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Shakie Lou

@shakie-lou.bsky.social
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I’m a Baby Boomer, bleeding heart Liberal

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 01/08/2026
It's amazing how quickly “If you've got nothing to hide…” became “On the advice of counsel...”
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
They cut healthcare for seniors to pay for tax breaks. Remember that. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
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Blue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I don't know about this being the real stolen election but he would have gone to jail if he lost forever and he wouldn't be able to buy his way out that time.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Who agrees this needs to go viral? Justice, accountability, and democratic rights should never depend on who is in government. Watch. Share. Let the conversation reach everyone. #FreeDC #Justice
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/06/2026
Great nations invest in education. Great men aren’t threatened by brilliant women.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/06/2026
Sen. Murphy to Markwayne Mullin: "You've spent the first two months of your tenure threatening to suspend international arrivals in states represented by Democrats. Not only would that throw our entire air travel system into chaos. It's completely illegal."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/05/2026
Crippling inflation. Chaos in the White House. A virus we’re not prepared for. It’s the first Trump administration all over again. Had enough yet?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When children are shot in their classrooms, all politicians can offer are thoughts and prayers. When a shooting happens near them, they demand a $350 million golden ballroom to protect themselves.
Don't normalize a system that protects power more than it protects children.
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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just a reminder of what empowered women leaders can do?! #CongratsPresSheinbaum #FreeHealthcare 👏👏👏
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This gentleman is right. What a fucking joke. 😳👇
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/04/2026
GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Americans struggling with rising costs: "Better just keep breaking your back and working hard, maybe get yet another job."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🎯🎯
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Like clockwork.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Irene Montero: No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression — Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan. It will not happen in Iran either When they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for profit, their imperial wars — they hide behind women’s rights to justify them
Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
$1.5T defense budget $170B on ICE & Border Patrol $100B on tax cuts for the 1% $20B from Treasury for Argentina $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $300M on Kristi Noem's jets $100M+ for Trump to golf $75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran? Priorities.
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Ukrainka 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @mariaanastasia1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
So this excuse isn’t going to work anymore.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I know that because I'm a physician, I have a heightened reaction to a story like this. But seriously, y'all, this is a big deal. 83 people died, mostly kids under 5, as a result of RFK Jr's antivax messaging with Samoan public health officials. And he lied about it, under oath, to Congress.
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Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
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Analisa Swan (she/her) @analisaswan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE is a paramilitary enforcement & retaliation squad for Trump! This is NOT immigration policy! It’s retribution against “blue states” that did NOT & will NOT ever support this EVIL! Arresting babies, executing folks in broad daylight, beating & brutalizing unarmed folks, busting into homes & cars!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“God damn them all.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/11/2025
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "I'm seeking the help of Congressmen Vindman and Jamie Raskin, to get the transcript of the conversation between President Trump and Crown Prince MBS to understand the truth."
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Lisa @patsfanlisa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Don't miss the fact that besides the violent ways they slammed him to the ground, they also KNEELED ON HIS NECK!!!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There is no excuse for political violence in America. And no excuse for a U.S. president using a heinous killing as an occasion to treat his political opponents as accomplices to murder and threatening to use the full power of the government to attack them.
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
In a world of Jake Tappers, be a Terry Moran
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BlueinOhio @sharon43302.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
So, it turns out the Medicaid Fraud was real… ask Ron & Casey Desantis, Rick Scott & those JUST pardoned for stealing MILLIONS from Medicaid.
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#MomSky Representative Greg Casar "Elon Musk makes $8 million a day from the federal government. Why are they cutting Medicaid-which serves single moms and people with disabilities-instead of looking at the billions from the corporate class?"
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Resistance is NOT futile
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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thecapt911.bsky.social @thecapt911.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Oops!
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a painting of a soldier with his finger to his mouth
ALT: a painting of a soldier with his finger to his mouth
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Trump closing Social Security field offices in: Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Montana N. Carolina N. Dakota Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Texas West Virginia Wyoming Mississippi, NC hardest hit. Full list here: apnews.com/article/soci...
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A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year
Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 14/03/2025
Democrats voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/03/2025
“Tariffs 101” for dummies…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/03/2025
Tune in tomorrow night, March 11 at 8PM, for my Virtual Assembly on Social Security, featuring Martin O’Malley. Streaming live on YouTube.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/03/2025
WOW. Read this entire affidavit.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
They do seem like inconsistent positions, but the attacks on teachers was really about dismantling public schools to get taxpayer dollars for home schoolers and private charter schools run by charlatans.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
These walk-backs are not happening in blue districts.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing
electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission
leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've
asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but
because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID
and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf
for fear of not being reimbursed.
7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and
radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to
me.
8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this
week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has
been allegedly implemented to preserve such access.
9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional
Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security
systems.The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO.

“People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Was happy to join @anacabrera.bsky.social on @msnbc.com this morning to discuss my DOGE salaries story: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
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Some DOGE staffers drawing in 'robust' six-figure government salaries: WIRED
Some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries, according to WIRED. Senior writer at WIRED Kate Knibbs joins Ana Cabrera to share her reporting, saying that they are taking home “robust...
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