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Shane Perry

@shanebperry.bsky.social
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Dad in Maine trying to be and do his best. Teacher, Neurospicy, Boardgamer, Humanist, Veteran, & Liberal 💙 #EnoughIsEnough #Resist Puns are my love language 🥸

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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nightly funny or is it?...🤣😂
Did you hear about the guy that dipped his balls in glitter?  Pretty nuts, right!
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#TrumpOUT NOW!
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Is Mitch McConnell away on eternity leave?
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
At this point, if Mitch McConnell shows up alive and doesn’t see his shadow then we will have another year of fascism.
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Congratulations Spain! What a beautiful game.
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Stacey D @ladyoutside.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Electronic voting machines, as they exist today and in Nov 2024, are not secure. Democratic leadership @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov need to be making noise & gearing up for a huge investigation with adequate consequences. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Tech Whistleblower: The UAE Colluded With Elon Musk to Interfere In the 2024 Election
The program is "Aleria" and we have the receipts.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Blanche says the IRS entered into a settlement with Trump, which is what the tax immunity is. Except ... the IRS didn't sign it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026
BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement? BLANCHE: The Constitution IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026
DeLAURO: The Save America PAC paid you nearly $10 million in 2024 to serve as President Trump's personal defense attorney! My God, do you not find there's any conflict of interest in what you are doing here as the acting attorney general of the US? BLANCHE: I don't understand what you're saying
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026
MORELLE: Is it your testimony that if somebody paid the president $1m for a pardon, that would not violate the law? BLANCHE: No M: So if someone wrote in the memo of a check 'for the issuance of a pardon,' would that be a violation of law? B: I think you would have to impeach the president
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Imagine an American waking up today from a decade long coma. How would you explain what they missed?
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
SHE WAS DEMOTED, UNDERPAID, AND IGNORED FOR 40 YEARS. HER
UNIVERSITY TOLD HER MRNA RESEARCH WAS WORTHLESS. HER COLLEAGUES STOPPED TAKING HER SERIOUSLY. SHE EARNED $50,000 A YEAR FOR FOUR DECADES. THEN COVID ARRIVED - AND, SHE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.
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𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢𝙳𝙲 @barrydc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Sunday Morning Shoutout @skibumwill.bsky.social @starshine731.bsky.social @fightfacists.bsky.social @minzkoenigin.bsky.social @boldsea.bsky.social @hypno-lady.bsky.social @skyblueles.bsky.social @steeeker.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social @shanebperry.bsky.social
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Bernie Sanders: “Am I being anti-semitic if I say that the United States taxpayer should not supply more weapons to Israel?”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
OBAMA: “The president shouldn’t have a bunch of side hustles.” Sitting with Colbert, Obama points out Trump weaponizing the DOJ, grifting endlessly, and making the military loyal to himself over the country is bad.
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Who else thinks the assassination attempt at the WHCA dinner was staged?
MY POLL NUMBERS ARE AT 32%!

SEND IN THE FAKE ASSASSIN!Check out his expression when the others realize there were gunshots.OSCARS Winner: “Best Special Effects" in a staged assassination attempttoday's secret word of the day is:
STAGED
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We are the baddies. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
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French Widow Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released After 16 Days
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 17/04/2026
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The American gestapo abducted an 85 year-old widow. Was she one of the worst of the worst? No, her step-son, a retired Alabama state trooper, got ICE to put her in a detention center to deport her because he wanted all of his father's inheritance. Sounds like the son is the worst of the worst.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This Tax Day, every American should know: Because of Trump, Amazon avoided paying over 90% of the taxes it owed. That's $17.5 billion that should be going to health care, schools, child care, and more. But instead, Jeff Bezos gets wealthier. Congress needs to tax the rich.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... Democratic lawmakers will introduce a bill Wednesday to ban the president, vice president and their families from collecting lawsuit settlement payments from the government.
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Democrats seek to bar presidents from collecting settlement money from the government
Lawmakers drafted the bill after President Donald Trump sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion over a leak of his tax records to news outlets.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Yaaaaaas! In the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse exposes the self-dealing and self-enrichment of Donald Trump and his family and the pay-to-play pardon scheme out of Mar-a-Lago. More of this please! 🍿
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026
Mike Johnson on the Pope: "If you wade into political waters, you should expect some political response & the Pope has received some. Frankly I was taken a bit aback by him saying something about 'those who engage in war, Jesus doesn't hear their prayers' or something. There's 'just war' doctrine.'"
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Forbes @forbes.com · 13/04/2026
Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.
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Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years
Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 08/04/2026
Remember The “Ministry Of Truth” Freakout? Rubio Is Now Doing Something Far Worse Through Elon Musk’s X Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the "Disinformation Governance Board" and the entire MAGA universe lost its collective mind? It was the "Ministry of Truth." It was…
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Remember The “Ministry Of Truth” Freakout? Rubio Is Now Doing Something Far Worse Through Elon Musk’s X
Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the "Disinformation Governance Board" and the entire MAGA universe lost its collective mind? It was the "Ministry of Truth." It was "government speech police." It was the single most Orwellian thing any American administration had ever done in the history of civilization. Nina Jankowicz, the researcher tapped to lead it, received death threats.
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/04/2026
Analysis: Iran is holding the world economy hostage. Trump’s truce proves its leverage
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Iran is holding the world economy hostage. Trump’s truce proves its leverage | CNN Business
President Donald Trump has cast a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran as a “total and complete victory.” But the terms of the truce highlight how Iran has used control of the...
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 09/04/2026
It's extraordinary how Israel can go on a murderous rampage and steal land from three different countries at the same time and our leaders will look you dead in the eye and say Iran is the rogue state in the region
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/04/2026
It doesn’t seem as though any American is satisfied with Donald Trump’s Iran peace plan—not even some of his staunchest congressional allies. trib.al/xnZADJ3
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Not Even Lindsey Graham Can Defend Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Deal
The senator is stuck between his obsequiousness to Donald Trump and his hatred of Iran.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 08/04/2026
In Venezuela and Iran, “the Trump administration followed a period of negotiation with a decapitation strike. In both countries, the Trump administration has shown ambivalence about the final shape of the government in the aftermath of that decapitation.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-moral-ar...
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The Moral Arc of the Universe Bends Toward Finding Out
Chaos has a nasty habit of rebounding homewards.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Before Donald's war, Iran did not control the Strait of Hormuz. Oil tankers moved freely. After Donald attacked, Iran cut off travel through the Strait. Gas prices rose sharply. Under the ceasefire Trump just negotiated, Iran still controls the Strait. Art of the Deal? 🤡
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 07/04/2026
“If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat,” said one expert, “President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him.”
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Trump issues openly genocidal threat to wipe out ‘whole civilization’ of Iran
“If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat,” said one expert, “President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him.”
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Shane Perry @shanebperry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
PERSON (TANK GIRL) smoking a cigarette and pulling on their boots and thinking, I CAN'T LET THINGS BE THIS WAY. WE CAN BE WONDERFUL. WE CAN BE MAGNIFICENT. WE CAN TURN THIS SHIT AROUND
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A coalition you never thought you’d see: AOC ✅ Ilhan Omar ✅ Rashida Tlaib ✅ Tucker Carlson ✅ Alex Jones ✅ Candace Owen’s ✅ Marjorie Taylor Greene ✅ As well as a long list of Democrats calling for the 25th Amendment. TODAY. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/208723/...
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Ex-Trump Allies Join Dems to Demand Trump Removal via 25th Amendment
Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Alex Jones surprisingly joined the call.
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The Economist @economist.com · 06/04/2026
More and more Republicans worry that Robert F. Kennedy junior’s paranoid style of medicine is becoming a political liability. Curious as to why? Register to continue reading (it’s free)
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From MAHA to haha
The paranoid style of medicine is becoming a political liability
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 06/04/2026
A new study is revealing that sharks in the Bahamas have tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and other substances.
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Cocaine and caffeine detected in shark in the Bahamas, study shows
According to ScienceDirect, substances like cocaine and painkillers, also known as contaminants of emerging concern, are being recognized in marine environments, especially in tourism-driven areas.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/04/2026
President Trump threatened to rain ‘hell’ on Tehran if it did not make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his April 7 deadline, as he praised US special forces who rescued an airman in a high-risk mission from deep inside Iran reut.rs/4e5Lqnf
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/04/2026
Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post that menaced Iran with more threats amid severe expletives led a retired general to suggest the president needs to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for testing.
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Walter Reed exam proposed for Trump after 'sundowner syndrome' statement on Iran
Donald Trump’s Easter Sunday post that menaced Iran with more threats amid severe expletives led a retired general to suggest the president needs to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for testing.During an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” retired General Barry McCafferty e...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 06/04/2026
A coalition of 22 states say the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has admitted to sharing with ICE “a large and complex” set of data on Medicaid recipients, ignoring a court order. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/r...
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States say ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order • Minnesota Reformer
The states claim the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Medicaid, has admitted to sharing with ICE “a large and complex” set of data on Medicaid recipients, even though the c...
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New video shows ICE lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis. An ICE agent claimed that three attackers beat him with a shovel and broom for three minutes before he opened fire, but new video shows that never happened. Charges against Julio Sosa-Celis have been dropped.
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Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/04/2026
According to this, the ICE flight to DRC last month wasn't a third-country removal -- just a "regular" deportation of migrants into a humanitarian crisis via private jet -- but third-country removals will begin soon. I'll be watching air traffic closely. apnews.com/article/cong...
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Congo to receive third-country deportees from the US under new deal
Congo will receive some deportees from the U.S. as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/04/2026
As Israel and the U.S. wage war in Iran, there has been a surge of violence in the West Bank, mostly by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. to.pbs.org/4c3spzd
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Palestinians in occupied West Bank face growing violence from Israeli settlers
Human rights groups say a new Israeli law that expands the death penalty for killings classified as terrorism is expected to apply exclusively to Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank. As Is...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 04/04/2026
If there is any group who when freed from constraints are capable of envisioning new ways of existing in the world, it is artists, writes @dorothywoodend.bsky.social. 🎨
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It’s Time to Revisit Universal Basic Income | The Tyee
Especially for artists. It offers the hope and stability we need.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 03/04/2026
“I think for a lot of people, it sounds and looks a lot like we’re building an infrastructure for concentration camps.”
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ICE wants to build detention mega-sites across America. Even Trump country is saying no. | Arizona Mirror
Republicans are pushing back against ICE plans to build immigrant detention warehouses in communities across the country
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/04/2026
STEM graduates once clamored for jobs at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, but not so readily anymore. Big Tech’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza has forced them to consider ethical alternatives. bit.ly/4cok1vt
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How Gaza Broke Big Tech’s Campus Pipeline
Big Tech’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza has pushed STEM students to organize for a more ethical tech industry.
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem are proof that MAGA men will pretend to give women a seat at the table before they throw them under the bus as soon as they need a scapegoat.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Once again, I must state for the record that Alito is the worst.
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a group of men standing next to each other with the words the wooorst
Alt: From Parks & Rec "The WOOORST" is sung/shouted.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
All the big-tough-man talk from Trump and Hegseth today about NATO allies not helping with Iran is just this GIF come to life:
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a man says i 've made a huge mistake in front of flowers .
ALT: a man says i 've made a huge mistake in front of flowers .
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