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Bluesky Lib Defiant

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#VoteBlueNoMatterWho #NeoliberalSupremacy 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇮🇱🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🇫🇷🏳️ I DON'T LIKE RUSSIA! FOR REASONS!

Chevy Chase, MD Katılım Ekim 2025
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NewsWire
NewsWire@NewsWire_US·
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to Veto Bill Creating Regulated Retail Marijuana Market — ABC7
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Bluesky Lib Defiant
Bluesky Lib Defiant@BlueskyDefiant·
@LilyManshel @MichaelLangeNYC It's a skill issue with Lasher. The job he's applying for requires effective communication with residents. Wouldn't matter if I agreed with his platform 100%, won't vote for a campaign with poor communication.
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Lily Manshel
Lily Manshel@LilyManshel·
@BlueskyDefiant @MichaelLangeNYC To their credit, the person who called me seemed to have spoken to Micah personally about the issue I was upset about and was able to have a real conversation with me about it. And unlike Shen Yun’s dancers, I don’t think they were a child slave!
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Michael Lange
Michael Lange@MichaelLangeNYC·
The closer I look, the more I'm convinced that NY-13 — Adriano Espaillat vs. Darializa Avila Chevalier — is a pure toss-up. NY-12 also feels frisky. Schlossberg is fading, Conway is stagnant, but Lasher is not pulling away. Super PAC attacks are helping Bores...
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Lily Manshel
Lily Manshel@LilyManshel·
@MichaelLangeNYC Lasher’s campaign is fighting hard — I sent an annoyed response to a text blast with my reasons for not voting for him and they asked if a staffer could call me to discuss the issue I’d mentioned.
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Bluesky Lib Defiant
Bluesky Lib Defiant@BlueskyDefiant·
@MichaelLangeNYC @daveweigel Just got inundated with trash mail going against Bores, only effect will be reminding me to vote for him. If Schlossberg wins, I'll vote for the republican.
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Liberty Wallace
Liberty Wallace@LibertyWallace_·
That’s IT! I’m OUT. See ya, @MattWalshBlog . UNFOLLOWED. His recent anti-Massie foolishness has pushed me over the edge. This ziobot has got to go. Enjoy your overlords, Tool.
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Brandon Jarvis
Brandon Jarvis@Jaaavis·
Many sources have told me that Gov. Abigail Spanberger is going to veto the legislation that would have established a retail marijuana market in Virginia.
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WontDance4Soros
WontDance4Soros@WontMarch4Soros·
@Jaaavis This ought to be fun to watch. Spanberger goes there and then Louise gets out her magic shredder that she’s so fond of using on governors. Well maybe it’s good for Virginia if they are at “odds”?
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Christie's
Christie's@ChristiesInc·
Jackson Pollock’s ‘Number 7A, 1948’ from Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse achieves USD $181,185,000 in tonight’s sale, nearly tripling the auction record for the artist. This work represents the key moment Pollock produces one of the first truly abstract paintings in the history of art.
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Buckley Carlson
Buckley Carlson@buckleycarlson·
"MAGA" v Clinton: in reality, which is more conservative? if attacking 100% Freedom Score Massie doesn't make the case, these data will: @SCfactsonly
SCFactsOnly✝️🇬🇪@SCfactsonly

MAGA is More Liberal Than the 1990s Clinton Democrats 1. Healthcare and Gender Issues (Sanctity of Life) •Clinton 90s: Focused on traditional coverage expansions (CHIP for children) without federal push for taxpayer-funded gender procedures. No Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: The initial “Big Beautiful Bill”/omnibus proposals included language allowing Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for adults (later walked back under pressure). No nationwide ban on early-term abortion or morning-after pills at the federal level. Funding for organizations involved in abortion has continued in some budget deals. Comparison: Clinton era had stricter limits on expanding coverage into gender-related procedures than the initial MAGA-backed legislation. Many evangelicals who prioritize life from conception have accepted these compromises for political power. 2. Deficit, Government Spending, and Limited Government •Clinton 90s: Achieved balanced federal budgets in 1998–2001, passed welfare reform (PRWORA 1996) that dramatically cut rolls, and showed fiscal restraint rhetoric with actual surpluses. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Record deficits, continued entitlement expansion, corporate bailouts, and no serious entitlement reform. Government waste and spending have grown. Comparison: Clinton era demonstrated more fiscal discipline and spending restraint than current MAGA governance. Conservatives who once prioritized limited government have accepted expanded spending. 3. Criminal Justice, Drugs, and Leniency •Clinton 90s: Passed the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (largest crime bill in history), added death penalty offenses, “three strikes” provisions, expanded prisons, and maintained “tough on drugs” policies with the 100:1 crack-powder disparity. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Signed the First Step Act (2018) reducing sentences for some federal drug offenders and expanding early release. Continued federal rescheduling discussions for marijuana and some leniency signals at the state level. Comparison: Clinton era was significantly tougher on crime and drugs than the sentencing reforms and leniency trends under MAGA. Conservatives who once emphasized law and order have accepted more lenient policies. 4. LGBT Issues and Traditional Marriage •Clinton 90s: Signed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (1993) as a compromise and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA, 1996) defining marriage as one man and one woman for federal purposes. Opposed same-sex marriage publicly. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Accepted gay marriage as settled law, used rainbow flags at rallies, appointed openly gay officials (e.g., Richard Grenell), and showed broader tolerance of LGBT issues in the party. Prominent openly gay figures (Scott Presler, Kenneth Mehlman, Richard Grenell) hold significant visibility and influence. Comparison: Clinton era maintained more traditional restrictions on open homosexuality in the military and federal marriage definitions than current MAGA acceptance. Many evangelicals who once emphasized traditional marriage have set aside those concerns for political loyalty. 5. Immigration and Border Enforcement •Clinton 90s: Signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (1996), increased border agents, and supported welfare reform restricting benefits for immigrants. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Mass deportation numbers remain far below campaign promises. Border wall construction is limited and symbolic. High border encounters continue, and some legal immigration pathways have expanded. Comparison: Clinton era had more concrete enforcement legislation than the current gap between rhetoric and results. Conservatives who prioritized border security have accepted the gap.

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Mallory McMorrow
Mallory McMorrow@MalloryMcMorrow·
Fishing 👍 Phishing 🤬👎😧🙅‍♀️❌ Let’s put an end to the avalanche of spammy texts, ads, and traps from scammers trying to make YOU their next big catch.
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Michael Stepniak
Michael Stepniak@Det_ideafactory·
Like I'm honestly not sure why Haley Stevens is worse than McMorrow at this point. For a voter like me, that interview with Bernstein and Vigeland couldn't have gone much worse. I am disgusted.
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SilencedSirs◼️
SilencedSirs◼️@SilentlySirs·
People are not leaving X because they hate posting. They are leaving because the algorithm made the platform feel unusable. You post, nobody sees it. You search, accounts disappear. You speak, the system decides your reach before people even judge your words. That is not a town square. That is a locked room with a timeline.
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Bluesky Lib Defiant
Bluesky Lib Defiant@BlueskyDefiant·
@KristenMeghan This is how the left treated the original Bernie voters, who were just anti-war and anti-corporate. Saying that they were secretly MAGA or some nonsense.
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Kristen Meghan👩‍🔬🐻
Kristen Meghan👩‍🔬🐻@KristenMeghan·
Hear me out! I've been in the Liberty movement since 2006. I am a former Libertarian that returned to the GOP as a Ron Paul Republican. Please understand... the deciding vote isn’t Republican. It’s not Democrat. It’s Liberty! I continue to raise awareness that hateful and unwarranted attacks on Thomas Massie via Trump are enraging the very voters he needs to win the midterms. What some people do not understand is that Libertarians and Independents are most often the deciding factor in elections. The media calls them swing voters, not because they’re loyal to either party, but because they vote based on constitutional and liberty principles. So when I hear this tired argument that “if Libertarians don’t vote Republican, they’re helping the Democrats,” that’s a completely false dichotomy! The burden isn’t on Liberty voters to fall in line with Republicans. The burden is on Republicans to earn their vote by respecting their values, in and out of what they do agree on, not attacking one of their champions. @RepThomasMassie has more credibility with the Liberty movement than most elected officials combined. If you think beating him down will unite the party, think again. You can choose to believe me now or you can remember me later because I know how these people think because I have their respect and they have mine, and that's why so many crossed over in the state of Michigan and other states with the help of many other Ron Paul Republicans. You want their vote? Stop treating constitutionally principled dissent as disloyalty and start engaging with the very people you need help from to cross the finish line at the midterms.
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Bluesky Lib Defiant
Bluesky Lib Defiant@BlueskyDefiant·
@adamscochran Tehran's sources are FlightRadar24 and a handful of obscure subreddits full of autistic people tattling on this country like it owes them rent (it does).
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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth)
Wow! Leaks to the NYT claiming Trump didn’t cancel the strikes due to UAE and Qatari requests but due to the Pentagon! Claiming Iran is becoming effective at tracking US air operations and using air defences. Hugely embarrassing and likely means aggression won’t bring them to the table!
Faytuks Network@FaytuksNetwork

Trump reportedly paused additional strikes on Iran partly over Pentagon concerns that Tehran was becoming more effective at tracking U.S. air operations and improving its air defenses - NYT

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