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KC Yatsko

@kcyatsko.bsky.social

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Trying to love Jesus & my neighbor—results vary daily. Wife/mom/GR’s lady-in-waiting. Social-justice, civil rights, LGBTQ+ ally. Commonsense gun safety & masking. Inclusive spaces are healthier & safer for everyone. 🚫DMs

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Definitely not America First.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

"If you're not gonna give me that f--king Peace Prize, I'm just gonna start some wars!!!"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Vincenzo @vincenzodon.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes. 👀

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill banning landlords from using algorithms to collude and raise rents.

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Polar Nerd @polarnerd.bsky.social · 1d

In today's "yeah, no shit" news: trump is wrecking the economy

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rowan @rowan75.bsky.social · 8h

I think the costumes are perfect for showing "not a war zone". To protect the people ICE is grabbing in Gresham and Hillsboro, people will have to keep being brave as fuck. Figure out which neighbors you can text when they show up.

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DioneNYC @dionenyc.bsky.social · 12h

It's mockery, and it gets to them. They WANT people to be violent so they can overreact in kind. Arresting people who taunt them with banging parody songs and clarinet solos makes ICE look weak and ineffective. The derision goads them to do the very thing they're being ridiculed for . . . Bravo!

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 11h

Mockery and joy both have a place in protest I think, but I'm the other side of the pond so the specific contexts of each protest are very much not my area.
I hope to see a continued upsurge in participation and diversity of resistance, cheering you all on from an Island with too much in common.

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Anti-Fascist/ Pro-Democracy @mikebrode.bsky.social · 14h

My family is going to the No Kings protest, in part we’re going because of the frogs. They showed how mockery and absurdity are effective and made me want to do my part. I’m not dressing in a suit, but hopefully my normie family will show the GOP how broad the hatred of their policies is.

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KC Yatsko @kcyatsko.bsky.social · 7h

🤣🤣🎉

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 22h

I think in general amplifying protest, expressing solidarity, and, if you have other ideas, implementing them is the way to go.

I don't think protest x undermines or takes away from other protest y. I think all protest helps create momentum.

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KC Yatsko @kcyatsko.bsky.social · 7h

What can the average citizen do against armed-for-warfare Nat Guard, and the untrained, unprofessional, & unethical ICE/DHS/CBP/contract bounty hunters? Do you not recall/have you not studied Kent State?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 11h

Notice how this real city doesn’t “taper density away” from the arterial. It was designed by a real city planner

Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 11h

Great urban form fosters mixed density and sustainable mobility for liveability.

The urban fabric of Barcelona 🇪🇸👇

The urban fabric of Barcelona 🇪🇸👇 - aerial

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X2Y @x2y.tech · 12h

One of the first Black female millionaires, Mary Ellen Pleasant spent her wealth helping people escape slavery and funding Underground Railroad operations

She herself was born into slavery and, despite all her wealth, she died in poverty, losing most of it to decades of legal attacks.

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Klaatu Prime @blackhelicopter.org · 11h

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 10h

The voting rights act is the Crown jewel of the civil rights movement. Republicans have done everything they can to destroy it for over a decade. If they really wanted to get rid of it, they could vote to repeal it.But they don’t have the votes so they use the courts.

Nothing could be more racist

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Becoming spicier the older I get @olderspicier.bsky.social · 17h

Worse—they slammed into her, trapping her against a wall, grappling at a man at her feet who they had shoved into her. As she tried to protect herself and stay upright, ICE Nazis attacked her, falsely claiming she was going after them.

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