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Shanel

@shanel58.bsky.social

Canadian expat living in Japan for a long time now.

created November 11, 2024

2,580 followers 5,063 following 1,875 posts

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Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

That was shocking, drug running isn’t a capital crime. They could have arrested them.

3/9/2025, 10:30:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tabatha Southey 🇨🇦 (@tabathasouthey.bsky.social) reposted

It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.

3/9/2025, 12:35:26 AM | 17294 5443 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Fantastic. I’m a university professor and it is very rare for a student to have an actual dictionary

3/9/2025, 2:39:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Writing for Wellbeing (@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social) reposted

Words are magic

My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders. (Credit: Ann Morg)
2/9/2025, 8:04:09 PM | 17948 2001 | View on Bluesky | view

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

So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.

2/9/2025, 11:25:31 PM | 12387 2559 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

2/9/2025, 8:56:43 PM | 33560 9272 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

2/9/2025, 8:11:19 PM | 44987 12645 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

And what Texas did is okay? The fucking hypocrisy

3/9/2025, 2:21:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

I see Ronny started Happy Hour early again.

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3/9/2025, 12:17:57 AM | 4667 821 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted

That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.

2/9/2025, 9:53:21 PM | 25199 6535 | View on Bluesky | view

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

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2/9/2025, 11:13:27 PM | 13061 2644 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Vote him and the rest of them out.

3/9/2025, 2:06:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Voters are angry and not letting up. Good.

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3/9/2025, 12:52:28 AM | 6825 1415 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s fucking great, and will finally get rid of that phony Susan Collins.

3/9/2025, 1:47:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture rgrenier98.bsky.social (@rgrenier98.bsky.social) reposted

Yes. Susan Collins refuses to meet the public or hold town hall meetings. She only meets privately with rich donors who contribute to her campaigns. She has lost touch with the people she represents. She married a lobbyist. What does that say about her.

2/9/2025, 1:24:02 AM | 946 238 | View on Bluesky | view

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

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3/9/2025, 1:07:58 AM | 9750 3276 | View on Bluesky | view

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

🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...

2/9/2025, 4:34:09 PM | 17681 4057 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

It was in 2 or 3 blocks. LA is over 500 square miles. Secretary Puppy Killer is such a sycophant.

2/9/2025, 9:02:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face

2/9/2025, 2:12:34 AM | 4455 958 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you for telling the truth. You deserve a relaxing retirement. Can you hear him Chuck?

2/9/2025, 8:40:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

2/9/2025, 12:11:43 AM | 13094 2103 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice! I live in Japan it’s 44C with the heat index. I try not to leave the house.

2/9/2025, 8:36:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Welcome to September! I spotted these early signs of Fall colours. A beautiful day on tap to enjoy your Labour Day. It’s 11° now. High 26° under mainly sunny skies. Wind light & variable. ⬆️ cloud overnight. Low 15°. Intervals of sun & cloud Tues. high 25°. Slight (30%) chance of a ☔️.

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1/9/2025, 11:09:36 AM | 136 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

It doesn’t say tRump, it says the president, so I guess Stephen Miller will be speaking.

2/9/2025, 8:35:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

something something two weeks tremendous never seen anything like it huge many people saying

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1/9/2025, 10:19:35 AM | 40373 9366 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

What is this group of animals?

2/9/2025, 8:32:34 AM | 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 | 8269 5206 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

For this week anyway.

2/9/2025, 8:29:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy (@andy.wrestlejoy.com) reposted

I just saw an article that said a CEO that stole a hat from a kid at a tennis event was the most hated man in America. I feel like that's forgeting someone.

1/9/2025, 3:56:17 PM | 11928 1037 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

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2/9/2025, 8:28:38 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.

1/9/2025, 1:05:25 PM | 21526 4105 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s so sweet that your chicken does this.

2/9/2025, 8:20:09 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sue Massa (@smassa.bsky.social) reposted

This is my 95-year-old neighbor. He's been living alone since his wife passed away from cancer, and not long ago, he also lost his loyal companion dog. Now, every day, our chicken Hei Hei escapes the yard just to visit him. She sits with him, accepts treats, and lets him pet her like an old

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2/9/2025, 2:29:00 AM | 17738 1522 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

He has done shit like this before, and it was basically about nothing.

2/9/2025, 8:18:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

No idea what this Oval Office announcement is. Could be resigning Could be apologizing because Stephen Miller molted all over the Residence and someone caught staff dumping the exuviae out of the window Could be clarifying that tariff revenue is really eleventy three trillion

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2/9/2025, 3:21:51 AM | 9435 1619 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Perfect

2/9/2025, 8:13:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 8:33:26 PM | 34974 8633 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL

1/9/2025, 12:29:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted

Taken an hour ago. Healthy and fit as ever.

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Profile picture midnightsun49.bsky.social (@midnightsun49.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 6:33:50 PM | 2405 1016 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

There’s a special place in hell for morons who get millions of people killed.

31/8/2025, 8:04:59 PM | 9693 2170 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social) reposted

Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.

31/8/2025, 8:19:08 PM | 5672 1385 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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31/8/2025, 8:01:08 PM | 17526 6251 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture energy9086.bsky.social (@energy9086.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 4:23:07 PM | 2788 1089 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Bryon pounded him

31/8/2025, 11:39:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted

"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."

31/8/2025, 9:34:37 PM | 15881 3563 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Already watched it! It was great.

31/8/2025, 11:15:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t know BlueSky was turning into X

31/8/2025, 4:44:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

I was given a 24-hour suspension here for posting my dream scenario for how it will happen.

31/8/2025, 2:18:47 AM | 4442 272 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Simon Gosden (@simongosden.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 8:03:34 PM | 838 204 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

The only inanimate object is brain dead Gorka.

31/8/2025, 4:35:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats

31/8/2025, 1:23:48 PM | 7268 1782 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

An executive order is not a law, he can’t do that shit.

31/8/2025, 4:32:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) reposted

Trump said he would issue an executive order to require voter identification for all U.S. elections. The Constitution gives the president no explicit authority to regulate voting, and any executive order regarding elections is likely to see immediate legal challenges.

31/8/2025, 4:29:48 PM | 7 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

And Biden’s

31/8/2025, 4:31:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

THIS IS ALL MERRICK GARLAND’S FAULT.

31/8/2025, 3:57:07 PM | 3775 564 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Great response asshole.

31/8/2025, 4:30:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it

31/8/2025, 3:22:02 PM | 6369 1993 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

This BS can be pulled of her treason’s name in the future.

31/8/2025, 4:29:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted

"Here’s the truth we cannot escape: If Ashli Babbitt is honored, then few things are sacred. If loyalty to the Constitution and an attempt to overthrow it are treated as equal, we lose the very meaning of service." www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

31/8/2025, 2:33:47 PM | 2660 987 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"

31/8/2025, 2:49:48 PM | 4883 1404 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Honored that Mark is now a Democracy Docket member.🙏 The force of democracy must be with us!!!🥳

31/8/2025, 1:17:25 PM | 15124 2155 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

MAGAt’s did.

31/8/2025, 4:22:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted

Who voted for war with Venezuela?

31/8/2025, 1:19:01 AM | 12134 3731 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted

The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the orange felon a Russian asset in a live televised speech. Well done, this is how you do it. 👏

31/8/2025, 2:13:04 PM | 14259 3250 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

tRump is face down in a bunker somewhere

31/8/2025, 4:20:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Get Out The Mid Term Vote (@gotmtv.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 5:25:49 AM | 1021 296 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Over 90% straight white men

31/8/2025, 4:19:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

31/8/2025, 2:39:34 PM | 16824 4553 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

I disagree, but that would be cool, the best use of time travel would be to go smother DonOld in his crib, along with BiBi and Hitler.

31/8/2025, 4:18:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erik the Rural Juror (@edoggthered.bsky.social) reposted

I believe that the second best use of time travel technology would be to go see all your favorite bands before they broke up or when they were at their peak.

31/8/2025, 1:55:38 PM | 2573 166 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."

31/8/2025, 2:55:45 PM | 15051 4137 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Department of Peace would be better

31/8/2025, 4:15:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted

Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

31/8/2025, 3:05:07 PM | 8236 2373 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Perfect! Do that on every machine in America

31/8/2025, 4:14:08 PM | 1 0 | 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 | 18518 2378 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

At over a million dollars a day

31/8/2025, 4:12:45 PM | 0 0 | 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 | 18096 6312 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Join Canada and have free healthcare

31/8/2025, 4:12:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NY CITY FIREFIGHTER (@nyfirefighter22.bsky.social) reposted

Let’s become New Canada 🇨🇦. TM

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Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Which saved tens of millions of people around the world

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020?

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Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

Because it’s not him.

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Profile picture MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted

He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.

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

Jain: We have a U.S. Attorney’s Office that is also facing a vacancy crisis. And that is at least partially because the predecessor to the current U.S. Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, was Ed Martin. He fired more than 20 prosecutors whose only “crime” was prosecuting violent January 6 insurrectionists.

29/8/2025, 8:33:58 PM | 2933 1133 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

tRump sycophants in the House, Senate and the DOJ, is what happened

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Profile picture Get Out The Mid Term Vote (@gotmtv.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Robert Garcia (@robertgarcia.bsky.social) reposted

We have a path to win the House AND the Senate in 2026. Fight. Organize. A better country is possible.

29/8/2025, 4:59:00 PM | 2553 644 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted

Blue states banding together to make up for a Federal vacuum in health policy feels like the first step into… something.

29/8/2025, 11:43:17 PM | 4338 654 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@jayapal.house.gov) reposted

Today marks the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington — one of the most powerful demonstrations for civil rights in American history. As we honor this day and Dr. King’s legacy, let us always remember: peace and justice WILL prevail.

28/8/2025, 8:48:04 PM | 225 54 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democratic Wins Media (@democraticwins.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: James Talarico just gave one of the best speeches we've seen this year. Every American needs to see this.

29/8/2025, 2:13:48 AM | 1521 646 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted

Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier. Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

29/8/2025, 2:21:00 AM | 4412 1292 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

This seems illegal to me. What are they looking for?

29/8/2025, 4:08:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

Border patrol checking every single car in Arizona Going into California

28/8/2025, 9:42:00 PM | 490 312 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted

The American public must bring a class-action lawsuit against RFK jr immediately.

29/8/2025, 1:27:02 AM | 4570 1029 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shanel (@shanel58.bsky.social) reply parent

She was a brainwashed traitor to the country. She needs to be forgotten

29/8/2025, 3:23:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted

"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."

28/8/2025, 11:24:47 PM | 16303 3815 | View on Bluesky | view