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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 10h

“ Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat”

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Crazy Mary antifascist @embeessem.bsky.social · 1d

OMG hope! After this regime of course

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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Bathroom Light

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

💛❌👑 #NoKings

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

💛❌👑 #NoKings

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 2d

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Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did

History is screaming at us!

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. The escalation and downright, brazen lawlessness is frightening!

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 6d

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “India Point Park Bridge Brigade” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

India Point Park Bridge Brigade · Indivisible

This a local Indivisible event! Reach thousands of people by waving signs at the India Point Park Bridge! Park on the Wickenden St side of the bridge for 2 hours of free parking. This event will take...

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 6d

“It’s #BannedBooksWeek
: time to honor the quiet heroes on the frontlines of freedom: our librarians.”

WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 6d

It’s #BannedBooksWeek: time to honor the quiet heroes on the frontlines of freedom: our librarians. They protect every reader’s right to explore, question, and grow. Democracy depends on that free exchange of ideas.

So thank them and keep reading fearlessly.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 6d

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resist4harris.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social · 6d

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 6d

IYKYK

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 9d

Was this Judge and family targeted?

youtu.be/jKYqyb_pHvg?...

Judge’s house fire being investigated; 3 hospitalized

YouTube video by WIS News 10

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 9d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10d

The Democratic Party needs to get younger, feistier, smarter at messaging and more in touch with the electorate, both at the state and federal levels.

Democratic voters need to get more discerning about who they choose to fight against the rising tide of oligarchic fascism.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 9d

Hello folks. Thanks for the encouragement.💙🌊

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 16d

“324 mass shootings in just 272 days.”

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:

2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503

So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.

We do not have to keep living like this.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 17d

GO MARK!

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 17d

“These two gotta go.”

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17d

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 17d

WHAT? Did I hear that right, Jeffries?

Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 17d

Hakeem Jeffries' statement on Eric Adams.

How can the Democratic Party credibly claim it opposes Donald Trump when its party's leadership honors his allies?

"Eric Adams has served courageously and authentically for decades as a Member of the N.Y.P.D., the New York State Senate, in Brooklyn Borough Hall and as our 110th Mayor. During his time in office, violent crime is down, the building of affordable housing units is up and New York City has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As is the case in any major City, there are challenges that remain, particularly as it relates to lowering the high cost of living. Yet, it is clear that meaningful progress has been made in several important areas during the term of Mayor Adams. Thank you for your service to our City.
Over the next few days, my entire focus will be on addressing the Republican healthcare crisis and funding the government. I will publicly weigh in with respect to the remaining candidates in the Mayor's race well before the start of early voting."

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 17d

“Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.”

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 18d

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse

I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive beha...

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 18d

“All necessary resources will be utilized.”

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18d

While the senile old man rides in carriages around castles, builds his ballroom, puts gold on everything, plans parades, attends a variety of sporting events, threatens people, and reads the scripts put in front of him, this psychopath is the one actually running the country.

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 20d

“Epstein Visa” 🤣🤣🤣

❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social · 20d

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 20d

That is what bothered me the most in both quotes!

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M.E.Beretta❌👑 @awhimofwhimsy.bsky.social · 21d

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