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Retired college instructor currently teaching English to immigrants in the ruby red US South. Taking care of our fellow Americans, citizens and non-citizens, is patriotic 👊🏼 Stay WOQAF! 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 🇺🇦 🚫 DMs (blocked)

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026
Trump’s post just now about Canada’s economy vs. the latest jobs numbers:
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sen. Ossoff (D-GA) beat down Pete Hegseth 6 weeks ago during questioning. Nothing has changed. Hegseth is still incompetent as Secretary of Defense. He needs to resign now or be fired. youtube.com/watch?v=7Kbh...
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Judge Luttig EXPOSES Trump's LAST MINUTE Scheme to SAVE HIMSELF!!!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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🚨GOP FINALLY gets CORNERED…
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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IHIP News:🚨 Trump and Musk's ELECTION RIGGING Scheme EXPOSED In BOMBSHELL Documentary!!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Agree 💯% With Bernie.......
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This corruption is why nothing works for ordinary people.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mike Collins is a known bigot under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars, surrounded by neo-Nazis and white nationalists, widely known for his poor character and low integrity, who voted for war and voted to cut your health care and is unfit for any elected office.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 02/09/2026
On this day in 1885, white citizens in Rock Springs, Wyoming, waged a brutal attack against Chinese miners hired by the Union Pacific Railroad, leaving 28 dead. No one was ever held responsible.
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Sep. 2, 1885 | White Residents in Wyoming Wage Violent Attacks Against Chinese Miners
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A company with backbone.
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MapQuest Downloads Soar After They Refuse To Bend The Knee To Trump Over Lake Ontario—And We Love To See It
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's INSANE that right wingers spend so much time spewing hateful nonsense trans people, you never see them speaking to one. Those Fox jackasses need to get a life, and let trans people live their own. My friend @plasticmartyr.bsky.social debunks the myths.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FUN FACT: Donald trump is responsible for about 29% of the total national debt ($11.6 trillion added across both of his terms). Stop saying this f*cker is "good at business." He bankrupted casinos, FFS.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it
Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump’s agenda, experts warn
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If Chairman Comer can subpoena a witness to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on immigration issues, then he can certainly subpoena AG Todd Blanche to testify about the Trump Administration's cover-up of the Epstein Files.
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Canada's cadets condemn Hegseth's 'unacceptable' post about program | CBC News
The U.S. Pentagon is standing behind a controversial social media post by War Secretary Pete Hegseth about a Canadian cadet program.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, BERNIE.....
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Even his base has a breaking point.
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Young MAGA Voter Who Is 'Struggling For My Life' Goes Viral With His NSFW Message For Trump
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Practice what you preach...
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Jeff Bezos Called Out For Hypocritical Post Praising Dolly Parton's 'Generosity'—And We're Shaking Our Heads
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just let an accused ICE agent walk free—by doing nothing at all. He sat on Minnesota’s extradition request for 3 months to let the clock run out. That’s worrisome. My write-up in the comments.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check. Watch.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 31/08/2026
On this day in 1966, 12 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Alabama Senate passed a law that made it illegal for public schools to make school integration plans with federal officials.
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Aug. 31, 1966 | Alabama Senate Passes Law to Forbid School Integration
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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orlandovonvegas.bsky.social @orlandovonvegas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The stupidity is truly astounding. 🙄🤪🤡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026
Trump’s political instincts look worse by the day. Once again, he’s going all-in on data centers, siding with his billionaire buddies over communities getting crushed by higher power bills, water demands, and massive development. He keeps finding the 80/20 issues and planting himself on the 20 side.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026
Trump is now posting AI slop of Kharg Island being “blown to smithereens.” If you can’t win the war in real life, apparently you can always retreat into AI fantasies.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Seems the Orange 🤡's renaming Lake Ontario is just as popular as his renaming The Gulf of Mexico, which is... NOT AT ALL. Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
The truth behind Trump’s Venezuela oil grift. Grocery prices surging. Rep. Garcia’s shadow hearing on a big Trump crisis. A MAGA “cheap gas” scheme accused of selling stolen fuel. Military leaders warning the Iran war is stretching U.S. forces thin. And much more in today’s bulletin:
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 451.
… NYT: “The Trump admin’s highly unusual deal to develop Venezuela’s vast oil resources would have the US govt collaborate with an influential and polarizing Venezuelan businessman.
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T.A.O.S. @taos99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Google Maps has completely erased the Lake Ontario label on the Canada-USA border; both sides of the border have been labeled Lake America.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/08/2026
For many years I wondered, "how bad will Republicans have to get before the media/political establishment in the US gets over its endless obsession with scolding & tone policing the left?" I think at this point we have to acknowledge that the answer is: never. Literally never.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's tragic that here in Georgia in the year 2026, in some ways, one of the central questions of the U.S. Senate race is whether white nationalism belongs in the United States Senate.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/08/2026
Governor Lee has announced a partnership to name the Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton. www.tn.gov/governor/new...
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Gov. Lee Announces Partnership to Name Nashville International Airport in Honor of Dolly Parton
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport®, also known as BNA®, announced their intent to name BNA in honor of Dolly Parton, creating a lasting tribute ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s not “an oil deal with Venezuela.” It’s Trump kidnapping an autocrat, refusing to hold elections, then leaving the remainder of the regime in place but only if they allow him to pillage their natural resources, which they are doing to remain in power oppressing the people.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To be clear, when the orange felon keeps talking about plans to have unregulated meat processing in the United States, he really means that he wants to begin poisoning the country’s food supply. Maybe it’s just me.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Karoline Leavitt has betrayed the legacy of Sean Spicer." -- Jonathan Chait any day now
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