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Laura

@laurafran.bsky.social

I have worn many hats in this lifetime from foreman, sod picker, cnc operator , dishwasher, cook and manger. I am interested in what we can do together to make our democracy stronger and for all the people. No DMs. I will unfollow .

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Why This Is Not a Normal Government Shutdown
YouTube video by Robert Reich Why This Is Not a Normal Government Shutdown

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07.10.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s just not enough attention being paid to how unqualified, psychologically unfit, and dangerous so many of these new ICE hires potentially are.

If we had a Congress, thereโ€™d be investigations & oversight into this.

06.10.2025 23:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10124    ๐Ÿ” 2798    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 441    ๐Ÿ“Œ 130
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The Convicted FElon has finally united the people on one thing.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

06.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10087    ๐Ÿ” 3584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 295    ๐Ÿ“Œ 173
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Monday thanks

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06.10.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A mock newspaper headline reads "BREAKING NEWS" from "ReallyGreatSite.com," dated Sunday, December 20, 2055. The main headline states "PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO JOE BIDENS FAULT." Below the headline is an image of a visible fault line in a landscape, showing a rugged, cracked terrain.

A mock newspaper headline reads "BREAKING NEWS" from "ReallyGreatSite.com," dated Sunday, December 20, 2055. The main headline states "PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO JOE BIDENS FAULT." Below the headline is an image of a visible fault line in a landscape, showing a rugged, cracked terrain.

Whatโ€™s Trump on the Reich-ter scale?

05.10.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2885    ๐Ÿ” 422    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Thank you @suzzisulli.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social and @phoenix509.bsky.social for the shoutout. ๐Ÿ’™
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02.10.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fox News reporter to Mike Johnson: "How can you say 'they take no pleasure in this,' and then the next minute say, 'Oh, they're just having fun and trolling?'"

03.10.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19016    ๐Ÿ” 4881    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1588    ๐Ÿ“Œ 456

You are so right!

03.10.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I Despise the President of the United States. He is destroying my country.

03.10.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Every blue state needs to follow his lead.

02.10.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 943    ๐Ÿ” 276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now itโ€™s commonplace.

Thatโ€™s not making America great again.

02.10.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28577    ๐Ÿ” 10137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1367    ๐Ÿ“Œ 500
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Anyone in Alabama? Please join us!

03.10.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Explaining the G.O.P.โ€™s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

02.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TheBestPeople @nicollewallace.bsky.social @joancbaezofficial.bsky.social

โ€œUnprecedented? Well, because that group of people would love to be unprecedented. I mean, at every turn, the next wave of horrors is unprecedented. So, get used to it and drop the word.โ€

22.09.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 672    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Trump Is a Weak, Failing President. These Brutal New Polls Confirm It. As new national polls show Trumpโ€™s approval tanking, a leading analyst explains how the data shows that Trump is far more unpopular than is commonly acknowledgedโ€”and details why this matters for 2026.

Media and Dems are still getting this badly wrong: Trump is deeply unpopular! Recent approval numbers:

38-54 (Quinnipiac)
39-60 (AP)
40-56 (Gallup)
41-58 (Reuters)
39-56 (Economist)

On the pod, @lakshya.splitticket.org explains these numbers brilliantly. Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/2010...

29.09.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3569    ๐Ÿ” 1124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 198    ๐Ÿ“Œ 123
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WATCH โ€” @aoc.bsky.social : โ€œAt some point weโ€™ve gotta call these peopleโ€™s B.S. for what it is. You canโ€™t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.โ€ #TrumpShutdown

01.10.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23675    ๐Ÿ” 6296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 498    ๐Ÿ“Œ 269

Republicans want to rip away healthcare from millions of Americans โ€” and the GOP has forced a government shutdown to do it.

02.10.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My ww2 Dad fought like hell
His words, not mine...

02.10.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would gladly contribute to a GoFundMe to pay for a bunch of people to follow Tom Homan around (lawfully in public places!) with paper bags marked "$$$" with a Sharpie, and filled with Monopoly money.

30.09.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6275    ๐Ÿ” 1614    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 290    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked โ€” what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers โ€” what would we say?

Authoritarianism โ€” letโ€™s not pretend itโ€™s something else when it happens in our American cities.

30.09.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34899    ๐Ÿ” 10482    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 661    ๐Ÿ“Œ 281
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๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Adorable!

29.09.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Welp, looks like I'm done posting on @bsky.app for the day. I didn't even realize the daily video limit was still a thing. Any help, @support.bsky.team?

30.09.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4748    ๐Ÿ” 780    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 282    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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Dr. Newsom๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿคฃ

29.09.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is no bailout that will solve this problem.

It took decades to create the markets for beans and months to devastate the markets for beans.

NY Times: China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. [52% of exports] Now, Itโ€™s $0.

30.09.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2739    ๐Ÿ” 1357    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 255    ๐Ÿ“Œ 177

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