set in a world where if you lie, you die. Tim joins me to reflect on our current pandemic of lies that have infected our politics, our culture, our lives: youtu.be/aBM6ZUHmpWQ?...
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SHOCKING NEW Book REVEALS The DEADLY Cost OF LYING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 12h
Remember 👇🏾 at the polls! 🗳 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 12h
The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate (D-MT) @alanib.bsky.social · 12h
When powerful people know they won't be investigated or held responsible for their crimes, that message travels. It reaches police departments. Universities. And states' U.S. Attorney's offices. And the earlier that complacency is learned, the harder it is to root out.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 11h
I hope my observation catches on: We will see more of this, much more, after the midterms when two things happen: the crisis will get worse. Trump will get weaker, first gradually, then quickly. As a result of both, reporters will see both weakness & opportunity to look like they're getting tough.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 17h
Thank you! @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social #LetsGetVoteReady #VoteBlue #Blues
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 16h
Who could have predicted that religion and right wing politics would combine to morph into a corrupt, warmongering, genocidal death cult? Literally anyone who’s studied history.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Friendship
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
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BlasingSun @blasingsun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*NSF = National Science Fdn Felon 47 hates anyone with more education and/or intelligence than he has.
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Penne @pennylyaine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I stand with Ukraine🇺🇦
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
76 years ago today, Snoopy made his first appearance in ‘Peanuts.’
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
t.me/NewsInsideUk...
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Rape of girls as young as 4 and women as old as 82. Routine genital electrocution of male Ukrainian prisoners. This is just a fragment of the absolutely nightmarish stuff from the just-released UN r...
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Justin @jlentini09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shared by a woman I would've used a steak knife
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
. Snoopy was, is and always will be: Very cool ! 🩵 😎 🩵
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robinsue1948.bsky.social @robinsue1948.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More drones means less orcs and less oil refineries! 😈 🦅💥🔥🤩 $617 needed to send 4 drones to the Defenders in the Kupyansk direction. 🇺🇦🫡 If anyone has a problem donating, please DM!
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good morning☕at #Bluesky 💙🤝 #Ukraine 💔😨 #russianwarcrimes @kareemrifai.bsky.social Rape of girls as young as 4 and women as old as 82 Routine genital electrocution of male #Ukrainian prisoners This is just a fragment of the absolutely nightmarish stuff from the just-released #UN report 1 - 4‼️
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'Abhorrent acts' — Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reports
Russian forces are responsible for the vast majority of sexual violence in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced in a new report.
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
✔️✔️✔️
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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 04/10/2026
Mr. Right We don't normally like romcoms much but Rockwell and Kendrick and assassins! it's just. delightful.
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🌍 J.Sharp 🇺🇦 Freedom 🔶️ Democracy 🔷️ Justice 🇪🇺 @jsharp1436.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚀 The kremlin now has its very own underground "Mittlewerk" weapons factory* *Mittlewerk is where N@z¡ Germany built their V2 rockets (600-700/month) during WW2.
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Anne-M. Picard 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 @ampicard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This:
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Anne-M. Picard 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 @ampicard.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"How is it that half of the US looks at Trump & doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays and behaves cruelly & corruptly, & more than 70 million Americans find him morally acceptable. Some even see him as admirable.. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?" 🤔
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Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Both might be a big ask, but it’s also not out of the realm of possibility. I have Texas vote PTSD after previous elections, but Talarico has more momentum than I’ve EVER seen from a Dem in Texas. More than Beto, even. If turnout is what I expect, they can both win. No complacency, though.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3/ So picture a real person. You are working in October. Your hours get cut in November. By December you are sick, behind on rent & uninsured. In January you finally apply for Medicaid. Indiana does not start by asking what is happening now. It starts by looking backward.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4/ Indiana’s Republican government chose a 3-month lookback. Apply in January and the state will examine October, November & December. Existing Medicaid members face the same backward-looking test before renewals or the required reviews. www.in.gov/fssa/hip/hip...
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HIP: HIP Work Requirements Partner Toolkit
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
5/ That creates a cruel trap. The very events that make someone need Medicaid can also make them fail the test for Medicaid. Lose a job. Get sick. Become homeless. Leave an abusive relationship. Care for someone in crisis. Those months can now become evidence against you.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
6/ And there are really three separate ways to lose. You can fail to meet the work rule. You can meet it but fail to prove it. Or you can be unable to work because of illness or disability but fail to produce the documentation Indiana demands to prove you deserve an exemption. Thank a Republican.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
7/ Indiana is one of six Republican-led states refusing to let people initially self-attest that they are medically frail, even though federal transitional policy allows it. Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina & Ohio join it. Dems are not racing to kick ppl off. apnews.com/article/012e...
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As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance
At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
8/ Now think about someone who became seriously ill in November but had no insurance. They may reach January needing Medicaid precisely because they could not afford medical care. Then Indiana may demand documentation showing that the untreated condition kept them from meeting the work rule.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
9/ Indiana has not even finished defining that medical-frailty gate. Its own guidance says the state is still working with CMS on how to decide whether a condition “significantly impairs” someone’s ability to comply. The proof requirement is arriving before the standard is settled.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
10/ This is where instability becomes dangerous. Mental illness can flare and recede. Substance-use disorders are episodic. Homeless people lose documents. Low-wage workers have irregular schedules. A diagnosis code may exist while the evidence needed to satisfy the state does not.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
11/ Indiana Republicans own this choice. Gov. Mike Braun is a Republican, and the GOP holds supermajorities in both chambers. They shape implementation. Indiana chose it. Call me
news.ballotpedia.org
Voters will decide on 13 ballot measures related to state constitutional rights - Ballotpedia News
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
13/ That is the precarity Republicans have built into the safety net: by the time you lose your job, get sick or finally admit you need help, the clock may already have been running for months. You do not just have to need Medicaid. You may have to prove you were ready for the crisis before it came.
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