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@hattyrd.bsky.social

Painter, (see @rdpainter for work), enthusiastically middle aged, social liberal, allyπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸŒˆ, born forty, AuDHD. It's the hope that kills you. Resist!

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Rural hospitals are closing. Small business owners are losing coverage. All because Republicans gutted ACA tax credits to give billionaires another tax break. #StopRepublicanPremiumHikes

14.11.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Public Service Announcement: Buy this collection immediately and become obsessed. 😍
Please say there's another one coming @dougjohnstone.bsky.social ?

14.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Priorities.

13.11.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21597    πŸ” 9112    πŸ’¬ 540    πŸ“Œ 343

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62123    πŸ” 11235    πŸ’¬ 1207    πŸ“Œ 520

Jesus F Christ, this is insulting. And so, so wrong-headed.

28.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is simply revolting, and utterly indefensible. If you disagree, then so are you.

29.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

18.09.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 60405    πŸ” 16909    πŸ’¬ 1922    πŸ“Œ 905

Kemi Badenoch has paid tribute to Norman Tebbit. Tebbit was a member of the Monday Club, a National Front-adjacent Tory faction that advocated the forced repatriation of black people.

08.07.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 12
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Kemi Badenoch says we can save Β£9 billion by reducing support for people who need it, even though as a nation we spend so much less on welfare support than similar nations

What Kemi Badenoch won't tell you is that if you tax wealth over Β£10m with a 2% tax, you'll generate over Β£24 billion

10.07.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 2

Juneteenth is the perfect moment to remind everyone of two facts:

1. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

Read this out loud. Read it again. Then teach it to your kids.

19.06.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6210    πŸ” 2191    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 87
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@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.

β€œThe chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

15.06.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11077    πŸ” 3636    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 211
The New York Times front page.

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

14.06.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25447    πŸ” 6001    πŸ’¬ 655    πŸ“Œ 424

He's literally the most obvious candidate possible. Honestly.

06.06.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He doesn’t want to rush anything. It has to be properly formatted.

05.06.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5568    πŸ” 936    πŸ’¬ 789    πŸ“Œ 156

Yes indeed.

03.05.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't believe how bad Labour is at this. Blows my mind.

03.05.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.

This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.

02.05.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2433    πŸ” 1240    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 51

Absolutely true.

03.05.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone else has pointed out, most LD MPs are very impressive. Proper, serious people who work their socks off. They have to be that much better to get in over the default choice.

03.05.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bondi Suggests Signal Chat Episode Is Unlikely to Be Criminally Investigated The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not on military information being shared in advance in a group text among top officials.

Who could have seen this coming? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

27.03.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9907    πŸ” 2011    πŸ’¬ 1278    πŸ“Œ 313
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

26.03.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 56589    πŸ” 21407    πŸ’¬ 1998    πŸ“Œ 1370

Much of mainstream media has caved to Trump.

X is pretty much state-run.

Big law firms have bent the knee.

His entire cabinet lies for him without hesitation.

Thank you @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for your courage and commitment to the truth, during a time when we need it the most.

26.03.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5954    πŸ” 1236    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 33
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The view from across the pond… πŸ˜•

25.03.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 13946    πŸ” 4086    πŸ’¬ 829    πŸ“Œ 377
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After mass firings, the IRS will be forced to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.

Audits of rich individuals and corporations will soon be closed β€” without action β€” due to a lack of personnel to complete them.

Millions upon millions in revenue will be lost.

β€œAll of a sudden, these cases…

23.03.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5616    πŸ” 2672    πŸ’¬ 421    πŸ“Œ 276
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All UK families β€˜to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement

Living standards for all UK families set to fall by 2030, those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners.

Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta.

Govts appease corporations and the rich.

Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.

23.03.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 622    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 18
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β€˜It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing worksβ€”and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

β€˜It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing worksβ€”and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
www.wired.com/story/federa...

22.03.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 727    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 20

#Ludnick’s comment today is both ignorant and appalling. He knows nothing about the people who need their social security benefits THEY paid into the system. Former SS Administrator Martin OMalley says Trump’s DOGE is breaking it so they can wreck it and rob it. STAND UP & SHOUT OUT! #socialsecurity

22.03.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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Uhhh, Elon Musk Has Convinced Himself That He's Never "Done Anything Harmful," And The Internet Is Swiftly Correcting Him "Elon is out here crying about the 'violence' against Tesla….bro read the room….we’re not protesting your stupid cars, we’re protesting YOU."

This perfectly sums up his delusion… to understand him, and effectively destroy him, you must understand his delusion.

He actually believes that he is a great savior, doing great things.

Nothing hurts him more than being forced to see the delusion and confront it.

www.yahoo.com/news/richest...

22.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
Covie @covie_93
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Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better

Covie @covie_93 Follow Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better

🎯

21.03.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12986    πŸ” 2942    πŸ’¬ 240    πŸ“Œ 112
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver

AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver

Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

22.03.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 107139    πŸ” 18037    πŸ’¬ 3365    πŸ“Œ 1911

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