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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3h

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2h

went to early vote today with 2 good friends who just, this past Summer, got their citizenship. it was a joy. that's the America I want.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20m

We get it, Republicans. You hate America. It’s still called No Kings.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Today’s announcement from Stellantis is a major win for Illinois workers, our economy, and the future of American manufacturing.

Bringing back the Belvidere plant and creating 3,300 good-paying jobs demonstrates the skill, dedication, and productivity of Illinois’ workforce.

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Vader,Storm🌈& Mama @vaderstorm.bsky.social · 1d

You are a good man Tim Walz. ❤️❤️

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Highlight of my day: the amazing third graders at Annunciation stopped by my office while visiting the Capitol today.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

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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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · Jul 25

Good morning✌️🍀

a scene in the animated lord of the rings movie. Gandalf the grey is standing in a lush green forest, wearing grey robes, and a blue pointy wizard's hat while wielding a staff. He's pointing up as if to think of something, and the image is captioned "It's never too late to start something over, including a new version of yourself."

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Elections aren’t every 4 years or every 2 years, they’re every year. In California we have a special election for prop 50 and it’s a YES. If Texas can gerrymander then we should be able to. I know my comments will be filled with bots, but I won’t be intimidated. Our democracy is vanishing❤️

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Just A Grandmom @grandmompa.bsky.social · 2d

If the choice is being ICE or the Frog:
BE THE FROG

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carlylsl.bsky.social @carlylsl.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of how immigration attorneys are now writing “confidential address” in humanitarian visa applications, not to protect the client from their abuser but from the federal govt

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Christopher 🔵 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 @cderouen.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Voices like Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and Frank Capra always made clear Americans don’t bow to kings or authoritarians.

Yet now millions have knelt to one.

Millions of the rest of us, who love America, will be marching on Saturday beseeching our friends to remember who we were.

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning or good evening

Wishing you softly flowing streams...

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shortcreek.bsky.social @shortcreek.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning on the first fall frost 2025. I'd post a pic but, yeah, no phone. 'Pulled out my old Canon, but no SD card reader. So. Here's a 2024 memory from the iCloud. Where there's a will . . . .

Mostly gold grape leaves in foreground, with golden, rocky bluff in background.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 1d

🚨We DROPPED by Portland's ICE Facility: Here’s What We WITNESSED

Bubbles, donuts and blow-up costumes but no terrorists.

WATCH our footage:
youtu.be/0YImLw0AQ34

Portland’s ICE Facility: What We FOUND

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

youtu.be

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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