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Truth, justice, & humor. Retired Texas teacher not liking the good ol’ boys running this state. #PublicEd #ERA #Vote #SocialSecurity #RadicalLeftScum 🚫DMs 🚫Follow Lists 🚫Starter Packs!!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
The Trump Crime Family
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4h
here's today's post: "Breaking: World’s biggest asshole has world’s most ginormous ass" — what’s Donny packing back there? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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Breaking: World’s biggest asshole has world’s most ginormous ass
What’s Donny packing back there?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h
Given the president’s prolific social media usage, time spent on the golf course, and focus on vanity projects, one could forgive the 11th Circuit panel if they don’t take the claim he doesn’t have time seriously. Read more about Trump’s new delay game here: joycevance.substack.com/p/pat-robert...
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Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better?
But he shouldn’t.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 4h
Nebraska Democratic party: "No American president should talk about American cities being wiped out as a rally applause line, and no one who calls himself a patriot should stand next to him while he does it. Pete Ricketts and Jim Pillen did"
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
I've endorsed the Media and Democracy Project's pro-democracy election coverage guidelines. You should too.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 17h
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
“Look what I got you Maine.” — “Rock Salt Suzie”
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 6h
Hooboy! You aren't kidding!!
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 6h
This seems important enough to be reported on. Why can't members of Congress get access to military bases?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15h
"We can't eat road salt." What more needs to be said? Thank you @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 6h
Priorities... just think, they could be donating to charitable entities that actually NEED their money... instead of throwing it down the crapper trying to buy elections.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 6h
"It's a small price to pay." in other words... "let em eat cake." It IS insane that we have a man "leading" our country who would say this so casually.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h
Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 20h
I hope he saw the back seat of a cruiser as they took him to the station.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When will he be held in contempt of court?
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
May a curse be on the families of those who tore down the tree.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maybe if Trump could speak coherently and stop trying to justify his Iran War that raised prices on thousands of things for Americans with apocalyptic fear mongering and garbled syntax he wouldn’t have to worry about being misinterpreted or taken out of context.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wait... I don't think even Putin ever ordered another country to attack its' own cities because they didn't support him. Am I wrong?
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
here's Tuesday's post: "No biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego" — What the fuck is wrong with this guy? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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No biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego
What the fuck is wrong with this guy?
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MAGA: “We support Trump because he says what he means and tells it like it is.” Also MAGA: “That’s not what he meant.” Then the usual cleanup crew, spends weeks explaining what Trump “really” meant. So much for telling it like it is.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Y’all are acting like you’ve never seen an octogenarian drug addict who spent decades attacking little girls w/his BFF Jeffrey Epstein while laundering money for Russian mob ask Iran to nuke LA & San Diego to help MAGA midterms while a bunch of cornhusk crackers cheered before?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 06/10/2026
“The great privilege of America does not consist in their being more enlightened than other nations, but in their ability to correct the mistakes they may commit.” - Alexis de Tocqueville, 1830 The correction begin in 28 days.
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MJ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ambientheat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hate and divisiveness are his campaign strategy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell students have taken over the main plaza on campus to demand the Cornell 7 be held accountable for their crimes. 21% of undergraduate women are raped or sexual assaulted during their time on campus.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You GOP bootlickers going to let this pass, too? This isn't funny. It's treason.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fake president.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This 👇
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Spot the difference
Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The final sentence - "using every cent to show people the difference between him & me." That one is easy... you're a crook, Talarico is not. You have never worked for the people, Talarico does.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
10/5 ICE kidnapped 2 people on Olive and Simpson in Ventura
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Distraction from the EPSTEIN FILES!!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another secret Paxton recording, and this time he’s admitting he doesn’t even control his own campaign. “I don’t control the message or what we’re doing.” “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign. It’s all coming, you know, from DC.” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All his negative Talarico attack ads come from the Texas PAC or another PAC. They are obvious lies & state at the end no candidate approved this message. So, he is right, his campaign is a 💩 show.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/10/2026
Today, October 5, is the last day to register to vote for the November election! Register and check your status at VoteTexas.gov⁠ Your voice matters. Make sure it counts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sorry, I cannot listen to that man's stuttering nonsensical "information" spoken with a smirk.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026
The norms we miss aren’t gone, they’re waiting for us at the ballot box.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This ad is obviously being made to tell Republicans to hold their nose & vote for her corrupt POS ex-husband who she covered for during his impeachment after he accepted a bribe to drop charges in exchange for his mistresses’ kitchen remodel, but she won’t even mention his name.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't forget, she is a Tx state senator, and will most likely lose her seat next election, if Tx goes blue. The only reason she got that seat is because of her "biblically" challenged soon-to-be ex-husband. The only reason she got the second best office in the Tx. capital is also because of him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is Alison, Cornell Class of 1994. She saw and experienced how Cornell University has gone out of their way to support and protect gang rape fraternity culture FOR YEARS, just like many other schools continue to do today.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump’s buddy. “Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war … in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges.”
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Putin tells generals to abandon rules of war as Russia targets Kyiv civilians
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