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Thomas Paine

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"These are the times that try men's souls"

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Thomas Paine @commsense1776.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
You cannot support the freedom and democracy for the Venezuelan people without the Left undermining or outright attack you. You are literally pushed in to being Far Right for supporting the removal of an evil man. No one on the Left supports removing Maduro & actively attack those who do.
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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Happy radiator season, to all who celebrate archive.org/details/Radi...
Color photo of a radiator painted red with white designs of spirals and flames. Caption reads Perfection Ornamental pattern of American Radiators. Decorated in strongly contrasting colors for Billiard Room, Theatre Lobby, Hallway or the like, where forceful effects are desired.
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Thomas Paine @commsense1776.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is a problem and so isn't more than half of Americans living in suburbia. It is a dangerous combination. Suburbia robs us of democracy. It lacks the New England small town hall meeting energy or many democratic outlets of cities. It robs of public spaces and community.
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 21/09/2025
Maine’s border towns feel decline in Canadian visitors: ‘Half our community is gone’
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Maine’s border towns feel decline in Canadian visitors: ‘Half our community is gone’
Border crossings were down nearly 30% in August compared to last year. In spots like Calais and Houlton, the difference is palpable.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18/09/2025
Dr. Deb Houry, former CDC chief medical officer: “I have many that won’t speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers. They don’t wish to present publicly anymore because they feel they were personally targeted because of misinformation.” This is frightening.
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Fearing Violent Threats, CDC Medical Experts Are Scared To Talk About Vaccine Safety
"I have many that won't speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers," said former CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry.
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
He Raised Three Marines. His Wife Is American. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...
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He Raised Three Marines. His Wife Is American. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him.
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Thomas Paine @commsense1776.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
There are really two different Whites in America. Those united behind universal principles and American values, and those anchored in racial identity and Confederate Culture. The Confederate Culture has held this country back, and turning it backwards.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Here’s how the “invest-in-America” playbook is going. @cnbc.com #Hyundai www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/t...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I always think about covid lockdowns and who was considered an essential worker. It wasn't the billionaires or the overly comfortable upper middle class office workers. It was the people who feed us, care for us, and keep the lights on, the people who are at the bottom of the economic ladder.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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bsox72.bsky.social @bsox72.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Looks like Ted Williams giving some hitting advice to a young Yaz. They never played together, Williams last yr was 1960, and Yaz’s 1st yr was 61, but combined they played 42 yrs, hit 973 HR’s, won 9 Batting tiles, led the league in OPS 14x, had 17 top 10 finishes for MVP, and were in 37 AS Games.
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"Will no one rid me of these meddlesome statisticians?" #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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Sound the Alarm: “White House Prepares Report Critical of Statistics Agency” | Econbrowser
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Always Been A Fan Of Hillary, And I Voted For Her As Well... If It wasn't for FBI James Comey,She Would've Probably Been 1st Woman President....💙
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Axios @axios.com · 23/05/2025
Supreme Court shields DOGE from transparency lawsuit www.axios.com/2025/05/23/s...
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Supreme Court shields DOGE from transparency lawsuit
Elon Musk had vowed "maximum transparency" of DOGE's work.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/05/2025
Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 17/05/2025
typical corrupt science
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The Seattle Times
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The T. Rex may have been a lot smarter than you thought
Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:36 am | Updated Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:36 am
By DINO GRANDONI
The Washington Post
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Boston Globe: '‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate scores of federal grants at Harvard' 'Harvard researchers who rely on federal grants to study cancer, infectious diseases..began receiving termination notices en masse on Thursday..' www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/16/m...
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‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate hundreds of federal grants at Harvard - The Boston Globe
Harvard researchers who rely on federal grants to study cancer, infectious diseases, and a range of other topics began receiving termination notices en masse on Thursday from a number of federal agenc...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2025
It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.
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Newark Airport's Crisis Puts Spotlight on U.S. Air Traffic Controller Shortage
As of May 7, all but two of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States were understaffed, a New York Times analysis found.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2025
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S. The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
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Greg 🤍 MidwestUSA @midwestusa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Beautiful sunset with BlueSky over green fields in Minnesota 🌅 #photography #Photographer #Sunset #BlueSky #Nature #Minnesota
Sunny blue sky sunset in Minnesota over a green field.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 16/05/2025
“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“.. the reality is that the Qatari jet can’t ever be upgraded to meet the mandated requirement for Air Force One that it should be able to repel a missile or drone attack. So forget it being anything other than a gift for the president’s retirement.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/05/2025
The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement that will help vault the Gulf country to become a rising power in artificial intelligence.
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U.S. Unveils Sweeping A.I. Project in Abu Dhabi
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Proud of the garden I created from nothing 6-8yrs ago. Been 100% neglected (no watering, pruning etc) for 3+ yrs. If you plant drought tolerant, location suited flora, you don’t need large amounts of work once established. All desperately need a prune/tidy up… soon hopefully💜😊
Two pics garden 6 years apart, before just bare earth. Now a variety of shrubs,
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harrison-bergeron.bsky.social @harrison-bergeron.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
How about we wait until the existential threat to our existence is removed - signed a gun control supporting lib
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G Francis Duffy @gavman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
What about power kegs of racist, nativist, already armed to the teeth posse's and vigilantes waiting for any mass social disruption to trigger premeditated mayhem and carnage? Are you fucking kidding me dude. You are so out of touch that you are complicit in whatever comes.
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Autumn Sky @autumnskydragon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Good evening Bluesky! Went out and got centered in nature on a short trail today. #Nature #Centering #Selfcare #Photography #Art #Resist.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Meanwhile, in Canada…
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed US Tariffs Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
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How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
BREAKING: The Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sharing secret attack plans against the Houthis using Signal.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2025
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Tulsi Gabbard, again, states she has removed Hillary Clinton’s security clearance. August 30, 2018. Hillary Clinton asked for her security clearance be removed. This was nearly 7 years ago. It was removed by the State Department as per her request. Chuck Grassley released the letter.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 28/03/2025
Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites. Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly. theblue.report/week/
theblue.report
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky, updated hourly
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/03/2025
Today a court blocked co-Presidents Trump and Musk from shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This fight isn't over. The case will continue in court, and all of us need to keep fighting for the agency that has returned $21 billion to families who were scammed.
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Today a court blocked co-Presidents Trump and Musk from shutting down the CFPB.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞
Fight the Oligarchy Rally Poster with event details for: Las Vegas, NV, Tempe, AZ, Greeley, CO, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
these beltway-pickled dopes really think anyone will give a single solitary shit that they voted for cloture but NOT the bill. meanwhile these are headlines right now:
headline: Democrats help advance Republican funding bill to avoid US shutdownheadline: With Democrats' help, Senate votes to avert a government shutdownheadline: POLITICS
Shutdown averted after Schumer caves and backs Trump spending billheadline: Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert
government shutdown
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
BARRON’S: “.. They’ve lost more than half their value since the inauguration and have plunged 75% from the high ..” @barrons.com $DJT www.barrons.com/articles/djt...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/03/2025
Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
While this administration continues to attack the CFPB and leave consumers in the lurch, my office will do everything we can to step up and fill that void. If you have a consumer complaint, come to us—we are here to help.
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