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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

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Here's a prick that can't meet a bullet through the head fast enough. Toxic Alpha Males need to be eradicated from this planet. We women have had enough of those chest-beating, dick-waving arseholes. I hope one day someone separates him from his dick. www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...

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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead #FeatheredFriday

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Turkey was not always an autocracy. It had a democracy. It still has elections. But its real democracy has gone away through shock and awe. It can happen everywhere if you're not vigilant and have shared agreement in the democratic project. One day it's just....gone.

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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The grocery store nationalism of supply chains gets more interesting. My supermarket (Freshco) does a new flyer on Thursdays.. and anything produced in Canada or an international brand with a Canadian presence as of today now has a maple 🍁 leaf on the price sticker . #SupplyChains #Merchandising

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I thought he was banned from DC, or the capitol. Did this current corrupt admin. get rid of that too?

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Hope I don't get COVID again. The doctor won't see you in the office so the only way to get Paxlovid is via telehealth services. Now, that's out.

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@meidastouch.com She has her receipts. Someone should interview her.

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Employees who continue to work for the federal government were told to come back to the office. At Denver Federal Center, if they do, they won't be able to charge their cars. @nbminor.bsky.social reports on an internal email CPR News received

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I can barely concentrate. how are we supposed to live our lives like this?

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Smack. Thanks to whomever coined this gem.

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I'd like the congratulate the Canadian hockey team on their victory last night over the team fielded by Russia's vassal.

submitted 1 day ago • 147 comments

Parody alert. This gave me a chuckle.

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Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

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I felt bad for a minute, then I didn’t. Consequences. www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAt...

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A South Florida sheriff delivered a blistering rebuke of his own deputies this week, saying his department “failed” in its handling of a lengthy domestic violence case that he says culminated in a triple homicide.

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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

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If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

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The 45 companies on the MAGA anti-DEI hit list www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/20/t... Some of these CEOs/companies have already bent the knee to him and now, it looks like it did them no good. He's still going after them.

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Elon Musk calls for deorbit of International Space Station as soon as possible www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/20/e... Who elected this guy? NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON VOTED FOR HIM. He's not even eligible to be president yet he's leading our country and making demands.

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Florida sues Target for 'leftist agenda that sexualized children,' harm to retirement fund www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/20/f...

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www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p... Chicken shit MF

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Okay so you know I like to remind everyone how the American immigration system has been cruel for a very long time. But loading people on flights to deport them to countries that they are not from, like Iranians to Panama, is not business as usual.

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'He's Building a Concentration Camp': Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo www.commondreams.org/news/gitmo-c...

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share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

submitted 2 days ago • 673 comments

Almost half our country are cruel, heartless pigs. 💔 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

In case you weren’t feeling quite depressed enough today

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

Now, I'm no expert on stopping a coup, but, I'm pretty sure you don't stop a coup by a few rebukes on CSPAN by Senate members. Speeches won't stop a coup. 🙄

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Keep in mind that the probationary federal employees who are now being fired are NOT just newly hired ones. If a long-term employee is promoted to a higher-level position, such as a supervisory or managerial role, then the employee may be subject to a probationary period for that new position.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

We need a work requirement for the Missouri GOP. They plagiarize bills, scroll on their phones all day, disrespect the voters, work 90 days a year, and walk away with taxpayer-funded healthcare and a state pension.

submitted 2 days ago • 89 comments

@smokingrasshopper.bsky.social 😁😎

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

If you were wondering if there is a word to describe how the United States is currently being governed, why, yes, there is: kakistocracy!

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Holy crap. Police in Tennessee failed to investigate a serial rapist because he paid off the department and they just settled with his victims for 28 million. Fuck that. Who's going to jail? tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/18/j...

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I see we need a dose of Schoolhouse Rock to remind a few people that WE DON’T WANT A KING. Can someone like Disturbed or Godsmack do a revamped version of this, please? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZ...

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My peeps.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Me too. I was kinda hoping my retirement would be spent during a boring time politically so that I could have interesting times traveling around the country and enjoying the beach, my family, and my pets.

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OSHA cited Tesla in the death of an electrician at its TX plant last year. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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People are fleeing Florida and Texas. As of Jan. 2025, those states collectively accounted for over 30% of ALL homes for sale in the US. Florida had 157,221 active listings—the highest in the country—followed by Texas with 102,552. Repressive state governments and rising insurance are to blame.

submitted 3 days ago • 954 comments

Well, this wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025. But holy cow! Is this amazing or what?

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This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

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