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Defending 🔵 values in a 🔴 state is exhausting. Don't DM me! No, I don't want to buy your mushrooms, I just like pictures of nature! 👷‍♀️+🏗+🛠+💡+📚 = 🧙‍♀️ ♥️: 🐕 🐈‍⬛ 🦉 🌴 🍄🛠🪛

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Marly Marie @marlymarieport.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Call your senators and use these polls! Tell them to vote no on the SAVE act (protect our right to vote) and demand them to vote no on HJR 140! We need to protect our public lands! Please read and share for talking points about HJR 140! Use this information! bsky.app/profile/hcri...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/02/2026
Breaking news: A former ICE instructor accused the agency of dramatically slashing training standards for new officers and lying to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to rapidly expand its mass deportation operation.
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Former ICE instructor says agency slashed training for new officers
A former instructor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the agency has cut “vital classes” from mandatory training for new officers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are failing our kids
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X Expat @x-expat.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Not all of us, Darling!
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X Expat @x-expat.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Say it louder for all the ones who got jokes today!
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X Expat @x-expat.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Hold on, 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ we are working on it!
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X Expat @x-expat.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Earth to Eve - 'Have you heard the news?' (Live Version)
YouTube video by Earth To Eve
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 10/07/2025
Letters went out this week to 60 educators across Minnesota’s mostly rural Extension network telling them their funding had dried up.
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University of Minnesota Extension cutting 60 county educators due to Trump tax bill
Minnesota SNAP-Ed employees who taught about nutrition and financial literacy could be out of a job.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/07/2025
The 10-year summer average of the NOAA's climate extreme index, which tracks hurricanes, heavy rain, droughts and high and low temperatures, is 58% higher than it was in the 1980s.
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The U.S. faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up
Despite the grim trajectory, society isn’t acting with enough alarm, climate scientists say
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 10/07/2025
NEW: Freedom Convoy founding organizer says he is seeking political asylum in the United States To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump allies
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Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump allies
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CNN @cnn.com · 10/07/2025
America’s toy prices could rise later this year, particularly if higher tariffs take effect, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks told CNN’s Audie Cornish, host of “The Assignment” podcast.
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Hasbro’s CEO warns that toy prices could start to rise in the fall because of tariffs | CNN Business
America’s toy prices could rise later this year, particularly if higher tariffs take effect, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks told on CNN’s Audie Cornish, host of “The Assignment” podcast.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/07/2025
Federal kindergarten vaccination data shows national rates for four major vaccines, which had held steady before the COVID-19 pandemic, have fallen significantly since. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023. ➡️ Read more: propub.li/40KnM8n
A U.S. tile map that depicts the measles vaccination rate for kindergarteners (according to CDC data) in each state from 2013 to 2023. A key explains that for each state, a gray dotted line represents the benchmark for herd immunity: a 95% vaccination rate. Vaccination rates above 95% are shown in blue, while vaccination rates below 95% are shown in orange. Looking at the full map, the trend lines lean much more orange than blue. Measles vaccination rates in most states were below herd immunity in school year 2023-2024.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 10/07/2025
Commentary: Ohio’s biennial budget is a slow, grinding assault on public education. This is a violence that unfolds over years and generations. It bleeds opportunity and shatters potential. It’s not breaking news, but it breaks futures all the same ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/09/n...
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Not with a bang, but a budget: Ohio lawmakers’ slow violence • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio’s biennial budget is a slow, grinding assault on public education. This is a violence that unfolds over years and generations. It bleeds opportunity and shatters potential. It’s not breaking…
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 25/06/2025
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is trimming plans, calling targeted BLM land 'unused,' 'mismanaged' and 'only appropriate for housing.' But critics say even the pared-down plan rewards the wealthy at the expense of average people who enjoy public lands.
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As Wyoming protests, public land sell-off ‘just getting started’ - WyoFile
Utah senator trims plans, calling targeted BLM land “unused,” “mismanaged” and “only appropriate for housing.”
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/06/2025
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After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”
Trump T1 phone isn’t “made in the USA” but is “designed with American values.”…
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/06/2025
Officials are studying which international laws were being violated in order to file “the necessary lawsuits” because “there is indeed contamination," said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
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Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 25/06/2025
Dollar Tree is raising prices to $1.50 on some items that used to cost $1.25. Employees are putting red stickers over items to note the change.
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Notice a red sticker on a Dollar Tree item? It means the price is going up
Dollar Tree is raising prices to $1.50 on some items that used to cost $1.25. Employees are putting red stickers over items to note the change.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 26/06/2025
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the United States over the next few years. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/25/r...
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$1,000 'Trump Accounts' for babies skewed toward the wealthy, critics say • Ohio Capital Journal
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the United States over the next few…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/06/2025
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
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Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”. Continue reading...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the closure of Jobs Corps campuses, saying that without intervention to block illegal closures, thousands of abused children will be kicked out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
A screenshot of a post previously from Greenpeace. It’s a photo of a blue fence with black writing on top. The writing says:
‘If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction. Remember that’s trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn’t work on you. ‘
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Politico @politico.com · 18/06/2025
A judge ruled EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful. EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
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Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful
EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.
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Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Starship blowing up is a bigger deal than you think. It’s not a prototype in a sandbox anymore, it’s a $4B NASA contract to land humans on the Moon ($2.8B initially, $4B with follow-ons). Every explosion is taxpayer-funded hardware going up in flames.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
New York Times headline: EPA Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth is a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go. Today, we’re once more committing ourselves to the work of ending systemic oppression of Black people in America. We’re not free until everyone is free.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19/06/2025
When we moved into this house a couple years ago, my very kind neighbor was like “oh FYI my husband is a concert cellist so if it’s ever too loud or disturbing you or anything, please just let us know.” You know what, hasn’t been a problem.
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X Expat @x-expat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Filing fees?
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 18/06/2025
Jackson City Council fights proposal to remove Medgar Evers name from Navy vessel The Jackson City Council has passed a resolution asking the Defense Department to keep Medgar Evers name on Navy vessel.
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Jackson City Council fights proposal to remove Medgar Evers name from Navy vessel
The Jackson City Council has passed a resolution asking the Defense Department to keep Medgar Evers name on Navy vessel.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
A drug with the potential to “end the HIV pandemic,” that was just approved by the FDA, will launch in the US this week, as a new study reveals it could be sold for 1,000 times less than its possible price tag. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers
As regulator prepares to approve Lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not? Palmer: I strike those words
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Politico @politico.com · 11/06/2025
The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices. Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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CDC backtracks on layoffs, rehires more than 400 people
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/06/2025
Minnesota was just ranked the 5th best state for child wellbeing — here’s why: ✅ Free school meals ✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit ✅ Paid family and medical leave
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 10/06/2025
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines. He pledged to replace them with his own picks.
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‘A Coup’: RFK Jr. Ousts Entire CDC Vaccine Committee
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee and will install his own picks.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
hope the marines bring their dancing shoes, this looks brutal
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
via Wild Bird Scoop
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I smell smoke
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
BREAKING The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE
Raid in Los Angeles
Los Angeles - David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU- United Service Workers West was injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity.
Tia Orr, Executive Director of SEIU California, made the following statement:
"SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our President, David Huerta, who was injured and detained at the site of one of today's ICE raids in Los Angeles. He is now receiving medical attention while in custody.
"We are proud of President Huerta's righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement: standing up to injustice, regardless of personal risk or the power of those perpetrating it.
"We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate ICE raids that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, and hurting all working people. Immigrant workers are essential to our society: feeding our nation, caring for our elders, cleaning our workplaces, and building our homes."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Organizations represented in this reel include: Accelerator for America Hope Renovations Moore Community House Women in Construction Vermont Works for Women
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Good jobs change lives. The Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau funded programs that gave women a shot to get a good job and show what they could do. These programs work with employers to identify needs and create training tailored to those skills.
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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
There is nothing “wasteful” or “discriminatory” about helping women enter the workforce. DOGE and the Trump administration are trying to send us back 105 years to a time before the Women’s Bureau at the Dept. of Labor was established.
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
These programs addressed a significant barrier to labor force participation, helped people realize their worth, and were good for employers who need workers: a win for all. Now they’ve all been cut. (🪡 3/3)
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Women can have a hard time getting in the workforce even when they can clearly do the job because of a lack of childcare. Or money for gas. Or income during training. These programs helped with that. (🪡 2/3)
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