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Democratic voter. Blue dot in a red state. Abortions are Healthcare. She/her.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15h
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CatDot @cat3dot.bsky.social · 12h
We watched it every year and the flying monkeys scared me every year.
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Wizard Of Oz Witch: Fly, My Pretties!
Alt: Wizard Of Oz Witch: Fly, My Pretties! To her flying monkrys.
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 17h
Blue-footed boobies.. 😊
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h
#ResistanceRoots Henrietta Lacks died on this day in 1951 in Baltimore, Md. She only became well-known for what she contributed after her death. However, she deserves to be remembered as a beautiful young mother who was much more than her immortalized human cell line used in medical research. /1
Henrietta Lacks, ca. late 1940s. Lacks is the unwitting mother of modern medical research whose exploitation forced the world to reinvent medical ethics. As the source of the HeLa cell line, she unknowingly gave humanity its first “immortal” human cells, enabling medical advances that have touched millions of lives worldwide. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is the stark reality of paternalistic, Jim Crow-era medicine, where a poor Black woman’s body could be harvested without her knowledge or informed consent. For decades, Henrietta was reduced to an anonymous laboratory code. Today, her descendants, artists and global communities have fought to ensure she is remembered as a person. Her final resting place is marked with a granite headstone honoring her not just as a medical miracle, but as a mother who loved to cook, wear bright red lipstick, and take care of her family.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 21h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17h
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h
This is my attempt to establish a framework for how to think about and conceptualize the dangers that lie ahead, something that can help us absorb and process the information and the noise as we are nearing this inflection point in the struggle against rightwing authoritarianism.
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donellgmab.bsky.social @donellgmab.bsky.social · 21h
Why is it that when climate change comes up the republican politicians say I'm not a scientist, but when women's health is being discussed they're all gynecologist
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith attending the Power to the People concert is the piece of joy we all needed to see today.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22h
Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it. Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
im a low vision user who can't see this tiny fucking box well enough to type in it. ffs this is obviously not for low vision peopel
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October 3, 2026
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October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1949: WERD, the first Black-owned radio station in the U.S., opens in Atlanta. Launched to give Black citizens a dedicated, independent voice in a segregated media landscape, the station became a vital command center for the growing Civil Rights Movement. /1
Jesse Blayton Jr., General Manager of WERD, in the station’s studio, 1949. WERD became the accidental blueprint for modern Black media, proving that financial independence and cultural fluency are tools for social liberation. The station’s DJs pioneered fast-talking, rhythmic, rhyming “patter” over musical tracks. This style redefined the disc jockey profession and was later adopted by mainstream white radio. By sharing a physical building with the SCLC, WERD provided MLK with a direct, unfiltered pipeline to the public. The station circumvented hostile white corporate media and kept the community safe, unified and organized. WERD’s financial success proved that a Black-owned enterprise could thrive in the heart of Jim Crow segregation without relying on white institutional approval. It forced the corporate white establishment to respect and reckon with the economic and political power of Black consumers and creators.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh: I really can’t emphasize enough how useful it is to check — literally right now, do it. Likely, it’s peace of mind in a couple of minutes. At worst, you still have time (barely) to remedy it.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tom Homan: “I think September is going to be the highest deportations of any month in the history of ICE. We are removing and arresting more people right now than we ever have in the history of this nation. Wait until you see what we do next year.” ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...
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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town
In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Omg…did you read the ProPublica reporting on private schools?
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 03/10/2026
10/3 Yes, Maine Congressional candidate Paul LePage really did describe Social Security as “welfare, pure and simple" #maine #MEpolitics
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Has Failed,Bigly.......
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#ResistanceRoots Margaret Chung was born on this day in 1889 in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was a medical doctor and philanthropist who shattered racial, gender and social norms in the first half of the 20th century. Her life was defined by her unique role as a military recruiter during WWII. /1
Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung. Chung rewrote the rules of what an Asian American woman, a physician and a civilian could achieve in 20th-century America. She broke institutional barriers in education and medicine, revolutionized healthcare access for marginalized women, and bridged the divide between Western medicine and traditional Chinatown cultures. Operating outside formal government channels, she built a massive, cross-branch network of military personnel, Hollywood icons and politicians. She served as a clandestine recruitment and vetting resource for the U.S. military. Her behind-the-scenes lobbying helped expand women’s right to serve in the U.S. armed forces. She was also a trailblazing queer icon who proved that strategic brilliance and unwavering patriotism could force even most conservative systems of her era to honor her.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Huge crowd to see James Talarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas. This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shorter Trump administration: Data centers good. Homes bad.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Over 4,000 Texans showed up for James Talarico in Ken Paxton's home county 👀
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, gee, this certainly makes $6 per gallon diesel worth it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just took the lovely Maeve out for an afternoon. She gets agitated by other dogs, but is otherwise the biggest sweetheart you will ever meet. If you’re in the DC area you can adopt her here: bvspca.org/dc
Adorable Rottweiler Maeve
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hard to make sense of this, but the gist of it seems to be: I can tear down the East Wing, but no one can remove the golden geegaws and challenge coins I glued all over the Oval Office time.com/article/2026...
What will you miss the most about the White House?

This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. The Oval Office. I've been asking Susie for six months to give me a statement. Will we save this room? Will we make it a federal landmark? 

No one can change what you've done to it, you're saying

No.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My latest prehistoric tale book art by @korybing.bsky.social poster by @emmalerae.bsky.social 10.27.26 Tyrant Lizard Queen She’ll eat your heart out. Pre-order now us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Alt text by Emma LeRae - A fake 80s style horror movie poster for the book Tyrant Lizard Queen by Riley Black. It features a Tyrannosaurus rex named Snaggletooth stalking through the cretaceous forests just as the evening sets in. The sky is reddish orange and the forest and the rex lie in blue shadows. The forest floor is moss covered and there is a Torosaurus skull from a previous kill soon to be swallowed up by the moss at the rex's feet.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know what? He's absolutely right. I'll post screenshots of a few courses in the replies here.
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CatDot @cat3dot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I imagine a donor is making a lot money somewhere in this scheme. Design? Contracted for printing? Trump himself patented the design and makes money off it? The pay out is somewhere.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump will not be held accountable for his illegal commercials. But it is still important that we recognize the commercials as illegal. There. Are. FOUR. Lights. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes
While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 30/09/2026
9/30 Mainer and professor of American history Heather Cox Richardson says Senate race in Maine is about “reclaiming our democracy” #maine #MEpolitics
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great ad.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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