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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 31/08/2026
When one man turns prosecutors, tax collectors, billionaires, and elections into weapons of personal power, democracy itself becomes the next thing he owns… hartmannreport.com/p/sex-money-...
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Sex, Money, and Revenge: What Happens When a Country Becomes One Man’s Property
When one man turns prosecutors, tax collectors, billionaires, and elections into weapons of personal power, democracy itself becomes the next thing he owns…
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake of America 🇺🇸
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The restoration of 'the natural order' – in which the dominance of white people in America is preserved and protected – requires ruining the economy." www.editorialboard.com/will-progres...
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Will progressives realize the truth? Voters reward the GOP when Democrats succeed
The problem is whiteness, not economics.
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
May Gray #cactusflowers #maygray #doghouse #losangeles #succulents #flowers
Cactus flowers and dog in dog house
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/03/2026
Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Good Question
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Why Turkey Speaks for Gaza but Not the Uyghurs
On the Left: Turkish and Palestinian flags at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey 2024 [via: Pexel, Public Domain], on right: Turkish and Uyghurs flags Demonstration for the rights of ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/11/2025
“Biometrics are a particularly hazardous technology for many reasons,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz said. “Unlike other numbers that can be changed if we’re a victim of a fraud or whatnot, we have our biometrics for life.” sfist.com/2025/11/23/...
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TSA Launches Expedited eGates at SFO, For Elite Travelers Who Hand Over Their Personal Data
SFO is one of the first airports to get Clear’s new real-time biometric eGates security system in partnership with the TSA, which was announced just weeks after the agency surreptitiously helped kill a crucial bill regulating facial recognition software.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 31/10/2025
The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored. Period.
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#nokings 2/2
The hate really was Jan 6PicPicPic
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings - Studio City #nokings #losangeles
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Is MTG the chair of the face eating leopards party? She thought he was serious!?!
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Sunset at the beach #dogs #beach #losangeles #sunset #endlesssummer #dogsofbluesky
My dog at the beach at sunset
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Good summation of the last 45 years. How"style" has been used, and triumphed, to convince Americans to support the policies of the corporate class
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How Did Republican Fashion Go From Blazers to Belligerence?
Trump and his cronies’ style reflects a platform where grievance is currency and performance is power.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Republicans: ( ) Make health care affordable and accessible to everyone (✔️) Shut down the government
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 19/09/2025
Oh my god lol This Dutch late night host absolutely eviscerates Trump and Disney- you gotta watch how
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Walking my dog in Pan Pacific Park past the Holocaust Museum LA (under expansion construction), we have this reminder #fascism #freespeech #holocaust #neveragain
Nazis in 1935, Holocaust Museum la
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Let’s not politicize the Charlie Kirk shooting. This is a time for thoughts and prayers.
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#sunset #losangeles #dogsonthebeach #pacificocean #beauty #staycation
SunsetSunsetSunsetSunset
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
What I like about anti-Trump conservatives is that they act politically, unlike some Democrats who act like they can reason with lunatics.
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE NON-MAGA REPUBLICANS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ETC, TO BELIEVE WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING (ALL ALONG) IS TRUE Anti-democracy, self dealing, con artist... I could go on and on
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
#fuckem
Old cracker barrel logo in rainbow
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🇨🇦Greg Stefan aka Fella Dogfather 🇨🇦 @ih8handles.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#dog #pets #cuteness
My cute dog sleeping on a file folder
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Why not break CA into 6 states-4 D,1 R and 1 toss-up, it would give Ds an edge in the Senate too?Why are Ds only now waking up to this,when it has been a prob since 1787 when VA with538k people had the same # of Senators as RI with 26k?The Rs have been g and throwing voters off for years,and Ds did
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Beach day #dogs #cutedogs #seniordogs #marinadelrey #beach
Dog on the beachDog sleeping on the beach
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
THIS IS HOW TARRIFS WORK Importers buy a thing for $40 and sell it for$100. Now they pay$6 to the gov as a15% tarrrif. They now sell it for$106. The Gov lowers taxes for the wealthy. Net - consumers are paying $6 to the wealthy. #economics #politics #wealthinequality #oligarchy
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Ain't that the truth
You no longer have Medicaid so expect a big beautiful bill
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Reminder. There ain't no law against admitting you got played.
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Read2great books.1 from 1955,very relevant still.Part post-apocalyptic,part sci-fi about how society treats people perceived as other. And brand new book by a genius professor uses ancient & modern sources to discuss current ecological and economic situation and how they might be made better. #books
The chrysalis's and following natures lead
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Life lessons from a tea bag😉 #deep #lifelessons #tea
Life isn't about waiting for a storm to pass it's about learning to dance in the rain
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
There will be a reprisal by Iran and then that will coalesce the country around trump, as all the media will make it a thing, like they did in 9-11. Corporate media will overwhelm any voices for peace or democracy
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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
...then read the excellent cover story by @timothynoah.bsky.social surveying the grim story of how we became this kind of society: newrepublic.com/article/1961...
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How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here...
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
you-dont-care-gay-congressman-blasts-defense-secretary-over-lgbtq-troops/
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'You Don't Care': Gay Congressman Blasts Defense Secretary Over LGBTQ Troops
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, a Democrat and the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois, delivered strong criticism of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accusing the embattled Pentagon chi...
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In 1998Panarin forecast the disintegration of the US into 6 parts in 2010 following a civil war triggered by mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation. He forecast...wealthier states will withhold funds from the fed gov, effect seceding from the Union en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Pa...
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Igor Panarin - Wikipedia
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Why am I getting people (who seem to get news from questionable sources) asking if I'm safe, like there was a violent protest. This is a repeat of the Reichstag Fire #losangeles #fascism #whoisnext
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Reichstag fire - Wikipedia
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Read this. Great historical fiction about trans man in Germany in 1932-34 and 1945. Unfortunately many parallels to today
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The Lilac People
For readers of All the Light We Cannot See and In Memor…
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Enabling Act of 1933. Scarily similar to the budget bill currently in Congress
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Enabling Act of 1933 - Wikipedia
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
headline construction masterclass
San Antonio Express-News ®
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Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Walking the dog #losangeles #succulents
Los Angeles skyline with cactus
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Trump and Musk are clearing the way for billionaires and corporations to evade their taxes. www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-dog...
A CBS News article with the headline: The IRS has lost almost one-third of its tax auditors after 2 months of DOGE cuts, report says

A highlighted excerpt of the article with the text: Losing a large share of auditors could impact the federal government's ability to collect tax revenue, given that these agents typically handle cases involving wealthy taxpayers or corporations, experts say.
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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
or we could just... #taxbillionaires
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
They’re not going to inspect our milk. They’re not going to test our drugs. They’re not going to protect our bank accounts. All of us are gonna relearn the meaning of the social safety net real soon. It’s about way more than Social Security. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_...
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Social safety net - Wikipedia
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 20/04/2025
A top White House official says Jews "deny the existence of objective truth" but tell me more about college campus protests being antisemitic
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Harlan @harlanworld.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sad, and supposedly smart people are surprised he is doing what he said he would and not somehow crash everything without them being effected
Presidents from 1828 1930 and 2025, all spaced 100 years apart because everyone who remembers the last one needs to be dead for the next one to happen
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