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@citizenvbates.bsky.social

Educator and mom seeking liberty and justice for all. Democracy hopeful. Proud Harris/Walz voter.

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โ€œWe wonโ€™t go back.โ€
โ€˜View from the entrance to the Rohwer Internment Camp where my family and I were sent. Circa 1943.โ€™

12.08.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7011    ๐Ÿ” 1886    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 218    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

This is TRUTH.

12.08.2025 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1070    ๐Ÿ” 206    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

12.08.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18630    ๐Ÿ” 4666    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 895    ๐Ÿ“Œ 398

BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

12.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6350    ๐Ÿ” 2614    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 224    ๐Ÿ“Œ 293
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Become a Founding Donor! Josh has the grit and determination itโ€™ll take to beat Joni Ernst. Will you chip in today to help him win Iowaโ€™s U.S. Senate seat?

My name is Josh Turek. Iโ€™m a 4x Paralympian and 2x gold medalist in wheelchair basketball, and Iowa State Rep who won a Trump districtโ€”twice.

Now, I need your help to flip Iowa's U.S. Senate seat by making a critical donation on day one of this campaign:
secure.actblue.com/donate/tur_s...

12.08.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 329    ๐Ÿ” 101    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In DC, Deploys Troops Crime rates in the nationโ€™s capital are the lowest they have been in decades, and have decreased dramatically over the last two years.

"Trump, a convicted criminal who pardoned 400 violent felons who assaulted police officers in his name, on Monday announced he's deploying National Guard troops and seizing control of the capital cityโ€™s police force" b/c of the city's *lowest crime rate in decades* www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

11.08.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 702    ๐Ÿ” 313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

Agreed. Itโ€™s so exhausting and disheartening. Appreciate you.

11.08.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Breaking News: Trump Refers to Alaska As Russiaโ€”Confirming the Kremlin Claim to the Stateโ€”Saying That He Is "Going to Russia" to Meet Putin, When He Is In Fact Going to a U.S. State

11.08.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 404    ๐Ÿ” 144    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

And how about noting who they are from.

11.08.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They look ridiculous. And, wow, those dangerous women joggers running by.

11.08.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

11.08.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28476    ๐Ÿ” 11786    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 550    ๐Ÿ“Œ 645

All the Presidentsโ€™ Fascists.

11.08.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When do we stop calling it the "Department of Justice"?

#WordsMeanThings

11.08.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
10.08.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're endangering the future of the richest and most powerful country in the history of humanity. For nothing. Over nothing.

10.08.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 393    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Since 1997, AriZona Iced Tea has proudly kept its iconic 99-cent price tag. For the first time in nearly three decades, Trumpโ€™s tariffs (effectively a tax on American consumers and businesses) threaten to double that price to $1.99.

Trump promised to lower prices. Instead, heโ€™s driving them up.

10.08.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Lincoln Square on the worst of the worst migrating to MAGA so that they never have to say they are sorry

10.08.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The US is in a serious downward spiral. ๐Ÿงช

10.08.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituentsโ€™ complaints about banks, credit cards,โ€ฆ

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but heโ€™s also routed more than 800 of his constituentsโ€™ complaints to the agency โ€” the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found.

By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

10.08.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1838    ๐Ÿ” 809    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60

Lay-Z Vance!!!!!!!

10.08.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good to see her on Fox!

10.08.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While republicants quiver

10.08.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IRS, White House clashed over immigrantsโ€™ data before tax chief was ousted The Trump administrationโ€™s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldnโ€™t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.

The IRS clashed with the White House over using tax data to locate suspected undocumented immigrants just hours before Trump officials fired IRS Commissioner Billy Long.

Long's dismissal makes his tenure now the briefest in the agency's 163-year history.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

10.08.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1338    ๐Ÿ” 450    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...

"That's just how it is."

09.08.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17904    ๐Ÿ” 5932    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 548    ๐Ÿ“Œ 221
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America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ are you buying his bullshit ๐Ÿ˜’ l think not

10.08.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 240    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

From profile, hit the menu top right. (Three stacked bars) Go to Story, love, and locationโ€ฆ you can turn off.

10.08.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is just no precedent in recent world history of an advanced industrialized country sabotaging its own scientific establishment, and destroying the base of scientific knowledge necessary for basic policymaking. An avowedly, actively anti-knowledge regime.

08.08.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2371    ๐Ÿ” 1106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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As of today, thanks to Trump, Americans are paying the highest tariff rate since 1933.

And the average household is going to lose out on $2,400 thanks to Trump's tariffs.

You are paying more for almost everything because of Trump himself.

07.08.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1433    ๐Ÿ” 430    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
"The Federal Minimum wage is $7.25. The cost of a Panera turkey and cheddar sandwich is $10.29. It is not a radical idea that an hour of work is worth more than a turkey sandwich." โ€“ April Verrett, SEIU President

"The Federal Minimum wage is $7.25. The cost of a Panera turkey and cheddar sandwich is $10.29. It is not a radical idea that an hour of work is worth more than a turkey sandwich." โ€“ April Verrett, SEIU President

10.08.2025 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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