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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I see that POV if this was a primary. This is the General Election, so you are saying you want the Republican to win. How will that be better?
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I hope she gets elected and becomes the Dem version of Susan Collins, “concerned” but voting however leadership tells her. Having a strong, trans positive, Dem Senate Majority Leader matters more than one bigoted senator. * having no bigoted senators would be best, obv *
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you are on iPhone, the safari browser has a Reader option at the top that closes all that stuff.
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Postcards to Voters @tovoters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're organizing volunteers across the U.S. to mail handwritten election reminder #PostcardsToVoters for 9 Democrats in 6 states: Cooper (NC) • DeFranco (GA) • Earls (NC) • Lacore (SC) • Ossoff (GA) • Powell (NE) • Pulido (TX) • Shah (AZ) • Talarico (TX) Email: Join@TonyTheDemocrat.org Write on!
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Justin Fox @byjustinfox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What the Trump administration has been doing to the federal government, in one chart. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Nondefense agences with 2,000+ employment decline since Jan. 2025
Department, agency or subagency	Employment change	Percent change
Internal Revenue Service	-29,985	-29.4%
Veterans Health Administration	-26,347	-6.2%
Social Security Administration	-7,934	-13.8%
Forest Service (since July 2024)	-7,268	-17.8%
Transportation Security Administration	-6,481	-9.8%
Federal Emergency Management Agency	-5,759	-22.1%
Bureau of Land Management (since July 2024)	-5,274	-47.6%
Veterans Benefits Administration	-5,198	-15.0%
National Institutes of Health	-5,052	-23.5%
Agency For International Development	-4,739	-95.4%
Food and Drug Administration	-4,700	-22.4%
Army Corps of Engineers	-4,563	-11.8%
Environmental Protection Agency	-4,476	-26.4%
Department of Energy	-3,976	-24.8%
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention	-3,649	-28.6%
Small Business Administration	-3,480	-40.6%
National Park Service (since July 2024)	-3,469	-15.4%
Department of State	-3,158	-21.8%
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)	-3,002	-25.3%
Fish and Wildlife Service (since July 2024)	-2,803	-30.8%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.	-2,575	-20.8%
Geological Survey	-2,572	-30.5%
Citizenship and Immigration Services	-2,514	-11.0%
Public Buildings Service (GSA)	-2,452	-43.8%
Census Bureau	-2,436	-18.3%
Agricultural Research Service	-2,325	-32.7%
Bureau of Reclamation	-2,207	-38.0%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	-2,175	-6.0%
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Whatever happened to Baghdad Bob?
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Look into different kinds of beans like noodle beans or cowpeas, they love heat. They are the only kind I can grow here in the Deep South, USA.
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Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org · 12/06/2026
TODAY is the final day of early voting for the 2026 primary run-off election! If you haven't already voted and aren't able to today, you will need to do so on June 16. Learn more about endorsements facing run-offs at: bit.ly/GEvotes Find early voting times & locations at: mvp.sos.ga.gov
Graphic with a rainbow banner at the top reading ‘TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE EARLY!’ in large blue text. Below, it says ‘RUN-OFF ELECTION DAY IS JUNE 16, 2026.’ Additional text reads: ‘Find your precinct location, sample ballot, and more at mvp.sos.ga.gov' and 'See our endorsed candidates: bit.ly/GEvotes'. An illustration of a ballot being inserted into a ballot box appears on the left. Georgia Equality logo with a rainbow-striped Georgia state outline is at the bottom right.
Graphic of Georgia Equality's election results on a gray gradient background. At the top is Georgia Equality's endorsed candidate badge. A header reads, "ON TO THE RUN-OFFS" next to headshots and a list of candidates in run-off elections:
Lt. Governor: Josh McLaurin
Secretary of State: Dana Barrett
Senate District 7: Ruwa Romman
Senate District 14: Nathalie Kanani
House District 68: Timoria Saba
Fulton County Commission Chair: Robb Pitts (i)
Fulton County Commission D3: Lee Morris
Fulton County Commission D5: Sojourner Grimmett
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The White House budget office is a powerful agency called OMB most Americans have never heard of. On May 29, 2026 OMB proposed a new rule that would give White House appointees complete control to approve or cancel every grant program created by Congress. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/a-rule-nob...
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A Rule Nobody Voted On Could Cut Federal Funding to Your Community
The White House budget office is a powerful agency called OMB that most Americans have never heard of.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Every article about Musk needs to show the photo of him giving the Nazi salute or drugged up at the White House instead of sane washing him with photos of him looking like a regular person.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hoarding money is a dangerous disease. I’m not really good at sloganeering.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
5 words or less or you’ve lost your audience. Make it rhyme if possible.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/05/2026
ProPublica’s board must hold management accountable and ensure that journalists and business side staff have a fair contract. Tell @propublica.org’s Board Chair Paul Sagan that you stand with our union: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Text says "We’re fighting for a fair disciplinary process, layoff protections and AI guardrails. Tell ProPublica Board Chair Paul Sagan to direct management to agree to a fair contract now." There is an arrow pointing from the text to a picture of a middle-age man with glasses and brown hair.
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In case anyone needs to get caught up on the situation with Iran negotiations, I summed it up for today's edition of The Fucking News... thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/flight-can...
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Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org · 17/04/2026
Heads up, Georgia! Monday, April 20th, is the deadline to update your voter registration in time for the election on May 19th. All Georgians should visit mvp.sos.ga.gov to double check your voter registration. Take a moment to ensure your voice will be heard by confirming your registration now!
A graphic with a gray gradient background. Purple text reads, "Georgia Voter Registration Deadline," with a numeric countdown below showing "3 DAYS TO GO." Beneath, white text reads, "Confirm your registration by April 20:" with the link to the My Voter Page, mvp.sos.ga.gov, below in a purple text bubble. Around the graphic are white and pink squiggly designs. In the top corner is the white Georgia Equality logo.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
He has to resort to violence because he can’t participate in a battle of wits, he’s unarmed.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I hadn’t read about that yet so I did a search. Thank you for posting about it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon
President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
He saw the response to Ilhan Omar’s attack and he wanted to look tough like she did, and because of the fascism.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I don’t agree with what they are doing re: the subject of the story, but you lost me with “family policing”. I was a foster and adoptive parent to a teen from a family that absolutely needed “policing”. I recommend that you (and everyone else) do some volunteer work in that sphere.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
AIPAC is now funding his opposition, Mike Collins, as far as I know.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thanks for posting this! I sent an email to my Rep.
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the idle witch @eeyikes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Bat signal for anyone in Georgia who believes our trans neighbors are human and deserve to be treated as such.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Intimidation only works if we let it. I am a proud poll worker and I’ll be working this election.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
If someone is old but mentally ok, you have to abide by their decisions. All you can do is try to convince them to move, and if they won’t, try to help them age in place safely.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Call your county and become a poll worker or call your party or candidate and become a poll watcher. Sign up with @tovoters.bsky.social and send postcards to remind people what is on the line and who needs their vote. There are ways to get involved!
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
There were many assaults that weren’t filmed by bystanders, because there weren’t any. Body cameras should be required along with a rule that agents get fired if they are turned off anywhere but the restroom.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Call your county election office and sign up to be a poll worker. If you can’t spare the whole day to work the election, call your party or candidate, they can send out poll watchers to keep an eye on the voting locations, those are shorter shifts.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thanks for trying to sign up! The more eyes on the election, the safer it will be. My county election office has already scheduled training and staff for the primaries but not the general yet.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
My dumb state is turning over our information already, so much for their States’ Rights!!! rhetoric.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The federal government doesn’t have voting information, each state handles elections separately.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Will the ICE agent drink coffee through their mask?
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We all need to sign up to be poll workers or poll watchers if we are able to. The more eyes on the process, the more confident we can be that the count is correct in our location. Check with your county election office, your local party, or candidates.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Maybe he has an ulcer.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sadly that’s my Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter. He’s got his lips permanently attached to an orange behind and he is a complete joke.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Check if there is a protest happening in your town today.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
To comment on this proposal, before Feb 9th, send an email to CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov with the subject OMB Control Number 1651-0111 Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
That woman’s Botox frozen face: yep, definitely genuine.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Boobs sell, news at 11 🙄
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I my rural, majority white, very republican county, we had a big turnout of POC and under 70-year-olds yesterday. Surprisingly the Dems won the day by a very small margin in my precinct. If people have a reason to hope for real change, they will show up.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
youtu.be/OfUOWBqZE20?...
youtu.be
They're Using Hungry Children As Political Pawns: Sen Warnock Slams Trump Admin For Withholding SNAP
YouTube video by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Well that certainly excuses the use of the lying theft machine. Thanks for clearing that up.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
AI isn’t a source for facts.
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schmidt-ct @jschm2681.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Now the GOP wants to make Rubio head of the thought police to punish wrong thinking. This crap is out of hand. truthout.org/articles/new...
truthout.org
New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech
The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Didn’t the Guardian just get caught out using AI for an obituary this week?
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
BLACK SKIES OVER PROJECT (Apartment) 2025 PUBLIC ENEMY drop surprise new album,!! We hear you and we here to still Fight the Power with ya as The Hits Keep On Comin You can’t stream it but you can pay what you want for the next 72 hours at bandcamp. publicenemy.bandcamp.com/album/black-...
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fireblanket.bsky.social @fireblanket.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I called his office about this issue, again, not that he listens or cares about his constituents. I hope his pandering to Trump comes back to bite him in the Senate race.
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Henry @blackestmagic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
GOOD TROUBLE MASS PROTESTS JULY 17th! Repost the fuck outta this one people! Let’s make some good trouble together. Let’s march and honor John Lewis! goodtroubleliveson.org
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Good Trouble Lives On
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
It's one of my favorite legal topics to write about reason.com/2023/12/18/v...
There is, in fact, a significant body of First Amendment and Fourth Amendment case law generated by police retaliating against people who hurt their feelings—most of it firmly upholding the right to hurl choice words or gestures at public officials.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled in 2013 in favor of a New York man who sued after he was arrested for disorderly conduct for flipping off a cop. The court held that the "ancient gesture of insult is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity." 

Other circuits have come to similar conclusions.  In 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit denied qualified immunity to a Minnesota police officer who pulled over and arrested a man for flipping her off. The 6th Circuit first upheld the free speech right to shout "fuck you" and flip off a police officer from a moving vehicle in 1997, drawing on the Supreme Court's famous 1971 decision in Cohen v. California, which upheld the right of a man to wear a jacket that said "fuck the draft" into a courthouse.

Of all the types of speech guarded by the First Amendment, criticism of government officials is among the most strictly protected, even when it is vulgar. As Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote in 1987, in a ruling striking down a Houston ordinance that made it unlawful to oppose or interrupt a police officer, "The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
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