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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 2h

The "young Republicans" are in their 20s and 30s.

They're adults and should know better. Oh, they do ... it's just they are truly are on board for the fascist/Hitler stuff.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 12h

“They’re only arresting illegals”

Over 170 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE.

At least 19 people have died in ICE custody.

At least 1300 are missing or unaccounted for.

If what ICE was doing was legal or moral, then they wouldn’t wear masks.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible and sad for California

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 11h

The secret weapon every serious protester carries isn’t on their back...it’s between their ears.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 3h

Can't read the script ... would really like more info on this.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

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Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · 16h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 3h

If he wants to die in the building, well, go ahead, Mitch ... there, home, we don't care.

If you had any dignity you would resign and go home. But that's not your thing is it?

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 3h

Considering a hiring bonus of $100K, a salary of $50K, plus student loan forgiveness ... LOTS of them.

Reminds me of Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie; start at 8:20 - 18:38. music.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...

THIS is what ICE is hunting for.

(Hey, it was the Vietnam era.)

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14h

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 4h

I resent that ... life long Democrat and even more convinced at 76 than I was at 26. Marched for Civil Rights, Women's Rights, and against the Vietnam war as an active duty AF woman.

Those convictions have never changed.

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 4h

So ... even Eric is stating his father holds the SCOTUS in his hand to do his bidding.

Are we interpreting that right, Eric? Daddy has the WH, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the SCOTUS?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 19h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"