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Mat Wright<p>I have been in comms for my entire career some way - emergency services, business, politics, and mentored many - DRILLED into them check who you and your client are associating with, check who is booking a venue, check who you may be funding </p><p>This is a total organizational comms failure </p><p>Inviting a Christian Nationalist MAGA supporter to perform at a national HISTORIC site should be an immediate NO</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/parks-canada-maga-sean-feucht-christian-singer-halifax-nova-scotia-1.7590342" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia</span><span class="invisible">/parks-canada-maga-sean-feucht-christian-singer-halifax-nova-scotia-1.7590342</span></a></p>
MrCopilot<p>Get your nominee confirmed.</p><p>I'm beginning to think following the law is not these folks strong suit.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
B_Bird<p>—&gt; The Late Show · Stephen Colbert &lt;—</p><p> - New Don Jr. Coke -</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheLateShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLateShow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephenColbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenColbert</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://youtu.be/0z5iPzKnYSA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/0z5iPzKnYSA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
RedwoodSec<p>In my opinion, it is highly probable that the Supreme Court will reverse its precedent that legalized same-sex marriages by the end of next year. If you do not believe this outcome is imminent, you are not fully engaged with the current political landscape and lawfare. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a></p>
45 Name an Hour<p>Orange Glazed Grifter </p><p>bot by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span><br>No laws were broken in the making of this bot: please don't come after me. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potus45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potus45</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Mark Taylor<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Parody" target="_blank">#Parody</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NYTimesPitchbot" target="_blank">#NYTimesPitchbot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" target="_blank">#USPol</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwjhbzo22t" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwjhbzo22t</a></span></p>
Mark Taylor<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Parody" target="_blank">#Parody</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NYTimesPitchbot" target="_blank">#NYTimesPitchbot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" target="_blank">#USPol</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwcg73jk2t" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwcg73jk2t</a></span></p>
Mark Taylor<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Parody" target="_blank">#Parody</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NYTimesPitchbot" target="_blank">#NYTimesPitchbot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" target="_blank">#USPol</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwblspyk2t" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5mscvguz4r636nekozpqac/post/3lulwblspyk2t</a></span></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>SNAP food stamp beverage ban, <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> Gov Mike DeWine announces working group members; their stated goal is to ban drinks with "minimal nutritional value."</p><p>Gov. DeWine has announced the members of the SNAP beverage ban working group which he established via executive order in June. Members include the Ohio Grocers Association President, the Ohio Director of Medicaid and more <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snap</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/FoodStamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodStamps</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wfmj.com/story/52941905/snap-beverage-ban-dewine-announces-working-group-members" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wfmj.com/story/52941905/snap-b</span><span class="invisible">everage-ban-dewine-announces-working-group-members</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: “Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”</p><p>“I’ve been working on this field of famine, food crisis &amp; humanitarian action for more than 40 years, &amp; there is no case, over those four decades...</p><p>...of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today."</p><p>~Alex de Waal</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/21/forensic_architecture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/7/21/for</span><span class="invisible">ensic_architecture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GHF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaStarvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStarvation</span></a>&nbsp;<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> .</p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Vacations are always more fun when there’s something to look forward to!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyEpstein</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EpsteinCoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinCoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EpsteinClientList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinClientList</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "Israel’s genocide is big business &amp; the face of the future"</p><p>Business &amp; military planners welcome the new ‘legal maneuver space’ to slaughter &amp; starve civilians.</p><p>Pro-genocide nations are normalising Israel's genocide so that they, too, can "commit crimes against humanity in full view."</p><p>This is why they are so intent on presenting genocide as business as usual &amp; demonising its opponents.</p><p><a href="https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-genocide-is-big-business" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jonathancook.substack.com/p/is</span><span class="invisible">raels-genocide-is-big-business</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: “Like a Video Game”: How Israel Deploys Grenade-Firing Drones to Kill, Threaten &amp; Displace Gazans</p><p>"Israel is increasingly using grenade-firing drones to enforce evacuation orders.</p><p>Soldiers admit they deliberately target civilians &amp; liken their use of the weapons to a video game.</p><p>"Soldiers are instructed to initiate strikes on all residents".</p><p>~Meron Rapoport</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/21/israeli_drones" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/7/21/isr</span><span class="invisible">aeli_drones</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GHF</span></a>&nbsp;<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Remember:</p><p>The UN General Assembly has the wherewithal to act to end Israel's genocide in Gaza:</p><p>Member states "have a legal obligation &amp; a moral imperative" to invoke the 1950 UN resolution, "Uniting for Peace"..</p><p>..."to deploy a peacekeeping force to Gaza to put an end to Israel’s starvation &amp; genocide”.</p><p>Uniting for Peace was designed to circumvent Soviet veto during Korean war.</p><p><a href="https://aje.io/7agxo4?update=3749030" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aje.io/7agxo4?update=3749030</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/06/gaza-un-experts-demand-safe-passage-freedom-flotilla-coalition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ohchr.org/en/press-releases/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/gaza-un-experts-demand-safe-passage-freedom-flotilla-coalition</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitingForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitingForPeace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europol</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> .</p>
Ferdi Magellan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> are you saying the total tariff will be 30%? Or is Japan going to reciprocate with a 15% import tariff on US goods? I can’t imagine they would do that to their citizens. They aren’t that stupid. </p><p>Japanese PM resigns in 5, 4, 3, 2…</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Alt Alt National Park Service<p>Over 140 employees at the National Science Foundation have taken the rare step of signing a letter warning the Trump admin is gutting the agency, slashing budgets, firing staff, and sabotaging science from within. All but one name is redacted out of fear of retaliation.<br><a href="https://democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/AFGE_Local_3403_NSF_Letter_to_RM_Lofgren_REDACTED_Redacted.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">democrats-science.house.gov/im</span><span class="invisible">o/media/doc/AFGE_Local_3403_NSF_Letter_to_RM_Lofgren_REDACTED_Redacted.pdf</span></a><br> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lulv3adu6223" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.s</span><span class="invisible">ocial/post/3lulv3adu6223</span></a><br>-<br>From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc<br>500+ char posts not resent<br>Unaffiliated w/ AltNPS<br>-<br><a href="https://noc.social/tags/AltNPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltNPS</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/NationalParkService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParkService</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Fight Back or Move Over<p>Let's say the Epstein revelations really do get Trump out of the office. Then what? </p><p>Well. Vance steps in with the same GOP congress &amp; the same mandate from the Heritage Foundation - Project2025. </p><p>We will still have the same feckless (and old) democrats in office, some of whom are voting with the GOP on harmful legislation because as NV Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto told me in an email, "It's complicated." </p><p>We *should* be able to walk &amp; chew gum at the same time.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>
45 Name an Hour<p>Needy Amin </p><p>bot by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span><br>No laws were broken in the making of this bot: I wanted to make you smile, not pursue charges. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potus45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potus45</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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Fight Back or Move Over<p>2/2 There were massive protests to end the Vietnam war. It took a change in the administration to end that war. </p><p>These people aren't afraid. You know what? They have no reason to be.</p><p>So go on and protest in the streets. Carry your signs. Post your memes. Make uncoordinated plans to boycott and strike - on the weekends, of course, and by Christmas it will be over...for us. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>