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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Remove him. Invoke the 25th amendment.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Aug 19, 2021
Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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lizzie johnson
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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lizzie johnson
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Jan 25
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/en...
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Keep ICE Out of the Courthouse!
The Sheriff's office is tasked with the security of courthouses in Philadelphia, including the Criminal Justice Center. Sheriff Bilal is allowing ICE to use the courthouse as a hunting ground to condu...
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
@schumer.senate.gov this cave in is a mistake. Big mistake.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/10/2025
Average ACA premiums are about to skyrocket from $888 to $1,904 a month if Republicans get their way. A 60-year-old couple making $85,000 would be forced to pay $22,600 MORE a year.  Millions will be priced out of care. Friends, this is WORTH THE FIGHT.
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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Renaming the Department of Defense the "Department of War" is a weird way to try to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 17/07/2025
Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🐂 💩
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
TRUTH: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Make no mistake: everything that Republicans are doing, from selling off public lands to gutting Medicaid, is to enrich the wealthy while everyone else pays the price.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
EPIC response.
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com Philly!
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
❌👑 Philly turned UP!
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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Seth gets it
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Philadelphia” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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NO KINGS in Philadelphia · Indivisible
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Just minutes ago Trump and Republicans advanced a budget that absolutely GUTS healthcare and then gives crazy tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country. Seriously… in the dead of night. How does this bill Make Life Better for working Americans?
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/04/2025
Homeland Security Secretary can’t secure her own purse.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
No one should have to wait by the phone for hours just to get the benefits they’ve earned. ☎️
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com My 89 year old mother at Independence Mall in Philly on Saturday. 🇺🇸❤️
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#handsoff Philly
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/04/2025
Tell me again why we’re letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country? Congress? Any answers?
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Jeffries: The notion that everyday Americans need to absorb pain brought on by Donald Trump and his group of MAGA billionaires is ridiculous. Every single House and Senate Republican supporting this needs to be thrown out of office.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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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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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
WTF
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos. Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
A picture of Neri Alvarado, a young man, standing next to his brother, who is a young teenager. Both are smiling for the camera and wearing matching shirts. Neri has his arm around his brother.A picture of Neri's tattoo, which is an autism ribbon in rainbow colors with his brother's name "Neryelson" written on it.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ossoff: He’s so consumed by his efforts to secure revenge, crush his enemies, and conquer Greenland that he’s doing nothing for the people who elected him. His entire domestic agenda is tax breaks for the wealthy, rounding up immigrants, revenge, and centralizing as much power as he can..
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/03/2025
If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for… You guessed it. Food banks.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If you're worried about Social Security, the first step is signing a petition. Let's send a clear message to Donald Trump and Elon Musk that they need to keep their hands off Social Security! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
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Hands off our Social Security!
🧓1 in 3 older Americans relies on Social Security for at least 90% of their income. 🧓Without Social Security, 22M more adults & children would fall below the poverty line. Sign the petition and tel...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/03/2025
This is insane
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Want to join me for this Indivisible Philadelphia event? mobilize.us/s/dmcY2W
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Hands Off! National Day of Action Rally and March · Indivisible Philadelphia
Join us and The 50501 Movement to rally and march to show that we are fired up and ready to resist the Trump/Musk agenda - in the city where it all started. Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing he...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 14/03/2025
The team at @votersoftomorrow.org set up a one-click email to all Democratic Senators who are considering voting for this CR. You can use it here 👇 win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..." abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
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'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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ktom97.bsky.social @ktom97.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/03/2025
They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Medicaid supports people from birth to after retirement and is essential to keeping hospitals open and supporting students at school. We can't let Congress cut this vital program. Tell Congress: Keep your hands off of Medicaid! actionnetwork.org/letters/medi... @AFTUnion.bsky.social
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Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid!
Medicaid supports people from birth to after retirement and is essential to keeping hospitals open and supporting students at school. Cutting Medicaid will hurt individual patients and entire communit...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/03/2025
Because of historic investments in foundational research, we have effective treatments for lethal conditions today. A retrenchment of American science could mean that people will suffer from the many illnesses for which we currently have little to offer.
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Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
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