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belmontx2.bsky.social

Recovering lawyer, sports fan (mainly of hopeless teams). Gearing up for the democracy battles ahead. Bots get blocks.

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Endorse!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator.…we take an oath to the Constitution.…and we're willing to die to protect it" - Mark Milley, 2023 #MemorialDay

submitted 5 days ago • 69 comments

The bill that just passed the House costs $5 trillion, more than $4 trillion of which are tax cuts. It’s paid for with $1.7 trillion of cuts to healthcare, education, and social welfare, plus $3.3 trillion of borrowing. Budgets are expressions of values.

submitted 10 days ago • 24 comments

Trump is taking a bribe from a country that funds Hamas. If you can’t say that, then you shouldn’t be a journalist.

submitted 19 days ago • 144 comments