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@ottowels.bsky.social

created November 12, 2024

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youtube.com/shorts/WliEZ... I’m not a fascist. I don’t control the railroads.

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youtube.com/watch?v=pV0n... The arts are gonna save our butts.

27/8/2025, 10:28:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can’t imagine how frustrating that is for you. It is because of you, I make an effort to find the original artist to repost. And of course give credit. Your prayer helps Ty

27/8/2025, 9:01:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump allies in uproar after president says U.S. would accept 600,000 Chinese students - NBC News

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"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

27/8/2025, 5:59:07 PM | 1598 523 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

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25/8/2025, 11:33:48 PM | 25149 6850 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

youtube.com/watch?v=8USK... Authoritarianism is inherently uncreative and we must use that to defeat it. Militarized cities are never a sign of a stable democracy.

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Profile picture jen 🌻 (@bunnibytz.bsky.social) reposted

@milestaylor.bsky.social: "I went into gov’t after 9/11 to protect our country against foreign enemies. Al Qaeda, ISIS, China, Russia. Yet the greatest threat in our lifetimes is coming from within. If we don’t do something—fast—future generations will rightly blame us for giving away the republic."

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Miller presents the alternate reality.

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

So the guy who wants the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to end wars wants to call the DoD the War Department? Mmmkay.

26/8/2025, 1:42:55 AM | 14491 2862 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

substack.com/@robertreich... They still tell people that giving more money to those who need it the least is the best way to help those who need the most The concept defied logic when I was a child and it defies logic now.

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Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

THIS…is the mindset. THIS…is the attitude. THIS…is the fire in the gut….that we are going to ALL have to adopt. I have. Have you? We can’t have people sit this one out…and still prevail.

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Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

I don’t know if this qualifies as spilling the 🫖 But release the damn Epstein files already.

26/8/2025, 5:07:12 AM | 9514 4063 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Edward Silha (@silha.com) reposted

This seems appropriate for today…

25/8/2025, 7:39:04 PM | 139 48 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/8/2025, 8:26:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

A great and insightful book. Fascinating. It explains so much about how we got here by the influence of money and unchecked power

26/8/2025, 8:03:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acid Rain (@bearysweet.bsky.social) reposted

No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration

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Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker

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Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion

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Profile picture PapaJ (@michiganpapa.bsky.social) reposted

"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading." Isaac Asimov

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Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

With a straight face.

25/8/2025, 4:46:44 PM | 8359 2037 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Holly Berkley Fletcher (@hollybfletcher.bsky.social) reposted

Religious fundamentalism is inherently authoritarian.

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Profile picture Weezie Proud Resister (@itsweezie.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

A “we were wrong” correction would be nice.

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Profile picture 💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ (@victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

😂 I love Chicago.

26/8/2025, 3:45:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melanie D’Arrigo (@darrigomelanie.bsky.social) reposted

Immigrants aren’t stealing your jobs. But employers are stealing $50 billion in wages from workers each year.

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Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.

26/8/2025, 12:48:39 AM | 9433 2324 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

The arts are going to save our butts.

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Profile picture Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted

On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”

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Profile picture Jonathan Ladd (@jonmladd.bsky.social) reposted

SCOTUS thought they could ride the tiger and get what they wanted ideologically. In exchange, they would give him everything he wanted except the Fed. Just leave the Fed alone and you can ignore all federal law. But it ended the same way it has for everyone who tried to ride the tiger since 2016.

26/8/2025, 12:49:59 AM | 10975 2159 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted

Exactly from @jonahg.bsky.social

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Profile picture ElJeffo nature lover & budding Luddite. (@eljeffo.bsky.social) reposted

"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you

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Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here

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Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

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Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.

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youtube.com/shorts/RRPWH... Sales tax sucks ass because it is regressive. It helps the rich get richer and the get it from the Great American Working Class.

26/8/2025, 1:48:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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substack.com/@1kgb/note/c... It’s true.

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Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!

25/8/2025, 8:56:38 PM | 11787 2902 | View on Bluesky | view

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substack.com/@democraticw... Trump’s America is not normal and this young woman calls it out!

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Profile picture Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files habeas petition over his recent detention and impending deportation. The case is assigned to Judge Paula Xinis, who is the presiding judge in Abrego's other civil suit in Maryland. Many of the filings are currently sealed on PACER.

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Screenshot from Jen Rubin’s The Contrarian. It’s past time to reform the Calvinball (per KBJ) Supreme Court.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

It’s a MAGA miracle. Or another lie from their cult leader.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Learned this today. Well done, Mexico. The arts are going to save our butts.

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Profile picture Dan ain't Q (@danaintq.bsky.social) reposted

Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California. Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California. Governor Newsom: My policies are working.

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Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

My weekly look at what is happening to democracy in court and in politics. youtu.be/wJm74JFRqeI

25/8/2025, 12:16:31 PM | 782 281 | View on Bluesky | view

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I knew I liked you.

25/8/2025, 12:18:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was Bondi born with a soul or did she sell it along the way?

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I wonder, was Bondi Mandy born with a soul or did she sell it along the way?

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Fighting fascism is fun.

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Profile picture Bill19971 (@billkane0812.bsky.social) reposted

People need to stop saying they need to redact the files to protect the victims. No one has protected the victims. The easy way to protect the victims is to BELIEVE THEM.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Fighting fascism is fun

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I don’t believe anything that can’t be graphed.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Gross

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Too many people still do the bidding of Big Oil by denying the reality of climate change. BP wrote a report in the 1970s that said the effects of climate change would become catastrophic in the 2020s.

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Profile picture The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted

"The American urge to eat cheapo slop in a nostalgic setting hasn’t gone away. It’s just that younger consumers are nostalgic for their own childhoods, not Chuck Grassley’s."

25/8/2025, 2:00:44 AM | 475 70 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

It is sad to see Joe be such a giant stooge. I bet that statement does not get him laid. I haven’t watched since he and Mika went to Mara Lardo to kiss the ring.

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Sweet!

25/8/2025, 11:46:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

It was never about saving Americans money. It was all about stealing data to gain money and power for himself. Always. Remember, Musk met with Putin in private many times before joining Trump’s administration. Follow the money. Musk has more than Trump. Putin has more (off books) than Musk.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

Planted Karenhood strikes again. Moms for Liberty are not for liberty. They are the Assholes with Casseroles . Looks like I need a copy of Anne Frank’s pivotal novel for my banned book shelf. It’s getting too full for comfort. Book banners are always on the wrong side of history. Always.

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Phew!

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President Biden warned the military, and if they disobey the Constitution for a Pedophile they are an "authoritarian military."

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Profile picture Biggie (@biggienotsmalls.bsky.social) reposted

This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!....

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

This is what Authoritarianism looks like. We are here and I am ashamed of US. It’s only been 80 years but 50 years of defunding education has consequences.

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you. Words matter. It was rape.

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Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

Ahem

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Profile picture ottowels.bsky.social (@ottowels.bsky.social)

It is disgusting that anyone would listen to a child rapist and human trafficker but won’t listen to the victims. Just believe the victims who are forced to face their trauma daily as their coercive controllers are in the headlines.

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Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

(AXIOS) - President Trump is molding D.C. into his own personal Epcot — a political theme park where troops keep the peace, the White House glitters like Mar-a-Lago and museums answer to MAGA. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/08/25/t...

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youtube.com/shorts/YcCoN... Dr says congestive heart failure is going taking him and in 6-8 months — ding dong, the bitch is dead.

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