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A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility. Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

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Today I honor the late great Congressman John R. Lewis on what would have been his 85th birthday. If folks know about my clapbacks, understand this is my version of “Good Trouble.”

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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When did firing people like nuclear scientists and air traffic controllers seem like a better idea than simply taxing the rich?

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This.

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A big shout out to all the black and gray cats out there! 🐈‍⬛💕 (sound up) #throwbackthursday

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🪦 Buh bye Xitter. Buh bye Elmo. Buh bye the sewer Twitter has become (thanks to Elmo) 🪦 10 years and now I'm done.

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Instead of just requests for money from our politicians, how about some ideas and plans about how to organize and resist?

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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

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Legislation that I passed and was funded by Congress, Solar for All, could reduce electric bills for working class families by 80%. The Trump Admin is refusing to release the money in order to protect the profits of fossil fuel billionaires. Unacceptable. Release the funds NOW.

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Well, well, well! Looks like I can finally take a vacation—my apprentice is running the FBI! Time to kick back, sip some molten lava, and let the chaos run itself!

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Kash Patel’s most wanted list #fbi

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What’s going on [email protected]

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Shameful Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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You know this is 100% going to happen…

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

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Nepal accepted a $500 million grant from the US to expand its electricity grid and improve its roads. By accepting the grant, Nepal was on the receiving end of a flood of attacks by the CCP. Now, the grant has been frozen by Trump and Nepalese officials are wondering if they’ve made a mistake.

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

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Sequoia National Park in California

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I watched Hannity's interview with Musk and Donald Trump so that you didn't have to. It was, as George W. Bush might have said, some weird shit www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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