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They are trying to train us to be silent, so make some noise

beautiful writing from @wisconsam.bsky.social here

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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The most misleading statement Barrett makes about mail scanning is this: "The evidence is clear." It is very much not clear. Dane County's own data on mail and contraband is especially not clear, as we found when we actually bothered to check out these claims

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Isn't consistently referring to Jeffrey Epstein as "a financier" like always referring to Ted Bundy as "an office worker"?

Hey friends, check your vaccines and your kids. This shit is ridiculous.

I'm so glad someone has said this out loud

Another death is on his hands

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The sloppiness of the cover-up here is astounding

A little good news to put some wind in your sails today.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

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The pee tape and what's in the Epstein files Venn diagram: O

I just want to point out that "mourn" has a meaning and it is not a thing that Trump is remotely capable of. @usatoday.com

A moment of silence for the beam in her own eye

Ivana Trump's grave at Bedminster, long gray slab with row of white flowers on top

Now where on Earth could those Epstein files be? 🤷‍♂️

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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES 📜

I heard it was not trending anymore.

Let's keep the heat 🔥

Seriously, because the NYTimes said MAGA is cool with Trump's pedophilia, we're all just going to move on? #EpsteinFiles

If we’re lucky, Colbert is about to have a year-long DGAF era. The man’s off the leash. What are they gonna do, cancel him?

Why is @theatlantic.com using "anti-abortion" instead of pro-choice? I'm anti-forced-birth, actually.

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Inside America’s Death Chambers What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption

This is why @theatlantic.com has become must read. Do not miss this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Partial roof collapse shuts down Woodman's Market on East Side Steve Vig had just left the produce section when he heard a loud crash behind him. A veritable Niagara Falls then started pouring into the store.

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I'd say bombing for peace is more like killing writers to promote literacy. Books can be reprinted.

That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

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The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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The whole Elon/OrangeTurd feud smacks of WWF. Tired of the drama #kayfabe