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sunbirdie.bsky.social

@sunbirdie.bsky.social
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Retired from hospitality, teaching, legal professions. Former hippie. I believe in people, it's mankind that is crazy. Indiana born, CA early adult, AZ for a bit and now CO. Keep smiling and being kind when you can!

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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Even without an ultimate position on the death penalty, I cannot imagine subjecting a human to the uncertain effects of whatever they were injecting into Christa Pike. We are barbarians in this arena. #christapike #deathpenalty (pretty sure there'd be a bigger outrage if this was an animal)
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Robert Fessler @professler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you have friends, neighbors or relatives who agree with what Vance is saying, you need to help them understand what Democratic Socialism actually means.
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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Re John Roberts feeling uncomfortable in Maine: I think social shaming represents the country having a conscience. When we started pretending that no acts deserved consequences socially, the acts became acceptable. #JohnRoberts #socialshaming #Maine
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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mel in ballhalla 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WATCHING SPORTS SHOULD BE EASIER THAN BETTING ON SPORTS
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Spooky rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 28/09/2026
Notice Hennepin IL is not on this map. We've tried steelmaking in the inland midwest before. In particular, Pittsburgh steelmaker Jones & Laughlin did in the 60s. The mill is so gone that the site has been leveled. time.com/archive/6627...
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Steel: Boom Town 1965
Through the green fields that surround the little town of Hennepin, Ill. (pop. 350), surveyors tramped last week under the searing Midwestern sun. Since its founding in 1831 in the great bend of...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Taxing the billionaires would go a long way toward addressing the deficit. Just saying.
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Putin, you got to take it easy on the maternity wards, the hospitals, the kindergartens, the apartment buildings, the town squares, the grocery stores, the double-tap operations killing the emergency response personnel."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Iranian and US negotiators discuss opening Strait of Hormuz – Fox News". What if.....Iran lets Trump announce that he has a "deal" to open the strait, then Iran announces that they must add a few more conditions....that are totally unacceptable and DJT has to back down again.
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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I don't get into all that," Tuberville claimed. “I mean, no reason to talk about anything you don't know anything about.” So I guess Tommy will never speak again....🙃
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PLEASE NOTE on the recent SCOTUS per curiam decision: existing law blocks most states from purging their voting rolls within 90 days of an election. This decision is not likely to impact the midterms, and also the use of the SAVE program (different from the SAVE act) is VOLUNTARY.
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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just spoke with a retired NBA player who told me that when he got drafted, he went out for ice cream to celebrate and was denied service. All these stories are still within living memory and they're still being contested at the highest levels of our government.
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AngryHoss @angryhoss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If it wasn't for those bastards Woodward and Bernstein, there never would have been a Watergate
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Karen (yes, yes, I know 😈) @karkin64.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I find it fascinating that Trump's return to DC from Camp David, and attacks on Riyadh and escalation of Middle East war are all over Bluesky, yet I have no "notifications" from any of the MSM outlets I subscribe to. Maybe they're waiting for the Sunday edition? #CampDavid #Trump #Riyadh
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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rileyrussell81.bsky.social @rileyrussell81.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The multiple aircraft that Trump used on his Ireland trip, to play golf, used roughly 151,000 gallons of fuel with a value of between $1 million and $1.2 million. We paid for it.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You don’t wander into a debate where people have undertaken substantive hard work for decades and announce you have found something no-one thought or considered.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On the day Biden left office, inflation was down to 2.9%, gas was $3.12 a gallon, and diesel was $3.63. Now inflation is 3.4%, gas $4.44 and diesel is $6.40 because of tariffs and the Iran war.
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Steve @batutilitybelt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why did a Russian oligarch fund much of Donald Trump Jr's lavish wedding? Putin on the ritz?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Kirsten Gillibrand @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump is spewing his same old empty promises. He promised $2/gallon gas back in 2024. Instead, he delivered $4/gallon gas, record-high diesel prices, and another endless war. The American people can see through his desperate lies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ALL Americans are hurting and paying more for things because of the high price of diesel caused by Republicans. MANY businesses are hurt, EVERYONE pays more for everything. So why the hell should farmers get our money in a bailout - especially when 75% of them voted for this.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Wendall @surfesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a wonderful 9/11 tribute.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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sunbirdie.bsky.social @sunbirdie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In whose world does a sitting Dem senator appear at an entirely fabricated GOP "mid-term convention, and endorse anything that Trump or the GOP does? In a setting where everything is at risk? #Fetterman
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Michael Wolfe @wolfeman44.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They were nowhere near a nuclear weapon and were not even enriching uranium per Tulsi under oath. The day Epstein files were released showing a former 13 year old girl accused him of rape and assault is the day he ordered the first strikes.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fascinating. Three jurors on the Lindsay Clancy case spoke with NBC Boston. According to the jurors, 11 jury members wanted to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. The holdout juror “admitted he had reasonable doubt” and then said “but I’m still not going to say she’s not guilty…”
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Anti-vaxers can't grasp that "my body" affects many other bodies when it's infected. Vaccine mandates exist to scientifically control infectious disease, not to arbitrarily curtail individual rights. Public health is an exercise in applied science, not authoritarianism. These people are delusional.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ding! Ding! Ding! One of the reasons I support the SOTU Disinvite (Speaker Jeffries Disinvites the President and tells him to write a note) is to show that the current President is acting outside the bounds of our current democracy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See this chart? Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950. This is why we must build back worker power.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 06/09/2026
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Corporations: I’ll think about taking one of your annoying “surveys” and answer *your* questions when you go back to having humans in customer service to answer *my* questions.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Breaking: Someone appears to have hacked the Republican National Convention website and it now redirects to the Epstein Files website.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Target paid its CEO $21.8M last year — 794x the median Target worker's pay of $27,506. Target has also spent $13.9B on stock buybacks since 2019, while remaining among the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients in America. This is what I mean by a rigged economy.
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Jeff Beal @jbbeal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Universal Healthcare doesn't mean doctors don't get paid. Universal Healthcare means insurance companies don't make profit off of denying our Healthcare.
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