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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 28m

Next month, the world gathers in Brazil for #COP30, a chance to turn promises into action. @cop30brazil.bsky.social‬, must rise to the example of Indigenous and traditional Peoples leading the way, with courage, justice, and unity #UnidosPelaTerra #TheAnswerIsUs. #COP30

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 46m

Signed @weareallout.bsky.social's petition to the Constitutional Court of Columbia requesting a full review of the case of Andrea Burgos, a trans, Black, and impoverished woman from Buenaventura, who was sentenced without minimum legal guarantees.

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Free La Burgos: A trans black woman unjustly sentenced

📢 Outrageous! Andrea Burgos, an Afro trans woman, was sentenced to 10 years without evidence or defense. Her case exposes systemic discrimination in Colombia. We demand that the Constitutional Court r...

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 2d

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league's decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.

Day 2 protests by La Liga players against game in Miami still censored on TV

For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league’s decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

Signed @commoncause.org's letter to J.D. Vance calling him out on his hypocrisy regarding the racism and hate speech in the leaked Young Republicans group chat.

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Young Republicans Leak: Condemn JD Vance’s Hypocrisy

Vice President JD Vance keeps flip-flopping when it comes to hate speech. If it’s about him, his party, or anyone else he likes? It's a "very deranged person” and worthy of resignations or even getti...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history.

Read what a Chinese officer wrote of D-Day in his diary salvaged in Hong Kong

A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history. Found by urban explorers in a Hong Kong tenement, the diary details the experiences of Lam Ping-yu.

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

Vance is a white supremacist

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

CA should just subtract that amount from the money we send to the federal government.

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

Just tell me how I can turn the AI off, please.

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

I'm thoroughly enjoying GEIGER by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

That link doesn't work

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 3d

Used @leftclickdigital.bsky.social's tool to write my Congresspeople asking them to review the Admin's memorandum entitled "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” to ensure that the Gov't cannot use it to violate our First Amendment rights.

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A New Federal Memo Could Silence Dissent. Tell Congress to Act!

On September 25, 2025, the President released National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” NSPM-7 contains broad and...

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 5d

Signed @eko.org's petition to the Government of Ireland asking them to ban products and services from Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

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Ireland: Pass the Occupied Territories Bill

Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and the Netherlands have all announced bans on imports from Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. It's Ireland's turn to finally pass a products and services trade

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 5d

a man is holding a microphone in front of a blue curtain and talking into it .

ALT: a man is holding a microphone in front of a blue curtain and talking into it .

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 5d

Used @biologicaldiversity.org's tool to write to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation asking them to ban anticoagulant rodenticides and protect wildlife.

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Ban These Wildlife-Killing Rat Poisons

Anticoagulant rat poisons are nasty killers. They cause internal bleeding and death in rodents — and hurt animals who eat those rodents, including mountain lions, bobcats, owls, and hawks. Tell Califo...

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 5d

Doctors. Believe doctors.

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 6d

Duh

Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 6d

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/

Stop Indonesia’s bill to censor LGBT+ lives online

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – cen...

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 6d

Used Americans For Health's tool to write to my governor and state congresspeople demanding that they adopt state=level Medicare For All policies.

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Pass State Medicare for All now.

Congress is tearing healthcare apart. They cut over one trillion dollars from Medicare and Medicaid, ended ACA subsidies that millions rely on, and handed insurance companies free rein to raise prices...

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 9d

No, you read that wrong. It's NO DOURU.

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Sunjeev Bery @sunjeevbery.bsky.social · 11d

"Under the plan, Trump would personally chair an Orwellian “Board of Peace” that would rule over #Gaza, with former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair at his side."

My latest in @theintercept.com on Trump's neocolonial plan for #Gaza:

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 10d

Signed 8th Amendment Project's petition to halt the execution of Robert Roberson.

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Stop the Execution of Robert Roberson: An Innocent Man on Death Row

Robert Roberson is an innocent man facing execution on October 16, 2025 in Texas for a crime that never occurred. If Mr. Roberson’s execution is not stayed, he will be the first person executed in the...

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 10d

Signed @demandprogress.bsky.social's petition to Congress demanding that they end mass deportations, violent ICE raids, and the authoritarian tactics of ICE’s masked agents.

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End Trump’s violent ICE raids!

As Trump escalates his authoritarian law-breaking, it’s time for Congress to take a stand and protect immigrants.

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, you mean like this? Because this is what we saw the day before!

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Christopher Ware @chrisware.bsky.social · 11d

Signed Just Foreign Policy's letter to the Administration demanding that they pull back from escalating conflict with Venezuela.

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Stop War with Venezuela

The Trump administration has sunk four Venezuelan boats, killing 17 people, and is now building up U.S. warships and aircraft off Venezuela’s coast. Trump claims the U.S. is “at war” with drug car...

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