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Patrik

@patrik-tanner.bsky.social
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I'm progressive, an Atheist, introverted, and a pc gamer 🎮. I enjoy cooking, a good drink, and cold weather. Arsenal fan. COYG! 🇺🇲🇫🇮 Find your way to RESIST!

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's impossible to ignore, Trumpism attracts a type.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/08/2026
It is SO blatantly obvious everything that’s happening is because both parties are owned almost entirely by AIPAC. They don’t actually believe in anything. They’re just in it for the money. They will fritter and fetterman away your whole country.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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Patrik @patrik-tanner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just a friendly reminder
A list of public support programs that have been cut or removed that will indirectly cause deaths among the general public.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The members of Brass Solidarity come from a variety of musical backgrounds and are united in their dedication to using their talents to promote social justice and bring people together. Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
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Lewi Whalberg @anno1540.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I am begging Democratic leadership: don't make fear the strategy for 2028. The GOP attacks everyone. It doesn't matter if it's a woman, a man, a Christian, a moderate, or a progressive. Pick the best candidate. Trust voters. Meet the moment instead of running from it. #ProudBlue
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Russian term “Budgetniki” or people employed by the state, came up in our podcast this week. Came to mind when we saw this headline:
Pentagon recruiting troops to watch white house ufc fights
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/05/2026
“I’m losing brain cells every time I do a lesson," an eighth grader says.
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The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed software faces parent, teacher and student fury
A growing number of families and educators say they’re fed up with i-Ready’s personalized math and reading lessons, which feature repetitive cartoons and slow voice-overs.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sad thing is, I expect most Americans to not know about this.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Often following natural disasters, conspiracists, militias, and white supremacist groups sweep in to hard-hit communities offering help. But they’ve been called “disaster tourists,” out to soften their image, gain followers and sow doubt in the government. Sunday. 60Minutes.com
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
To be clear as day, this is, of course, absolutely intentional. It has happened with every Republican president of my lifetime (with the notable exception of HW Bush). It's what the GOP does. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
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U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP
Federal debt exceeding the size of the economy is a potent symbol of the gathering fiscal stresses on the U.S.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Georgia Voter: It's giving war crime. You can't do that. We don't just annihilate people because we can and, you know, make a grab for the money and the oil. And that's what we've done in Venezuela. And that's what we're doing in Iran.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“.. Strip away the shock value for a moment .. This is not a stray remark at a rally. Nor was it a misstatement quickly corrected by staff. This is a public declaration, .. during an active and escalating international crisis.” @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
8 Million protesters yesterday at #NoKings. No police beaten with flag poles. No fire extinguishers thrown at other humans. No vandalism or theft. No racist flags. No zip ties. No death threats. No pipe bombs. No poop smeared on walls. That's what happens when mature, civilized people protest.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 25/03/2026
Christian Nationalism is a divisive dead end. Most people in Britain aren’t Christian in beliefs, practices, or identity. The only basis for national identity in our country is shared values and institutions of our plural society. Stand with us. Sign our petition. humanists.uk/action/chris...
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Stand against Christian Nationalism and religious extremism
🚩 Across the UK, extremist voices are trying to fuse religion with politics, meaning rights rolled back, freedoms undermined, and tolerance eroded. Fanaticism is not defeated with more fanaticism. Th...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Who’s Winning from Trump’s War on Iran? Follow the Money. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Sunday thought: Who’s Winning from Trump’s War? Follow the Money
Trump, his biggest backers, and Vladimir Putin
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/03/2026
Trump on Cuba: "It may be a friendly takeover. It may not be a friendly takeover. It wouldn't matter."
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Lawyers of Bluesky: you may want to have a look at this. Bondi's DOJ is proposing a rule that would require state bar associations to suspend disciplinary proceedings against DOJ lawyers who have violated ethics rules for as long as the DOJ wants, under the guide of DOJ investigating its own attys.
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Becoming Brandon @becomingbrandon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This goes beyond politics, and is not even a statement about politics. Something is wrong with us. This nation is broken on a cultural level. I can't define it, and I don't know how to fix it. But we are tearing ourselves apart. If we don't diagnose and treat that, the rest of it won't matter
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Here’s an ugly truth. When a President sends men and women to war, they have decided to spend American lives to buy things; to buy objectives, outcomes, results. This president will be willing to trade the currency of human life…for something as worthless as his ego. We will see that soon.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
"Lindsey will have nothing when he loses his Senate seat because Lindsey Graham is nothing without it. John McCain said Lindsey Graham might die if he wasn’t in the Senate." steveschmidt.substack.com/p/poison-has...
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Poison has filled Lindsey’s empty spaces
PLUS: Part 2 of my interview with Ken Harbaugh about The Save America Movement ad campaign
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Massie not backing down.
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
One takeaway from the DICE convention here in Las Vegas, where game makers gather to pitch and schmooze? Most video games should not cost $70. This week’s column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy
One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Patrik @patrik-tanner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Again, Far-Right Christian Nationalists are attempting to force their beliefs on everyone else using a megalomaniacal tyrant.
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Patrik @patrik-tanner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Terry Gross interviewed Robert Kagan yesterday for today's Fresh Air. If this doesn't motivate one to change what is currently happening then they deserve everything that will happen. @theatlantic.com Is the U.S. heading into a dictatorship? : NPR share.google/SWdZQKntN2qQ...
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Is the U.S. heading into a dictatorship?
The Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, "we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/01/2026
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A January 6th insurrectionist who Trump pardoned is now being charged with molesting a child. Trump’s pardon released him from prison.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Never in my most cynical dreams did I imagine so many people willing to sell out their own country for money, attention, clout, out of spite, ignorance or hate. That will remain the most heartbreaking part of this ordeal. America is such a beautiful idea. We are becoming unworthy of it.
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Michael @michaelr12.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Remember we would always see the “Patriot Front” jumping out of Uhauls, marching through towns? That stopped when ICE got started, I just can’t figure that out
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor - who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race. - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
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scribbleghoul @scribblegurl.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ian is giving good advice. Wonder how many hotheaded idiots are going to ignore it and land in CECOT?
A WWII propaganda poster featuring a cartoon of a man and woman dining in a fancy restaurant while Adolf Hitler takes notes under the table. It is captioned, "Careless talk costs lives." 

Or, you know, gets your ass arrested. Don't be stupid. Watch what you say.
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Dr. Roux @tcrotte.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Quit talking about Trump. Address everything, every issue to Miller and Vought. Make Trump irrelevant, his ego will not let him be out of the spotlight and you’ll see Miller and Vought removed and the rest of the administration collapse.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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