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Analyst Artist Activist Love all things science. Love all things music. Political. Pandemic nerd. Long Covid exists. Animals are friends. Not fond of religion. She/They Neurodivergent

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Kali @kali7.bsky.social · Feb 6

Imperial Fallout: Agent Orange

(just a quick snap of the piece that came to mind yesterday. Racism has been our achilles heel for a long time. It’s come to roost…and we must reject it.)

a political piece.

a mushroom cloud that stems from the epicenter of racism, embellished with Elon’s fever dream, Trump autocracy, White christian nationalism, Billionaires, SCOTUS

the shockwaves set alight rights of people across the spectrum of our society. Civil rights, women’s rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, trans people’s right to exist at all, voting rights…the rule of law, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
He has set alight the FBI, CIA, CDC,UASID, NOAA

what stems to the left is the mechanism by which we were taken: Misinformation that spread Doubt, Division and Mistrust. When all we have is each other, this becomes crucial to conquering a people.

It is a global threat.

to the right of the plume are repercussions:
Mass deportations, migrant camps…where does this lead? We’ve seen it before and need to remain vigilant.

Do not consent to this or obey in advance.

Resistance is survival and that surviving can turn into thriving.

Please do not give up.

Shed light so they cannot hide.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 9h

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 10h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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deedyjeen.bsky.social @deedyjeen.bsky.social · 9h

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Jane Doe @waywoke.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is going to steal as much money as he can and then he'll go to Israel to hide out.

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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 15h

Please give to Leader Jefferies

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

8/ But Trump doesn't want to end the shutdown. Because he thinks he's a king and he doesn't believe the law applies to him. He thinks he has extra powers in a shutdown. He doesn't.

But the longer Republicans boycott talks, the more the shutdown will hurt. So it's their move.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

7/ Democrats need to stand for something right now. And what need, to vote for this budget, is pretty simple and reasonable:

Don't cut people's health care just to pay for a billionaire tax cut.

Don't fund Trump's growing authoritarianism without checks on his corruption.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 8h

Trump isn’t the problem. He’s the symptom. As long as oligarchs control the public square, corruption is baked in. Real reform means smashing concentrated power, forcing transparency, and holding the rich accountable. #NoMoreCorruption #Power www.thenation.com/article/cult...

So Long as Oligarchs Control the Public Square, There Will Be Corruption

It’s time to break up Big Media, Big Tech, and the finance system that binds them together.

www.thenation.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18h

RFK Jr. is pushing partisan politics and conspiracy theories over science and facts.

A bipartisan group of ACTUAL doctors and experts sounded the alarm on how dangerous it is to have RFK Jr. at the helm of the nation's health care system.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 10h

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Kali @kali7.bsky.social · 8h

This regime is a new sea monster.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 18h

Harvard and Peking University scientists have built new tools that can edit the DNA inside mitochondria, long unreachable by CRISPR

This could soon allow treatments for at least 150 diseases linked to faulty mitochondria, from blindness to heart failure

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

www.nature.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

Dear @SteveScalise,

How could a rally of millions & millions of Americans simply reaffirming our founding principle of “No Kings” be a “hate America rally?” Do you not agree that we must never have kings in America? Shame on you.

Sincerely,

Your Former Congressional Colleague

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 10h

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is.

Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 1d

If measles hits Alaska we will most likely see it first in the home school community before public schools.

It won't take long to get into our public schools because the Interior (including Fairbanks) has a very low rate of vaccination for Kindergartners (ages 5-6) of 57%.

This is a tinderbox.

Vaccination rates by community in Alaska for childhood and kindergarten series

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