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Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”

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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today is first day of a two-year rent freeze for millions of New Yorkers in rent-regulated apartments. This is one step towards making our city more affordable, and proof that when our government centers working families, it delivers for all of us.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026

Doordash have always been our enemies.

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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.

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Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The _No Ruinous Feud_ album is, I think, not one of the Incredible String Band's most highly regarded records. Their version of "My Blue Tears" is probably not one of the better known Dolly Parton covers. #DollyPartonCovers youtu.be/AJ6VtgXDF5w?...

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The Incredible String Band - My Blue Tears

YouTube video by The Jukebox Rebel

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Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m in a band with some close buddies that has been playing for a while and now has a name : Pretty Rag Willie Klein (Mofungo, Escape By Ostrich) – guitars, voice Sue Garner (Run On, The Shams) – guitars, d-bow, voice me – percussion, voice

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026

Donald Trump is making it more expensive to raise a family. Back-to-school prices are up 11% compared to last year: Notebooks: +23% Index cards: +22% Lunchboxes: +27% Sandwich bread: +22% Apple juice: +20% Animal crackers: +16%

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My cousin Tembys was a drug banger (of pot). He is in an iron lung in the basement of the Colorado super max prison now. But they are euthanizing him on Labor Day to make room for toddlers who have melanin.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Absolutely yes.

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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Psaki: Why do you think Mike Rogers is so far refusing to agree to a date for this debate? El-Sayed: I mean, I hate to say it, he’s a coward. Rogers the Dodger does not want to actually debate because he knows that he’s an empty suit with no new ideas

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Jon Ossoff: “Donald Trump would rather fly around in a gilded plane than do his job.” Republicans: “DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A PEDOPHILE WHO SHITS HIMSELF AND CHEATS ON HIS WIFE AND HIS TAXES!!!!!!!”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026

Ossoff on why he invoked Natalie Harp during his speech: "We're in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives ... and he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself"

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On the one hand, 33% is an incredibly bad number for Trump, or any modern president. On the other hand, it feels like we’re in the middle of an experiment to find out how many Americans will support a dying, demented pedophile who frequently says he doesn’t give a shit about them. 33% seems high!

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hegseth insists reports of Navy sailors being held prisoner on the ship without enough food for months because of Trump’s pointless war — some trying to jump off — “completely misrepresented” 🤔 (Imagine believing a word this guy says)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

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IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

AIPAC knows that it is wildly unpopular, and that it has an even more unpopular agenda of support for genocide and apartheid, that is why it goes through such extensive efforts to obscure the money they spend on races via shell PACs with unrelated.

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IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Despite AIPAC’s claim that it is a bipartisan organization, the vast majority of its money comes from Republican donors and a supermajority of its spending is in Democratic primaries.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026

Trump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

He serves in the branch that the Constitution specifically charges with the duty of removing the President for criming.

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 03/08/2026

We are seeing an increased ICE presence in NYC - making it imperative that NYers KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I wrote a comic with @mayor.nyc.gov @nycimmigrants.bsky.social @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social to do that! DOWNLOAD: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

But today in his cabinet meeting, Trump blamed it on American Democrats. Just as he has blamed things many times that Russia and China have done on Americans. He’s not a patriot, he’s the ultimate traitor.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.

A real tweet from the Department of Defense that says "It's not an option" above a meme that just says WINNING.

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🧙MarniOpe! 🤬🧊 @silentmachine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just something in my neighborhood that I pass every day that needs to be seen by everyone.

A painting on a building of Alex Pretti holding up a cellphone at an ICE agent.

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Abuse of Power Watch @abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📍 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄: An investigation found the ICE agent who fatally shot Johan Sebastián had a documented history of alleged violent behavior and serious mental health struggles. The revelations have prompted lawmakers to demand answers about ICE's vetting, hiring, and training practices. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

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AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...

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Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Dunno if bsky is a useful place for this, let alone whether anyone who sees this is close enough for it to matter - but I'd like to let folks know that this Sunday in Jefferson, NY (Schoharie County), my wife Sue Garner and friends Angel Dean, Cheryl Kingan and Greg Peterson will play good #music!

Gig announcement for the band Gardeania "alternative folk/country" playing Sunday July 19 at 7:00 at the Maple Museum on Creamery Street in Jefferson, NY

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

July 12, 2026 Chelsea, NYC Pier 40's lease for ICE vehicle parking expired in June and was not supposed to be renewed, yet ICE vehicles are still there. We documented them in the garage. We demand an end to ICE parking in our sanctuary city and reject our neighborhood being used for ICE operations.

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just what I want to hear about the people whose salaries I pay.

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

They really are pulling out all the stops to muck with this election. The voter education effort to make it work is going to be huge. Pretty sure I'm going to become a broken record on this - but CHECK your registration early and often, and VOTE EARLY IN PERSON.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

4. everyone should have the kind of healthcare and paid leave that allows them to treat depression seriously, and it's fair to point out when an elected official exercises those options for themself while voting to deprive their constituents of the same rights

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Open Secret Alien @opensecretalien.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The whole fucking country has depression, Tom. We still have to show up to work.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“There are tons of people here” - Dean Cain LOL

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

OBAMACARE ENROLLEE: ahahaha I have decided to scam the government by paying thousands upon thousands to an insurance company and receiving nothing in return. But will Dr. Pillhawker see through my evil plans?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I wish it were more broadly understood that Trump constantly and explicitly holds up his naked corruption *as a badge of honor* that his supporters are supposed to thrill to (and see benefit for themselves in). He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning.

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Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're in NYC and rent-stabilized, thankfully, but the 'lord' of the land that includes our apartment has been foreclosed upon. While they don't seem to answer their phones, the supposed/apparent court-appointed 'receiver' has a contact webpage with this tell:

screenshot of a webpage with contact info for a realty management company. Heading reads "Contact Us ...so you won't have tenants contacting you"

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Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Dozing off last night, I think I was just amused to realize I'd probably been at my 'day job' for half my life... Today I'm creeped out to know I had reached that point last year! Thoughts of retirement are not subsiding. At least I can feel decent about having spent more time and energy on music!😐

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/06/2026

From Washington Heights to the Lower East Side, Nuyoricans have defined this city for generations. Here's to celebrating their contributions, their history and the future of our city.

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There is no New York without Nuyoricans

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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