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Mari

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Retired NICU/women’s health RN and staunch lifelong progressive. EQUALITY FOR ALL!!! Don’t stop SCREAMING about Palestine! No human is illegal ON STOLEN LAND! With fear for our democracy, I dissent, usually cussing my damn ass off. 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐾 🌎🌳🦋🐝

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · Apr 14

If you still think it’s about the hostages, you’re not paying attention.
PAY ATTENTION TO GENOCIDAL MONSTERS! www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza On Palm Sunday And Hits A Hospital In The North

The predawn strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was the latest of several attacks on northern Gaza's last major hospital providing critical health care.

www.huffpost.com

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1h

The Faux King: you must have an orange ring around your mouth before I allow your question.

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1h

They barely hide it anymore.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

I didn't know draining the swamp meant Donald Trump building a $200 million ballroom for billionaires to bend the knee for special favors.

Donald Trump building a $200 million ballroom for billionaires to bend the knee for special favors

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 2h

Sheesh! I am closest to Canada for emergencies but I have Italian, Irish, and Danish ancestry so I would look at those. I have looked at Mexico, there are some communities that are easier for non Spanish speakers (although I know a some) - I actually wanted to go years ago but didn’t.

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 3h

I was literally in my township office in Lake County (next to Chicago) this afternoon when I read he froze 2.8 billion to IL today

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 3h

Ooh gotta watch that! I relate to her quite a bit, being a progressive potty mouth myself.

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 4h

Fuck if I know. I just applied for a passport today for emergency travel needs though. The Republicans are trying to kill anyone that doesn’t fit into their necessary boxes.

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 4h

Ok, yeah I get it! lol

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 4h

lol my grandpa used to go to meet his friends at McDonald’s every morning for coffee, and since he didn’t use sugar he would take 1 equal packet every day to save for my mom (This was the 80’s). Then they drove to visit us and he gave her this big bulging box of equal packets. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe it isn’t coke? What drug does that?

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants pay taxes, billionaires don’t.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is far from ending their beloved past time of ethnic cleansing, genocide, and torture of Palestinians, and they will continue on to their neighboring countries for their next goal of greater Israel if allowed to do so.

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Against all enemies, foreign and domestic @anddomestic.bsky.social · 1d

Why do people always skip the point of the bad apples phrase. A bad apple spoils the bunch. Allowing “bad apples” to be part of your group makes the whole group bad.

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boomdrummer.bsky.social @boomdrummer.bsky.social · 1d

And I’m gonna guess the vast majority of them are a member of one or more of these groups.

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 1d

These guys:
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed and a bandana on his head .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed and a bandana on his head .

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the wisp-over and the triple neck tuck - all the rage among faux-king 💩s!

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting

Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 1d

This would fall under the category of claiming to be the victim of a situation you have created. patch.com/illinois/chi...

DHS Claims Mexican Cartels Offering 'Bounties' To Kill IL ICE Agents

DHS claims cartels are offering thousands for murder of officers, days after a federal judge blocked the deployment of the National Guard.

patch.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. The direct U.S. bet on Argentina is exposing the Trump administration to criticism of a bailout .. ‘subsidizing a foreign country’ to bolster a Trump ally and benefit wealthy investors.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Mari @mari13.bsky.social · 3d

These numbers of ICE agents from other agencies and the funds are unbelievably scary.