artisanrox (Progressive Animal)
@artisanrox.bsky.social
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As a general rule I will crawl over broken glass to support whoever the alternative to a fucking republican is
Weird how women won't choose a life of meek domestic servitude when there are other choices available. Every fundie religion and/or cult knows this deep in their bones, which is why they try so hard to make those other choices invisible or inaccessible.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3h agoMore than half of young adult women who grew up as Latter-day Saints have now left the church. Many are reacting against politics, purity culture and powerlessness.
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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Smol Bean AIPAC spending $65,000,000 on a Dem primary lolololololol
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 9h agoAbdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
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FDA Announces Recall of Deli Meals Sold at Kroger, Publix, Wegmans, and More for Potential Metal Contamination
Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, LLC, is recalling six of its heat-and-eat deli meals sold at various retailers that were prepared in baking pans that may have imparted aluminum metal fragments into the food.
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mamdani's social media: NYC, today is a monumental day. I've slain Gorlax the Spurious, the beast who lived in the sewers and ate children and small dogs. every conservative thinkpiece article: Slaying Gorlax the Spurious might *sound* appealing, but what if you don't have children or small dogs?
But we can't have nationalized health care or UBI or paid leave or bullet rail or GROCERY STORES!!!!
Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · yesterday🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.
1/ Authright totalitarianism regarding fealty to Israel has been a US **Republican** far-right demand for decades already. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Thanks ESPECIALLY to fffking Fetterman (R-Likud)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
If you’ve never seen Ms. Tamara Walcott deadlift 641 pounds, I’d highly recommend watching this:
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_in... I think Tom Bombadil is basically like a wolf interval: your fantasy worldbuilding can't be both coherent and complete, you can either spread the unknown around or shove it all into one place. Tom Bombadil is all the unknown shoved into yellow boots.
Wolf interval - Wikipedia
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WE NEED 4 SEATS TO FLIP THE SENATE. JOSH TUREK SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. I was researching Josh and came across one of his signature issues: Right to Repair. I had no idea how important this was. Most people in big cities probably don’t either. 🧵
Here’s the key takeaway from our report: Epstein couldn’t have carried out his trafficking and criminal activity without the help of the highest ranking employees and executives at the most powerful banks in the world. Wall Street is complicit in Epstein’s crimes from top to bottom.
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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I don't think the average American and certainly not the average MAGA even gets the extent to which "humiliate your foe" is a core ethos of the Iranian approach to conflict
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d agoIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out an attack on a US base in Kuwait using three drones, according to a source familiar with the matter.-i24 News
A shithole country is not a poor country that can't feed its children. A shithole country is a rich country that won't feed its children.
While working on stuff around the house, I was hearing this loud quack that belongs to our tiniest (and sassiest) duck, Carmen. It was rhythmic, and different than usual. On a whim, I decided to limp over to the window to check...and saw this: She is LITERALLY quacking orders to the entire flock.
Daren the Lion from the Infamous D.A.R.E program served his time and he's BACK! With the new Font & Logo Generator based on everyone's favorite Drug Abuse Resistance Education program from the 90's:
DARE To Resist Drugs and Violence Font Logo Generator
Daren the Lion from D.A.R.E is back, in generator form!
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"but but but smol bean AIPAC only spends a teeny weeny amount in political races! The teeniest bit! The smollest amount!"
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d agoThe pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC has spent a jaw-dropping $30M+ in tomorrow's Democratic primaries in Michigan and Missouri. But if you saw their attack ads, you'd never know it was them. Watch.
To my international acquaintances On Here, the President of the United States of America: "No, no, see...she was **supposed to** prosecute and ruin him in kangaroo court for something he didn't do!"
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoTrump on the Reflecting Pool: "I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro, really disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. She folded like an umbrella and people get away with it, and it's a disgrace."
Top article in the "overprivileged shitty people" fishwrap rag
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.