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Bock Sam

@bocksam.bsky.social

95K followers 49K following 15K posts

LFG!!!! I ain’t scared of hard work. Hard work is good work 🌊🌊 Just say no to the Mump Regime! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🍁🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇲🇽🇺🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ KEEPER OF THE FLAME she/her 🗽🗽🌲🌳🏔️🗻🦅🎣🫐🐢🦢🇺🇸🇺🇸 And for good measure LET’S FUCKING GO!!!!

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · Nov 27

5Calls.org is a slick App you can download to help you make 5 calls to elected officials each and every day. If you want to be an over achiever, please call more! They update with information daily. Once you download the App (it is free but you can donate to help fund it) you simply…

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 1d

You never know where you will find a reminder of the No Kings events next weekend!!! #SalemNoKings

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you!!!

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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 1h

Dropped off my ballot. Received notice it has been received and counted!
YES on PROP 50!!

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 4h

There was a mass shooting in South Carolina last night and all we get from the GOP is thoughts and prayers.

Here’s my plan.

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Madelyne @madelynerants.bsky.social · 5h

This thoughtful post says so much. Radical optimism will be the thing that saves us. "The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better Angels, then proving it."

This guy's a great follow, especially if you find yourself wallowing in the daily torment from the white house. There is still hope.

Clark Kent @clarkfromearthx.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen worlds succumb to the whisper: "Why bother?" That radical nihilism is a poison. It paves the way for strongmen.

My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it.

#RadicalOptimism #Humanism

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 1h

CA peeps!!! We need you to make sure you are getting to the polls!! We are counting on you!

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you Californians
This is how it's done
Canvassing...neighbor to neighbor
Vote YES ON PROP 50 CALIFORNIA

You can also help by phone banking from anywhere
Go to
mobilize.us/cadems

Thank you California
YES ON PROP 50 for all of us

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The God of Cities @thegodofcities.bsky.social · 5h

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 5h

Please attend a #NoKings Event near you on 10/18/25

www.mobilize.us/nokings/?tag...

No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.

www.mobilize.us

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 6h

Most corrupt POTUS in USA history! Unchecked insider trading, manipulating the market with tariffs. Hello, SEC?
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 6h

U.N. Security Council members are concerned about tensions between the USA & Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first "cowboy" principle in attacking alleged drug boats. tinyurl.com/ye6zzktd

“President of peace” & his drunk sidekick. 🙄

Department of war

HEGSETH'S
SELF-PROCLAIMED T
IS DIMINISHED
BY HIS SKILLSET OF AN DRUG RUNNERS ON B
LATING DEFENSELESS
ATS OUTSIDE VENEZUELA.

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Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry @chshumanists.bsky.social · 8h

Tired of seeing news about book bans? Us too. Humanism calls on us to take action to improve our world. This 'Banned Book Week" join SHL in fighting book bans in our communities.

#BannedBooksWeek

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 2h

Nothing like a war zone whatsoever…

#FuckIce

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 2h

The scary inflatables everywhere!

I need to order one pronto!!!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

#WarRavagedChicago

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 2h

I forgot about Diane Keaton being in “The Godfather”.

Great insight

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Keaton in “Godfather” “helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent” — right down to the final shot, where “the door swings shut in front of her, obscuring her like a closing tomb.”

@nytimes.com
@manohladargis.bsky.social

#RIP 💔
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

In the long, trade-war debate of “Who Holds the Cards?”, US officials are admitting they tried to reach out to China and essentially got the Heisman.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 HEY NYC — This clip alone is completely disqualifying. Absolutely humiliating stuff from @andrewcuomo, refusing to condemn Trump for going after NY AG Tish James.

A vote for him is very clearly a vote for Trump.

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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 8h

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

#Maga not normal 'ordinary'

Fmr. VP Harris: Trump 'is deploying U.S. military to the streets of America'

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 3h

Interesting. I do not know one person who is happier, even living in a red area. Could be though that they aren’t going to say a fucking word to me about it.

Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 3h

They do crazy things to get us going

Do not take the bait!!!

Rebecca O’Donnell @rebeccaodonnell.bsky.social · 6h

I made this true story comic to show protesters how sneaky agitators are. Don’t let them rile you, and Hold the Line.

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Political Design Therapy @mypdt.bsky.social · 4h

Of course, they screw up and blame the Democrats, and their MAGA base eats it up. Because they know their base will never fact-check them. So just point fingers and lie lie lie.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 19h

I love @repmcgovern.bsky.social more each day!!!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Nice recap

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 4h

Both gun owners and protesters are saying the same thing: we will not comply. One over a firearm registry, the other over troops in their streets. They might have more in common than they think... the only thing dividing these Americans is the administration itself.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 1d

When masked secret police are crashing into cars & violently pulling women out & beating them to a pulp with no warrant, answering to no one, this isn't democracy!

We have 1 chance to retake power—Prop 50!

If you care about our country, VOLUNTEER or DONATE.

WE NEED YOU!
(Anyone can volunteer)🧵

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 7h

What would you bet that the Trump administration is parsing the differences between “follow” and “abide by”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

JD Vance: "We always follow the law. We always follow court cases."

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