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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 22d

Blocking rules:

I don't debate bigots.
I don't debate someone who doesn't recognize facts or science.
I don't debate someone who can't recognize hyperbole (troll or bot candidate).
I am not going to have my words used against me unless I am wrong or I unintentionally say something hurtful.

Thanks!

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 2h

Just dropping this here….

open.substack.com/pub/tarapalm...

Sen. Murkowski’s Ghislaine Maxwell Problem

How one survivor is exposing Senator Lisa Murkowski’s quiet ties to Ghislaine Maxwell and her husband Scott Borgerson.

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 2h

Russia now has commentary on American publications???

I gotta ask…when Trump got elected, did we also elect Russia to lead us too?

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 3h

I’m reminded of Steve Balmer….

youtu.be/I14b-C67EXY?...

Steve Ballmer Going Crazy on Stage

YouTube video by BestTechChannel

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 5h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 4h

Totally!

Maya Angelou: When peope show you who they are, believe them.

Why do so many struggle to accept that the GOP is filled with bigots?

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 4h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

-- Maya Angelou

WHY DON'T WE UNIVERSALLY BELIEVE THAT THE GOP IS THAT BIGOTED.

THEY TELL US THIS EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN DAY!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 5h

it's abusers VS the rest of us!!!

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Mar 15

Everything that is wrong with the GOP can be explained in these 4 charts

The principles of Abuse

The failures of racism

The Special Snowflake chart

The Virtue/Abuse Quadrant chart

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A chart of an asshole - each pucker of the rose represents another spoke on the wheel of abuse - it includes things like abuse, exploitation, transphobia, misogyny, sexual assault

n The inability to tolerate discomfort
n No self awareness
n A lack of a strong internal sense of self that isn’t rooted in hate
n Which creates a lack of selfactualization outside of racist tropes

n Not being able to selfsoothe
n An inability to sort out general information using a basic logic familiarity
n No distinction between external fears & internal biases
n A difficulty in changing perspective which translates into being trapped

n Which all creates
a self identify rooted in the persecution
of others
n Internally understanding
these actions as wrong means that they will always doubledown because to do otherwise
would dismantle
their entire self

Repeating this process is unsustainable.
Come away from racism. Work on all of these faults
within yourself. Learn how to change your brain.

1. Always distort the truth to make you seem favorable and frame the target of abuse as unfavorable.
2. Always misrepresent your motives to be beneficial while hiding the principles of abuse that are being used in whatever action is taken.
3. Frame any call to responsibility or consequences as invalid, and deny, deflect, distract, and attack the source of those calls.
4. Always promise what the targets of manipulation want, frame what you are doing as delivering what they ask for, and then do whatever you want anyway.
5. Undermine any circumstances that stand in your way for example if a wilderness area you want to exploit is pristine, get in and make an oil spill then there is nothing left to protect; or if you want to destroy public education install an abuser, destroy the agency, point at it as a failure of government and then implement your private education plan for profit.
6. Isolate the targets of abuse by dismantling support systems, cutting off access to resources, and opposing anything that could bolster the targets of abuse.
7. Always take the best and leave the least possible for the targets of abuse such as funneling PPE dollars to military contractors while heath care workers use trash bags for protection.
8. Always use unfavorable circumstances to your advantage and if possible, turn circumstances against the targets of abuse such as allowing COVID to ravage blue states while funneling dollars to red states.
9. Always blame the victim for anything bad that happens to them or anything that you do to them.
10. Always pretend to be the victim in any situation, co-opt any symbols or methods your targets use for selfdefense.
11. Never allow scrutiny of your actions and always reject any investigations.
12. Use high control, propaganda, fear, threats, and manipulation to manage the victims of abuse.
13. Never admit to any wrong.
14. Whatever you want to do is the only thing that is important and any suffering you cause along the way is inconsequential or ev…

A quadrant chart is a type of data visualization that divides a scatter plot into four quadrants, often used to identify trends, patterns, and relationships between two variables.
THIS chart drafts the intersections of virtue and abuse - showing the most and least of each. The republican government exists in the most abuse and least virtue of the chart

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not sure how people lost the idea of the right of people to exist.

Nations exist. Corporations exist. They don't need rights. They are legal entities.

Human rights! I mean....human rights! What the hell happened to people forgetting about human rights!

Genocide is a crime again human rights.

Francesca Albanese shuts down reporter question on whether Israel has right to exist

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 5h

Follow the money.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #ScottBessent

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 5h

So, China is buying soy beans from Argentina instead of America but we are giving Argentina billions of dollars? Also, Argentinians have free healthcare but Americans do not and our government is now shut down because it doesn’t have enough money to give Americans even a discount on healthcare?

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s gerrymandering directive to red states is an order to protect his power & it can’t go unchecked

He knows he’s losing favor
& everyday Congress gets closer to losing seats in 2026.

CA Prop 50 is a temporary Guardrail to protect your democracy. Vote Yes!

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 5h

🗳️ I just voted YES on #Prop50 because Californians deserve fair representation and a REAL response to partisan gerrymandering across the country.

If you believe in protecting democracy and balanced elections, join me and vote YES on 50.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great article with some really good tips that can be lifesaving.
Maybe print this out.
Everyone needs to be prepared for any and all possible scenarios.
Thanks Jack.

www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/craziness-...

Craziness in the Streets of Your City or Neighborhood? When the Paramedics Can’t Get There

A No-BS Guide to Handling Life’s Most Common Emergencies Until Help Arrives

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Lulu @lulu.sheshed.rocks · 6h

Remigration was Germany’s non-word in 2023.

While it means to migrate back, it has become a far-right euphemism of forced repatriation. When the far right uses the term, it’s an overtly racist call for forceful mass deportation of non-white immigrants.

In case anyone was wondering about the U.S…

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 6h

Department of Homeland Security showing once again their idea of America

One word tweet today
Remigrate

Extreme far right with neo-nazi connection as a euphemism for ethnic cleansing and mass deportation of immigrants

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 5h

Your actions have consequences.

You choose not to vote, you lose your say.

You elect a felon, expect to get robbed.

Not everyone voted for this administration, but everyone must live through it.

#ProudBlue

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 7h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 7h

OMFG! Walgreens, are you going to stop this? Businesses have the right to deny ICE entry.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 6h

This should be considered everywhere. They are kidnapping, abusing, harassing and threatening people who have rights. Every single one of them have rights and they are ignored. What they’re doing is unconstitutional and illegal.
Payback will come.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 7h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 7h

I have made a starter pack for Yes on Prop 50 Warriors - all vetted and on board to make Prop 50 pass to preserve our democracy against Trump and Republicans!

go.bsky.app/Jiw4LDg

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 7h

Dallas Fort Worth Airport is refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video—because it’s illegal. All airports must follow suit and reject this misuse of public space. No platform for propaganda. No exceptions.

Love Field, DFW Airport won't show video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

North Texas' two largest airports say the video, in which Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says Democrats "refuse to fund the federal government," goes against their advertising policy.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 14h

Attention, NJ residents! 📢 It’s crunch time for the Gubernatorial election!

Today (October 14) is the final day to register to vote.

Show your support for Mikie Sherrill by registering or checking your registration status at iwillvote.com/NJ 🗳️

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Mike Corby @a-left-coast-guy.bsky.social · 9h

Trump cuts since taking office in January 2025:
• cut NOAA's total funding by about 25% to 30%, which amounts to approximately $1.7 billion to $2 billion.
• For FY 2026, FDA budget cuts of $456.6 million to discretionary budget authority and the elimination of 1,940 full-time positions.

Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 1d

This is real. I checked. Not a joke.

The right has absolutely lost their minds. To think that shrimp can cause you to become a baby xenomorph means...

1. You never saw a movie in the Alien franchise.

2. That's not how radiation works!

3. You're delusional!

4. Are those fart noises in there?

Kennedy: If you eat radioactive foreign shrimp, you may turn into an alien

YouTube video by Senator John Kennedy

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 8h

We must demand accountability for the evilness of this fascist regime. The only way is to vote them all out in 2026 and keep the pressure on Dems. Anyone not onboard with this doesn’t deserve to be in Congress.

www.editorialboard.com/under-trump-... @editorialboard.bsky.social

Under Trump, there is no law. The people want payback

Forget accountability, says legal expert. Think retribution.

www.editorialboard.com

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