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Toby Koch

@tobytotoro.bsky.social

Master Gardener, aging dancer, lifelong Cubs fan, married, cat mom, Blue State resident

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But of course those of us not drinking the kool-aid knew this.....

05.11.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 178    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them โ€œviolent mobs,โ€ but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

๐Ÿ“Œ Keep sharing videos, everyone, because theyโ€™re evidence.

06.11.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21327    ๐Ÿ” 13014    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1393    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1017

House cancels votes next week, including vote on Epstein files.

05.11.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5976    ๐Ÿ” 2266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 196
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I like Presidents who know how to spell "tacos".

05.11.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8425    ๐Ÿ” 1043    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 463    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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Pope Leo calls for โ€˜deep reflectionโ€™ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. โ€œMany people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,โ€ Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

06.11.2025 05:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21425    ๐Ÿ” 5984    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 592    ๐Ÿ“Œ 248
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Cartoon by @johnbuss.bsky.social.

06.11.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1826    ๐Ÿ” 587    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

Other huge victories from last night's elections:

-PA Dems defended their 5-2 Supreme Court majority
-GA Dems flipped two GOP-held seats on the state utility commission
-CO approved a ballot measure to fund universal school meals

America's Sleeping Giant has awakened.

05.11.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9559    ๐Ÿ” 1889    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 209    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

05.11.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42988    ๐Ÿ” 15541    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 755    ๐Ÿ“Œ 660

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

05.11.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20205    ๐Ÿ” 4549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 408    ๐Ÿ“Œ 176
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Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.

Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.

Looking forward to the midterms... ๐ŸŒŠ

#AccountabilityIsComing

05.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26675    ๐Ÿ” 5164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1273    ๐Ÿ“Œ 249
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

06.11.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19397    ๐Ÿ” 7303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 728    ๐Ÿ“Œ 354
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This is what a New Era looks like.

05.11.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23935    ๐Ÿ” 4843    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 677    ๐Ÿ“Œ 330

Walmart and McDonaldโ€™s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year โ€” over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M โ€” 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

04.11.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22239    ๐Ÿ” 8136    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 632    ๐Ÿ“Œ 346

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

05.11.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40856    ๐Ÿ” 6414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 718    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339
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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.

05.11.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18015    ๐Ÿ” 3919    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 356    ๐Ÿ“Œ 529
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

05.11.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50264    ๐Ÿ” 9886    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 613    ๐Ÿ“Œ 745

We just want to take a moment to thank all the poll workers today. Itโ€™s been a hectic day, and we know everyone is working hard to keep things running smoothly! ๐Ÿ’š

04.11.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11337    ๐Ÿ” 1610    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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To annoy the Millers.

04.11.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11793    ๐Ÿ” 2494    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 749    ๐Ÿ“Œ 167

Good things are possible and we donโ€™t have to settle.

05.11.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46950    ๐Ÿ” 8176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 251    ๐Ÿ“Œ 221

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.

The president and his allies came after him.

Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.

He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.

His politics can win anywhere.

05.11.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23274    ๐Ÿ” 4632    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 488    ๐Ÿ“Œ 267
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Blumenthal: Weโ€™re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didnโ€™t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

04.11.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17511    ๐Ÿ” 6895    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350    ๐Ÿ“Œ 267
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Well, if a lunatic tweeted it, then it must be true!

04.11.2025 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13290    ๐Ÿ” 3596    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 627    ๐Ÿ“Œ 227
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60 Minutes Obeys in Advance Read more here.

When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.

04.11.2025 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4944    ๐Ÿ” 1778    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128
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Well Chumpster, You've Tied Your
All Time Record For Longest Shutdown EVER,35 Days. Time You
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

04.11.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2228    ๐Ÿ” 955    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

03.11.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23475    ๐Ÿ” 9247    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 518
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Free and fair elections are good for business. Having a stable rule of law is important to the economy. Not having people afraid to go to work because they might be beaten up or disappeared is essential to a productive workforce. Democracy is essential for a strong economy.

04.11.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9643    ๐Ÿ” 2947    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

04.11.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30625    ๐Ÿ” 7132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1627    ๐Ÿ“Œ 426
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Tomorrow is a big day. The resistance has been nothing short of historic volunteers across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, and California have shown up in record numbers. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Youโ€™re making history and remember, tomorrow there will be more of us.

04.11.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9630    ๐Ÿ” 1845    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

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