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Barracks Life 🇺🇸🪖🌈 🎃 @barrackslife.com · 1d

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes

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SGS @sgswritereditor.bsky.social · 1d

This is what 1,600 #postcardstovoters looks like! It is the work of the folks who came to monthly postcard-writing events I co-lead between May and September. They're headed for voters in PA, NJ, and VA. Keep writing postcards and support the October 18 #NoKings rally in any way that you can!

Fold-out tote box full of 1,600 hand-lettered, -addressed, and -stamped postcards going to voters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia. It represents six months of work by me and members of a local group that hosts monthly postcard-writing events.

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 1d

I've been thinking since yesterday. Are they fearing how big this protest is going to be? And that's why they are trying in advance to spin it their way? If they didn't fear it, couldn't they just ignore it? Isn't that the most devastating way to respond to a protest?

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 1d

#TruthWarriors

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13d

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 3d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
October 13, 2025
Indigenous Peoples Day ❤️

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ZephDrouhin @zephtx.bsky.social · 3d

Links for this? More info?

KathrynHallPR @kathrynhallpr.bsky.social · 3d

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saxcountant.bsky.social @saxcountant.bsky.social · 10d

Help spread the word! Judicial retention is on the ballot in PA this November - voting yes to #KeepFairJudges means voters have a voice in safeguarding the fairness of Pennsylvania's judiciary and protecting democracy. Voting truly is a superpower ! #PostcardsToVoters

A postcard with purple flowers says “Be a Voter” on one side. The other side has the message

Vote YES to keep judges who protect democracy and reproductive freedom.
Retain Supreme, Superior, and Commonwealth court judges who follow the law. Some of these Nov. 4 races may be on the back of your ballot.

Vote YES to keep judges who:
- follow the constitution not the demands of right wing billionaires
- voted to secure reproductive freedom
- ruled on equitable distribution of funding for every school district

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 5d

#KeepFairJudges

These #PostcardsToVoters will go out in tomorrow’s mail to remind Pennsylvania Democrats to vote to retain Democratic judges.

Want to write postcards with us (volunteering when it suits you and writing as many or as few as you like)?

Check us out at PostcardsToVoters.org

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 6d

I've been thinking that all morning. A protest dubbing itself "No Kings" is called a "hate America rally" by the Speaker.

Thanks for pointing it out!

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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 7d

#VoteYesPA

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 8d

Mike Johnson is lying. Swear-in Rep elect Adelita Grijalva. Release the Epstein files.

Congresswoman-elect calls out Mike Johnson for REFUSING to swear her in

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

www.youtube.com

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cozybooksonly.bsky.social @cozybooksonly.bsky.social · 7d

You can help by writing postcards with @tovoters.bsky.social !!

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JFalter @falterj.bsky.social · 9d

Swear in Adelita Grijalva.

Pass it on.

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 8d

Schrodinger’s #Antifa

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 10d

I'm attending and co-leading Common Cause's event, “Phone Bank with Common Cause!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Phone Bank with Common Cause! · Mobilize

Join Common Cause for an important phone bank as we mobilize voters to take action against dangerous legislation in state houses around the country. We will focus on the most urgent campaigns that nee...

www.mobilize.us

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 11d

Awesome talent :
Guillermo Galetti

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 12d

#KeepFairJudges
Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court Court retention election is on the ballot in November. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening. These #PostcardsToVoters will remind Pennsylvania Democrats to vote.

Want to write with us? Go to PostcardsToVoters.org

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 13d

Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court retention election is on the ballot in Nov. GOP billionaires want to flip the court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening: spread the word! #PACourtsMatter #USDemocracy

PA Judicial Election Phone Banks
Virtual Phone Bank • Hosted by Red2Blue.org
URGENT
VOTE YES TO RETAIN OUR JUDGES
Make sure to look for “RETENTION ELECTION” on your ballot.
NOTE: Your ballot will not look exactly like this.
JUSTICE
Christine Donohue Yes ⬜
JUSTICE
Kevin Dougherty Yes ⬜
JUSTICE
David Wecht Yes ⬜
JUSTICE
Alice Beck Dubow Yes ⬜
JUSTICE
Michael J. Wojcik Yes ⬜
Fill in all 5
We must keep our good judges so our Constitutional Rights are SAFE.
TUE NOV 4

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 12d

If it comes down to it, it would be better for universities to refuse this corrupt bargain, even if they lose federal funding, and sustain their mandate to protect free inquiry. It would cost them a lot of infrastructure, but what would be left would be real universities, not fascist mockeries.

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 13d

Opinion | A Defining Choice for Higher Ed

Colleges should say no to Trump administration plans to condition access to federal funding on pledges of fealty to the president’s priorities. https://bit.ly/3IN6CBl

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

President Trump walks toward the camera, pointing. He is wearing a dark suit, a light shirt and a magenta tie.

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Paulette Donahue @9kittens.bsky.social · 14d

How can this be happening????????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14d

This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.

Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 16d

I came to the Capitol, ready to be sworn in and get to work for the people of Southern Arizona. Instead, Speaker Johnson chose to delay, denying our community the representation we deserve.

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 15d

Great work here from Jill!

Jill @jillebean10.bsky.social · 15d

Here’s more #PostcardsToVoters from this morning! Batches for NJ and GA! Join us in writing! PostcardsToVoters.org

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Michelle 💙🌊😷🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @michellespenc.bsky.social · 16d

Good Morning Sheila and friends💙
I’m writing Postcards To Voters. Election Nov 4th
Pa Dems are the majority in Supreme Court. 5 D/2R
3 of the Dems are up for retention vote.
Other races to write for as well
@tovoters.bsky.social

Have a peaceful day everyone 💙🦋🩵🌊

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 16d

Great work here!

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garyivory.bsky.social @garyivory.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks for doing this work, Nancy!

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