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@mattpkr.bsky.social

Teacher, artist, dachshund lover

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Trump snapped at an NBC reporter for debunking his claim that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper this year than last. In reality, the Thanksgiving bundle he has has repeatedly touted actually contains less food than last year's.

Read more: www.mediamatters.org/nbc/trump-sn...

10.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 13
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Michelle Obama Criticizes Trump’s East Wing Demolition The president’s ballroom project will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and could nearly double its size.

Michelle Obama criticized President Trump for destroying the East Wing of the White House to make room for a $300 million ballroom, calling the project a denigration of a space that traditionally has been the first lady’s domain.

09.11.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 382    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 6
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Cobb County Animal Services #Georgia

Rocky πŸ†”14686

This sweet boy is heavily vision impaired. He can see some shapes, but not well enough to avoid bumping into things. Still, his spirit shines bright
Gentle, loving & brave

1060 Al Bishop Drive
Marietta, GA 30008
☎️(770) 499-4136

#Dogs #BlueskyDogs

09.11.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7
A grid shows nine photos of military leaders. A headline reads: "Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation"

A grid shows nine photos of military leaders. A headline reads: "Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired, sidelined or forced out generals and admirals in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

09.11.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 34
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"Perhaps one of the biggest lessons of this week is that the anti-Trump vote appears stronger than ever. And, as notably, the pro-Trump vote appears as weak as ever," writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis
https://cnn.it/4qP7l6b

08.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 4
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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. n.pr/440Ovz4

08.11.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 499    πŸ” 244    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 25
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Images of American Fascism Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.

Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.

readingthepictures.media/p/images-of-...

07.11.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

β€”Harry Truman, 1952

07.11.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19878    πŸ” 6849    πŸ’¬ 397    πŸ“Œ 188
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Fox News demanded that presidents know who they pardoned. Then Trump said he didn’t know the crypto tycoon he pardoned. In a highly anticipated interview onΒ 60 Minutes, President Donald TrumpΒ claimed that he knew β€œnothing about” the pardon of Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange with ties t...

Fox News heavily attacked Joe Biden’s use of the autopen to sign pardons in his final months in office.
They've aired only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump's pardon of founder of Binance that he claimed to know β€œnothing about.”

06.11.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 294    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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Trump at center of GOP loss in NJ governor’s race, Republicans say Hudson County’s GOP leader said it was on Saturday when he started to believe Republicans might lose the governor’s race.

Republicans grappling with the results of their party in the gubernatorial election told the New Jersey Monitor that the outcome says less about GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli than it does about the national political climate.

via @newjerseymonitor.com

06.11.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate leaders are moving closer to teeing up votes to end the government shutdown as negotiators met again Thursday morning in an attempt to hammer out final details, according to multiple sources in both parties. https://cnn.it/4r3ZD8z

06.11.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure, Schumer is simply incapable of mounting a determined resistance.

The Democrats need a leader who can stand up to Trump and support the party’s candidates. That isn’t Chuck Schumer. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/cwYZdS3

06.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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President Donald Trump, who has declared it a matter of β€œLIFE OR DEATH,” opted against attending Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing over his billion-dollar tariffs, but his lawyer presented the case in similarly audacious terms. https://cnn.it/43XVdWy

06.11.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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Megyn Kelly has spent Trump’s second term spreading hate and rage on her podcast Throughout President Donald Trump’s second term, podcaster Megyn Kelly has repeatedly usedΒ The Megyn Kelly ShowΒ to target marginalized communities, including Muslims, Black women, immigrants, and tran...

Megyn Kelly's just been rewarded with a SiriusXM channel launching in November. Here's what you can likely expect: www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...

05.11.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 13
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Fox anchor Dana Perino: "71% of people in the Washington Post poll said they are spending more on groceries now than a year ago"

β€œ71% of people in the Washington Post poll said they are spending more on groceries now … they've got a problem.”

05.11.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 211    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Scholarship shapes structure. From the analysis of late colonialism to a mandate for urban change, the Mamdani legacy underscores that ideas do not stay in books and can be reclaimed in practice.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

05.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/43gCYeJ

05.11.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 542    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 24
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.

Follow AP for live updates.

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In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children:

I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.

04.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16993    πŸ” 3968    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 221
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Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators.

A.I. chatbots have become a new front in the war over what is true and false, replicating the partisan debate seen on mainstream and social media. We tested several and found that they produced starkly different answers, especially on political issues.

04.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6
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YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups β€” a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups β€” a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

04.11.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 23
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Stephen Miller's ominous comment flagged by ex-Trump aide: 'Read into that what you want' Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor has become one of President Donald Trump's targets after spending the better part of five years speaking out. Now he's taking another big step. Taylor announced on MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that he was founding his own club of anti-Tru...

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor has become one of President Donald Trump's targets after spending the better part of five years speaking out.

29.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

28.10.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28844    πŸ” 7864    πŸ’¬ 1959    πŸ“Œ 464
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Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.

A judge has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.

28.10.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 669    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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A person worth knowing about

26.10.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1102    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5
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This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment

24.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8793    πŸ” 2165    πŸ’¬ 338    πŸ“Œ 155
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U.S. sends aircraft carrier to South America in major escalation of military firepower The deployment and the quickening pace of U.S. strikes, including one Friday, raised new speculation about how far the Trump administration may go in operations it says are targeted at drug trafficking.

The deployment and the quickening pace of U.S. strikes, including one Friday, raised new speculation about how far the Trump administration may go in operations it says are targeted at drug trafficking. n.pr/3JpFokp

25.10.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 21
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying β€œlet’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

24.10.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 30047    πŸ” 14873    πŸ’¬ 857    πŸ“Œ 689

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