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Department of Angela

@angelaisms.bsky.social

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Working to put myself back together after covid did its damnedest to break me apart. Again. Wife to Husband, mom to Kids 1, 2, & 3. All cat pictures may be shared with my mom. Will block if you want to pick a fight. Ain’t nobody got spoons for that.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · Feb 27

Reupping and pinning this thread because I think it’s important.

Long covid is awful. If I can help even one person get their life back by just sharing… well, that’s not nothing.

Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · Feb 21

Guys, I think it’s time to share more about my #LongCovid recovery.

I had long covid from August 2022-May 2024. A total of 21 months. I had given up on ever feeling whole again.

Everything changed through a friend-of-a-friend connection to a company called Epi1.

Thread.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 8h

It's genuinely remarkable in that Donald Trump has zero virtue, like even Andrew Johnson—a guy who showed up to his own inauguration so shitfaced that people in the 1860s thought it was uncouth and regularly compared himself explicitly to jesus and moses—at least sided with the union

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 1h

So if ICE says, “She assaulted us,” I just assume that the truth is, “We assaulted her.”

Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 1h

There was that story out of Chicago where the ICE guys were like, “Yeah, we chased down this vehicle and deliberately crashed into it because they rammed us,” and the reporter specifically notes that the only visible damage on the ICE SUV was from the collision they caused.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 1h

I just assume at this point that if ICE is accusing someone of having done something, it’s pure projection.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump admin mindset is the same as that of an instagram influencer: visit cool places, eat beautiful food, do amazing things not for their own sake but to capture them in posts and turn them into a social windfall. Except Trump isn’t going to Santorini but committing war crimes and treason

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 6h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h

“you can’t make fun of this” - famously an edict that the military obeys unquestioningly and would never disobey out of earshot of an officer

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 2h

They’re no longer dressing in black, or in whatever rando street clothes they have; they’re dressing like soldiers.

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 2h

Is the book called, “Standards, And Why I Don’t Have Any”?

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 4h

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, @status.news has learned www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 7h

With friends like Trump…. 👀

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 7h

Anyone who legitimatized these buffoons owns this.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 7h

I could absolutely stand to lose a few dozen pounds, so maybe I’m not the best person to say this. But good freaking hell, has any of these boys ever heard of a salad?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7h

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

what everyone needs to internalize is

picture of Garfield the cat with the text YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 9h

The fact that the lightning bolts have points on the ends instead of squared ends and that there is only one of them instead of two is a pretty clear indicator that it's not an SS logo, unless you are also coming this hard for the Gatorade logo.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 12h

15 minutes on the treadmill just now, at 0.8 mph.

I will continue to get better, dangit.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

8/ But Trump doesn't want to end the shutdown. Because he thinks he's a king and he doesn't believe the law applies to him. He thinks he has extra powers in a shutdown. He doesn't.

But the longer Republicans boycott talks, the more the shutdown will hurt. So it's their move.

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 14h

Me: Get His name out of your mouth, Eric; you have no idea who He is or what He wants.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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