Purple Iris
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Avid reader. Poetry. Facts matter. Independent supporting Blue! 🌊💙🩵💙🩵
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Ron Filipkowski
1 day ago
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.
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Pumpkin art 2025.
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Thousands show up at No Kings Protest in Omaha, NE.
www.3newsnow.com/central-omah...
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Will inflatable frog costumes make it to Omaha? No Kings protest set for Saturday
Omaha community groups plan No Kings rally Saturday at Turner Park while inflatable frog costumes sell out nationwide as viral protest symbol.
https://www.3newsnow.com/central-omaha/will-inflatable-frog-costumes-make-it-to-omaha-no-kings-protest-set-for-saturday
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Thank you
#NebraskaAppleseed
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www.wowt.com/2025/10/16/n...
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Nebraska Appleseed files lawsuit to stop ICE facility opening in McCook
Nebraska Appleseed announced Thursday morning that it has filed a lawsuit to prevent the repurposing of the Work Ethic Camp in McCook into an ICE detention facility.
https://www.wowt.com/2025/10/16/nebraska-appleseed-files-lawsuit-stop-ice-facility-opening-mccook/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNeFttleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi6YvEkoaqDwirKiIlHlfWqvj0CuQ6sRDgeUoiGsZVl3QUPyM2JO2lqBGNtu_aem_EvTBmabxzOKpSzB97oiEmA
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Aaron Rupar
23 days ago
Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"
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Has anyone seen the movement on TikTok regarding the
#PurpleRevolution
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are you aware of it?
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Good article from the Associated Press. The article even quotes Trump as saying all the layoffs will be Democrats. Dear GOP-- that is a mistake. It's time to stop this madness and start doing things for the people you represent. Unity first.
apnews.com/article/gove...
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Federal shutdowns usually don't do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this one
Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is threatening to use the stand...
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-economy-impact-workers-5635da22356dd57949ffcd19e6863c28
about 1 month ago
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RIP Jane Goodall.
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Thank you President Obama for being a voice of Democracy. Your leadership is missed.
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Brian Tyler Cohen
about 1 month ago
Are we great yet?
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I saw this posted on TikTok-- and didn't believe it. Indeed, the QAnon Shaman is suing Trump, Musk, and other entities. He is proclaiming he is the leader of our country without being elected. This stuff just gets more strange every day.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
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QAnon Shaman says he's rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion
In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-qanon-shaman-files-40-trillion-lawsuit-against-trump-22763479/
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I canceled Disney and Hulu many months ago-- because I was tired of seeing commercials after paying for their service. I stopped reading and watching ABC News because their stories were not always factual. I never had a subscription to ESPN. Even more happy now, I canceled Disney!
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about 2 months ago
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Given all the horrible things that are happening...here is a beautiful sign of hope and transformation. A monarch in my garden🙂
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We need more headline news like this - where we see unification rather than division. Where else is this happening?
abcnews.go.com/Politics/col...
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College Democrats and Republicans send unified messages after Kirk’s death
Some college Democrat and Republican groups trying to turn down the temperature on discourse surrounding Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/college-democrats-republicans-send-unified-messages-after-kirks/story?id=125557254
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about 2 months ago
BRILLIANT!!!
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#ABCNew
spreads more hate. When will news change their tune? Republicans and Democrats agree that political hate needs to stop. How about that for headlines? How about the person who shot Charlie Kirk was not registered as Republican or Democrat?
#StoptheHate
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After Charlie Kirk's killing, MAGA world mourns, but some say 'we're at war'
Many in the MAGA world are mourning his loss, with some enraged and escalating their rhetoric online.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-charlie-kirks-killing-maga-world-mourns-war/story?id=125483603
about 2 months ago
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Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121
about 2 months ago
Washington State: Best Covid Vaccine guidelines. Washington state's new order, everyone aged 6 months and older, including pregnant individuals, can receive the COVID-19 vaccine directly from a Washington pharmacy or clinic without needing an individual prescription.
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New order from Washington state DOH reaffirms access to COVID-19 vaccine
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has issued a standing order to enhance access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-state-covid-19-vaccine-availability-requirements-prescriptions-standing-order-federal-government-trump-administration
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MeidasTouch
about 2 months ago
🚨 BREAKING: Charlie Kirk has been shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University. This heinous and vile attack is a stain on our democracy. Violence must NEVER be the answer to political disagreements—our strength is in ideas, not bloodshed.
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Bill Kristol
2 months ago
I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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This is surprising to me. I mean, MTG willing to read the names? Wow.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Epstein accusers at news conference | CNN
House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, known as a Trump loyalist, has been one of the key Republican voices calling on his administration to fully release the Jeffrey Epstein files. She spoke at a n...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/video/mtg-epstein-accusers-ctw-090310aseg2-cnni-us-fast
2 months ago
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What happened
@dexcom.bsky.social
? I change out the G7 before the expiration date frequently enough that it is less reliable. It's accuracy is also questionable. Today, my cgm read 87. I was really 42. You can do better Dexcom. I and so many others rely on you.
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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Stephen Miller is the real threat. He drafts the new executive orders, and Trump acts clueless as to what he is signing. This is Democracy being taken away from us. Let's hope all states ensure they take action to protect our elections.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
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Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms | CNN Politics
A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election integrit...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/politics/trump-elections-pressure-campaign
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Teeshasmom
3 months ago
489FB 👣💙 Vetted RESISTERS🦋🎗️🇺🇸
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Brian Tyler Cohen
4 months ago
And there it is.
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@unitedhealtcare.bsky.social
is getting worse! I Why can I only have the oral suspension of Famotidine and not take the pills (now a plan exclusion)? I am aware of your, "that is part of what your benefits manager choose" -- but, most companies rely on you to help with managing benefits.
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Why don't I feel bad for Senator Murkowski? She got taken by her own party. She voiced her opinion-- but sold out because she thought she was getting a deal for Alaska. She then "hoped" the House of Representatives would fix things.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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GOP’s Murkowski says she feels ‘cheated’ by administration following megabill’s passage
The Alaska senator thought she’d negotiated an agreement to protect solar and wind projects. Then she learned otherwise.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/lisa-murkowski-big-beautiful-bill-cheated-rcna220002
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Congress do your job. There is a lot to uncover. No one in the Justice Department can be trusted to uncover the truth when the lie for Trump. We are losing faith in our government.
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Mother Jones
4 months ago
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/stephen-colbert-cancelled-cbs-trump-paramount/
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Ben Meiselas
4 months ago
Stephen Colbert, if you’re reading this: the door is open at the MeidasTouch Network
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A Message to Stephen Colbert from MeidasTouch
By Ben Meiselas
https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/a-message-to-stephen-colbert-from?r=ttna7&utm_medium=ios
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Karly Kingsley
4 months ago
Stephen Colbert doesn’t need CBS anyway. Wherever he ends up, people are going to watch him even harder now. All CBS did was solidify the fact that they’ll be know until the end of time as just another spineless corporation that couldn’t do the right thing.
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I am disappointed in
#Paramount
. I canceled my subscription months ago after they settled with Trump for his approval to merge with Skydance. Paramount proves they will pay the price. I am a big Star Trek fan. Sad I will miss the premiere of "Strange New Worlds."
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' run will come to an end next year as CBS cancels franchise
The decision "is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount," the network said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/stephen-colbert-late-show-end-cbs-rcna219499
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MeidasTouch
4 months ago
Hmm
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Ron Hacker
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Jon Cooper
4 months ago
There’s something SERIOUSLY WRONG with a political system like this.
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Pete Buttigieg
4 months ago
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Don Bacon. Retiring at the end of his term. He admits there are things about the Big Beautiful Bill he doesn't like... but will vote for it anyway. Another
#LisaMurkowski
www.ketv.com/article/nebr...
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'Hard fact to overlook': All Nebraska Congressmen hint at voting for President Trump's bill
The House of Representatives convenes at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday to begin debate on the "Big Beautiful Bill"
https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-congressmen-hint-at-voting-for-trumps-bill/65272144?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLSCYNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgyuGu8loTCgH3U1IJZlRVyO9uujnouitADrVNVWsZ_vqO1E5_QLAnkOL2E1_aem_fL8pdKKnEoKqdO5BEOyWYQ
4 months ago
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Peter Morley ♿️
4 months ago
List of ALL 100 U.S. Senators DC Contact Information: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124 Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744 Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665 Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004 Arizona Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235 Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521 1/17
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Adam Kinzinger
4 months ago
Of course
newrepublic.com/post/197149/...
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Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir
Palantir has been snapping up massive government contracts to increase surveillance capabilities.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197149/stephen-miller-palantir-stocks-immigration-report
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I hope he is held accountable for every death that could be prevented by vaccines.
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Alt National Park Service
5 months ago
A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate the return” of a 31-year-old Salvadoran man who was deported just minutes after the court had issued an order blocking his removal.
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The Washington Post
5 months ago
Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
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The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/24/vaccines-access-rfk-cdc/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Ars Technica
5 months ago
A growing chorus of lawmakers, health experts, and public advocates has called for a pivotal upcoming CDC meeting to be scrapped and for Kennedy's federal vaccine panel to be remade with qualified members.
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CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting
The panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday with an anti-vaccine agenda.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/cdcs-once-revered-vaccine-panel-now-a-farce-calls-grow-to-scrap-meeting/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned
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Alt National Park Service
5 months ago
A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.
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Impeach RFK, Jr.
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MeidasTouch
5 months ago
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo officially CONCEDES the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City to Zohran Mamdani
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Wow. RFK, Jr. asked if he ever treated measles... He responds no. Yet, here he is giving out advice on treating the measles? Unreal.
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David Corn
5 months ago
RFK Jr. needs to read the newspaper more often.
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Bob Lawrence 💙
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Indivisible 47
5 months ago
Beach fun!
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