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Trying to get away from those who have Maga brain worm. Disgusted that people voted for a rapist, felon, insurrectionist immoral vile psychopath. I love reading, gardening, farming, travel and writing.Educator Looking for my community. 🦋

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Crockett: It seems like blue states are constantly putting red states on life support yet we got these little red states that ain’t contributing nothing.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The @rollingstone.com hed is a little more direct than the @nytimes.com. 🤡 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
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Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Walmart says it's raising prices starting this summer because of the Trump tariffs. www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Walmart Plans to Raise Prices Because of Tariffs
So far, the retailer has weathered the trade war with strong sales but said the full impact of tariffs on consumers has yet to come.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2025
Duffy: "By the way, during covid, when people weren't flying, that was a perfect time to fix these problems." (Who wants to tell him ... )
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Circle up
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11/04/2025
Elon Musk can't be trusted with rockets, drugs, video games, social media, or even his own children. He damn sure can't be trusted with your data.
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Crawling
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 11/04/2025
This was three months ago.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
They are obviously slow learners
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/04/2025
HAPPENING NOW 📈 EURO AND YEN SURGING ⚠️ US DOLLAR FALLING ⚠️ STOCK FUTURES CRASHING ⚠️ BOND MARKETS IMPLODING ⚠️ 10YR TREASURY YIELD SOARING
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services. This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage. Keep up the fight.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 08/04/2025
Today’s Prof G Markets, video style… youtu.be/0mGHC7MULgw?...
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The $6.6 Trillion Sell-off | Prof G Markets
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/04/2025
Not joking: as of today Donald Trump is the absolute greatest destroyer of wealth the country has ever had
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Reader 🦋 @carmelb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
THIS ⬇️
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NPR @npr.org · 07/04/2025
JUST IN: Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. European shares followed Asian markets declining.
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World markets plunge with Japan's Nikkei diving nearly 8% after Wall St. meltdown
Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. European shares followed Asian markets declining.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/04/2025
The government is slashing public health jobs, gutting vaccine programs, and fueling a measles comeback. This is not reform—it’s sabotage. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/make-ameri...
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Make America Sick Again
RFK Jr.’s War on Public Health Is Putting Lives at Risk
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It’s only going to get worse, folks.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
What makes this visual even more stunning is that it was made possible by people who said their #1 concern when voting was the economy. What idiots.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
salem, oregon 4.5.25
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A group of senators is attending the dignified transfer in Dover today of the four U.S. troops who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. The group includes Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin and Sens. Duckworth and Coons. Donald Trump is golfing.
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JUST IN: Trump to Skip ‘Dignified Transfer’ of Four Dead Soldiers at Dover AFB to Attend LIV Golf Tournament
Trump is sending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Dover AFB for the dignified transfer of four American soldiers killed in a training exercise in Lithuania.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Best sign I saw all day.
Sign that says "They want 1939 Germany. Let's give them 1789 France."

I couldn't agree more.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This protest sign at a Hands Off! event is spot on!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
We see you all! Incredible turnout so far across the country — current estimates put participation at around 750,000 and counting! More accurate numbers are still coming in, with many events yet to begin.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 05/04/2025
The people are awake. The people are angry. And the people are organized. 📍 Chicago, Illinois #HANDSOFF
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
There are 32m small businesses in the USA
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
CHICAGO…
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This race was called in less than an hour. In a state as tight as Wisconsin, this race was called in less than an hour.
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Reader 🦋 @carmelb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Here. Here.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Reader 🦋 @carmelb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
it's no longer an administration it's a regime
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“Will you demand the immediate resignation of Pete Hegseth, Michael Waltz, and the rest of the group chat” Spartz: No Crowd: Booo
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 27/03/2025
Pilot to Hegseth: "You’re going to kill somebody.” For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
New York Times: Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots. Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
ICYMI: Here is American Oversight’s lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Scott Bessent, Marco Rubio, and the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for violations of the Federal Records Act and Administrative Procedure Act. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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American Oversight v. Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio, and NARA Regarding Military Actions Planned on Signal Messaging App
Lawsuit filed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State and acting Archivist Marco Rubio, and the U.S...
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Reader 🦋 @carmelb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now Thanks for your service to our country
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
GOP Sen. Roger Wicker wants watchdog investigation into Signal chat leak twp.ai/1VMAhS
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GOP Sen. Roger Wicker wants watchdog investigation into Signal chat leak - UPI.com
Republican Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said his panel is seeking an expedited inspector general investigation into the leak of a sensitive Signal group chat about strikes in Yemen
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more? Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
So the administration has just given Jeffrey Goldberg permission to release the entire chat. And he should.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Ossoff: This was a huge a mistake Ratcliffe: No Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content
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