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OrangeSage

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"But here’s the thing, sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win. The important thing is don’t ever give up. Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place." -Kamala Harris

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · Nov 14

Here for the resistance, but maybe also some fun parenting stuff to make me smile as well??

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 3h

Mark Hamill posted my picture!

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...

OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 5h

#NoKings Miami knows Trump 2.0 is awful. Thanks for re-posting my photo!

OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Miami!

Man dressed up like Trump wearing a sash that says "dictator for a day" and holding a sign that says "lock me up"

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the alt text version. Sorry I didn't post it the first time

Woman holding a sign reading: First they came for the immigrants and I spoke up because I know the rest of the god damn poem

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Miami!

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#NoKings Miami!

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

Miami #NoKings is showing up before the official start time

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings

Woman wearing a shirt that says "No Faux King Way" holding a sign that says "We the people say NO to a tyrant"

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:

1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.

2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.

3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.

4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16d

The former, easily.

The GOP has been continually hyping themselves up to pretend like they’re going to push back against all the illegal shit Trump is doing.

They obviously aren’t going to do that with Trump, but they will with Vance - they aren’t afraid of him, and he has no real base.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19d

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office.

The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense.

The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace.

Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24d

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24d

This is a good way to frame it, on a night when most are framing it the wrong way:

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 24d

Trump, who last year vowed to exact "retribution" against perceived enemies, gets what he demanded, an indictment of Comey, even though federal prosecutors concluded there was no case. Devlin Barrett @glennthrush.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Grand Jury Indicts Longtime Trump Target, Former F.B.I. Director James Comey

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27d

The President sounds like this all the time these days and is clearly non compos mentis but it just gets a pass from Congress, from the courts, from the media, from Wall Street, from every institution, because it's Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess. 80 different blends. And they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won't take Tylenol."

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · Aug 5

Bought a rug off eBay that apparently came from from India. Just got a 10 page invoice from FedEx with my customs duty from the Department of Homeland Security ($195.60) and FedEx's disbursement fee ($14.00). What's that about other countries paying the tariffs?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 2

McGowan: He seems to be getting rid of statisticians and climate people and weather experts and scientists and anyone who doesn't agree with what he wants to tell or what he wants to say.

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz @wassermanschultz.house.gov · Jun 27

Haiti is overrun by violent gangs. Ripping legal status from 500,000 Haitians and forcing them back will be deadly.

TPS holders work hard and have no criminal record—nobody is better off from this cruelty. I will fight to protect our Haitian community from harm.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Trump ends TPS for Haitians. More than a half-million people now face deportation

Trump ends TPS for Haitians; over a half million now face deportation

www.miamiherald.com

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · Jun 27

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jun 26

Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.

Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 25

A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · Jun 25

She's either lying or grossly unaware of what people are doing in her name and either one is unacceptable.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · Jun 25

JUST IN: At Senate appropriations hearing, AG Pam Bondi says she was previously unaware that law enforcement are covering their faces during immigration enforcement. Sen. Gary Peters says people might resist unidentified individuals putting them in a van.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jun 25

Iran should never—ever—be allowed to build nukes. Crush every attempt. Period. But having an administration that lies... bulldozes the Constitution...and silences accountability? That’s also a danger to us. Stopping one threat doesn’t justify creating another. #NuclearWeapons #Accountability

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Jun 25

It's a weird thing to root for America but against its president.

That's what happens when you elect a traitor.

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · Jun 25

This is a sign of serious mental illness. No sane person would post this. It’s not Alzheimer’s. It’s manic, impulsive, egotistical, cruel, and shows a lack of empathy and insight to a degree that it would be labeled “disordered”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · Jun 24

Trump posted a “Bomb Iran” music video with these lyrics:

“Went to a mosque. Gonna throw some rocks.”

“Time to turn Iran into a parking lot.”

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Take 3 minutes to watch Rep Dr. Kim Schrier give a masterclass on how to use your committee time. 👇

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