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@bilbow.bsky.social

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"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”-Burke Every living being should be treated fairly & with respect. RESIST THE REGIME Love and peace, good. Oppression and fascism, bad. #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong #Pinks #blackoutthesystem

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 18d

BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM national movement born of frustration,injustice, the undeniable truth that the people hold the power.We are shutting down U.S. economy-strategically and peacefully-by removing our labor,our spending,our financial support
CLOCK IS TICKING
#blackoutthesystem
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Blackout The System | Home Page

BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 2h

I was in Chicago.
There is no violence except by ICE & Border patrol.
People are just going about their business of living.
Trumps’ bullshit about Chicago is pure fiction.
Stay strong Chicago. You have a lovely city & we plan on returning!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 2h

The violence is coming from the White House- #47 and regime are doing what they always do- gaslighting and projecting - they're seeking violence- hoping for it-

We have a legal right to peaceful protests.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

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Religious leaders speak out about being attacked while protesting ICE in their communities

YouTube video by MSNBC

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3h

The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday.

🔗 www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

No one should be surprised.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3h

Beijing will block exports containing even trace amounts of Chinese rare earths essential to U.S. manufacturers

Those materials are key components in production of everything from electrical vehicles, medical scanning equipment,
U.S. defense munitions, precision weaponry to military night vision

Trump’s 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing

Beijing defends its new rare earth export curbs and warns its readying “corresponding measures” to counter any new U.S. tariffs.

www.politico.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3h

Who wants a ‘Lyin Leavitt
Doll for Christmas?

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 3h

“We are talking about this because crime has gotten out of control in our cities”

People not liking you is not crime.

You cannot storm our cities because your feelings are hurt and you can't win public debates.

Are they going to drag more branches of the military out to rake leaves?

#Pinks

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

www.theguardian.com

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Nana Boricua 🇺🇸🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊 @nana-mary.bsky.social · 3h

Remember?👇😉
“The senator was convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government and taking bribes in exchange for trying to steer aid to Egypt and quash criminal cases that threatened allies in New Jersey. He began serving an 11-year prison term in June”
#Pinks
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...

Nadine Menendez Blames Her Husband Before Being Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years

www.nytimes.com

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 4h

Angry elf reveals who is truly behind the cruel immigration enforcement. Will Trump care that Miller is openly taking credit for it? Or is his dementia that far gone?

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 4h

Doctor claims Trump had a stroke around Labor Day and explains this medical memorandum from his physician.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 4h

George Stephanopoulos is the type of energy I listen to. JD Vance wants to spin a bribe as a Democratic rabbit hole. This whole regime is a criminal enterprise.

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 5h

Jason Stanley, formerly a professor at Yale and author of several books, including "Erasing History"
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‘A coup is happening’: A new warning against Trump’s authoritarian slide

YouTube video by MSNBC

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 5h

@governor.ca.gov is absolutely right...we've known it since his first term. Then, he had guardrails and people who respected our democracy, Constitution, and rule of law.

We're not going to let #47's coup win. He and his regime have to be voted out.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

This shutdown is proof that Trump and his MAGA Republicans don’t care about the American people.

They don’t care about federal workers who aren’t receiving paychecks, they don’t care about your flights, and they don’t care about Americans being able to afford health care.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6h

The first wave of missed paychecks from the government shutdown is likely to hurt the economy in many communities.

The longer other services remain shut off, the more the shutdown’s effects will spread.

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 5h

"The bride, resplendent in a unicorn outfit, and the groom, dressed as Kenny from South Park, walked down the aisle — in reality, a sidewalk across from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland — in front of a crowd of about 30 onlookers Friday."

#Pinks

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 5h

10.18.25
We will be there BECAUSE we love America and democracy, contrary to comments made by Mike Johnson stating his lying opposite.
Guess what, Mike? We will be loud, proud, & peaceful because-
WE.HAVE.HAD.IT.WITH.YOU!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 5h

Steven Bessent, State AG Ken Paxton of Texas, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has one primary residence mortgage in NY and another in Washington, D.C.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 6h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 2h

Cool water - Marty Robbins
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Marty Robbins - Cool Water

YouTube video by Classic Country Jukebox

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M 💓 @liveadivinelife.bsky.social · 5h

When the comedians mocking you are less weird looking in costume than you are in real life.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler open as Kristi with an I Noem and Pam Bondi with an I on SNL. Wait for the 'Old Yeller' joke.
#pinks
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler TORCH Noem and Bondi... It's BRUTAL

YouTube video by Keith Edwards

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great video to explain Judge Perry’s recent ruling. She just handed Trump a civics lesson for the ages reminding him the military defends the Constitution, not his ego. Protests aren’t rebellion; they’re democracy’s heartbeat. 💗

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 6h

Del has some thoughts and says The Dementor In Chief is already talking about invoking the Insurrection Act ahead of the Oct 18 “No Kings” rally. The guy who tried to overthrow democracy now wants legal cover to crush peaceful protests!

#NoKings
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 6h

I can relate. People assumed I was a yoga teacher until I told them what I do.

Also I’m not immune to mansplaining.

“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s latest Truth Social rant claims Biden was president on January 6th. He literally forgot who he was overthrowing.
Unhinged doesn’t even begin to cover it his dementia is getting worse by the day. He’s totally unfit and needs to be removed!

#TrumpIsUnfit
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 7h

@hcrichardson.bsky.social has a special guest this morning... A fine candidate who is qualified and is representing his constituents and all American people! @jamestalarico.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuDS...

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

A New Way to Think About Religion and Politics with James Talarico | American Conversations

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 7h

CRIMINALS....GRIFTERS

That's who our country's regime now supports....not the American people. Profits are what matters for all in the "club"

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Bailing out Bessent’s Buddies’ Bets on Argentina
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Bailing out Bessent’s Buddies’ Bets on Argentina

Trump bails out hedge funds’ failed bets on Milei while his foreign aid cuts will kill millions of children

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 7h

WARNING TO ALL AMERICANS!

IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue

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GOP's Dangerous Game with Trump's Corruption | Sen. Chris Murphy

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 7h

I'll be showing up...join true American patriots on this day wherever you reside!

#Freedom #JusticeForAll #Democracy #LongLiveAmerica

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

During the last "No Kings" protest, MAGA didn't have much to say. But they're so worried about this coming Saturday's events that they've labeled peaceful protesters as paid terrorists.
Show up because you love this country. And, no, George Soros won't cut you a check, despite what MAGA liars say.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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