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Jen Larkin

@petticoatdespot.bsky.social

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Social justice magetank. Goth, neurodivergent, and allergic. Cisgender out of spite, trans rights supporter. WoW player and board gamer.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever you hear a Trumper say that antifa are terrorists, ask them if they support fascism. Even if they do, they will say no because fascism is bad.

And when they say no, tell them that they are members of antifa and you will be reporting them to the FBI for terrorism.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 10m

LOL no. The government runs security because profits interfere with safery.

Beth Loves to Travel @skywalkerbeth.bsky.social · 5h

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

Right on cue

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 43m

They're trying to get the No Kings protests attacked by MAGA. They're trying to make us afraid to show up.

They are trying to kill us, whether we show up or not. So show up!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 4h

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 10h

This year's MediaFest - a conference for student journalists has a Faith breakout section that includes speakers from the Alliance Defending Freedom - a SPLC designated Hate Group (oddly CJR's article doesn't mention that).

I hope attendees and sponsors pull out.
www.cjr.org/feature/stud...

But in recent weeks, MediaFest’s schedule has been amended to include people from other religious backgrounds. There will be more than twenty faith track speakers, on panels tackling such questions as “Can the Bible inform reporters on how to cover the news?” and discussing censorship on the basis of faith. “We even have a Muslim coming,” said Naomi Balk—who

Thursday, October 16th
Freedom to report with faith
Faith Central
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Cabin John
Description
As culture shifts away from religion, reporters are caught in a paradox: non-religious reporters report on topics of faith, and reporters of faith report on non-religious topics. What does it look like to report with objectivity in an age where not all perspectives are viewed as valid? Hear from Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, as he shares lessons from history about freedom of the press.
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Tyson Langhofer, Alliance Defending Freedom, Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Academic Freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom
SPLC Designated Hate Group
Related: Anti-LGBTQ
Founded: 1994
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 2h

This "originalist legal scholar" that SCOTUS keeps citing says that the Constitution doesn't support the "unitary executive theory" that the court has relied on, and they should respect that "until the Constitution is amended through the proper processes."

Not "if," "until."

'Bombshell!' Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning

The U.S. Supreme Court seems almost certain to side with President Donald Trump in an upcoming challenge to his authority to fire government officials for any reason, but a leading conservative legal ...

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 2h

By "patriotic education," they mean "far right wing misogynistic Christian white nationalism."

Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 4h

Ed. Department Will Work With Right-Wing Groups to Push “Patriotic Education” truthout.org/articles/ed-...

Ed. Department Will Work With Right-Wing Groups to Push “Patriotic Education”

Critics point out that the federal government has been barred from seeking to influence or direct curricula since 1970.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 2h

It sounds like the cemetery workers tried to save a drowning man but ICE told them to stop, then ICE broke into the cemetery to save the drowning man, and when the workers tried to stop their illegal entry, ICE attacked and arrested them.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 4h

Four cemetery workers, all U.S. citizens, arrested during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation that crossed over onto the private Concordia Cemetery in the west suburban village of Forest Park.

Forest Park cemetery workers recount traumatic clash with ICE; mayor calls for crackdown to end

‘If this is happening to me, a U.S. citizen, what are they doing to the other individuals?’

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Andys Theory @andystheory.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump 👺💰 Class War (2024-

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 4h

The first school to volunteer for this will be making an unambiguous statement: we would be the first to resegregate our university if we could. Sure would hate to see any school I’ve been affiliated with go down in history as that kind of scum

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4h

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 6h

Plagiarized Peace Plan
—new band name, I call it!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Solidarity is the only way

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Spuds 🥔 @spuds4.bsky.social · 12h

I voted for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social because I'm a single issue voter, and she is the candidate least likely to put me in a labor camp

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4h

Media outlets from WaPo, NYT, AP, and CNN to Newsmax are refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new gag-order press policy in a rare moment of total bipartisan media unity. This is the way. We can have different ideologies, but we must have a free press.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 3h

#resistance

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 3h

He left out the "for" in "only people with deranged hatred protest for Trump."

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 4h

Sen. Markwayne Mullin Says Only People With ‘Deranged Hatred’ Protest Trump

Sen. Markwayne Mullin said the only reason one would protest President Donald Trump is if one had a "deranged hatred" of Trump. The post Sen. Markwayne Mullin Says Only People With ‘Deranged Hatred’ Protest Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 4h

OK, I put an inflatable costume on my Amazon wishlist that I'm pretty sure will fit me and can be delivered tomorrow with Prime shipping. I know it's Amazon and Bezos sucks, but their wishlist system allows me to hide my address. 🤷‍♀️ If anyone is feeling generous, I would wear it at No Kings.

Check out my list on Amazon

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 4h

The skeleton unicorns with rainbow hair wouldn't fit and neither would the skeletal flamingo, so I've added a pink axolotl to my wishlist.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 5h

No, gurl. No.

ICE is illegally arresting protesters and journalists. ICE is illegally attacking and tear gassing protesters.

Yes, that is bad for area residents, but the problem isn't the protesters. The problem is ICE violating the law.

Enforce existing laws. Arrest ICE.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 12h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

Yes but there are also skeleton unicorns with rainbow hair!

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, I live Laibach in general, but their covers leave me in stitches.

I'm a goth that doesn't take things too seriously.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

The GOP wants a shutdown because they think it will allow them to blame their actions on the Dems, even though they have been firing random people for months.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

"Johnson said Monday that Republicans are unlikely to go that route again, noting he still has 'PTSD' from [John McCain blocking the GOP from repealing Obamacare]."

I'm sure that veterans with PTSD agree with me, a non-veteran with PTSD, that Johnson can FUCK RIGHT OFF WITH THAT BULLSHIT.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

Wow! There are a lot of awesome inflatable costumes available!

This one is awesome, but is definitely not a stegosaurus.

A photo of am Amazon listing on a laptop screen. It has a cute pink inflatable axolotl costume and is titled "Stegosaurus".

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 7h

This is appalling. Undocumented immigrants should not be treated this way, but rounding up Black passers-by and not allowing them to prove citizenship?

They should do this to white people in Kavanaugh'a neighborhood. See how he likes it.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h

Ed Krassenstein

This is insane!

Don Lemon interviews an American citizen who was rounded up by ICE and thrown in the back of a moving truck with 40 other people.

This is not what America is about!