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A blue dot living in a sea of TN red.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
sars_cov.2_covid_19 Just spoke with my CDC sources: a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading across Louisiana, NYC, LA, DC, Colorado, and more. It's also fueling surges in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
He's also the president who killed things like this. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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lakast @lakast.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
@katiephang.bsky.social I am going to miss your show SO much. I think @msnbc.com is making a HUGE mistake. Maybe @cnn.com is smarter?
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.
Pope Francis: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life and ideas! For all of us are children of God!"
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Richard Dawkins most famous reply to: "What if you're wrong?"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people. Blazing your own path for the W 👏👏👏👏👏
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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Fight. Flight. Freeze. I say fight.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
💯🎯
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lakast @lakast.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
On the bright side, trump will finally be able to release his taxes. I mean, once the doge boys are done "correcting" the system...
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
Rep. Jasmine CrockettRep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezGov. JB PritzkerGov. Tim Walz
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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Countries of the world. PLAY THE GAME. Make TRump and RUBIO and the entire TRump administration persona non grata. Send the damn message, WE need all the help we can get, DO IT
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🔥 Gov Tim Walz in red districts dropping truth bombs 💣 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHOl0mL...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Chuck Schumer right now:
This is fine meme, but with dog saying “So I have a book coming out”
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The greatest war against Americans in my lifetime (and I'll be 59 in a couple of weeks) is being waged right now...from Washington, D.C. apnews.com/article/trum...
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclud...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Here is a list of town halls taking place next week that you should show up at. I am sorry, I mean Chuck Schumer’s book parties. If there are any missing, please add in the replies. The only thing he should be doing today is cleaning out his office.
Here is a list of town halls taking place next week that you should show up at. I am sorry, I mean Chuck Schumer’s book parties. If there are any missing, please add in the responses. 

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore 

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm  

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm  Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
THERE IS NO MANDATE.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I've been at DOJ for so many important speeches & presentations. Today, my heart is filled with sadness for my former colleagues & our country as a convicted felon who doesn't understand justice or the meaning of the rule of law & why both are essential to our democracy stands there.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14/03/2025
I wish I lived in a country where Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman had at least half the balls of Nancy Pelosi or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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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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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14/03/2025
It is one thing to watch a dictator grab power. It is another to hand it to him. I’m headed to the Senate floor now. To cast an emphatic “no.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
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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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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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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Grateful to @warnock.senate.gov and @ossoff.senate.gov for recognizing what this moment requires.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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lakast @lakast.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Another coward.
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hey @schumer.senate.gov, when’s your next town hall? The people you betrayed would like to have a word.
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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
THe DEM leadership needs to STOP governing the old fashion way. THat used to work. NOT ANY MORE . TRUMP iSNT, so why should we. WE need knew fresh young blood who are willing to stand up for. THe party should not be abandoned just significantly rebuilt. NOW
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
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