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Sha Merirei

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Making borders, bots, & billionaires nervous 💀 Decolonial comms + digital resistance 🔥 Micronesian (Palauan) | Omo Oshun 🌻

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 11d

List of my recent Bsky threads:

-Antifa Designation EO bsky.app/profile/meri...

-NSPM-7 bsky.app/profile/meri...

-Bondi Memo bsky.app/profile/meri...

-Pentagon Speeches bsky.app/profile/meri...

-Govt Website Propaganda bsky.app/profile/meri...

Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 20d

“Protest = Terrorism?” That’s the new playbook. The White House just signed an executive order calling activists terrorists. 🧵 A thread.

A dark blue slide styled like a presidential announcement. At the top: “PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS, Executive Orders, September 22, 2025” with an eagle seal above. Large yellow text: “PROTEST = TERRORISM? THAT’S THE NEW PLAYBOOK.” Below in white text: “The White House just signed an executive order calling activists ‘terrorists.’ Let’s unpack what that means.” Decorative small circus tent icons run along the bottom.

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 21h

Since the WH has confirmed that the Insurrection Act is on the table, it’s important to know what it is and what it does 🫠

ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 22h

🧵 From the makers of The Antifa EO and Bondi’s Memo comes a chilling new tale about what would happen if the President decided to turn the military into the police. 🎥 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

A vintage black CRT TV screen glows with red static and text reading “The Insurrection Act (1807 to 2025). Trigger Warning: Horror Movie Villains.” Blood-red smears frame the scene. Below, white text warns: “From the makers of The Antifa EO and Bondi’s Memo comes a chilling new tale about what happens when the President decides to turn the military into the police.” The whole image looks like a haunted VHS title screen.

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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 2d

Anarchism and chaos aren’t the same.

Anarchism and abolition go hand in hand.

Both with a focus on building a more humanistic society through interconnecting self-sustaining communities.

Something we need now more than ever.

Here, anarchist Eric King and abolitionist @awkword.bsky.social discuss

The Pun Show: I am not a terrorist!

YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 3d

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

capitalbnews.org

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 3d

🤭🤭🤭 To be fair, Andy is boring with and without a sob story 🤷🏽‍♀️

a little girl in a black shirt is holding a piece of paper that says that part !!!

ALT: a little girl in a black shirt is holding a piece of paper that says that part !!!

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 3d

You’re very welcome!

I can’t believe I’m still laughing about it… I really should go prep my horror-themed Insurrection Act set 😅

Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 3d

I worked very hard to find that specific photo just for that joke 😅

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Thank you 🙏🏽🥹

Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

🤭🤭🤭

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 4d

Useful 🧵 with quotes from yesterday's bizarre Whitehouse spectacle of using fear-mongering and lies to try and justify massive state repression against people who are against FASCISM.

So if they are against people who are against fascism, what does that tell us about what they are for? #NoKings

Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

🧵 Trump’s “Antifa Roundtable” was supposed to be about safety.Instead, it was a live-action paranoia spiral—starring officials, influencers, and a script that sounds more like a dictatorship trailer than a democracy briefing. 🧵

Title slide for “The Antifa Roundtable.” A photo of Trump seated at a long table in the White House surrounded by guests. Overlaid text reads: “Yet another @Merirei-made carousel. The Antifa Roundtable. It was supposed to be about ‘safety,’ it became a live-action paranoia spiral. Critics are hailing it as a masterpiece… of sh*t!”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

I had to do it for work 😫

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

I lost so many brain cells listening to that meeting yesterday

a picture of a girl with the words head empty no thoughts above her

ALT: a picture of a girl with the words head empty no thoughts above her

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

💯💯💯

Ghost of Yossarian @ghostofyossarian.bsky.social · 4d

Who forms a Roundtable in search of a problem that doesn't exist?
Republicans.

Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Staaaaaahp, it’s still too early in the day for me to be cackle-wheezing! 😆

a cartoon chicken is laying on its back holding a white flag

ALT: a cartoon chicken is laying on its back holding a white flag

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Habeas who? 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Roll credits.

Runtime: 93 minutes.

Genre: State-sponsored hysteria.

Rating: PG (Paranoia & Government Propaganda)

Source: Associated Press (2025). LIVE: Trump hosts roundtable on antifa [Video]. YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/874KP4M...

Final slide titled “Roll Credits.” Text formats the event like a movie listing: “Antifa Roundtable (2025). Genre: State-sponsored hysteria. Runtime: 93 minutes. Rating: PG — Paranoia and Government Propaganda.” Below: “[Hopefully Not] Coming soon: The Insurrection Act and The Foreign Terror Designation.” The source is listed in APA format as Associated Press (2025, October 8). LIVE: Trump hosts roundtable on antifa [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/live/874KP4M4yg0

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Trump ended the roundtable by praising his “brave patriots,” promising medals, and bragging, “We have a nation that’s right now the hottest in the entire world… nobody’s doing better than we are financially.”Because even fascism gets a sales pitch.

Slide titled “Grand Finale: Medals for the Media.” Text says Trump closed by praising his “brave patriots,” promising medals and honors, then added: “We have a nation that’s right now the hottest in the entire world… nobody’s doing better than we are financially.” It ends with: “Welcome to the USA, where even propaganda ends with a sales pitch.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Seamus Coughlin claimed Antifa is funded by “foreign cash, the Tides Foundation, and the Soros network,” receiving “$100 million in taxpayer funding.”

Slide titled “‘Riot Inc.’ and the Billionaire Boogeymen.” Text quotes Seamus Coughlin claiming Antifa is funded by “foreign cash, the Tides Foundation, and the Soros network,” receiving “$100 million in taxpayer funding.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Trump and guests ranked media outlets by “how sick they are.”MSNBC and CNN topped the list.ABC and NBC were “terrible.”CBS got a “maybe.”

Slide titled “Media Enemies List (Updated Hourly).” Text explains Trump and guests ranked media outlets by “how sick they are.” MSNBC and CNN topped the list; ABC and NBC were “terrible”; CBS got a “maybe.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Jonathan Choe claimed Antifa is “embedded in the homeless and housing nonprofit sector,” describing it as a “homeless industrial complex” that shields “far-left militants.”

Slide titled “They Blamed… the Homeless?” Text quotes Jonathan Choe claiming Antifa is “embedded in the homeless and housing nonprofit sector,” describing it as a “homeless industrial complex” shielding “far-left militants.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

When asked if he’d suspend habeas corpus, Trump said: “Suspending who?” Then added he’d “leave that to Kristi.”The President, everyone.

Slide titled “Habeas Who?” Text recounts that when asked if he’d suspend habeas corpus, Trump said: “Suspending who?” and added he’d “leave that to Kristi.” The slide ends with: “The President, everyone.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Andy Ngo suggested labeling Antifa’s “international arm” a foreign terrorist organization.Trump replied: “If you agree, I agree. Let’s get it done.”

Slide titled “Andy Ngo’s Wish Granted.” Text explains Andy Ngo suggested labeling Antifa’s “international arm” a foreign terrorist organization, and Trump replied: “If you agree, I agree. Let’s get it done.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

FBI Director Kash Patel said they’re running Operation “Summer Heat” to follow Antifa’s “money trail,” adding: “Money never lies, and we will crush every ambition they have.”

Slide titled “Kash Patel’s FBI Fanfic.” Text quotes FBI Director Kash Patel saying they’re running Operation “Summer Heat” to follow Antifa’s “money trail,” adding: “Money never lies, and we will crush every ambition they have.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Secretary Kristi Noem thanked Trump for fighting “terrorists who want to kill Americans” and promised to “root them out and eliminate them from existence.”

Slide titled “Sec. Kristi Noem’s ‘Eliminate Them from Existence’ Moment.” Text quotes the Secretary of Homeland Security thanking Trump for fighting “terrorists who want to kill Americans” and promising to “root them out and eliminate them from existence.”

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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 4d

Attorney General Pam Bondi bragged about ordering federal agents to “take Antifa apart, brick by brick,” comparing protest networks to drug cartels.

Slide titled “Pam Bondi Returns: Memo & Vendetta.” Text summarizes that Attorney General Pam Bondi bragged about ordering federal agents to “take Antifa apart, brick by brick,” comparing protest networks to drug cartels.

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