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Dad to a freaking awesome son | Strive to father like Bandit | Former Republican; Never again; Proud Democrat | Go Hawks | PNW/WA До біса Путі

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Frank @nickabbott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If it’s to remind State department employees who they work for, shouldn’t there be 100 Russian and 100 Israel flags?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Ed Downs (he/him) ☮️🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪷🍁 @firstdowns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Whew! Sad that a decision even needed to be made. Can't imagine wanting to remove a healthy, beautiful tree like that, for a parking lot. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
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Will 900-year-old Pierce County tree be cut down for parking lot? Decision made
More than 150 letters opposing the development project were submitted this year.
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Ed Downs (he/him) ☮️🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪷🍁 @firstdowns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pierce County Amendment 53 vote coming up. The amendment would make the Pierce County sheriff position appointed, instead of elected. The Executive would nominate and need to be confirmed by a majority of the Council. I think this is a better way to get a qualified candidate in the position.
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JaneG.Photo @janegphoto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For anyone that's ever stepped foot at Starfire and has seen the hard working groundskeeper working tirelessly, this is your turn to step up for him. Antonio was detained by ICE and his family doesn't deserve this. Please donate to help support him and his family. www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
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Donate to Help Bring Our Dad Home, organized by Marcela Alfaro
Please Help Bring My Dad Home Hi everyone, Today, my dad was detained by ICE … Marcela Alfaro needs your support for Help Bring Our Dad Home
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Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers. @brianmwise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The best kind of masculinity is the kind that doesn't give a fuck if you wear a tutu and have a beard because your daughter wants you to be a fairy princess. Or if your son wants to be on the dance team, not baseball. Men are not defined by what some idiot thinks is masculine.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 20/09/2026
“[It’s] time for new ideas.” @troyjackson207.bsky.social tells @johnjharwood.bsky.social why the 2026 midterms are a “change election,” why Susan Collins misunderstands health care and why Chuck Schumer shouldn’t lead Senate Democrats. Watch more: zeteo.com/p/can-democr...
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am setting a very ambitious goal this weekend of 1000 new Democracy Docket subscribers. No spam, or unwanted emails. Just information and analysis about what is happening to voting and elections. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 18/09/2026
Washington voters deserve unbiased, accurate, trustworthy information about our election, not an inaccurate website funded by a political PAC. When it comes to your ballots, go straight to the source; use Washington’s official SOS resources for voter registration and election information.
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WA Secretary of State warns against using voting website funded by Elon Musk PAC
Vote Safe claims to help with voter registration and election reminders, but Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs says there are potential red flags.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m a former in-house lawyer for Harvard. During my recent role as DEI Director at UCLA, I fixated my AuDHD brain on digesting, analyzing and memorizing Project 2025. Since then, unfortunately every one of my political predictions has come to pass. P2025 is 55% complete. The last 1/2 is terrifying.
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Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PSA: Baggjng your dog’s poop and leaving the bag of poop behind does NOT count as cleaning up after your dog.
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⛧🌹Dylan X Darke🌹⛧ @dylanxdarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Teams and stadiums should be owned by states and cities they play in. Profits should go to the community. And if it's not a BILLION dollar enterprise - so what? If it's a small stadium - so what? It's supposed to be a local pride thing.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ossoff: Blanche is a joke and a hack. These folks are not just corrupt, they're clowns. Here you have a Kremlin connected Russian oligarch giving massive cash gifts to the president's son…
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" So… In other words, we’re FUCKED! Enjoy. 😎✨
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/09/2026
Dr. Sloan shares her personal story as abortion meds face another court challenge: A miscarriage is not a political event for women experiencing it… It’s a medical event, often an emotionally devastating one. Been there. I’ve had two miscarriages, and this medication potentially saved my life.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 12/09/2026
This past week, WA Dems Chair Shasti Conrad joined WA’s Secretary of State Steve Hobbs in a zoom call to discuss Washington’s election safeguards and how state and local officials are working to ensure our elections are safe and fair. Watch the entire video here: youtu.be/rip7mUg8xx8
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Imagine if the @seattletimes.com and other news outlets were intellectually honest and published, i don't know, charts like this? Seattle is safer than almost all our peer cities, except the other one governed by a Democratic Socialist. Thanks @mayor.seattle.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov!
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🪽 @angelxemoji.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“video games make you violent” okay explain why i’m too scared to pick the rude dialogue option then
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What a list. Imagine if Obama did even one of these things. www.meidasplus.com/p/the-75-mos...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 04/09/2026
The state’s new law trusts patients and doctors—not politicians, police or prosecutors—to make deeply personal decisions throughout pregnancy.
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Massachusetts Decriminalized Later Abortion, No Health Emergency Required
Massachusetts law no longer imposes a gestational-age limit on abortion, meaning women can get abortions throughout any point in pregnanct.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
Bro behind the camera is fearless 🔥 and I love it
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"
screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"
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The News Tribune @thenewstribune.com · 28/08/2026
Express buses to the Washington State Fair are back after the pandemic and part of Pierce Transit’s other schedule changes beginning Aug. 30.
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You can take a bus to the fair in Puyallup this year
Express buses to the Washington State Fair are back after the pandemic and part of Pierce Transit’s other schedule changes beginning Aug. 30.
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Ed Downs (he/him) ☮️🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪷🍁 @firstdowns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Bidet changed my pooping world! IYKYK
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🧵 ICE is a for-profit scheme. America's two largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and GEO Group reported $1.4 billion in quarterly revenue. Patrick Swindle, CoreCivic's CEO, told investors sale of facilities to DHS worked out to average rate of $307,000 per bed. www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n...
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Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Eileen ❤️‍🩹🐝🪷 @raincity-girl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is BS. This architecture firm only designs luxury homes. Major projects? The article makes it sound like large commercial or institutional projects have been cancelled. Boohoo for the wealthy I have to put off buying more groceries I think there’s a difference
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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Instead of fighting senseless wars, we should be fighting climate change. Instead of building data centers, we should be building housing. Instead of corporate welfare give us universal healthcare.
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The News Tribune @thenewstribune.com · 19/08/2026
A judge dealt a blow to 9 Grant County property owners fighting to keep their homes.
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Eastern WA utility can take private land for data center power lines, judge rules
A judge dealt a blow to 9 Grant County property owners fighting to keep their homes.
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Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The thing about Trump is… a well functioning country would never in a million years elect a guy like him, let alone twice.. he is the sum total of our decay and degradation of standards.
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Ed Downs (he/him) ☮️🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪷🍁 @firstdowns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sleepy doog.
Yellow lab, curled up, asleep in an armchair.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
We've got quite the story for you 🧵
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Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 15/08/2026
The people's princess has arrived 🫶
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Russtofferson @russtofferson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Same folks who lost their minds over being asked to wear a flimsy face covering to stop a deadly virus now want us to buck up and stop complaining about what they have chosen to inflict on us. Selfish assholes don’t know a damn thing about patriotism or sacrifice.
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The News Tribune @thenewstribune.com · 12/08/2026
Enjoy Cuban, Jamaican and Trinidadian food alongside live-music performances Plus, design your own Carnival costume and jump in the parade.
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Tour the Caribbean from Tacoma at Carnival-style festival this Sunday
Enjoy Cuban, Jamaican and Trinidadian food alongside live-music performances Plus, design your own Carnival costume and jump in the parade.
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Ed Downs (he/him) ☮️🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪷🍁 @firstdowns.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So proud of his work!
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Atlantic: Raytheon and Lockheed, makers of Patriot, justify their concerns with intellectual property theft and technology transfer, but what they are really worried about is that Ukrainians will find a way to improve Patriot and produce it faster and for much less money than they do in US.
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