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Nicki Smith Votes Blue

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Tree-hugging, granola-crunching, whale-saving, ACLU card-carrying, liberal Democrat; politics junkie; tennis fanatic; world traveler; animal lover

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Opinion | Why I No Longer Subscribe to the New York Times

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Bruno J. Navarro's avatar Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social
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She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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“Youthful indiscretions”??! He was a grown man, a husband and a father when he sexually assaulted his child’s babysitter! WTF is wrong with you??

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Adorable Spite 's avatar Adorable Spite @adorablespite.bsky.social
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White privileged means rape is just normal & acceptable…

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Just gonna put this 2020 piece here.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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well in a second term trump can just drone strike lorne michaels

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Most presidential libraries will prevent you from bringing in rotten fruit and vegetables to their events, sadly

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Radley Balko's avatar Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social
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It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.

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Aaron Rupar's avatar Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social
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"Unelected right-wing justices, all of whom have a lifetime position, have pulled off what is likely the biggest power grab in American history, knowing full well there’s no way that the other two branches can get it together enough to stop them." -- @snipy.bsky.social

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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This is simply stunning. Tractor Supply is basically saying they don’t want any customers except CroMAGAnons and Deplorables.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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North Carolina, please remember that the only reason NC State House Republicans have their single vote supermajority is because Tricia Cotham lied to her constituents and flipped parties the first chance she got. If you're in her district, vote for her challenger, Nicole Sidman.

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Gautham FC's avatar Gautham FC @gauthamrao.bsky.social
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on the very day the Supreme Court's conservatives said 'we know best' and put themselves in charge of complicated agency decisions one of the geniuses confused nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxide. So they had to have a do over. Not exactly an auspicious start.

www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

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Vir2ualVibes's avatar Vir2ualVibes @vir2ualvibes.bsky.social
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DeJoy is the first postmaster general since 1992 without any previous experience in the USPS.

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Chris Geidner's avatar Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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NEW: Forget the imperial presidency. John Roberts wants an imperial SCOTUS. Law Dork, on the end of Chevron —>

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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I’m not often speechless but my jaw hit the floor and bounced twice when I read this.😡🤬🤯

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Dave Levitan's avatar Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social
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There isn't an enviro regulation out there that SCOTUS won't find a way to gut

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George Takei's avatar George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social
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"Life is so much easier when you aren't taught to hate people because of their sexuality or gender identity. There's no struggling to accept friends or family after they come out."

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Emily L. Hauser's avatar Emily L. Hauser @emilylhauser.bsky.social
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We Are Israelis Calling on Congress to Disinvite Netanyahu signed: Ehud Barak (frmr PM) Tamir Pardo (frmr dir, Mossad) Talia Sasson (frmr Israel State Atty's Office) David Harel (pres Israel Acad. of Sciences & Humanities) Aaron Ciechanover (Nobel Prize, Chemistry) David Grossman (author) gift link

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Kate Starbird's avatar Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social
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Murthy v. Missouri decision: SCOTUS rejects arguments that government illegally "censored" protected speech, ruling that plaintiffs lack standing. Very good day for social media moderation and for researchers caught in the crosshairs of a ludicrous accusation. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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In yet another decision that weakens anti-corruption law, the Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a disgraced former Indiana mayor

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Erin Biba's avatar Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social
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Maybe I shouldn't say this out loud but I has been extremely frustrating watching protestors show they are willing to mask up when their own safety is at risk but not when it's for the safety of the disabled and immunocompromised. And now masks are gonna be banned because of it.

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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Nobody has ever died from it being too warm outside

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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Israel’s Supreme Court rules that the military must draft ultra-Orthodox men, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Netanyahu’s governing coalition.

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Miles Grant's avatar Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social
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Should be national news: - Cop accused of grooming & raping 15 year old - Two other cops had sex with her in cop cars - She gets pregnant, found dead - Cop was last one to see her alive, in apt where she was found - Ruled suicide with no tests on DNA evidence - No criminal charges against anyone

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Joe Sudbay's avatar Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social
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An associate editor at Wash Post wrote this today: "At the same time — and, yes, I know how cavalierly they tossed aside precedent in Dobbs — I doubt that even this court is about to upend the national legal landscape again and eliminate the right to marriage equality" Sotomayor knows better

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Emily L. Hauser's avatar Emily L. Hauser @emilylhauser.bsky.social
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Seems like a good day to reup this tweet from two years ago:

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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I live in The Land of the Data Centers in Northern Virginia. Approximately 80% of the world’s internet goes through this area. Data centers don’t create many jobs so the only real advantage of this for the locals is that we almost never lose power due to the grid being moved underground.

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Nicki Smith Votes Blue's avatar Nicki Smith Votes Blue @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social
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Some words of wisdom for the U.S. from Germany 👍

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