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Emnara

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I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 What is happening in Palestine is genocide. I am an ally. I support DEI. I believe in the inherent goodness of humanity. The greatest threat to America is the rapists and pedophiles who occupy our “leadership”. RESIST!

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 5h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

“Kids”

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Joel Eisenberg @joeleisenberg.bsky.social · 15h

Good Morning.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

We don’t hate America.

We hate what Trump is doing to it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h

The case before the Supreme Court is called Louisiana v. Callais, a redistricting dispute that has become a major test of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the landmark civil rights law designed to protect Black Americans and other minorities from being shut out of political representation.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h

🚨🚨🚨 Governor Hochul holds nothing back in a sharp, yet poetic response to a question about exposed texts. 1/2

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Emnara @emnarajayne.bsky.social · 7h

Anyone notice how Dems appear alone and Reps only appear in groups when talking about the gov shutdown. Is it to be more intimidating? To show solidarity? Nah, it’s because there is “safety” in numbers. They can step in and lie for one another when one goes off script or botches the narrative.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19h

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

NEW: if you’re planning on taking I-5 to the No Kings rally, you might wanna leave now. In order to disrupt our protests, they’re shutting parts of it down. meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 14h

Americans, you deserve so much better than this.

Let’s make sure Saturday is just the beginning.

We will overwhelm this regime with dignity and a fierce, non-violent “NO!”

#NoKings ✋🏼

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 8h

This happened in July, in #Portland

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Professor Maureen Healy is the chair of the history department at Lewis and Clark College. She teaches Modern European History, with a specialization in the history of Germany and Eastern Europe (and the rise of fascism). She was shot in the head by federal agents on Monday night and is recovering from the injury and the concussion, but shared a statement of her experience, and gave permission to share this.
Statement by Maureen Healy,
July 22, 2020
For Immediate Release
Since June, I have been attending peaceful protests in Portland neighborhoods in support of Black Lives Matter. I have gone with family and friends.
l am a 52-year-old mother. l am a history professor.

leistory professor.
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I went downtown yesterday to express my opinion as a citizen of the United States, and as a resident of Portland. Of Oregon.
This is my home. I was protesting peacefully. So why did federal troops shoot me in the head
Monday night?
I was in a large crowd of ordinary folks. Adults, teens, students.
Moms and dads. It looked to me like a cross-section of the City.
Black Lives Matter voices led the crowd on a peaceful march from the Justice Center past the murals at the Apple store. The marchers were singing songs. We were chanting. We were saying names of Black people that have been killed by police. We observed a moment of silence in front of the George Floyd mural.
I wanted to, and will continue to, exercise my First Amendment right to speak. Federal troops have been sent to my city to

extinguish these peaceful protests. I was not damaging federal property. I was in a crowd with at least a thousand other ordinary people. I was standing in a public space.
In addition to being a Portland resident, I am also a historian. My field is Modern European History, with specialization in the history of Germany and Eastern Europe. I teach my students about the rise of fascism in Europe.
By professional training and long years of teaching, I am knowledgeable about the historical slide by which
seemingly vibrant democracies succumbed to authoritarian rule.
Militarized federal troops are shooting indiscriminately into crowds of ordinary people in our

It dawned on me when I was in the ER, and had a chance to catch my breath (post tear gas): my government did this to me.
My own government. I was not shot by a random person in the street. A federal law enforcement officer pulled a trigger that sent an impact munition into my head.
After being hit I was assisted greatly by several volunteer medics. At least one of them was with Rosehip Medic Collective. To take shelter from the teargas I was hustled into a nearby van.
Inside they bandaged my head and drove me several blocks away. From there my family took me to the ER. I am grateful for the assistance, skill, and incredibly kind care of these volunteer medics.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17h

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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Emnara @emnarajayne.bsky.social · 19h

And, this was always the plan.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19h

Under ceasefire deal, Hamas had until Mon midnight to hand over all hostages to Israel — 20 alive and 28 deceased. Hamas has returned 4 bodies to Israel, but 1 was not that of a hostage, per Israeli military.

Israel announced today it will restrict aid to Gaza due to the delayed release of remains

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 1d

A 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts was detained by local police on Thursday. When his mother arrived to pick him up, she learned that her son had instead been taken into ICE custody and later transferred to a juvenile facility in Virginia, more than 500 miles away.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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