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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 3h

Choice this November is between an imperfect party that umbrellas many diff ideologies vs. a party that wants to eliminate the other party + its voters. Like actually kill them. They aren't the same. You can't address your personal issue if you help the bad guys kill everyone who supports it.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 8h

I still love this so much

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beware of the dog! The Cave Canem entranceway from #Pompeii is such a timeless #Roman mosaic; the dog still symbolically protects his owner's house, nearly 2000 years after it was destroyed when Mt Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 🐶 #Archaeology #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 5h

I don't like #Halloween, but I do love one thing about it: these decorations at a client's house. 1. The gas cans they made are hilarious. 2. The mystery inflatable dog. Someone anonymously set it up in their yard under cover of night and has never revealed themselves! 🤣

Two gas cans sitting on a large, concrete, corner capstone. Both are metal. One is tall and rectangular, the other is short and cylindrical. They are painted orange with black facial features (eyes, noses, mouths) to mimic carved pumpkins.

In the front yard of a house, there is an inflatable Halloween decoration. It is a smiling brown dog, wearing a purple witch's hat and has its left paw on top of a pumpkin

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The fucked up thing about the massive push for public transit & rail across the country via higher taxes is how much theyre already subsidized by the govt. 82%. Intercity rail (Amtrak): 56%. [Cato] Clearly what we need to do more than raise taxes is figure out where the taxes are being spent.

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RFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is your reminder that when mortgage costs rise, landlords don’t take it easy on renters. Those costs get passed along directly to renters and then some. If you think your mortgage is high, ask a renter what they pay every month, with no equity to show for it.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How are news outlets saying things about Trump campaigning without screaming, "Why the fuck is he campaigning?"

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Look, if y'all wanna elect the Milquetoast of senators, Mark Kelly as president, that's fine, but you better make sure his cabinet is full of scholars, his DOJ is full of pit bulls, and his Congress is full of integrity, or ain't nothing we need doing is getting done.

Caspar Milquetoast cartoon showing 2 men facing each other, talking, next to an old Model T-type car. On the left side is Casper Milquetoast. He says to the mechanic on the right, "ER-NOPE MY CAR IS READY. UH-YOU REMEMBER YOU PROMISED TO HAVE IT FINISHED TO-DAY. ER-AH-THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN TWO WEEKS I'VE BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE CARBURETOR FIXED AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT." The mechanic replies, "NAW, IT AINT READY, SO WHAT IF YA DONT LIKE TH' WAY WE DO THINGS IN THIS SHOP. YA CAN GO SOME OTHER PLACE. YA SEEM'T THINK WE AIN'T GOT NUTHIN' ELSE T'DO BUT WORK ON THIS WRECK OF YOURS."

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Change from ICE to EVs is good, but entry fee is expensive whether or not converts want to admit it. Car companies who drug their heels into the alt fuel century will still make $$$ bc they have the capital to make the tech. As we shift to solar, etc. FF giants will profit for same reason.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is why voters need to do more than just say this or that representative blocked this or that bill. You gotta look closely. Sometimes what sounds like a vote against the people's wishes is actually a vote to support them or stop something nefarious

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

List of priority items if Dems control Congress w enuf seats: 1. Abolish ICE 2. Stop all wars, military attacks 3. End billionaire tax loopholes & Citizens United 4. Prosecute everyone associated w the Trump admin 5. Federally protect abortion, voting, education Use the $ saved to fund HC & SS

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Justin @jlentini09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shared by a woman I would've used a steak knife

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's telling that millions of men are concerned more about being included as part of the same group as rapists but not concerned for the women the rapists in their group are raping.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

If the whites were to get rid of the rest of us it would be nothing but peace, quiet, and harmony until 45 minutes later when they start the hair color killings

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 02/10/2026

NYC now requires businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up 🗽 It's the first U.S. city to implement such a rule “If you can sign up with one click, you can cancel with one click” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It sucks so many websites give Ai their content for free but make their human readers pay for it.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But he had no problem at all helping wrongly convict the Central Park 5. Wonder why? 🤔 🙄

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Newsom just put new limits on ICE. Here’s what’s changing in LA: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 21 immigration bills into law, including new rules targeting ICE detention centers, unmarked rental vehicles, and courthouse arrests. lapublicpress.org/2026/10/la-n...

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Newsom just put new limits on ICE. Here’s what’s changing in LA

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 21 immigration bills into law, including new rules targeting ICE detention centers, unmarked rental vehicles, and courthouse arrests.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I found this video after my husband stepped on the rattlesnake and there are 100 reasons to watch it, not least because this scientist made a fake leg and foot to see what rattlers do when people step on them. Spoiler alert: they rarely strike. youtu.be/s_GtpGyChlw

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What happens if you step on a rattlesnake??

YouTube video by Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In case you need some more perspective on the mindset of the frat fucks and their friends and Cornell - this is the perfect representation of their morals and values system.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's hero! ✨This woman on Cornell U campus confronted Gillio Lopes, one of seven men accused of SA in the Cornell lawsuit.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

"There are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction." WOW. 🥹 Grateful to The IMPACT Magazine for the kindest profile of #TheDoubleTax and me. Black-owned media FTW. #blacksky

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The Cost of Being a Black Woman in America Is More Than a Pay Gap: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman Is Measuring the Double Tax

There are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction. A doctoral candidate …

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Newsom signs California ban on electric shock gloves for law enforcement
CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026

In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.

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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage

The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Weird I havent heard anyone talk about how gas price increases will affect the cannabis supply chain

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who is resisting Christian Nationalism? Check out this new report from @prri.org & @snfagora.bsky.social's Meanings and Democracy Lab. State legislatures & religious diversity shape CN resistance across all 50 states prri.org/research/res... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social

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Resistance to Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: A PRRI-Meanings of Democracy Lab Report

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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BREAKING: "US senators have introduced legislation aimed at cutting down warrantless or specious ICE arrests, and curbing the agency’s ability to indefinitely detain immigrants who do not pose any danger to their communities."

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US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention

Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also reminder the best help for food pantries, or people struggling or any 'need' is cold hard cash. Always. Always always always. Food pantries can make that money stretch MUCH BETTER THAN YOU CAN, and it'll go to their most urgent needs. I mean, the other stuff is great too but cash is king

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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The GOP's new framework gives crypto billionaires audit immunity and built-in conflicts of interest. While working people pay taxes out of every single paycheck. Pay attention, folks.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty fucked that a govt that refuses to pay its debts, and spends all the money on unnecessary things, gets to ruin people's lives by collecting student loan debt it could have erased 40 times over

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026

This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hear immigrant children also have heartbeats.

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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think it should be illegal for any person not from the NE US to say "nor'easter."

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