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Rachel Thomas

@m-rachelthomas.bsky.social
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Humanitarian, egalitarian, exercise walker.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I know it's harder and more dangerous to carve a turnip but the effect is so much more disturbing, and thus in keeping with the season
Carved turnip with eye sockets and a red mouth with teeth
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/10/2025
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14/10/2025
Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Jeffpeff @jeffpeff.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Californian, here: I voted ‘yes’ on prop 50, and my vote has been counted. If you’re a California voter: It’s your turn now.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified. kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/10/2025
The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation
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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
She taught us so much about being related to the rest of the natural world, living understanding that interrelationship. Vale Jane Goodall
The iconic image of Jane Goodall hugging a chimp
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“Antifa and other domestic terrorists” You. Me. Whomever they decide to name, target, and remove from a free life.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I miss the days when the president wasn’t declaring war on our own people.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Hey, want to see what Jimmy Kimmel actually said?
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Insanity.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
No notes
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/09/2025
Rep. Jim Himes: "Look at your senator, look at your governor, look at your member of congress — if they didn't say 'Deep breath, calm down. In this country, we don't have enemies, we have people who disagree with us, and that's a strength of this country,' then fire them."
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“But several things can be true at the same time: (1) Political violence is never acceptable and needs to be condemned. (2) Political violence must not be the pretext for silencing political speech. (3) It’s more important than ever to push back against autocracy…” open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Now Is Not the Moment to Fall Silent
Call Fascism, "fascism". And hate, "hate".
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Stephen Miller is scary AF. Some of these bozos are acting like fascists by accident, but he knows exactly what he's doing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Poland’s prime minister 👇🏽
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2025
Must be nice to not have oligarchs on your Supreme Court.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11/09/2025
“If we choose to fight one another instead of the problem of political violence itself, we will have failed. Let this be the moment when we refuse to be divided, when we prove that our disagreements will be fought with ballots and arguments, never with bullets.” open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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From Tragedy to Resolve: Rejecting Political Violence After Orem
A call to protect free debate and reject vengeance
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
hey i know morbid curiosity is a thing but like…. you don’t need to watch a video that you know will be gross and disturbing
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We must end the scourge of gun violence in America. We also need to have honest conversations about the ways internet platforms profit from fear, hatred, and division. Both are vital to the future of this country.
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Cammy! @camelliagrass.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Those people shouldn't be the bar.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/09/2025
Some thoughts on today’s awful murder
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Like many Never Trumpers and other people with a public profile, I have been on the receiving end of death threats for years just for speaking my mind. No one in America should risk being killed for exercising their right to speak, no matter how despicable you think their views might be.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Why would it be a hostile act against Republicans? Seems like a hostile act against sexual predators.
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The bad guys are really on a roll right now SMH
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 09/09/2025
GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This is so fucking crazy.
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Rachel Thomas @m-rachelthomas.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/09/2025
Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
No. I thought Americans would stop before sacrificing the health of their children on the altar of their resentment.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Cassidy told RFK, “We’re denying people vaccines." Kennedy replied “You’re wrong.” Folks, even if you called your two senators about RFK already - & esp. if you haven't - please ☎️ their DC office today & say we need RFK, Jr. GONE. Yes, even call the Repubs. Find their contact info below: 1/2
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U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2025
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great news for everyone who wants to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files!
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