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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Good On You,Mayor Mamdani....👏🏻
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🇨🇦 🍁🇨🇦 Genes 🇨🇦 Back To Being Grateful,Oh Canada 🇨🇦 🍁🇨🇦 @creativewaves.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Saw this post. #Canada Cut off oil supply. Cut off electricity. Cut off natural gas. Cut off lumber supply. Cut off potash supply. Cut off steel and aluminum supply. Call in the US debt bonds.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026
Pictures have a way of telling a story
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Billy Bob @billybob5.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When the order came to abandon ship, Doris Miller didn't. He stayed and pulled men out of burning water. He was 24 when he was killed. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
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Broken Politics 🌍 @landofbritain.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fake President Rogue nation Real criminal Real threat to the world. The #USA needs the rest of us in the world more than we need the USA. Enough is enough. Remove him from office... ...or we remove #America from global affairs: trade, scientific research and political cooperation. #Trump #traitor
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LINDZEE @lindzee2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a solution in search of a problem that does not exist.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Who would have guessed this absolute lunatic would refuse to concede that he lost the Republican primary for governor of Minnesota, besides everyone?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
On @outfrontcnn.bsky.social, @jreinermd.bsky.social asks a pretty good question here: “Why is it acceptable in this country at this time—in this perilous time—for the president of the United States to have a dramatic problem staying awake?”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For weeks now, Steven Cheung has been throwing himself on top of every food cart in sight, screaming, “I’ll save you, Mister President!”
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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Sally @wooferunleashed.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Could someone explain to me why our government just gave $2 billion to save the Tomago Smelter from closing, and saving lots of people’s jobs, when the owners - Rio Tinto - posted making $10 billion? Why couldn’t they pay for it?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
They really are the Gestapo, and they just keep escalating their use of force. The Department of Homeland Security is now moving to equip ICE officers with gloves capable of delivering electrical shocks.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure raping children is an impeachable offense.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
An Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won’t deny him entry ahead of a conference he’s set to speak at in Hamilton this month. #Ontario #Protest #NoHate #Extremist www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
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Anti-immigration speaker banned from U.K. still planning to attend conference in Hamilton, Ont.
An Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won’t deny him entry ahead of a conference he’s set to speak a...
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2028 Blue Wave 🌊🌊💙 🇺🇸 @2028-bluewave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This should be much bigger news.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today, on everyone’s screen.
Movie poster a black figure holding a cell phone, a road at night below and the McConnells.
Text: I KNOW
THAT YOU DIED
THIS SUMMER
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Elon Musk is at it again. He’s trying to buy the midterms, with Susan Collins at the center of his plan. Musk authorized his America PAC to spend up to $120 million backing Collins and other GOP candidates in at least eight states. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Jeff Youngblood @jeffyoungblood.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It was July 1976 when Tina Turner had had enough fights and beatings with Ike to leave him permanently. It was her Independence Day...
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Phlox’s nephew @gravelguy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Partisan much? Phucking hypocrites.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
He got bullied into flipping his vote, which is even worse.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You notice that the criminal-in-charge who sues everyone for everything is drop dead quiet about this. Says a lot.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/06/2026
The reason Obama used water from the river for the reflecting pool and not city water is because city water is treated with orthophosphates, which is food for algae, causing massive blooms that produce cyanotoxins that kill wildlife.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/06/2026
Vice President JD Vance had no qualms about releasing all mention of Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files when he convened a Situation Room "war room" with other members of the president's inner circle.
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Susie Wiles battled Vance over 'unsubstantiated' Trump/Epstein accusations: NYT reporters
Vice President JD Vance had no qualms about releasing all mention of Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files when he convened a Situation Room “war room” with other members of the president’s inner circle.According to New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, during an appearance on MS NO...
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Vandal Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"A Mississippi farmer who paid higher wages and favoured white South African guest workers has been taken to court by five black American workers alleging a pattern of racial and citizenship-based discrimination and 'wage theft'."
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US farmer faces legal pushback for paying white South African guest workers higher wages
Five black American workers are taking a Mississippi farmer to court because they allege he is favouring and paying white South African guest workers higher wages. …
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 13/06/2026
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy." Exodus 20:8
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Ty Young @tyyoung617.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
All these posts where he constantly claim accusation if he's ever properly investigated,and he should be, you'll find that every post he's made was less an accusation and more a confession. A trail of self incrimination hiding in plain sight. All on Truth social 👏👏👏
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were given access to voter files in two counties in Texas and North Carolina, according to an Axios news report. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE agents accessed voter files in Texas and North Carolina
ICE agents were reportedly given access to personal voter files in Forsyth County, North Carolina and Webb County, Texas.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 12/06/2026
As soccer fever sweeps the country, Toronto prepares for the first-ever FIFA World Cup game on home soil. Follow along with our live coverage of Canada's group-stage match against Bosnia-Herzegovina. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/socce...
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Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina fans streaming into stadium before opening ceremony and 3 p.m. kick-off
As soccer fever sweeps Canada, Toronto prepares for the first-ever FIFA World Cup game on home soil; Captain Alphonso Davies ruled out from today’s game
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So it sounds like Turning Point funded domestic terrorism. 🤬. FFS
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DJ @darnich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Dems are trying to get Rs on the record with this. People see the corruption more than ever. Lawmakers need to be on the record so we can hold them accountable.
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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Neither one has denied it!
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
While out for breakfast earlier, a man of about 80 told me, “By time Trump is done…many people may just be ready to say, ‘Tear the entire White House down…and start fresh.’ He has tainted it in a way nothing…and no one else…ever has…or could.”
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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Do you realize in a single day Republicans could Stop the Trump destruction of our country. It would only take 4 of them to come to their senses and have the courage to do the right thing .. FOUR!
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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
By Jim Benton
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Trump said he wants Bill Pulte, his incoming acting director of national intelligence, to begin the process of firing a large number of employees as part of a shake-up of the US intelligence community. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/06/2026
Trump's $10B lawsuit against the BBC hits a standoff. ⚖️ Court records reveal that while the BBC has handed over 45,000 pages of internal documents, Trump's lawyers have produced exactly zero pages in return. Now, Trump's attorneys are resisting a request to open up his private business trust.
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Trump lawyers pitch fit as he's asked to prove 'financial harm' in libel claim: report
Amid the ongoing litigation of President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, the president’s lawyers were asked to provide records supporting one of the president’s key claims in the suit – and immediately lashed out, The Guardian reported Friday.Trump sued the BBC last year after ac...
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
USA...stop doing stupid shit, like voting for reality tv stars to run our govt. LA voters...Spencer Pratt, a former MTV reality tv star, is backed by MTV network, which is owned by the Ellison family. You know, CBS, Paramount. If you vote for him, you're voting for fascism.
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Amy B @abbarsha.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At this point he's flaunting his corruption with the obvious market manipulation. 👇
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Karl Kuszaj @karlkuszaj.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Nothing says excellent judgment like pardoning 1,600 people and then watching about 1 in 16 promptly get arrested again for everything from DUIs to homicide. But sure, these are “great people," just with a habit of committing crimes once the consequences are removed. newrepublic.com/post/211391/...
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One in Sixteen of Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Have Been Arrested Again
The crimes range from possession of drug paraphernalia to stalking, child molestation, and reckless homicide.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
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𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘤𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘺 🍁 @ajohmss1956.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It's the only way you were able to be elected.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What a liar Rubio is!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Coverage from Delaney Hall in New Jersey
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments." Pretty important part of the story re his firing. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox.
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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’
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