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Jannie63

@washopingforbetter.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian 🇨🇦Mother of daughters and granddaughters ❤️. Praying for world 🌎 Democracy/Ukraine /Middle East and the future of our children 🏳️‍🌈

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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Even if you are 100% convinced that Democracy is already dead and our votes won't count... PLEASE VOTE ANYWAY! I'm begging everyone. There is a critical mass of voter turnout that will be too big to fix. Please vote, no matter how bleak it seems.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand.
CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. 
RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette.

CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there

RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: 
LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters.
CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. 
RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. 
LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. 
CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits.
RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I will say it again: There are no moderate Republicans. There are just proud MAGA and sacred MAGA. The scared ones leave. The proud ones stay.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
QAnon luminaries say they’ve drafted the Trump “national emergency” declaration to scuttle the midterm elections:
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Pete 👎 ABOLISH ICE 👎 @barrelbucket.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Arrest the goddamn president
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 07/03/2026
Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/03/2026
Trump multiple times just today has said the country is at war. War can only be declared by Congress, and Iran posed no imminent threat. What Trump is doing there is a textbook illegal war and impeachable offense — if we still had a Congress.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/03/2026
It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/03/2026
yes, nothing says "innovation reinvention" like a nepobaby trust fund brat with no meaningful experience being gifted a massive hollywood empire by his technofascist dad, who leveraged his corrupt influence over the country's pudding-headed autocrats to box out competitors (?)
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David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: “This Is About Reinventing the Business”
HBO Max and Paramount+ will be merged when the deal closes, the mogul told Wall Street early Monday morning.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
He originally said was going to cost $200 million. Then he said $250 million. Then $300 million. But now it's going to come in under budget at $400 million.
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 02/03/2026
Uh no...we definitely realize it.
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Meanwhile, DOJ wants to push the first public hearing for accused pipe bomber Brian Cole past the date (January 5) when 5-year statutes of limitation would expire. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
2. On December 28, 2025, when pressed on the question of proceeding with
the preliminary hearing on December 30, the government asked to push the
preliminary hearing to either January 7 or 8. That request comes too late and does
not meet Rule 5.1(d)’s rigorous standard. The Court should confirm that December 30 is the preliminary hearing and detention hearing and direct the government to be
prepared to present its evidence in support of probable cause.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Still unreported, should be investigated: ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Wait - so there was a peace deal in place under Biden, but Netanyahu met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago (tinyurl.com/4fn64wah) and scuttled it to give them both a political win. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘? Nobel?? More like the Hague. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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‘aesthetically terrifying’ @aruss-updates.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“We’re saving God” They don’t even know how to do their fake Christianity right. This is incredibly offensive, even to many RW evangelicals.
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Angele @angeledehart.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This reminds me of this. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Darkq007 @darkq007.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I am an atheist and even to me that read like blasphemy. “ we are saving god” what the fuck!
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Traditional Conservative @tradconservative.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“We’re saving God” is the single most blatant example of their complete lack of faith I’ve ever heard. To believe God needs saving is to completely lack understanding of God and his Word.
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Jannie63 @washopingforbetter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It’s really,really hard to decipher which is the stupidest trump 😂😂😂😂. They all have a grade school mentality 🤪🤪🤪🤪
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Uday speaks. Man with no known religious conviction gives interview to paid propaganda agent of the Kremlin and describes how he is remaking Christianity. This is hysterical. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Julie Bee🐝🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @junebug1925.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Md., attempted to ask for unanimous consent to pass the legislation during a pro forma session in the House 10/10/25 House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill, presiding over the chamber, gaveled out of session before Elfreth could finish reading her request.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
A porn star posing in front of a pedophile has something to say about school teachers…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/09/2025
Follow the money. Soecifically one company that now has a good relationship with Georgia Dream, who recognizes the value in this company being treated well because of their influence over politicians. I will have more to reveal if this isn’t reversed
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2025
Have you noticed that Trump only won the presidency when he had a woman opponent? Both times. That says more about us as a country and our failure to recognize the power of women than it does about him as a man.
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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This is worth a read. There's a strong tendency to dismiss all anti-vaxxers as thoughtless or dumb, and having interviewed Lydia I can attest she is neither. What she does do is speak to fear, finding community and the psychological discomfort of abandoning a core truth she thought she knew.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2025
i like that the administration is run by dilettantes whose pathological unseriousness is illustrated by their total disregard for human life
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
First RFK, Jr claimed thimerosal causes autism Then it was MRNA vaccines Now he argues if pregnant women take Tylenol, THAT could be the cause But here’s his own NIH director saying “we have no idea” of the etiology Kennedy already destroyed the CDC And unless he goes Things will get worse
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
It’s like the Civil War in reverse.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Several explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ russian drones. Fuck russia ‼️
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/09/2025
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Trump news at a glance: Anxiety in Chicago as Trump plans to send troops; postal traffic into US drops 80%
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Trump news at a glance: Anxiety in Chicago as Trump plans to send troops; postal traffic into US drops 80%
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
“In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, she has alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in 1997.”
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'It felt like tentacles': the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct
Allegations against president span decades, with Amy Dorris at least the 26th woman to come forward
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
When even Rand Paul thinks you’re despicable.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/09/2025
Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump reut.rs/3V4rCpO
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Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump
The United States Tennis Association asked U.S. Open broadcasters to censor any reaction or protest to President Donald Trump during his appearance at the men's singles final Sunday, according to reports.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This part.
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kdodd27.bsky.social @kdodd27.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Amen.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2025
They used to call this "cancel culture."
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
He simultaneously provokes secondhand embarrassment for his sheer mediocrity and firsthand repulsion for his cringey theatrics. Pete Hegseth may be the first person in history to earn the moniker Those Guys. /thread
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
What I find truly remarkable about Pete Hegseth is that he's somehow both. Against all logic, Pete Hegseth is both very bad at his job and yet desperately pitching himself as peak masculinity. He's both a lame duck and a paper tiger.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
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pcta1129.bsky.social @pcta1129.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
‼️‼️‼️This‼️‼️‼️👇
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
All Jackson needs to say is that Trump will live to 300 and he could become the first Fleet Admiral since Chester Nimitz
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The FIRST time ever during an Administration its HHS Secretary, RFK Jr has science under siege. People are going to suffer and die. Blood on his hands, the GOP that appointed him & the President for insisting Kennedy was the best person for the job.
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