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Karin, a Blue Dot in MT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)

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Proud Democratic Socialist; Avid Crochetist & creator of amigurumi skräpkins; Actual Childless Cat Lady; Life-long Ally🌈; Aging Punk Rocker; Recovering Goth; Absolute GenX'r. Grew up outside London, 25yrs in West Hollywood, now in Montana.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

New York Attorney General Letitia James responded to Trump’s DOJ’s bogus indictment:
“I will not bow. I will not break. I will not bend. I will not capitulate. I will not give in. I will not give up.”

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Neferteti @neferteti.bsky.social · 19h

"This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt." What the actual... #protest #LAcounty #california

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

War torn Portland.
I am

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TopCat @tiffinjames.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

The Chicago detention center has refused the Mexican Consulate access to visit detainees

Now what reason would ICE have for doing that?

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 3d

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Lyn @lynia80.bsky.social · 2d

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/25🎉Tulsa - 41st & Yale Dream Keepers Park next Saturday, 12-2pm. No Kings🇺🇸

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Hundreds of Portland, Oregon, residents rode their bicycles in the nude to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s continuous threats to send the National Guard to the city.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Cracks Start to Show in MAGA Cult, in Both Montana and D.C.

www.counterpunch.org

Cracks Start to Show in MAGA Cult, in Both Montana and D.C.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 3d

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 3d

Love that Chicago is getting in on the Portland humor bandwagon! Hard to say it’s a warzone when this is happening!

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 4d

Bernie to Johnson:Oct 18 No Kings is not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally..It's millions of Americans together saying we're not going to allow you & Donald Trump to turn this country into an authoritarian society...You are not going to stop us
www.nokings.org

youtu.be/71u9Jx3OKkU?...

No, Speaker Johnson.

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Portland 🔥

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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 3d

Well I'm not the chief or superintendent of anything and I will tell you because I live here... the streets aren't overrun with terrorists and it's Kristi that's lying.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Linda Davis @bluetsunami11.bsky.social · 3d

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 4d

I think it would be great gear to wear as we get to colder weather!

SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 4d

The American revolution brought to you by the Cartoon Network. Love the resisters in Portland!

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