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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy your Monday, JJ!
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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 1d

"Never follow a leader who is more in love with money than people." (Native American Proverb)

Indigenous Peoples' Day
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#IndigenousPeoples
#NativeAmericans
#Honor

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 4d

"The two enemies of the people are criminals & government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." (Thomas Jefferson)(Photo Credit: Joshua Woroniecki/Pexels)

Happy Friday.

#Revolution✊️🗽
#NoKings🚫👑
#BCAM🩷

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 4d

#NobelPeacePrize2025
#MariaCorinaMachado
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Monday, Wayne. Wishing you a magnificent day, my friend!
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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 8d

"Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness." (Abraham Lincoln)(Photo Credit: Sergio Lillo/Pexels)

Happy Monday, y'all.

#Revolution✊️🗽
#GoodTrouble🌊🪧
#SlavaUkraïni🇺🇦🕊
#NoKings🚫👑
#TrumpShutdown
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#BCAM🩷

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 10d

#NoToFascism
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10d

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 10d

#FreeFlotillaDetainees
#FreeGretaThunberg
⛓️‍💥𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮🕊

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, Juliana. It's great to see your reply on my timeline. I hope all is well with you and yours. Wishing you a stupendous Saturday, my sweet friend!
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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, DG. Happy Saturday to you!
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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 10d

"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness." (Anne Frank)(Photo Credit: Taryn Elliott/Pexels)

Happy Saturday, everybody.

#Revolution✊️🗽
#GoodTrouble🌊🪧
#SlavaUkraïni🇺🇦🕊
#TrumpShutdown🤡⛔🔌
#NoKings🚫👑
#BCAM🩷

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 14d

An explanation is not a concern, Blue; 🍊🤡's comprehension abilities are almost nonexistent.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 14d

"These are the times that try men's souls." (Thomas Paine)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16d

Just want to say thanks so much to the 292 people who have signed up for my new Substack!

If anyone wants to help me get over the 300 benchmark, that would be awesome!
substack.com/@logicallyjc...

John Collins | Substack

Dad ☆ Husband ☆ Low-Key Nerd ☆ EdD / JD

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 16d

I'm honored to sign up for your Substack, John!🎉

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16d

The tariff story isn’t just soybeans. It’s also your grocery bill. Farmers get a bailout. Shoppers just get higher prices. Trade wars don't just create pain, they ensure the costs are born by those without political power.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you, Greg. Happy Sunday to you, as well!
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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 16d

"The evils of government are directly proportionate to the tolerance of the people." (Frank Kent)(Photo Credit: Laura Morck/Pexels)

Happy Sunday, everybody.

#Revolution✊️🪧
#SlavaUkraïni🇺🇦🕊
#NoKings🚫👑
#SuicideAwareness🩵💜

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#BlueStormComin1🌪️👊🔥🇺🇸 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 17d

I need at least 32 new followers for @piratewenchart.bsky.social

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a man is looking at his cell phone with a follow button in the background .

ALT: a man is looking at his cell phone with a follow button in the background .

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 19d

I admire your tenacity!

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 19d

You're doing the Lord's work, Wayne.🎉

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Comey's Counsel . . .

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19d

Fitzgerald was the US Atty in Chicago in both the Bush & Obama administrations. He was the special counsel who investigated the 2003 leak of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity. One of the most highly regarded former DOJ officials.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 19d

🧵 on Comey's 2020 testimony to Congress . . .

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 20d

Comey's testimony in 2020

On the left:

In hearing, Senator Cruz erroneously claimed McCabe had said Comey "directly authorized" leak to press. Comey denied that.

On the right:

Cruz was wrong. McCabe did not say Comey authorized the leak (source: Inspector General Report, on which Cruz relies)

Let's shift to another topic. On May 3rd, 2017, in this committee, Chairman Grassley asked you point blank, "Have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation?" You responded under oath, "Never." He then asked you, "Have you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton administration?" You responded again under oath, "No." Now, as you know, Mr. McCabe, who works for you, has publicly and repeatedly stated that he leaked information to the Wall Street Journal and that you were directly aware of it and that you directly authorized it. Now, what Mr. McCabe is saying and what you testified to this committee cannot both be true. One or the other is false. Who's telling the truth? Mr. Comey: (01:52:43) I can only speak to my testimony. I stand by the testimony you summarized that I gave in May of 2017. Senator Cruz: (01:52:50) So your testimony is you've never authorized anyone to leak? And Mr. McCabe, if he says contrary, is not telling the truth, is that correct? Mr. Comey: (01:52:58) Again, I'm not going to characterize Andy's testimony, but mine is the same today.

According to McCabe’s testimony to the OIG on November 29, 2017, he and Comey discussed the October 30 WSJ article in person on October 31, 2016, when McCabe returned to the office from a trip . McCabe said that he told Comey that he had “authorized AD/OPA and Special Counsel to disclose the account of the August 12th call” and did not say anything to suggest in any way that it was unauthorized. McCabe told us that Comey “did not react negatively, just kind of accepted it.” McCabe also told us Comey thought it was a “good” idea that they presented this information to rebut the inaccurate and one-sided narrative that the FBI was not doing its job and was subject to DOJ political pressure, but the Department and PADAG were likely to be angry that “this information made its way into the paper.” McCabe told us that he did not recall telling Comey prior to publication of the October 30 article that he intended to authorize or had authorized Special Counsel and AD/OPA to recount his August 12 call with PADAG to the WSJ, although he said it was possible he did.

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beverly parrish📎🌊🫏 @beverlyaparrish.bsky.social · 19d

Lady Justice has fallen . . .
#JusticeHasFallen

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(Photo: Simon Allan)

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