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Brenda 🦋 🇺🇦

@bren1008.bsky.social

Everything you’ve learned you’ve learned from imperfect people - Maggie Smith. #GoodBones #GraceOverGuilt Baseball fan, gardening, reader and wannabe traveler.

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Cengiz Yar
@cengizyar.com

Doing business with a recently convicted felon undermines Paxton's "tough on crime" narrative and erodes public trust in his role as the state’s top anti-fraud watchdog, ethics experts told @propublica.org and @texastribune.org

propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Trust Gave a $600,000 Infusion to a Convicted Fraudster’s CompanyThe blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Zach Everson
@zacheverson.com

Listen to Robert De Niro— Whether you’re voting for politicians who’ll drag us into a needless war and profit from it, or ones who won’t cover for pedophiles, voting is your right. Make sure yours counts. Vote early. handsoffourvote.net

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@bren1008.bsky.social

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle@drdoylesays.bsky.social

What Master Yoda meant when he said "try not; do or do not, there is no try," is that the trying IS the doing. Trying is an act of courage. Trying is an act of defiance against our bullies & abusers. Nothing happens without trying-- which is why Trauma Brain wants us NOT to try.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Cornyn on Starlink being throttled in Ukraine: "I don't believe that Elon Musk would do this without at least the acquiescence of the White House. I think it's frankly shameful. I think we should be supporting the victim, not the aggressor."

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PBS News
@pbsnews.org

You may not know the name Sasha Alex Sloan, but chances are you've heard her work. She's become one of music's most sought-after songwriters, writing across pop, country, K-pop, and R&B. https://to.pbs.org/4hWc9V1

to.pbs.orgSasha Alex Sloan performs 'Empty' and discusses the craft of songwritingYou may not know the name Sasha Alex Sloan, but chances are you've heard her work. She's become one of music's most sought-after songwriters, writing across pop, country, K-pop, and R&B. As Sloan prep...

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Crooked Media
@crooked.com

Robert Reich hopes we’ve learned a lesson from the Trump era: “we have got to take the power back.” #2028 #billionaires

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him. That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

politico.comGOP lawmakers scramble to spare Ukraine from TrumpLawmakers are struggling to find a way to convince the president to stop cozying up to Russia.

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Giles
@glennc64.bsky.social

Replying to @missingthept.bsky.social

You know, I never heard those trees disavow the Muslim Brotherhhod.