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🙂Cathy❤️Love🇺🇸Hope🗳Vote💉Vax

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I hate cruelty. KINDNESS IS NOT WEAKNESS We can do better.

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🙂Cathy❤️Love🇺🇸Hope🗳Vote💉Vax @cathloveheart.bsky.social · Apr 2

Perhaps it's oversimplified, but... 😉

How did we get here?

1. Racists never got over the fact that slaves were freed and the Civil Rights Act was passed.
2. Some men can't accept women have rights.
3. The rich don't wanna pay their FAIR share of taxes.

1 + 2 + 3 = Destroy 160 yrs of progress.

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Dawn2 @spectaculardl.bsky.social · 2h

About damn time! We need more of this

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2h

Between 40 and 50 journalists walked out of the Pentagon today rather than accept Pete Hegseth’s new press rules allowing him to expel reporters for publishing unapproved info. Their stand for a free press deserves respect. Saying no to authoritarian control, together, is the way

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”

(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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BJCampbell @bj25.bsky.social · 2h

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Boomer @boomer1956.bsky.social · 2h

“We need more babies!” they said. “But not from those women.”

Trump has targeted a federal office that oversees $300M in family planning programs, raising fears that it is effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

www.nytimes.com

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h

16 October 1920 | German Jewish woman, Fanny Ornstein, was born in Hamburg. A seamstress.

She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 August 1942 and registered in the camp. She perished there on 27 August 1942. https://t.co/iDV2CYTqPM

Black and white portrait of a young woman with short hair, wearing a collared, patterned blouse.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Portland has fallen!

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 7h

#WeDontDeserveDogs #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

Solidarity is the only way

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3h

www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-...

'Don't fall for it': Ex-GOP lawmaker exposes a 'cheap magic trick' targeting Trump enemies

Adam Kinzinger exposed the "cheap magic trick" right-wing media figures are pulling to hype up an alleged conspiracy against President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies.Scandal-plagued reporter John So...

www.rawstory.com

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3h

All decent, patriotic Americans are ANTIFAscist.

The only people defending fascism are MAGAs.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/were-all-a...

We're all ANTIFA, Donald.

Hey Donald,

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3h

Two small humans (3 & 5?) are sitting in the front garden of a wooden cottage in a shady street.
Peering over the fence, whispering to each other conspiratorially.
They've somehow snaffled a tube of lipstick and they're about to create ART!
An attentive Golden Retriever keeping them company. (5)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3h

A very serious man wearing a serious business suit is having a very serious conversation about serious things with another serious man.
But what is this?!
A server bringing a muffin?
All seriousness evaporates and he grins, saying: "Just LOOK. At. That. That's happiness mate. Right there." (4)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3h

A tiny human (1?) wearing a stripy red and white onesie is practicing using his legs as he stands on Nana's lap.
First he bobs on both feet.
Then he tries one.
Oh no! Whoa. That's not gonna work.
Okay two again.
Dancing up and down. Chortling gummily.
Nana keeping a firm hold. (3)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3h

A man (60s?) walks three Schnauzers past a cafe window.
A tail-wagging, doggy grinning canine flotilla that appears to drift by on waves of good cheer.
Noses twitching at the delicious smell of breakfast toast wafting out the door. (2)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3h

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A fluffy black and white cat runs out of the garden of a narrow blue fairy-tale-like cottage, meowing a greeting at his two humans at the end of a work day.
Tail held high, he leads them inside, updating them on all his feline news. (1)

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Snarky Stardust @snarky.bsky.social · 3h

No gods. No masters.

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hakman70.bsky.social @hakman70.bsky.social · 3h

Time to eat.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

These may seem like small actions, but together they define what America truly stands for. Every action pushes the line of resistance forward.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

Whether it’s in Chicago, where restaurant and hotel owners have declined to let ICE agents use their facilities; showing up at protests (wink wink, don’t forget about No Kings on Sat); calling your representatives; or stepping in to help a neighbor targeted by the Trump admin, every act matters.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

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wordworkin @wordworkin.bsky.social · 3h

Prepare for No Kings!

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 4h

If you're going to No Kings, this is the guide, updated to include dealing with agitators (adding some new suggestions tonight, too): (2/3)
psychopete1.substack.com/p/this-one-m...

This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide

For Oct 18 and beyond ...

psychopete1.substack.com

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FatBaldBoomer @fatbaldboomer.bsky.social · 3h

bad times. bad bad times.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 3h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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