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Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, I-CADC
@martimac95.bsky.social
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Inspirational speaker, internationally known author, expert on trauma resolution and addiction (SUD). Empowered survivor of HT, DV, IPV. Lover of democracy, nature, science, and protecting the environment. Relentless optimist. Lifelong Dem! I vote BLUE 💙🦋
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Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, I-CADC @martimac95.bsky.social · Jul 2
💙🦋 Respect and deep gratitude all you brilliant, bold, brave #BlueCrew 💙🦋 I'm following you back 💙🦋We support each other in kindness, in the fight to preserve democracy, and we will prevail! Onward and upward, with hope and a sense of humor! If it takes a badass to stay the course, be a badass!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 6h
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
The French police have arrested five more people in connection with the jewel theft at the Louvre, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 4h
Heckuva job, Donnie.

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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5h
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1d
A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion
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Absolutely Petrify Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 11h
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
nathankhensley.bsky.social Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 13h
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10h
So much of the downfall of our democracy is going to be Democrats thinking wrongly that 1/6 was the end of something—rather than the beginning. They bent over backward to reinforce “norms” with Biden in office, but failed to prioritize legal measures to crush or stymie the rise of authoritarianism.
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · 20h
democrats preserving the fillibuster just for trump to direct republicans to get rid of it was for nothing. democrats should have done this day one in the biden administration but their biggest downfall was assuming that political “norms” were restored after biden won
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snagz_said_what @snagzsongs.bsky.social · 22h
Oh boy... So I have an X account just made a few days ago so I could keep tabs on the team I work with and have a louder voice (I'm on most social media now, see linktree).

This, I did not expect to see 🙃
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 21h
Breaking news…..
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h
"I'll see you in Hell!"
—Han Solo
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harrison Ford on Trump: "It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.”
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
With respect, Tara, no one in their right mind who was just federally indicted would discuss the factual details of their case.

Donald Trump does that kind of thing because he is Donald Trump. That resulted in a criminal conviction and a civil fraud loss at trial, as well as gag orders.
tarapalmeri.bsky.social Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 1d
I just had a Katie Porter moment with congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh. The interview lasted 3 minutes.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d
The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 1d
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
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@TXCat61 @txcat61.bsky.social · 1d
If states want to force women to watch ultrasounds before receiving an abortion, then states SHOULD force gun nuts to watch videos of kids being murdered in schools before buying firearms.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
"The angels have not been driven out … They live in every voice raised in defense of the vulnerable. They live in every act of solidarity that says: not on our watch. Goodness has the last word. Hope is faith in action. And the time to act is now.” www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
Editorial: As a nation grows sick and the rich grow richer, Catholics must act
Millions of Americans face an imminent health care crisis. Yet hope is faith in action. And the time for Catholics to act is now.
www.ncronline.org
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
“When so many people are tempted to despair, Pope Leo said, religious leaders must ‘reawaken in all men and women their sense of humanity and of the sacred’ and work ‘to keep hope alive, to keep dialogue alive and to keep love alive in the heart of the world.’”
daviddarmofal.bsky.social David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d
Really beautiful contrast here by Pope Leo of Nostra Aetete’s call for openness & dialogue w/ the rising of walls again in recent years. Pretty clear implication by the Pope that the Trump-Vance approach is counter to the Catholic Church’s teachings.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
“By privileging Afrikaners while continuing to ban thousands of refugees who have already been vetted and approved,” said @irap.bsky.social president Sharif Aly, “the administration is once again politicizing a humanitarian program.”
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
“The Trump admin is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop announced Thursday that effectively suspends America’s traditional role as a haven for those fleeing war and persecution.”
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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 1d
More than a dozen Epstein survivors, along with the family of Virginia Guiffre, send a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson demanding he call the House back into session and swear in Adelita Grijalva.
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BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Epstein Survivors Send Letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson Demanding that Adelita Grijalva is Sworn In.
I just received this letter from survivors of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein demanding that House Speaker Mike Johnson immediately swear in Arizona representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d
Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 1d
Alejandro Juárez lived in the United States for decades and worked at one of Trump's golf courses. He has a wife and kids here. ICE “accidentally” deported him to Mexico earlier this year.

Trump’s authoritarian regime is out of control—we’re not going to stop fighting back.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d
The Senate has delivered a powerful rebuke of Trump this week, voting to repeal most of the tariffs he's illegally levied across the world.

As Trump's failures, unpopularity, decline & madness become impossible to ignore, real cracks are appearing in his Hill support 👇 2/

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
Ettingermentum writes: “Actually what on earth is in those files bro.” The image from Courier Newsroom headline reads: “Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is now the longest Rep-elect in history to not be sworn in. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva over fear of releasing the Epstein files.” The picture shows Grijalva in a red jacket beside Speaker Mike Johnson.
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