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Rob Bluebird

@bobbradysd1.bsky.social

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Stop project 2025 Liberal/Progressive Retired 22yr Corrective & Therapeutic Massage and Deep-Muscle Therapist. Intersectional Activism. Advocate. Grounded. Healthy. Holistic. Cats @35 yr Sobriety since 1981 TBI Survivor . Resilience Truth Seeker in SoCal

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · Feb 9

I just read a great reminder from mariaressa.bsky.social :

Don't swim in the sewer of social media.

Point is: Do Not Lose HOPE

I needed this

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 6h

Sure, Chump's rethugs will be losing supporters - I'm not a betting person, so it's over my head ..

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 6h

You can add this resistor please ..

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 2d

Freedom Means Fighting Fascism

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 2d

Resister accounts committed to defend Democracy. Reposts appreciated. If you would like to be in next one, please let me know in comments. Must have bio, posts & follow me✌🏼 #NoKings
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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 2d

@whatifisaidit.bsky.social has a new #NoKings starter pack. Check it out & join us📢
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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 7h

Some States Are Turning Miscarriages and Stillbirths Into Criminal Cases Against Women

How a person handles a pregnancy loss — and where it occurs — can be the difference between a private medical issue and facing criminal charges ..

www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/31/s...

How Some States Turn Pregnancy Loss Into Criminal Cases Against Women

How a person handles a pregnancy loss — and where it occurs — can be the difference between a private medical issue and facing criminal charges.

www.themarshallproject.org

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 8h

Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.

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

Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.

www.politico.com

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 9h

Chump's Federal Troops Bring War-Like Scenes & Chaos to Chicago

deploying military tactics to stifle free speech, staging performative raids under pretext of pursuing dangerous criminals & subverting democratic norms - no accountability
- to demand obedience ..

www.commondreams.org/news/chicago...

'Terrifying Escalation' as Trump's Federal Troops Bring War-Like Scenes and Chaos to Chicago | Common Dreams

Federal immigration enforcement officials escalate operations in Chicago, sparking violent clashes with protesters. Gov. Pritzker demands accountability.

www.commondreams.org

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 10h

Governor Newsom’s team knows how to play the ‘humiliate the felon’ game so well ..

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 10h

So is California and other blue states. It's got to be a crapshoot at this stage I (we) guess ..

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 10h

President Barack Obama:
Important parts of his speech on a YouTube comment ::

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 18h

North Carolina Is Latest GOP-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Legislative leaders formally scheduled a vote for next week to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts — an extreme, mid-decade power grab ..

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest GOP-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 20h

The list of News outlets saying NO to the Pentagon's rules of how they publish has grown to at least 39.

The back pedaling is just hilarious to how they're reacting to the pushback!

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 22h

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
To capture a democratic nation, authoritarians must control three sources of power: the intelligence agencies, the justice system, and the military ..

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 7d

This article by @radiofreetom.bsky.social is a must read for all those wearing the uniform, but as importantly for all those wanting to maintain our Constitutional republic.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lizzie @lizziep43.bsky.social · 1d

Followed all. Please vet and follow back. Thank you!

tammy jo 🔥 @tammyjo408.bsky.social · 1d

follow, share this pack from @bannerite.bsky.social

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

"Multiple Texas airports are refusing to play video from DHS’ Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdown" was first published by The Texas Tribune that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues ..

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

Red state airports now defying DHS’ Kristi Noem and refuse to play partisan video

Multiple Texas airports are refusing to play video from DHS’ Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdownBy Marijke Friedman, The Texas TribuneOct. 14, 2025"Multiple Texas airports are refusing to p...

www.rawstory.com

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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 1d

Over 700,000 southern Arizonans still don’t have representation in Congress, more than three weeks after we elected @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Democracy means honoring the will of the people. Speaker Johnson must do the right thing and swear her in so she can get to work.

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for using your platform to Speak Out ..

We are United!

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That man from Kent @nbrown1000.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely on point 👇👇

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Agree 💯 With Truth Telling
Jasmine Crockett.......

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

‘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/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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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

Expert details how to bring 'Trump and his thugs' to justice

The law doesn't apply to Trump & his allies. That is a particularly threatening type of lawlessness.
-essence of Nuremberg: a new law that responds to lawlessness
- need a new institution to enforce it

www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

'Desire for retribution': Expert details how to bring 'Trump and his thugs' to justice

We are witnessing lawlessness on a scale none of us has seen in our lifetimes. It’s so bad that over the weekend, even Kamala Harris was forced to admit she’s lost faith in the American system of just...

www.alternet.org

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

There are millions of kids who are counting on us ..

griffyn12.bsky.social @griffyn12.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy Defender in AZ @4ourposterity.bsky.social · 1d

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 1d

‘Vertical Morality’ Might Describe Why MAGA Christians Seem So Unchristian

This framework reveals why some MAGA-aligned Christians act in ways that contradict Jesus’ teachings ..

www.huffpost.com/entry/vertic...

What Drives MAGA Christians' Un-Christian Actions? Experts Say It Comes Down To This.

This framework reveals why some MAGA-aligned Christians act in ways that contradict Jesus’ teachings.