NormalMark

NormalMark

@normalmark.bsky.social

Photographer of birds, prairies, bugs. Dog parent. Child of the Chicago burbs, now central Illinois. Loathe djt and maga. 🟦

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Jared Kushner helped MBS cover up the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. During Covid he seized PPE to stockpile & took millions in PPP loans. Then he got $2B from the Saudis. I'm not suggesting Jared's corrupt as fuck, I'm saying it outright! #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

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She’s on 🔥 She’s 100% right

The Mouthy Renegade Writer@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social

I’d love to know who this fiery, patriotic young woman is, so I could follow her social media or Substack. This is EXACTLY how the fuck we should all be feeling about the corrupt, criminal regime that’s infested the White House. This shit has to end. And people like this woman will lead the way.

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Whether it is the East Wing of the White House, the Reflecting Pool on the Mall, the East Potomac golf course, or the Kennedy Center, the wildly incompetent Donald Trump can't turn his attention to *anything* without leaving behind debris and destruction.

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Isn’t it time for every honest member of the political media to declare loudly and clearly that Trump and the Republicans are building a dictatorship?

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Replying to @xelahart.bsky.social

 in less than two years, these crazy assholes have transformed our country from being the respected leader of the free world into an absolutely corrupt, pathetic little banana republic.  I'm thoroughly and completely ashamed

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Good.

CREW@citizensforethics.org

BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

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As our health care system confronts the mess that Republicans created with their Big Ugly Bill, supporting our nurses and their education has never been important.   Learn more about my bill to train more nurses and lower costs >>> underwood.house.gov/media/press-...

underwood.house.govUnderwood Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Train More NursesWASHINGTON—Representatives Lauren Underwood, Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), introduced the Educating Future Nurses Act to expand clinical education and training opportunities for f...

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Replying to @onefussyone.bsky.social

It is past time to remove caps on Social Security Tax from wealthy Americans. The Republican Party likes to call it class warfare, but it is not - it is fairness. It is time for Republicans to allow these tax caps to be removed - they have fought it for years, but it is time for them to help.

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Replying to @radiofreetom.bsky.social

In 1975, Congress awarded Dr. Salk the Congressional Gold Medal with a unanimous vote. Sit with that a minute, and think about how far we've fallen.

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By lopping off his full replies and interweaving explanatory narrative, reporters often wind up sanitizing Trump’s babbling

Jen Rubin@jenrubin.bsky.social

An “interview” denotes responsive answers — not a stream of non sequiturs, insults, and outbursts. A few commentators ventured that the session was “grievance”-filled or “emotional,” but even that falsely suggests some orderly presentation of reality-based complaints in response to questions

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Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke sends “Cease and Desist” order to Republican over deepfake ads. This should be an automatic fail for Van Orden. I wonder how many other failing candidates are resorting to this tactic. It's proof that they have nothing to run on. truthout.org/articles/dem...

truthout.orgDem Candidate Sends “Cease and Desist” Order to Republican Over Deepfake AdsDemocrat Rebecca Cooke said the deepfakes produced by GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden “undermine our democratic process.”…

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Replying to @thetnholler.bsky.social

Not really. What we've had in the U.S. for most of the last 30-40 years isn't capitalism. It's mostly been corporatism, which is a half-step from fascism. We should actually try properly regulated capitalism again. We mostly did that in the U.S., once upon a time, post WWII until about 1980…

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not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.

talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...

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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

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Replying to @walshfreedom.bsky.social

Taking responsibility for our actions is one of the things we teach our children as soon as they're old enough to understand. There doesn't seem to a single Republican in office worth admiring anymore.

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The U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.

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Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.

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this guy doesn’t seem to know what insurance is

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."

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Can’t believe our tax dollars are being used for political ads. The White House is now airing a taxpayer-funded ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. The 30-second spot has all the markings of a campaign ad, except the disclaimer at the bottom says: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”

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Replying to @marcelias.bsky.social

The DOJ used to have a 99 percent court win rate. Thanks to trump, it's record is mediocre just like trump. Waste Fraud and Abuse

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Replying to @cardonebrian.bsky.social

Boebert's always trying to shift her shame into blame for someone else. And no, Christians aren't being "persecuted" for speaking out...Faux Christian hypocrites are being called out for their hypocrisy. That's uncomfortable, but it's not persecution.

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When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president

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“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” ~ Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) #Painting, Caspar David Friedrich, ‘Evening,’ 1821.

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Politico: A federal appeals court rejected ICE’s effort to detain millions of people without bond, comparing it to the “historical stain” of Japanese internment during WWII. It's hard to watch Trump & GOP's continued disregard for human life. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed