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Mark MacDonald

@markmacdonald217.bsky.social
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Just a 🏳️‍🌈guy in a blue state. USAF veteran. Retired nurse. Loves dogs ❤️🐾🐾 DM’s turned off. Pro-Ukraine 🇺🇦

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Winning statewide in Texas has been a political goal of Democrats for decades. But this year’s turnout patterns, strong Latino participation, independent voter interest and the energy around James Talarico's Senate campaign are giving Democrats reason to think that goal may be within reach in 2026.
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Eyes On The Texas Prize
Dems see a generational opportunity to finally win statewide in Texas, and Republicans are understandably worried
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🌺🌈🦋laura hunter🌈🙏🌺 @laurahunter-88.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Stoley @stoley321.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
He refused to serve, enjoys watching others sacrifice… then calls them suckers and losers.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The Epstein Administration’s WAR The Epstein Class wants your kids to go to WAR. Not their kids. YOUR kids. go.bsky.app/TwVHpGm
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2026
But they said he was “The peace president.” 🥴
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
SPANBERGER: “His reckless trade policies have forced 🇺🇸 families to pay $1,700+ each in tariff costs. Even though the supreme court struck these tariffs down, the damage has been done. Meanwhile, the president is planning for new tariffs, another massive tax hike on your family.”
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Congratulations. What a steaming pile of shit Rudy turned out to be. It's like that Jackson Brown song, "The Pretender." The guy who started out "so young and strong, only to surrender."
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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
🚨🚨🚨 HOLY SHIT: This powerful PSA from the Epstein Survivors will air during the #SuperBowl
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Two members of Elon Musk's DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to "overturn election results in certain states," and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls.
politico.com
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"Quiet, piggy!"
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Marge suddenly realizes that MAGA is a violent cult.
MTG is scared of the mafia Don now that she's leaving the family.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/11/2025
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
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Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What an absolute travesty: Sarkozy got 5 years and served just 3 weeks of his sentence. Is it any wonder people believe there are a different set of rules for elites? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
theguardian.com
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison
Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence at home pending appeal
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/11/2025
None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection: • Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026 • Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028 • Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030 • John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028 • Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028 1/2
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/11/2025
The President is begging the courts to let him CAUSE hunger. Who does that?
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
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Temecula Rises @temecularises.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This act is illegal AF. It is not his personal residence and it is a registered historical property. Tag it properly. Let's get it trending. #EpsteinTrumpBallroom
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Perfect. Perfect.
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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm outraged that the Park Service is erasing trans and bisexual people from the history of Stonewall. This is a deliberate attack on the legacy of the Stonewall Uprising and the civil rights earned. @repmarktakano.bsky.social, @repritchie.bsky.social and I won't allow the truth to be rewritten.
advocate.com
Trump erased trans & queer history from Stonewall. Lawmakers are fighting to get it back
In an exclusive interview, Rep. Dan Goldman tells The Advocate the National Park Service’s actions are “shameful and outrageous.”
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
America's anti-fascists of 1945 show the proper way to treat a captured Nazi. Study your history. Fascists always lose.
Nazis have always and will always lose.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/10/2025
Damn! Every clip from last night’s debate is Mamdani wiping the floor with Cuomo.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
1. Republicans/right-wing media spent weeks blaming discrete acts of political violence on incitement by overheated Democratic rhetoric. 2. They are currently arguing that nationwide protests planned for tomorrow are "Hate America" rallies by antifa/pro-Hamas/communist agents.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 15/10/2025
Insurance rates up $2000. Food benefits cut off. Farmers unable to sell their crops. Skyrocketing national debt. $40 billion to Argentina. America First!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"In unison." Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules
After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.
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Cathey🌎🦋🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛🇵🇷 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 ⭐️ @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
MAGA Senator Rendered Speechless Over Trump Cuts to His State newrepublic.com/post/201792/... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com
MAGA Senator Rendered Speechless Over Trump Cuts to His State
Senator Tim Sheehy was left floundering when he realized he couldn’t blame the cuts on the shutdown.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning. There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Now that’s funny.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2025
Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12/10/2025
Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon! I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants. Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m. The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom. While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop. The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
We must rebuild the global food system around NEED & not shareholder profit. We must radically change what we eat & how we produce it. We need BOLD LEADERSHIP on this, or we watch our world crumble as more & more people go hungry, & then we go hungry, & then billions of us die.
businessgreen.com
'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record
New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall
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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Murders per 100k residents: * Houston 19.0 * Dallas 16.6 * San Antonio 15.9 * Ft. Worth 10.8 * NYC 4.6
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org
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