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Valerie Steel

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created November 14, 2024

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Profile picture Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted

The North Korean leader is set to attend a military parade alongside Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

2/9/2025, 2:30:21 AM | 62 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

HaHa. It might take a minute 🤓😂

2/9/2025, 1:01:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

“…and waited until 1945 to murder them”

2/9/2025, 12:26:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like you may be in a certain Alfred Hitchcock movie.

2/9/2025, 12:11:40 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING Congressman Jerry Nadler will not be seeking re-election. This opens up a very prominent seat — Nadler represents a big chunk of Manhattan. Full Story: bit.ly/3JAv88W

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1/9/2025, 11:34:32 PM | 840 207 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted

Scenes of chaos play out in Gaza City as military closes in on panic-stricken residents facing forced displacement.

1/9/2025, 11:00:47 PM | 199 132 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.

1/9/2025, 10:36:17 PM | 16769 3843 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jason (@gizmosspace.bsky.social) reposted

I love how music transcends not only every human but every species. That’s why I love all musicians because they share a message that resonates with every living being on this planet.

1/9/2025, 6:15:57 PM | 5041 965 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

Too bad the Stephen Colbert/Netflix deal appears to be false 😫

1/9/2025, 10:34:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

Worried expressions on the faces of the 2 men on the stairs in the “current” picture? Wonder if his animosity towards India is a karam shot to JD since Mrs. Vance is of Indian heritage.

1/9/2025, 9:35:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4

1/9/2025, 8:10:49 PM | 6416 4133 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Inglorious O-h-Gee (@hyperthermostatic.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Leading scholars have said it is so and it fits the criteria of a genocide as laid out by international organizations. Man, this is weirder than that Mexican flag thing you were hung up on.

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1/9/2025, 8:13:38 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

🧵🧵🧵

1/9/2025, 7:38:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democracy Action Network (@democracyactionnet.bsky.social) reposted

Almost one hundred and forty-three years ago, on September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. The parade almost didn’t happen: there was no band...

1/9/2025, 7:07:01 PM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dane 🔜 DragonCon Comic and Pop Artist Alley A11 (@monkeyminion.com) reposted

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

An empty booth with a sign that says “vendor removed for selling AI art #ArtBYHumans”
1/9/2025, 6:01:24 PM | 25679 6587 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michele Hornish (@hornish.bsky.social) reposted

This is what happens when we allow extremism to percolate uncontested in Red States. A masked ICE agent smugly announcing he's "doing the Lord's work." These extremists act with impunity because they don't believe they'll be challenged – or ever held to account. I aim to prove them wrong.

1/9/2025, 7:14:31 PM | 33 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted

Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...

1/9/2025, 2:27:48 PM | 2280 617 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nash Is Here for It (@nashishereforit.bsky.social) reposted

The National Guardners

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1/9/2025, 2:14:00 PM | 8912 2440 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

1/9/2025, 2:57:40 PM | 19492 7100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) reposted

Enormous impoundment-related changes in Trump/Vought's Circular A-11 update from Friday, which is OMB's guidance to agencies They: -removed the definition of impoundment -said GAO's impoundment determinations don't matter -claimed pocket rescission authority -claimed profound deferral authority 🧵

1/9/2025, 4:07:01 PM | 487 236 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Lots of people with questions about this The government said there were 76 putative class members (children) loaded on planes yesterday But the putative class covered by the judge’s order isn’t limited to kids that were loaded on planes for imminent deportation That’s why the ~600 estimate

1/9/2025, 4:29:40 PM | 820 194 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s trying to distance himself from RFK but still keep the ghoul in the cabinet. Doesn’t want to take the blame for the deaths that will surely come.

1/9/2025, 5:10:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JJ in DC (@jjindc.bsky.social) reposted

🧊🧵✈️ ICE AIR – MON 1 SEP 2025 🐰🐇 👉 Photos from the loading of Sunday's GlobalX flight (N630VA) from Alexandria LA to Guatemala City. Some young adults are present, but no clearly identifiable minors 👀 Follow this thread for updates ⤵️

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1/9/2025, 1:04:54 PM | 65 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted

This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity

1/9/2025, 11:10:12 AM | 2468 1027 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture it's Candy Love (@candylovely.bsky.social) reposted

Meet Candon Dahle, Why isn't he not in jail for life? Bingham County Idaho THIS CHILD RAPIST was sentence to 180 days in jail for raping a 7 year old girl for 5 years, part of the plea deal was that he would not have to register as a sex offender. WOW: (white privilege )

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31/8/2025, 10:49:51 PM | 2111 1055 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) reposted

The reason you know Trump isn’t dead is that his underlings aren’t publicly shivving each other

30/8/2025, 1:19:31 AM | 931 77 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

His wheelchair in the trunk?

1/9/2025, 12:40:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

This is so clearly wrong — and it helps explain why Trump’s approval numbers are in the toilet. Anyone who thinks this young woman deserved to be treated this way can go fuck themselves.

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28/8/2025, 9:03:35 PM | 1064 417 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 (@austinmermaid.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 10:23:39 PM | 18 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 (@austinmermaid.bsky.social) reposted

Gavin Newsom’s perfect response to Mike Johnson-👇

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29/8/2025, 6:19:07 PM | 255 90 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
31/8/2025, 5:04:38 PM | 27037 8320 | View on Bluesky | view

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

JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan ordered the government to file a status report by 4 pm to address whether the children have been deplaned. DOJ blew the deadline. Now she orders them to show cause why they didn’t file the report in time — and sets new 6:30 pm deadline.

31/8/2025, 9:26:40 PM | 2512 870 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted

Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.

31/8/2025, 9:33:20 PM | 3221 1161 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julie Zebrak (@juliezebrak.bsky.social) reposted

DC area folks — this non-partisan rally in solidarity with survivors exploited by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell is happening Wed morning if you want to support.

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31/8/2025, 8:18:16 PM | 413 187 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

Miraculous disappearance of cankles 😜

31/8/2025, 8:44:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Hawkinson (@johnhawkinson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Can we stop to talk about how remarkable the timing was? Compliant at 1am, Judge engaged at 2am, ex parte call to the Government at 2:30am (they did not answer), TRO at 4am? On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!

31/8/2025, 7:53:34 PM | 879 134 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

What exactly does allegedly helping a DV victim have to do with getting rear-ended later?

31/8/2025, 8:38:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

sounds like being rear-ended had nothing to do with rendering aid to a victim of violence

31/8/2025, 8:34:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

So, being rear-ended had absolutely nothing to do with rendering assistance to a victim of violence.

31/8/2025, 8:31:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

I know you have. 😘

31/8/2025, 6:38:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted

This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org

31/8/2025, 6:14:06 PM | 1296 652 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."

31/8/2025, 2:51:41 PM | 26903 8621 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted

Stephen Miller is melting down because he claims California ‘stole’ house seats by counting immigrants in the census. If immigrants were excluded, California, Texas, and Florida would all lose one seat! Red states benefit from undocumented immigrants! It’s not just California!

31/8/2025, 12:57:52 AM | 347 191 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.

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31/8/2025, 3:28:16 PM | 18034 6301 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

The Pope should excommunicate all of them.

31/8/2025, 5:44:53 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.

MINUTE ORDER: The Court received notification that putative class members are in the process of being removed from the United States. The hearing previously set for August 31, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 14 has been rescheduled to August 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Courtroom 14 before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan. Zoom information will be emailed to the parties. Signed by Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan on 8/31/2025. (Icak) (Entered: 08/31/2025)
31/8/2025, 4:33:54 PM | 3659 1432 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

@bubbie50.bsky.social You were just talking about The Wobblies…

31/8/2025, 5:21:50 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Coach Finstock (@coachfinstock.bsky.social) reposted

31/8/2025, 4:17:16 PM | 4176 1070 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."

31/8/2025, 2:58:09 PM | 5059 1782 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mrwilkening.bsky.social (@mrwilkening.bsky.social) reposted

Can't recommend the print edition of The Onion enough...

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28/8/2025, 12:06:40 AM | 3974 574 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Darmofal (@daviddarmofal.bsky.social) reposted

A different meaning to thermostatic politics: Ohio Republican Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R., Haviland) wants to allow utilities in Ohio to remotely set Ohioans' thermostats in their houses.

31/8/2025, 1:11:28 PM | 215 122 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It seems to me one of the best arguments to the court is that if this is truly a national emergency, the president’s own party controls Congress but has done nothing to address it with legislation, so how can it possibly be an emergency?

30/8/2025, 11:25:13 PM | 2471 407 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joy-Ann Reid (@joyannreid.bsky.social) reposted

Because we are among the world's biggest human rights violators now. And allied with not one but two ajudicated war criminals. Well done, maga. You ended the empire.

31/8/2025, 1:01:00 AM | 651 216 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 (@virginiahall32.bsky.social) reposted

Good night 🌙 and….

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31/8/2025, 4:02:10 AM | 18488 2373 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted

I’ve polled 40 students at my liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest. 60% report that they avoid AI chat bots like the plague. 75% report having a generally or strongly negative opinion about how AI will impact the future.

30/8/2025, 6:42:09 PM | 1668 352 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted

If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:

30/8/2025, 9:53:17 PM | 2549 733 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

Either that or he’s going to spontaneously combust

31/8/2025, 4:12:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture hope50.bsky.social (@hope50.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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 rizzio o @Suzierizzo1 This! What the USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings): 1. Healthcare: 30th 2. Happiness: 19th 3. Education: 26th 4. Life Expectancy: 46th 5. Free Press: 42nd 6. Freedom Index: 17th 7. Climate Change Performance: 59th/63 What the USA is #1 in: 1. Incarceration 2. Gas Consumption 3. Oil Consumption 4. Military Spending 5. Gun Violence 6. COVID-19 Infections and Deaths
28/8/2025, 3:25:10 PM | 94 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) reposted

CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefianc...

30/8/2025, 4:00:39 PM | 1401 725 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Leigh Harrison Helberg (@leighhelberg.bsky.social) reposted

We are failing our children.

30/8/2025, 3:33:24 PM | 671 291 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

An(other) actual psychopath.

30/8/2025, 7:28:10 PM | 1894 523 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj... Freddie Mercury said, "Do what you want with my music, just don't make it boring.“

30/8/2025, 10:56:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Paul (@johnpaulhi.bsky.social) reposted

Perfectly stated

30/8/2025, 8:45:33 PM | 136 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas.bsky.social) reposted

I will be there and you should come too. We cannot let the Epstein story die.

30/8/2025, 7:33:34 PM | 1155 353 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities

30/8/2025, 5:38:17 PM | 8906 2791 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted

Leonard Leo ally Tim Busch has called SCOTUS the “Leo Court,” explaining that Trump “radically changed” the direction of SCOTUS by appointing (anti-abortion) justices “shepherded” by Leo, who he says is “one of the big supporters of the Napa Institute” (founded by Busch). 1/

30/8/2025, 6:44:51 PM | 278 158 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

A fortuneteller tells Trump: “You will die on the biggest and most celebrated national holiday.” Trump replies: “How do you know?”

30/8/2025, 6:16:52 PM | 2178 339 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

New in PN: Making Slavery Great Again "Without irony or shame — and to absolve their followers of any guilt or responsibility — Trump wants to whitewash America’s original sin."

30/8/2025, 2:16:32 PM | 2236 672 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social) reply parent

He got hooked up to a helium tank

30/8/2025, 2:31:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted

BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthis have confirmed that an Israeli air strike killed the prime minister of the group’s government in the capital Sanaa aje.io/9b4j4f

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Profile picture Hart Cunningham (@hpsc24.bsky.social) reposted

😢Police in Georgia threaten to shoot Black American in the head

29/8/2025, 8:23:21 PM | 16 22 | View on Bluesky | view

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

The Dems are saved! 🙃🤦🏻‍♂️ Somebody help this man. A party’s need for new leadership has never been more obvious.

30/8/2025, 1:36:27 PM | 1316 272 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted

BREAKING: At least 50 Palestinians, including 10 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclave’s hospitals say. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x0kczn

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30/8/2025, 1:38:27 PM | 313 245 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NPR (@npr.org) reposted

Raiding retirement savings. Pondering job changes or even marriage. People who buy their own health insurance are strategizing ahead of major price hikes in 2026. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1.

30/8/2025, 1:18:42 PM | 278 86 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was detained at gunpoint by federal immigration agents is seeking $1m in damages and accusing the Trump administration of false imprisonment and “unconstitutional racial profiling”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30/8/2025, 12:54:50 PM | 871 218 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted

Jonathan Nez is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in the 2026 elections. Trumpers want to know if he's here illegally. He's Navajo.

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30/8/2025, 8:53:41 AM | 754 190 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌹Weegie 🍀 (@onefussyone.bsky.social) reposted

Loomer is well known to be a person Trump relies upon for information he then uses to make critical personnel decisions. Heaven help us.

Social media post Censored User @censoredmatehey @grok remind laura loomer why she can't own a gun Grok @grok . 23h Replying to @censoredmate and @LauraLoomer censoredmate LauraLoomer Federal law 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) bars Laura Loomer from gun ownership due to involuntary mental health commitments, stemming from suicide attempts and disorders like bipolar and narcissistic personality, as her father confirmed and FBI records
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Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.

30/8/2025, 10:18:43 AM | 1928 1015 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted

‘I held on to what’s important’: Kim Novak on Hitchcock, Trump and her Venice lifetime achievement award

30/8/2025, 11:50:42 AM | 112 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Costa Samaras (@costasamaras.com) reposted

Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.

30/8/2025, 2:07:45 AM | 5231 2128 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

29/8/2025, 8:20:08 PM | 6493 2913 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valerie Steel (@pagev2.bsky.social)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

30/8/2025, 1:39:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) reposted

Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

30/8/2025, 12:39:17 AM | 4184 1517 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dan Emerson (@danemers.bsky.social) reposted

Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.

29/8/2025, 5:33:34 PM | 7070 2289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

🚨The worst of the worst criminals are going after kids with backpacks and leaving their scooters in the road. 📌 WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA. We are running out of time. 🚨

29/8/2025, 7:17:42 PM | 2672 1543 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

And that explains why the U.N. is moving out of the U.S.

30/8/2025, 12:57:20 AM | 1373 435 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted

JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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30/8/2025, 12:35:32 AM | 2585 781 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) reposted

Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.

29/8/2025, 10:48:45 PM | 2049 698 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.

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29/8/2025, 8:13:08 PM | 17239 6421 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) reposted reply parent

MO Republicans also want to pass an amendment to the state constitution to make it harder to pass *future* amendments. The highlighted proposal below would essentially gerrymander the ballot initiative process, requiring progressive proposals to win majorities in deep-red districts.

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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Crying

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A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all

a child looking down at a golden retriever named Samaria resting in their lap. the child pets the dog's face. a person holding a child on their hip crouches down on the sidewalk to pet a golden retriever on the head. a child wearing all gray sits on a yellow curb. a golden retriever lays on the sidewalk next to them, and rests their head in the child's lap.
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Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

August 29, 2025

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I’m a believer

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Profile picture Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) reposted

Trump take LEGO www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...

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

A Texas Republican lawmaker who last week blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander made disturbing comments at a 2022 legislative hearing — suggesting a way to deal with immigrants might be: “shoot, shovel and shut up.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Profile picture Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) reposted

ICE’s unchecked power has turned into lawless overreach—abductions by masked agents, denial of due process, secret police tactics. Democratic leaders can stop this, but only if we demand it: bit.ly/45Umbi3

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

So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?

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