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Mike4040

@mike4040.bsky.social
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Life long Democrat Navy Vet and a never tRumper #StongerTogether no DM’s please.

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 14m
Lying liars lying.
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Opinion | The White House says these propaganda ads are PSAs. They’re not.
Government-funded ads praising President Trump are the opposite of “educational.”
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snaxlight.bsky.social @snaxlight.bsky.social · 1h
Thank the sh!tty entitlement & privilege given to those sh!tty men on the continued existence of the patriarchy, whose toxic power pyramids they institutionalized at the dawn of civilization into every facet of society (from how governments are structured to our sex/gender roles & economy). 🔥it down
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 26m
Jack Smith, under oath, in front of the Senate: proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed serious crimes against our nation. Every Republican on that dais heard him say it. Ask them what they plan to do about it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Twenty years after “An Inconvenient Truth,” the man still has faith.
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Al Gore on the global climate crisis: “We’re going to win this”
Twenty years after "An Inconvenient Truth," the man still has faith.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/09/2026
New laws making your life easier!
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14m
😱 Holy Hell — James Talarico is greeted by a standing ovation of 50,000+ football fans in Texas. Trump is cooked.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 1h
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 33m
Trump said his GOP convention beat the NFL. Nielsen says the Seahawks-Patriots opener drew 25.1 million viewers. Trump’s speech drew about 3.3 million across three networks. Claiming victory after losing by roughly 21.8 million people takes a special kind of self delusion.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 5h
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Trump wants to be a dictator. But that is not how the law works in our country, Marc Elias says. “The courts need to step forward and prevent a blatant disregard of Congress’ statutes.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules. Sign up for free: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 11h
New reports reveal Trump was personally involved in creating TV commercials of himself, and used some of the DHS's $70,000,000,000 in additional funding to pay for the ads.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 19m
Impossible To Understand… WHY, Sen. Lee?
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republican strategist Karl Rove: “In the last 48 hours, Ted Cruz has reached out to me and says, ‘We’re losing,’ Ken Paxton has sent me several emails saying, ‘I’m losing, I need your help.’” www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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jtkstc @jtkstc.bsky.social · 18m
www.alternet.org/darline-grah...
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Darline Graham flees when asked about Trump's latest promise
Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC), who is her party's nominee for another term in the US Senate, fled from a reporter on Thursday after being asked about President Donald Trump's proposed $5,000 checks for c...
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 13m
www.latimes.com/california/s... Just because they are not as "in your face" these days does not mean ICE is not still doing bad things to good people. Abolish ICE!!!
latimes.com
ICE dragged him from his doorstep in January. His elderly partner fears he'll die in detention
Rafael Vela Gonzalez was taken by ICE from his Silver Lake home in January. His health has rapidly declined in the eight months he's spent in detention.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 24m
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 1h
We will investigate 👏 every 👏 penny! From the crypto schemes, to insider trading, to back room deals – this is clearly one of most corruption Administrations in American history.
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Woke Af @thereisawayjose.bsky.social · 38m
Trump sweating as court appears likely to pave the way for criminal charges www.alternet.org/trump-boasbe...
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Trump sweating as court appears likely to pave the way for criminal charges
Politico reports a federal appeals court appears likely to allow a contempt investigation to go forward, which could include criminal charges, to proceed against Trump administration officials.
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CommonSense @comminsense.bsky.social · 16h
Another day of news cycles that CNN passes on reporting about the Epstein files. Cornell rape case, sure. Trump child rape, they have their heads in the sand.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 12h
Puerto Rico is in a water crisis, as a US board slashes the island's social/infrastructure spend to protect corporate bondholders, and a developer tries to build a $2.5B private city on acres of untouched coastline. As one councilmember explains, much of this exploitation can be traced back to NYC.
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How Do You Protect Puerto Rico From NYC's Vulture Capitalists?
City Councilmember Alexa Avilés is urging the state government to rein in New York's "vulture funds" and opportunistic developers, while calling on Congress to dismantle the island's financial oversig...
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 16m
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The first time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack (Lyrics at the screen) 1972
YouTube video by PERUVEN (Jorge Fuxá)
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h
Editors of the Cornell Daily Sun condemned administrators for creating an academic environment where “enough ambiguity, enough he-said-she-said, enough familial connections, enough money will allow you to get off scot-free.”
motherjones.com
Prosecutors are revisiting allegations of gang rape at Cornell
Intense public outrage and reporting from the school’s daily newspaper appear to have prompted the decision.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h
Mariachi Herencia de México made history Monday night as the first mariachi band to sing the national anthem in the Chicago Bears’ 106-year history. But it drew a divided response online.
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Chicago-based mariachi band makes history at Bears game while performance sparks online commentary
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 49m
Jeez. He's even still lying about the number of NBA games on 2/3/24. That's one of the easiest things to fact check in this whole mess: there were six games, not one. www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_...
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	6:00p	Brooklyn Nets	136	Philadelphia 76ers	121	Box Score		20,673	2:11	Wells Fargo Center	
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	7:30p	Golden State Warriors	134	Atlanta Hawks	141	Box Score	OT	17,600	2:31	State Farm Arena	
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	8:00p	Sacramento Kings	123	Chicago Bulls	115	Box Score		21,579	2:14	United Center	
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	8:30p	Milwaukee Bucks	129	Dallas Mavericks	117	Box Score		20,377	2:18	American Airlines Center	
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	8:30p	Los Angeles Lakers	113	New York Knicks	105	Box Score		19,812	2:18	Madison Square Garden (IV)	
Sat, Feb 3, 2024	8:30p	Cleveland Cavaliers
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GraceCallahan @gratefulg.bsky.social · 55m
We are finally turning that corner. I believe it. 🫡🇺🇲📜⚖️🤨
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*Şüpřęmė*Ħêğēmǒñ*J☭Đ @thebetterjd.bsky.social · 34m
Fuck Cornell University. Cornell University, participate in a gang rape of a 20 year-old drugged with ketamine and you have to write a “disciplinary essay”. Protest support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and you’re almost automatically fired or expelled from Cornell. Fuck Cornell University!!!!
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 22m
Artificial Turf Will Now Be Known As
Super Grass.
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RaySCline @lastmandarin.bsky.social · 22m
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 21m
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 4h
If you believe unidentified masked men should be ambushing people of color and dragging them away in shackles you aren't American. There are a lot of words for people like that, American is not one of them.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h
Despite the energy Vance has spent cultivating the MAGA New Right, it’s not clear that Americans actually vote for ideologues.
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The Man Who Would Inherit MAGA
JD Vance has spent years sucking up to the “five families” of the New Right. But does the vice president actually believe anything?
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 11h
Here’s your reminder that Jon Husted has taken 10x more money from an Epstein co-conspirator than any other sitting Senator. No wonder he voted against releasing the Epstein files.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 19h
Residents in Louisiana are protesting a new #ICE detention facility. Officials claim this will just be a holding facility for immigrants waiting on deportation flights. News flash: You can put lipstick on a pig - it’s still a damn pig. 🗣️FUCK TRUMP
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 31m
TRUTH… #Blues
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Large Marge (she/her) @margdoosamm.bsky.social · 26m
🔥🔥🔥
Don’t get too drunk.  
Don’t drink from an open cup.  
Don’t show too much skin.  
Don’t make them think  
you’re asking for it.

Carry pepper spray.  
Don’t take the shortcut.  
Don’t walk alone.

Text when you leave.  
Text when you get there.  
Text when you get home.

And if something happens:  
*What were you wearing?*  
*How much did you drink?*  
*Why were you alone?*

He’s a good kid.  
He made a mistake.  
He has his whole life ahead of him.

One more chance.

And somehow  
her whole life  
was spent trying to  
prevent it,

while his  
was too important  
to be changed by it.

--Kaylin Weir
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 28m
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PEOPLE PLSE LISTEN2 AOC
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 34m
So many of Trump’s open abuses of power over the last two years are easy to comprehend and have played out right in the open. It would simply be a matter of congressional Democrats picking their favorites.
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Impeach Him Again
There’s never been a better time.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
scenes from an extremely weird cult of personality history
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h
Trump has spent months trying to reshape the midterms through redistricting, mail voting, voter databases, and claims of noncitizen voting. @amandacarpenter.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social how most of the big efforts have flopped so far: “Their plans are failing spectacularly.”
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Ruby Darcy @rubydarcy.bsky.social · 40m
One could make the argument that the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and members of the current cabinet are actively conspiring to leave the United States vulnerable to foreign attack. apnews.com/article/hegs...
apnews.com
Hegseth is set to announce more cuts to the military's general and admiral ranks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to announce further cuts to the number of generals and admirals in the military.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 50m
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Billionaires Can Flood Elections
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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cmcc75 @cmcc75.bsky.social · 1h
Penalty for rape, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child abuse…life in prison no parole! No deterrents/rarely consequences for crimes against women/children. Sentences are a joke! Only punishment is life in prison no parole! Change sentencing structuring! THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!
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Dben Andromeda @malin1.bsky.social · 32m
““It is the safe space for all the neo-Nazis that showed up on January 6th,” Crockett said. “It is the safe space for the Proud Boys that showed up. It is the safe space for the KKK. It is the safe space for the white supremacists.” shinemycrown.com/maga-wants-t...
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‘MAGA Wants to Hurt You’: Jasmine Crockett Says Movement Has Become a ‘Safe Space’ for White Supremacists
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is raising concerns about the relationship between the MAGA movement and white supremacist groups, arguing that the political…
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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SMOG, HERE WE GO AGAIN! The EPA has rolled back 20 protections in 18 months. 36 more are underway. pressaudit.org/timelines/ep...
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EPA's deregulatory campaign (2025-2026)
The EPA has rolled back 20 protections in 18 months. 36 more are underway. Only 1 of every 3 rollbacks get any media attention.
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 31m
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Man Says Fear of a “White Minority” Is Driving U.S. Politics 😳 #Shorts
YouTube video by Lamont Tyson
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 3h
trump's "friend" kim jong-un tortured US citizen Otto Warmbier to the point where he suffered a neurological injury and died shortly after he returned to the U.S.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h
@timmiller.bsky.social: “Jared Kushner should be up there the first day you have the gavel. And then after that, I'd start subpoenaing every company these guys have a contract with.” @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: “The kids are where I think everybody needs to start looking.”
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 6h
Republicans broke Medicare. Democrats will fix it. The choice in November is that simple. Vote like your prescription depends on it. Because it does. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 19h
WTAF 😱 we have the best poverty!! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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