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A Republic, if you can keep it

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"If you feel despair, defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you. Stay focused on your agency."

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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
27 Sept 2026 // San Francisco
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i’m glad i’m alive living amidst the hellscape of America where Mamdami is in leadership & doing good things
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
damn, Mamdani released 170K documents earlier this week showing how govt officials (espech Giuliani and Bloomberg) deceived New Yorkers about all the chemicals in the air post-9/11 hellgatenyc.com/toxic-air-91...
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Confronting New York City's Lies About Toxic Air After 9/11
Plus, a selection of some of the best writing on 9/11, and more news to take you into the weekend.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/08/2026
randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have
Screenshot of tweet by Eminem. Text of Eminem's post reads: 

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it.  Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

Attached is an image of a classy and generous letter Dolly Parton sent to Eminem after missing a chance to meet him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
it hit me hard also. she's been a light in our collective lives for a very long time.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
i’m halfway through reading this interview — need to stop & get to work but … did the question of whether building a data center is part of the vision for this project?
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NYP reports on Mamdani's success at getting criminals to self-deport from NYC. nypost.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Exclusive | Jared Kushner’s father is leaving New York City over mayor, first lady’s ‘antisemitism’
“I don’t want to pay taxes and live in a city with a blatantly antisemitic mayor and his antisemitic wife,” Charles Kushner told The Post.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
California is debating legislation right now that would ban all ICE employees from ever being hired by a public agency for life. This is good and next year's Democratic House needs to provide a full roster of ICE employees to help facilitate state efforts like this one.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
::make it so::
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Cat Mice
Alt: Cat DJ-ing for dancing mice who are excited for the prospect of accountability when maga-corrupted politicians are voted out of office
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I see pure thuggery. we have to continue to stand up & fight back. jfc
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
exactly. he’s a criminal fleecer, fluffer, launderer, & grifter
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Washing Machine Full of Money
Alt: Washing Machine Full of Money— washing the $
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Flipping the Bird at Stephen Colbert
Alt: Stephen Colbert cranking up his middle finger = evergreen reply to tr*mp
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🥰
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Gary Chambers delivering a masterclass in how to talk to Republican lawmakers
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
May our children —and most certainly— may our grandchildren live to see the day when dissents like this are no longer necessary
“I dissent. The voting rights act is or, now more accurately, was, one of the most consequential,efficacious and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our nations history. It was born of thr literal blood of union soldiers and civil rights marchers. it ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality and  it has repeatedly & overwhelmingly re-authorized by the People’s representatives in Congress. only *they* have the right to say it is no longer needed —not the members of this court. I dissent, the, from this latest chapter in the majority’s now completed demolition of the voting rights act.
signed, Justin Elena Kagan
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Headlines saying this Supreme Court decision "curtails the use of race" in voting are going to make me have a stroke. It empowers white supremacy. It does not curtail the use of race.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
this quote has helped me often during these times: "If you feel despair, defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you.Stay focused on your agency." [anon]
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Comey statement on the new charges against him, via his Substack: “I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid. And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let's go.”
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
i feel like society moved on from these too quickly
A solar eclipse, captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon\u2019s far side. The Moon is dark, save for a bright halo of white light surrounding it. The Orion spacecraft is in the leftmost half of the image, mostly shadowed.The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis IIA crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASAA full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Allen, unable to reconcile the suffering inflicted by this administration in the name of Christianity, makes clear in his ‘Rebuttals to objections‘ his motivating force.. “Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes”
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
0:36 marks his acknowledgement that yes- the camera is live & watching. America deserves better than the cosplayer sitting in the WH
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We’ve seen the demonstration of unknowns running successful grassroots-funded campaigns without taking corporate PAC money… it’s certainly do-able: AOC Beto O’Rourke Conor Lamb Rashida Tlaib James Talarico
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
yes, 100%. we‘re witness to an escalating concentration of ’big money’/‘dark money’ disproportionately influencing politics. I maintain hope that the headway forged by Bernie & AOC will continue to gain momentum in shifting the current paradigm.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
imo, because many who run for office in the U.S. are self-serving people prioritizing dominance & ego rather than recognizing that their primary role is to serve their constituents.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fantastic — so much for posting this!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The brilliance of AOC is, among other things, she is articulate and informed and is able to answer a direct question concisely at the drop of a hat. For anyone listening to modern day American politicians, she is a rarity. American people are lucky to have her on their side
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🌲
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
yup. my reaction exactly
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
1. Oh, look 2. Iran gets a vote
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“He didn’t literally mean he would wipe out an entire civilization” Then he shouldn’t have fucking said it. He’s the President of the United States. He has sole launch authority over the world’s most sophisticated nuclear arsenal, and words mean things.
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
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Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Bodhi knows how to remain calm during these turbulent times #Caturday
a serene-faced house tiger, invoking calm to all who gaze upon her, rests alongside her three furry mice & one psychedelic fish on a blue rug
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to UNDETECTABLE levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
💪 yes & thank you!!
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is a WIN for science. RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations has been BLOCKED by a federal court. The ACIP committee cannot meet as planned this week, since its membership has been invalidated, and ALL votes made by those advisers in the last year have also been invalidated.
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
does this victory involve reversing RFK Jr.'s cancellation of the $500M of federal funding for research and development of mRNA-type vaccines? Or is that another battle we're still facing?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Viewers noticed Ryan Coogler appears to have a guitar and treble clef braided in his hair at the #Oscars
a guitar braided into Coogler's hairA treble clef braided into Coogler's hair
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
but, just last week Rubio said they anticipated this could be an issue and had a “plan“
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
TIL some wars, by some warmongers, are no-no’s
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Putin calls for immediate halt to Iran conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iran's president over the ​numerous civilian casualties resulting from "the armed Israeli-American ‌aggression against Iran" and called fo...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
New from Bellingcat - New photos released by the Israeli Air Force show a bomb not previously seen in Israeli service. Analysis suggests it’s a 2,000-lb class bomb fitted with a JDAM guidance kit, with markings indicating a possible incendiary component. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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The Incendiary Bomb Never Seen in Israel Before - bellingcat
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has dropped 5,000 bombs on Iran since the United States and Israel launched an attack last week, according to a statement by the IAF on March 4. Bellingcat has monitored we...
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A Republic, if you can keep it @pupservant.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“A State Department Spokesperson told Bellingcat that “The Trump administration backs Israel’s right to self-defense”” 👆🏼summary of the current level of hell we’re in👆🏼
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