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Melissa Citro
@citronmelisse.bsky.social
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Opera singer, teacher, jazz lover, DIY dermatologist, unlicensed avian veterinarian, fight-or-flight enthusiast. Some dogs, some cats, some chickens, some budgies, some music, but I mostly post about the fascism
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · Nov 12
Here is a chicken who hatched in my basement.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
jonathanreports.bsky.social Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 15h
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 1d
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
BASH: Santos pleaded guilty to defrauding constituents of hundreds of thousands of dollars, money he will no longer be required to pay back. Is the commutation acceptable to you?

BRITT: What I appreciate is President Trump's commitment to the American people. We saw disarray under President Biden.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
ryanboyd.bsky.social Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 2d
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · 1d
Never, ever will Republicans say “come on, guys, the Democrats didn’t do [whatever thing] when they had the chance; let’s be gracious and return that good faith gesture.” Never, ever. Meekness won’t preempt fascism.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 2d
We’re gonna get “I haven’t seen the video”s this week like you’ve never seen
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
When someone uses this emoji 🤣 they are more mad than they have ever been in their entire life
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · 2d
Sure
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · 2d
2000 people came out today for #NoKings in Maplewood, NJ! Thanks #SomaAction!
Blonde woman with a frog headband and sunglasses holding a No Kings (except Shohei Ohtani) sign 2000 people attend a #NoKings protest in suburban New Jersey
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 4d
I think we know where this is going:
A tiny Stonehenge descends in This Is Spinal Tap.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d
ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.
roadsteamer.bsky.social Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 5d
🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d
Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d
the Republican party of the future may not find a figurehead that can replace Trump but it's getting worse by the day, the next generation thinks Stephen Miller is a squish

these are very, very bad people
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 5d
White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · 6d
That’s the best spot for rainbows
Rainbow and a bird in flight over the San Francisco Bay
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 7d
Israeli officials are openly defying Trump’s so-called Gaza “peace plan.” The defense minister says bombing will continue after hostages are returned and that Gaza’s tunnels will be destroyed “under U.S. supervision”. Call it what it is, it’s not peace, but a US backed siege.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 8d
Conservatives have built their own social media platforms, Trump has his own Twitter alternative, his allies are buying major social media platforms to weaponize for their propaganda and influence and we’re still arguing if having a left-leaning social media platform is a bad thing
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d
A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7d
Trump is joking around in this speech. The Israeli parliament is full of laughter. The criminal Netanyahu wears a shit-eating grin. The whole thing is appalling.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7d
Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.
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Melissa Citro @citronmelisse.bsky.social · 7d
Nauseating and still shocking to me, though I don’t know why I’m ever shocked anymore
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7d
Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
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