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Been telling Bluesky this for weeks. I kept my eye on the progress of the work as it was happening, as it's my career of 35 years. Here is exactly what is meant by "bad paint job": it wasn't dried properly and the stone was not abraded to create a chemical bond. Shoddy workmanship, nothing else.

LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸@namwella1961.bsky.social · 3w ago

Jim Acosta: "The pool has been drained, and there are no signs of the giant gash that Donald Trump has been lying about. No indications of major vandalism. Just a bad paint job. The only thing that’s been exposed is that Trump has been lying about this." #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone and his attacks on women in combat: "I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."

Reminder: Todd Blanche is the one who met with Ghislaine Maxwell before she was transferred to a low security prison. He is deeply involved in the #Epstein cover-up and should not have ANY position in government, and certainly not Attorney General.

E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.

Imagine wanting the baby you’ve carried inside you for 9 months and having it taken away. Imagine not wanting the baby you’ve carried inside you for 9 months and being forced to remain pregnant and give birth. When we reach scenario #1, it will be the scenario #2 enforcers demanding it.

They want us quiet; we’re getting loud. This #CupOfJoe is packed with the exact moves YOU need to make to defend our right to vote. The line is drawn—are you locked in? (Ignore the messy captions, the message is what matters. Hit play.)

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Number of people receiving food stamps in Arizona has fallen by around 50% as of March compared to a year earlier, including about 200,000 children who have lost their benefits. Those numbers are showing up in the lines at Arizona food banks.

The families going hungry because of Trump’s food stamp cuts

Under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a wa...

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"Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight." -- Bob Marley, who died #OTD 1981

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Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:

227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"

The Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the partisan redistricting bottom; it is directly responsible for the chaos we're seeing on the ground.

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