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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A reminder for Corporate Democrats: New research from Yale found that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. It's no surprise why the majority of Americans — including 90% of Democratic voters — support it.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Besties since the 1960s. Did not expect to be protesting our government together sixty years later. #NoKings

Heather Cox Richardson and her friend standing behind a sign that reads”See You In The Hague.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

YOU JUST KNOW LIL DONNY IS PISSED 😁😁 Millions of people in the U.S. are making history today with #NoKings and we LOVE to see it. #WeSayNoKings

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 15/01/2026

Finished this portrait recently and wanted to share here as well. Portrait of Dr. William Hinkie Oil on ACM Panel - 16"x24" #portrait #painting #art #artwork #violin #oilpaint

Portrait of Dr. William Hinkie - oil on ACM panel - 16"x24" - Jeremy C. Sparks

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine. No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment. Impeach. Convict. Remove.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 08/12/2025

Hey @paizo.com - any idea when I'll actually be able to give you my money in exchange for this : store.paizo.com/sihedron-med... My players are about to start Seven Doom in prep for Revenge of the Runelords and this is too perfect.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 08/11/2025

youtu.be/SHLNBLfkIqU?... Living through history is not nearly as much fun as it sounds. Shame on everyone who voted for this. And if you, somehow, still support this ... what the fuck is wrong with you?

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Let's talk about SCOTUS stopping SNAP for Trump....

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 11/10/2025

I think I need to stop reworking this one and call it done. Portrait of Theo with Violin - oil on ACM Panel - 18"x24" #painting #oilpaint #portrait #violin

Portrait of Theo with Violin - oil on ACM Panel - 18"x24"

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 24/09/2025

One glaring gap in Trump's autism campaign is any willingness to help the people & families affected by autism today. If he were serious, he would demand increases to respite care, life skills training, employment opportunities, & healthcare coverage. Until he does, this is just more nonsense.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 06/08/2025

Starting in on another portrait painting. Couple of sessions in making good progress blocking in the face. Long way to go but happy with the start. Portrait of Dr. Hinkie - work in progress - oil on panel - 16"x24" #portrait #painting #oilpainting #artwork #art #handmade #classicalrealism #violin

Portrait of Dr. Hinkie - work in progress - Oil on ACM Panel - 16"x24" - Jeremy C. Sparks

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 29/07/2025

Making good progress on this oil painting. Almost everything blocked in now. Looking forward to going in and trying to push paint surface and correct some of the drawing issues that still linger. (work in progress) #art #painting #portrait #violin #oilpainting #artwork #handmade #humanmade

Portrait of Theo with Violin - work in progress - oil on ACM panel - 18"x24" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 29/06/2025

Finished this one yesterday, I think you can see a bit of glare as the paint was still pretty wet in places. D20 Copper Duo - Oil on ACM Panel - 18"x12". #OilPainting #Painting #Art #D20 #dice #Handmade #SmallPainting

Copper Duo D20 - Oil on Panel - 18"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks

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Katie Whittemore✊🏻💙 @katiewhittemore22.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

11 MILLION PEOPLE!! 💥💥💥 Are we nearing the magic 3.5%?? Never forget….WE hold the power. #nokings

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Over 11 million people protested!

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 14/06/2025

Really good turnout in Boulder, CO for #NoKings

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 10/06/2025

Finished the patina version off over the weekend. "Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12" Should make a nice diptych with the "shiny" version I completed previously. #OilPainting #SmallPaintings #Art #D20 #Handmade

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

"Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 03/06/2025

Hoping to get this one back up on the easel this weekend. So close to being done. Need to work on the texture and see if I can emphasize the patina without losing the structure. "Rapture" D20 (Patina) - oil on ACM panel - 12"x12" (work in progress) #OilPainting #TraditionalArt #SmallPaintings #D20

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12" x 12". Work in progress.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 03/06/2025

Haven't worked on this one in a couple of weeks but made a big jump this weekend. I think I'll need one (maybe two) more passes to really get it locked in but it's getting pretty close. This is duo portrait of copper D20s, oil on panel 12"x18" #OilPainting #SmallPaintings #ContemporaryArt #D20

Oil Painting, duo copper D20 dice on a cerulean blue background.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 02/06/2025

Got my new @foundryvtt.bsky.social shirt! I am so ready for game night tonight. Can't wait to see my players in the Kor Well as they work towards the conclusion of @paizo.com 's amazing AP - Sky King's Tomb! #pf2e

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 31/05/2025

“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/04/2025

A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15/04/2025

If you paid $1 In federal income taxes, you paid more than: Tesla in 2024 & 2022 AT&T in 2021 Nike in 2020 FedEx in 2020 Dish Network in 2020 Amazon in 2017-2018 Elon Musk in 2018 Jeff Bezos in 2007 & 2011 Carl Icahn in 2016-2017 Yes. It’s time to tax the rich.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 05/04/2025

Hands Off protest in Boulder, CO in front of the NOAA facility. This was the second group of protesters in Boulder and the still the protest stretched for a mile in either direction. @meiselasb.bsky.social @meidastouch.com #HandsOff

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 04/04/2025

The American Age Is Over www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ... How does that saying go? -- "you get the government you deserve" What a depressing thought.

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Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22/03/2025

Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost. Please don't tell me we can't do the same.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 09/03/2025

Started this dice painting about a month ago, think it's just about finished now. Going to let it sit for a week and look with fresh eyes but should only be small tweaks at this point. "Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - oil on panel - 12"x12" #art #painting #oilpaint #d20 #dice #dnd #ttrpg #handmade

"Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - oil on panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 20/02/2025

Got a day each in on this pair of paintings. I think it could make for a nice diptych. Just getting some of the local color blocked in on this first pass layer. Long way to go still, but excited by the promise. "Rapture D20" shiny and with a patina (in progress) #art #painting #dice #d20 #dnd

Rapture D20 (Shiny) - oil on panel - 12"x12" (work in progress)

Rapture D20 (with patina) - oil on panel - 12"x12" - work in progress

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

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It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day.
Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.
Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few.
But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong.
It is also contrary to the rule of law.
The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair.
We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 08/02/2025

Starting 2 brand new paintings. These amazing "Rapture" dice from SummitDice are incredible. One without a patina and one with a pretty strong green patina. Thought it would make a nice diptych pair. Transfer and wipeout. #art #painting #oilpainting #wipeout #work-in-progress #dice #d20 #ttrpg

Wipeout after transfer, starting a new painting of a metal D20. Oil on panel, 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks (work in progress)

Wipeout after transfer, starting a new painting of a metal D20 with a patina. Oil on panel, 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks (work in progress)

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Holy shit this cartoon.

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 05/02/2025

Trying something new. Thought I'd take a time-lapse video of the painting process. Let me know if you find this interesting. Not sure if I'll make more or not, but am open to it if there's positive feedback. #art #artmaking #painting #oilpaint #timelapse #video youtu.be/A6-nh6Ha3B4?...

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Jeremy C. Sparks @jeremy.sparks.sh · 04/02/2025

I finished this one off this past weekend. I really love the beautiful rainbows you get from these prismatic glass dice. This is the third painting I've done of them. Endless variations. Prismatic Glass with Star-cut Corners D20 - oil on panel - 12"x12" #art #painting #oilpaint #dice #d20 #ttrpg

Prismatic Glass Star-cut Corners D20 - oil on panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks

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