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WestofDenver

@westofdenver.bsky.social
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Gay Dem in ruralish Colorado. First social awakening was Kent State...I was 12 when I first realized we were being lied to. Books I need to re-read: Three Body Problem, Capitalism Alone, The 1619 Project. Love theatre, feeding birds, fixing things.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bernie's Spot On........
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
San Juan Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, Just Experienced Its Driest July In Over 120 Years,And Is On A 48 Hour Water Rationing Cycle. Crickets From Trump On These American Citizens......🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
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Dave Stanley @davidwstanley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Describe your musical taste in three artists, no genres: Pink Floyd Fleetwood Mac SuperTramp
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I believe those are military-grade adult diapers, capable of handling a lethal force of kinetic sharts and shits.
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Michael ❌👑 Indivisible COLO @michaelindivisible.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Hav @havfree.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Say it louder!!!
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DanSkinnerArt @danskinnerart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DcHDeD7T5S...
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Here’s Why w/ Kevin Ortega-Rojas on Instagram: "Carlitos Ricardo Parias, an independent journalist who went by ‘Richard Noticias LA’ and built an audience by covering ICE activity, was shot and injure...
198 likes, 9 comments - hereswhykevin on August 16, 2026: "Carlitos Ricardo Parias, an independent journalist who went by ‘Richard Noticias LA’ and built an audience by covering ICE activity, was shot...
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 16/08/2026
Lets 👏🏼 reform 👏🏼 this 🌊 💙🦋🧢🐬🚙🔵🔹
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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LINDZEE @lindzee2.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ice says that these electric gloves are meant to "maintain compliance." Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips. If using shock collars on dogs is Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use Shock Gloves on people?
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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Three star and low bar! No competition!
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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 13/08/2026
Huckabee condemns a multiday siege of three Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Qusra. The US ambassador to Israel denounces the blockade as a "horrific act of terror" on after dozens of settlers aggressively trap a Palestinian American family inside.
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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' US ambassador says
Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American.
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I emailed a library asking for a small but annoying favour, and they did me a big favour and it's provided absolutely crucial data for a new project and publication, and slopAI could never and yay for humans, and librarians and archivists in particular.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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WestofDenver @westofdenver.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It is deeply distressing to consider the sheer number and variety of people that the *rump admin has callously given cause to now fear for their future. I gotta assume repercussions will echo for years.
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WestofDenver @westofdenver.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My guess, probably not alone in this, is that Blanche isn't producing Epstein files per judge order because the admin has destroyed them all.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Could not say it better than Bruce…..
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Coach Walz would have made a great VP. 🛋️ Boi Jance is nothing but a little makeup wearing 💩.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
We need to protect Social Security for the next generation.
The Social Security payroll tax is capped at $184,500 in income. So if you're a nurse or construction worker, you pay Social Security on 100% of your income. But if you're a lawyer raking in millions, you only pay Social Security on a tiny fraction of your income. That is not right.
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Louis D. Thorpe @loudthorpe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The nature of your soul dictates everything you do. surftofind.com/soul
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026
I love this. Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she decided to jump into the race the day RFK Jr was nominated to lead HHS. She’s a pediatrician. Saw what was coming & decided she couldn’t sit on the sidelines. THIS is what I’m talking about. Feeling called to serve & actually following through.
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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 11/08/2026
If we haven't been reminding you enough, vote because your life depends upon it.
Women entering a voting booth with white hoods and red robes. Exiting the voting booth wearing whatever clothes they choose.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026
The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 09/08/2026
Hi, my name is George, and it’s been 670 days since my last purchase from Amazon.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/08/2026
"Hey. We know we've crippled supply chains and murdered jobs and cut funding and tanked the economy and disabled your ability to get parts because of tariffs, but could you hurry up and build more bombs so we can kill more people?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks
The directive to industry from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg comes amid tensions over a critical U.S. munitions shortage.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I don’t know which cartoonist created this, but it’s spot on.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unless McConnell comes out and publicly rebukes this on camera, I'm going to assume it's true.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
For people on the ground at Delaney: goggles to protect your eyes from tear gas are available here:
A Screengrab of an announcement for a dropoff of goggles at a table at Delaney Hall.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/05/2026
The midterms will serve as an unprecedented stress test of the integrity of American elections “with more election deniers having access to federal power than ever before,” some experts and Democrats warn.
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Straight from the ground at Delaney Hall detention camp in Newark: ICE just started tear gassing protestors. I’ll share video when I have it. This is immediately after Andy Kim was told that ICE didn’t want to escalate. Right.
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Impeach the pedophile rapist Now! Defend Democracy!! @daangrypacifist.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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Melody Hamby Goss @melodygoss111.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Trump is now planning on tearing our the Whitehouse pillars!! Why are we allowing him to tear down this Whitehouse thats not even his ..its ours!!
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 25/05/2026
"though the English are effete, they're quite impervious to heat"
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Robert Hove @roberthove.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Our pollinator garden in front is a work in progress
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the-thc-ministry.bsky.social @the-thc-ministry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
COMPARE & CONTRAST: FASCIST EDITION 👊🤬🖕🐷
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Our modern Memorial Day began as Decoration Day in 1865, founded by 10,000 newly freed Black Americans in Charleston who built a proper cemetery and held a massive parade for fallen Union soldiers. Remembering its true origin ensures this vital Black history is never forgotten.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Sadly, every word is true. The American experiment is over. Killed in the middle of Fifth Avenue and no one in power blinked an eye to stop it.
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