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Another Xitter refugee. You'll have seen me at other places as TexDem_Dkos, maybe. I'm not from Texas. Tarheel by birth and choice.
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On Feb 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City. A fearless advocate for Black empowerment, his speeches & activism challenged systemic racism, leaving a lasting impact on the fight for civil rights & global Black liberation. #StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery #BlackHistory

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On February 21, 1949, jazz legend Louis Armstrong became the first jazz artist on TIME magazine’s cover. His groundbreaking music helped popularize jazz worldwide, cementing its place as a defining African American cultural contribution. #StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery #BlackHistory

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AHEM! " #Musk private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service..have more rights, cd be auth to carry weapons on fed grnds+ if sthg went awry w detail, Marshals Serv cd be held legally liable..deputizing unusual bc indivs are not current members of law enf” www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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Musk, the memo warns, is moving rapidly to take control of the apparatus of US Government power on behalf of a core network of interests who subscribe to Yarvin’s ‘ Dark Enlightenment’ ideology.

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Well yeah. Dow tumbles 800 points as #Trump inflation and #TrumpTax tariff fears mount www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/i...

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The Felon47 admin is waging war on science, cutting funding for any research that mentions “climate.” Academics are raising red flags as the government withdraws grants, reflecting Felon47’s all-out assault on environmental regulations and clean energy progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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WTAF

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Governor Mills of Maine knows what fucking time it is !! As a Maritimer in Canada, Maine has common unique cultural substance. The women won’t be bullied by rapist pricks, regardless of title

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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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When you're too gross for even the French far-right - French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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after i called out the @nytimes.com on bluesky and in my story for @dailykos.com the ny times has FINALLY added a correction. we caught them in the act. they tried to hide it. then we exposed them more. and now they've reacted again.

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Of course it’s a woman…

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“Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity...and do not let the 'tragic spirit of despair' overcome us when our country needs us the most." #JBPritzker #PrayForAmerica

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"The U.S. Postal Service is wildly popular with the American people and its service is essential and irreplaceable. Nobody voted for this. It is brazenly illegal, unconstitutional, and corrupt." - Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) bluevirginia.us/2025/02/frid...

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“If FBI agents who are just doing their jobs aren’t free of the risk of political prosecution, then who is? In a country run by a president who has accumulated all power into his own hands, you never know who might run afoul of the leader’s good graces.” joycevance.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

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You can’t make this shit up

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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."  —FDR, 1936

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Such a cool photo! Original Caption: SCENE IN THE WAC DAY ROOM, HRPE, NEWPORT NEWS, ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1945. A group OF ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE. US Army Signal Corps photo. Source: Library of Virginia #Virginia #WWII

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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The best & worst part about covering MAGA's most colorful personalities is I hear from people who knew them at various points in their lives. It's almost always, "Yeah, that person was always gonna turn out like they did." Though I'll occasionally hear from an old friend or relative who is shocked.

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Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

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Barbara Jordan: 'She always did sound like God' That is a quote from Molly Ivins, syndicated newspaper columnist and political commentator (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...

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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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I thought we'd learned from George W Bush that if you like Social Security you never never never never EVER vote Republican

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Many people are asking why RFK Jr. talked about the sperm count of young boys in his opening address to HHS and I do not have a good answer for that.

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Elon Musk fired a disabled Veteran with 3 tours of duty from his job serving other Veterans at the VA. Elon’s companies get billions from defense contracts. He’s happy to profit off our servicemembers - but when he can no longer make money off them, he kicks them to the curb.

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Why do we need all that to surrender Ukraine on their behalf?

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“The American team has almost no experience in high-level international negotiation, no regional expertise on Ukraine and Russia, and no relevant foreign language knowledge."

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"Save the good ones!" Fuck this guy forever. Sit down, Shazam. You embarrass yourself every time you open your mouth, and at this point, I can't imagine wanting this dim bulb anywhere near a movie set.

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The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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Another way this feels similar to COVID — the disaster is already unfolding but the people in charge seem to think it’ll only impact “blue” areas.

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Let's be clear: This administration has not saved the tax payer a single dollar and the tax proposals they advocate will cost us trillions (as will the tariffs they are imposing.) Further, many of the "cuts" they are proposing will result in lost revenues and higher federal, state and local costs.

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“I saved this family thousands! I canceled our insurance and sold the cars! I’ll scream all I want!”

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Yep, DOGE is as incompetent as everyone thought. An $8 million "saving" has been listed as an $8 BILLION saving. That is 14.5% of their total claimed $55 billion in "savings" having been completely made up.

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Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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People often assume the emotions associated with cruelty are hatred and anger, but it’s actually pleasure and joy. Fascists relish their cruelty. They roll it around on their tongue like a mouthful of full-bodied wine. They laugh as they harm.

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This weasel actually insists it’s a “longstanding norm” that only the president or his attorney general can say “what the law is” which is, of course, absolute garbage.

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The best writing advice I've ever gotten is to remember that the first draft is where you explain it all to yourself and then the second draft is where you explain it all to your readers.

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This is another reason using ChatGPT at all — even just for editing or to make a word limit — is a horrible idea.

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Trump just blamed Ukraine outright for Russia’s invasion. ‘You shoulda never started it,’ he said. What a lie, a Russian lie—from the President of the US.

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Did you see how Ukraine was dressed? It was asking for it.

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Judge Chutkan won't issue a sweeping TRO against Elon Musk & DOGE—but fires this shot across the bow: "Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity that was not created by Congress and over which it has no oversight."

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