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amethystjones1

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Hippie Chick Goddess, way back in the land of Flower Power🌻 (& Classic Rock🎸) Blue Voter💙 Feminist Mom Grandma💃 Science, Gardening, Pagan, Art, Travel, Metaphysics🔮 Compassion☮️🕉 Heal this planet 🌏 (Sarcastic, salty words)Will chat if mutuals.🧘‍♀️

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 1d

End world hunger, now! Ruining tons of food out of personal spite, it is a crime against humanity! Regime allowing it, pol party allowing it. Food rotting in fields, caused by them. Soybeans can't be sold, caused by them. Stop this insanity. Protest, vote, speak up loudly. Feed us all. 🌱

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 5h

Put Your Hand in the Hand, Elvis Presley
(just sayin)

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Karla w/a K! 🤠🚙🇺🇸 @kuber1964.bsky.social · 6h

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The Trump administration approved a 211-mile private industrial mining road for a foreign mining company - backed by millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars - cutting through one of Alaska’s wildest, most p...

TikTok video by The Wilderness Society

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 6h

Love that for them. Take earplugs. 🎧

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 6h

The GEO Group bills itself as a good partner to the primarily economically disadvantaged communities where it runs its prisons and ICE detention facilities. They frequently highlight their local giving for scholarships and education as evidence of this.

The thing is, that’s utter nonsense 🧵

Screenshot from The GEO Group Foundation's 2024 Annual Report showing $643,100 in scholarships and education giving in the communities where its facilities are located. It highlights the Folkston ICE processing Center, where it gave $7,500 to 13 local graduates.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11h

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

Long-distance relocation is an “essential stopgap measure while shelters get a handle on their pet populations,” the director of an animal-rescue organization said. Rachel Monroe reports on a novel approach to helping pets find their forever homes.

The Airlift Operation That Has Transformed Pet Adoption

Euthanasia in an under-equipped shelter used to be the fate of many dogs in Texas. Then chartered planes started bringing them North.

www.newyorker.com

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 6h

Meta just deleted a Facebook group that helped people avoid ICE raids—because apparently “coordinated harm” means protecting your neighbors from being kidnapped by Trump’s secret police.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Another Big Tech player melts over ICE

The Department of Justice has been targeting groups intended to protect people against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ violent attacks, and now another tech giant has joined in.� Mark ...

www.dailykos.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

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Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program @floridamgvs.bsky.social · 9h

In honor of World Food Day, let’s celebrate home gardens! Growing your own vegetables can give you access to a healthy diet and maybe even a deeper relationship with nature. UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions has a series of articles on sustainable home food production: buff.ly/QdJ497X

A garden of wooden raised beds, filled with green plants. In the foreground a bright pink stick is labeled "Broccoli" and stuck next to a plant.

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Stephen @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 9h

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, we know, dude.

amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, someone who def should not be throwing stones...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The CFPB is one of the most staunch financial watchdogs for the American people.

The agency has returned at least $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011.

It's no longer protecting consumers now...BECAUSE THIS REGIME DOESN'T WANT IT TO!

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

Now he’s shelling California?

“The military show of force coincides with No Kings rallies and marches across the state on Saturday that are expected to draw large crowds…” www.latimes.com/california/s...

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

www.latimes.com

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 6h

Do not trust 🍊💩 or anyone in the regime. Update all plans made after the meetings. 🐸

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

And not a single mention in the Times about Michael Ellis installing himself as CIA general counsel. Fascinating.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22h

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 6h

Snapppp! Yay! 🐸🐸🐸💙💙💙☮️

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 22h

Go head Madam Speaker. She is me right now! 🔥🔥

Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had enough of the right wing-lies. As Dems continue to show up to try and make a deal to reopen the government, Pelosi was confronted by a reporter asking about January 6th. Pelosi snapped back telling her to "shut up".

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amethystjones1 @amethystjones1.bsky.social · 7h

Just wait. They will be invited to return, soon, because this regime thrives on being on camera.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander