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Graham Planter for US Senate to replace MAGA Susan Collins in Maine www.grahamforsenate.com Amplify Support Donate Volunteer Knock doors Write postcards/letters Follow/Like Recruit #VoteBlueAndGetOthers2JoinU #TheVoteIsTheAntidote #SaveDemocracy #TaxBillionaires
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Spot on!
Too many families already have an empty seat at the table because of synthetic drugs — and nitazines are the next wave of this crisis. 🚨 I'm leading a bipartisan bill to confront this crisis and give law enforcement the tools they need to save lives.
Platner: “Fake remorse doesn’t hide the sellout to lobbyists. Empty opposition won’t reopen hospitals. Weak words won’t restore Roe v. Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.”
Trump and his greedhead cronies may get a big surprise in spite of their efforts to rig the 2026 election. They could find themselves swamped by a blue wave. Americans are wising up to the fact that Trump is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
I just called my two senators (John Cornyn and Ted Cruz) begging them to insure that Kennedy resigns or is fired. This latest debacle at the CDC should be (and hopefully will be) the final straw... If you don't have @5calls.org on your phone, please download it... and then use it.
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
Our national parks generated $56 billion in visitor spending and supported 415,000 jobs in 2023. The entire National Park Service budget was just $3.6 billion. That’s some return on investment — so why is Donald Trump taking an axe to our parks?
Good to see some of the elders in the fight.
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
One of the most breathtaking!
A crown of terracotta and marble rises into brilliance—Florence’s Duomo topped with a golden sphere and cross that gleam against infinite blue. A harmony of geometry, devotion, and light. #Shiny #BlueSkyArtShow #Florence #Art #Architecture #Italy #Duomo #Italy #Firenze #Cathedral #SantaMariadelFiore
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday August 30, 2025 The theme is #Shiny Any art, any skill level Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome Show us your shiny things! More details in the comments #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing
Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) on rudbeckia yesterday in Chicago at the West ridge nature park in the Andersonville neighborhood #ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #shiny #eastCoastKin #macro #photography #Native #bees #insects #bugs #nature #bugsky #pollinators
Then step closer—Linderhof becomes more than myth. Gilded sculptures and golden ironwork invite you into a storybook world. Every detail glitters with legend, every corner a destination. Bavaria’s wanderlust sparkles here. #Bavaria #Shiny #Linderhof #Palace #BlueSkyArtShow #Germany #Art #Gold
In Bavaria’s misty forests, Linderhof rises like a vision. Gold-clad ironwork gleams against stone, each sculpture alive with myth. A palace of dreams, where fairytales breathe through gilded details and the Alpine spirit lingers #Bavaria #Shiny #Linderhof #Palace #BlueSkyArtShow #Germany #Art #Gold
Are you still talking about the BIGGEST political scandal of all-time EPSTEIN & how the president of the United States is connected to the most notorious child-sex-trafficker ever AND is covering up his own involvement???!!! Good. #RememberTheUnderageVICTIMS 💔
This post hit me like a punch to the throat.
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Trump has reportedly REVOKED Secret Service protection for Vice President Kamala Harris. This isn’t just unprecedented, it’s deliberate escalation. A sitting president stripping protection from a former VP is a threat signal, not a policy shift. Don’t look away.
(...even if it is a tiny prick.)
Just came home from there. Enjoy your visit!
Nice view! When it's #BeerOClock I usually reach for a Tomislav.
Which island are you heading to?
Seaside days in Croatia taste like figs plucked from the yard—warm, ripe, and sun-kissed. A home away from home where travel feels timeless and every bite is pure wanderlust. #Croatia #Hrvatska #Sea #Figs #TreeRipened #Wanderlust #Local #Harvest #EatEurope #Travel #Flavors #Savor #Mediterranean
Some big clogs to fill... #Dutch #Netherlands #ZaanseSchans #Clogs #Shoes #Europe #Wanderlust #Holland #BligShoesToFill
This should be a much bigger story. Thanks to Trump's idiotic and incoherent tariff policies, global mail and shipment carriers are opting to NOT deliver packages to the United States. Order something and it didn't show up on time...or at all? Blame Trump. www.axios.com/2025/08/24/t...
The Fed was designed to be insulated from politics to maintain the stability and credibility of our financial system. The President is breaking the law, abusing his power, setting a dangerous precedent, and undermining our economy.
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
BREAKING: Victims of Jeffrey Epstein who have never spoken in public before just scheduled a press conference on September 3, 2025, on Capitol Hill. They have something to say to Trump.
Trump’s tariff war has exploded costs. Average rates soared from 2% to nearly 18%. Families pay more as companies pass prices along. Meanwhile, the dollar has slid around 10%, undermining U.S. credibility abroad. Trump’s policies don’t protect U.S. citizens, they make us poorer.
Trump is openly attacking the Federal Reserve, trying to destroy its independence & credibility. That weakens our defense against inflation. Instead of stability, he thrives on chaos. These policies aren’t just misguided, they’re a dangerous assault on the country’s economic future.
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
Just to be clear, Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is not holding some kind of sit-in protest. She is literally locked in the State Capitol against her will.
Tremendous damages, loss of services, people hurt… no savings. Shit show.
Thanks for the ID! I looked through a lot of butterflies and found a close one. But you nailed it.
Jordy: Not to put on my conspiratorial hat here, but you don’t just build a $200 million ballroom if you’re planning on moving out of the White House in three years.
Trump has called the National Guard to D.C. “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people.” The DC crime rate is at a 30-year low. #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Visitors to the lantana... I believe this butterfly is a Boloria dia. #Bloomscrolling #Butterfly #Lantana #BoloriaDia #Insect #Locals #Hrvatska #Croatia #Pollinator #NativeButterflies #Nature #Wings #FloatLikeAButterfly #CloseUpBeauty #Macro
Out of the rough hewn jagged rock walls grow various mediterranean delights that tease the sense of sight, smell and taste. Bougainvillea, oleander, wild flowers, fig trees, passion fruit—all breaking through and soaking up the sun. #Jagged #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Croatia #Mediterranean
I read that one and the sequel earlier this year. Both were great books. Hard to believe they were written in the early 90’s.
Hegseth reposts video on X of pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote www.latimes.com/world-nation... yes—he really thinks this (& also he doesn’t think women are people) but he’s said this before? Does he want to be fired? Or is he vice-signaling for our mobster felon rapist POTUS?
Does the KKK allow women?
I've been visiting this little island in Croatia for nearly two decades. I always make it a point to wander off on some new road or alleyway to explore. Who knows what I might find? Today I found this really cool door knocker. #Octopus #Travel #Wanderlust #GetLost #UniqueFinds #DoorKnocker #Croatia
Pro Tip: If you’re trying to distract us from the Epstein files and the fact you’re a rapist and a pedophile, maybe don’t go onto the White House roof cuz we’re all gonna call you ‘Diddler on the Roof.’
The amount of money they’ll be able to skim off the top of this project is going to be astronomical. Big project = big graft
Hot damn best response yet
Like if you stand with Jasmine Crockett against trump! #Pinks #Proudblue
That he refers to it as his money is also deeply disturbing. He’s not spending his own personal money on these renovations. He’s spending our tax dollars. But he sees our tax dollars as his personal slush fund.
And Chump and RepubliKKKans Believe in Alternative Facts.......
It’s kind of a mutually assured destruction situation. Though, from his perspective, there’s really no way he can allow her to walk away. In much the same way Epstein couldn’t.
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
By Marc Elias Please follow him. No, I am not panicking. I am outraged. I am outraged that our government is run by people with no regard for the Constitution or the rule of law. I am outraged that the sycophants who run this administration are loyal only to Trump.
I am grateful for old technologies that still remain useful, and the efforts to preserve them. The windmills of the Zaanse Schans powered industry for hundreds of years. Now they are beautiful relics to human ingenuity. #Gratitude #BlueskyArtShow #Dutch #Netherlands #ZaanseSchans #Amsterdam
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday August 2, 2025 The theme is #Gratitude Any art that fits, any skill level Use both tags to be included in our feed More details in the comments #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #pleinair #poetry #fiberarts #pottery #jewelry #panoramas
Republicans thought they were getting people who would expose the Deep State pedophiles with Trump, Bongino and Patel. Instead, they got their protectors. Maxwell just got rewarded with a nicer prison, and in exchange, the pedophiles stay concealed. Hell of a legacy, fellas.
Age verification? I know how to dial a rotary phone!
Some things are just too big to be swept under the rug.
Being under water that long, at that level of physical exertion, wow! Are we sure she doesn’t have gills?
Once you can justify raping children, there is NOTHING you will not justify. #GuardingOverPedophiles #EpsteinFiles #GOP
Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great. Keep ’em sick. Keep ’em locked up. keep the checks coming.
Want to boost birth rates? Give people living wages, good healthcare, autonomy over their bodies, and a sense that the future isn't predestined to be some Mad Max shit. People don't want to reproduce when you're actively making the world shitty and hopeless.
Could be here…
lol. It’s a good word! I’m just glad someone took the time to read the description.
Gondolieri in striped shirts glide through canals, past sunlit facades and bobbing boats, the alternating stripes of their tops make them a quickly recognizable symbol of Venetian Culture. #BlueSkyArtShow #Venice #Italy #Venezia #EastCoastKin #Alternating #Venetian #Wanderlust #PhotographersUnited
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday July 26, 2025 The theme is #Alternating Any art that fits, any skill level Use both tags to be included in our feed More details in the comments #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #pleinair #poetry #fiberarts #pottery #jewelry #panoramas
On a rare quiet morning, crepuscular rays pour through breaks in the clouds, alternating bands of light and shadow wrap around the Campanile as it towers over Piazza San Marco. #BlueSkyArtShow #Venice #Italy #Venezia #EastCoastKin #Piazza #Alternating #Venetian #Wanderlust #PhotographersUnited
Turns out the best way to make a deal to get out of your child sex trafficking conviction is to have one of your clients get elected president.
It should be a new law that when a president pardons someone, they have to list out in explicit detail what crimes are being forgiven. And the pardon can’t be granted until all crimes are made part of the public record.
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JFC!!! The felon wants to make sweat shops, among other things great again. Working for a company should not endanger your life while the company profits off it.
The Trump administration possesses large amounts of information about Epstein’s corrupt and depraved dealings with unidentified members of the global elite, and Trump and his top advisers—with active GOP acquiescence—are now all in on the elite cover up. https://trib.al/gKgjT1m
Not only is this cover-up meant to protect Trump and his cronies, but they want to contain and conceal the info… why? It’s likely a treasure trove of blackmail material for some really powerful people. Trump loves him some good kompromat!
Just because Ozzy passed doesn’t mean he still can’t bite the head off Stephen Miller. He is the Prince of darkness after all…
Disgusting. 🤮
Elon Musk Blasts Speaker Mike Johnson for Hiding Epstein Truth Musk slams Johnson’s move to shut down the House to block Epstein files vote meidasnews.com/news/elon-mu...
We’ve been telling one another to “touch grass” for years now. Maybe the AI-slop era will actually help us log off, Emma Marris argues:
Oh for fuck’s sake, can someone please email the Epstein files to Hilary Clinton? Then, maybe they’ll be investigated thoroughly and maybe just maybe released.