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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 5h

It’s surreal living in an authoritarian country.

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EvaDestruction🦇 @evadestruction.bsky.social · 23h

This whole situation is so unAmerican.

Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 2d

This man is a U.S. citizen. A veteran. He was not protesting or interfering with ICE. He was trying to do his job.

For that, he was pepper sprayed, put in prison for 3 days, no phone call, lawyer, or shower.

If they can do this to him, they can do it to you.

youtu.be/Fykx6FsuGJ0?...

DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 5h

Add that to his list of crimes.

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 2d

This man is a U.S. citizen. A veteran. He was not protesting or interfering with ICE. He was trying to do his job.

For that, he was pepper sprayed, put in prison for 3 days, no phone call, lawyer, or shower.

If they can do this to him, they can do it to you.

youtu.be/Fykx6FsuGJ0?...

DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

youtu.be

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 1d

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 1d

The Israeli and Palestinian hostages could have been home a year ago if Trump hadn’t undermined the Biden administration in his desperation to win the presidency and avoid jail.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is a tiny, pathetic cog in the wheel of fascism and that is a fact!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, color me shocked.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 1d

The free press is dying and this regime is killing it.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

"That policy prevents us from doing our job. Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

Abuse of disabled people in immigration detention is a longstanding issue and it's escalating very fast right now. (Shoutout to orgs like Disability Rights CA, our state protection and advocacy organization, for fighting to get into ICE facilities.)

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 2d

Echoes of a dark history.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Maximum Minx @minkiemom17.bsky.social · 2d

I love it! 🤣🤣🤣

a knight with a helmet and a sword says " this is the way "

ALT: a knight with a helmet and a sword says " this is the way "

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CharChar @char50.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is so clever💙

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.