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#AltGov #Resist #AltCitizen “We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” – William Penn

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · Jun 1

Office of Alt_Bartender

Official executive order and announcement

Starting June 1, I will be calling #Felon47 a new name.

TACO

Furthermore, any picture of Taco will include the use of the name “Taco” in all alt text.

I might add a hashtag. Details forthcoming.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2h

No idea!!

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2h

Not necessarily. There will always be whistleblowers and people leaking news to the press.

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2h

I’m glad they walked out. Standing up for their rights was the best solution, and to do so en masse? Perfect response.

I’m interested in seeing the upcoming stories. I’m hoping their gloves come off and the Pentagon news stories get bolder.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2h

We won't allow politicians to dilute the power of Black voters in Louisiana or anywhere else.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2h

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

apnews.com/article/pent...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...

apnews.com

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 4h

A huge mistake.

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 4h

Let’s call it exactly that.

#EpsteinShutdown

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

#ResistanceUnited

Brava, Terri Lesley! The former director of the Campbell County (Wyoming) Public Library System has won a $700,000 settlement over her dismissal for refusing to censor books addressing sexuality and gender identity.

www.lawcommentary.com/articles/for...

Former Wyoming Library Director Wins $700,000 Settlement After Termination Over LGBTQ+ Book Dispute | Law Commentary

A former Wyoming library director who opposed efforts to restrict access to books with sexual and LGBTQ+ themes will receive $700,000 in a settlement with county officials, ending a two-year legal dis...

www.lawcommentary.com

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 4h

I didn’t want to include him, but is is historical. History won over my heart.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6h

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

YouTube video by Barack Obama

www.youtube.com

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 4h

Please watch Bette Midler sing to Stephen Colbert!!

I promise you’ll love it.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ACNLxN/

@BetteMidler serenades Stephen and steals our hearts! 💞 #Colbert #BetteMidler

TikTok video by colbertlateshow

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

This year, on the 161st anniversary, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman will make a formal announcement during the planned "Day of Acknowledgment" event on Nov. 1 at Maryland Hall's Bowen Theater in Annapolis.

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

On Nov. 1, 1864, Maryland abolished slavery, nearly a full year before the 13th Amendment was ratified in the United States.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

2025 - Anne Arundel County in Maryland will become the first local jurisdiction to formally apologize for its role in perpetuating slavery, county officials announced today.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1991 - Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

The Boston Police Department installed a magnetometer, borrowed from United Airlines, to scan all students coming into school.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1974 - An interracial stabbing at Hyde Park High School in Boston, in the school’s main corridorled to a riot that injured six other students and a teacher.

The National Guard was mobilized to restore order in the Boston school desegregation busing crisis.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1971 - Memphis police beat 17-year-old Elton Hayes to death.

The killing led to riots and upheaval in Memphis, echoing the unrest from the 1968 sanitation workers' strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

At a meeting on Oct. 15, they decided to wear black armbands but still play. On Oct. 17, the day before the game, their coach heard about their decision, and ordered the players to the bleachers where he reprimanded them, released them from the team, revoking their athletic scholarships.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1969 - The players were protesting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ ban on Black men holding the priesthood in the church, and other racial restrictions. The priesthood ban applied exclusively to men of African descent.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1969 - The Wyoming Black Fourteen were Black members of the 1969 University of Wyoming (UW) football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University (BYU).

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1968 - American Wyomia Tyus made history as the first person to win a gold medal in the 100 meter race in two consecutive Olympic Games.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

Founded by college students and political activists Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, Calif., it began as a neighborhood patrol tasked with protecting Black Americans from police brutality, but the Panthers would grow into a formidable cultural and political force.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1966 - The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded. They sought justice for African Americans and other oppressed communities through a combination of revolutionary theory, education, and community programs.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 6h

1949 - William Hastie was nominated for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was the first Black judge to sit on the court.

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