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Quilter, Palm Springs, Atheist, #LGBTQ, Artist, Dance, EDM, R&B, New Wave. 35 year AIDSsurvivor BLOCKED: MAGAts/THE RELIGIOUS (you will be cited for harassment)/Crypto TechBros; Republicans/TERFs/Heteropatriarchy/FinanceAssholes

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Michael Barber 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 @ccdude8.bsky.social · 5d

@gtconway.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social 47 is at nearly 1500 illegalities, unconstitutional acts, and abuses of power. When will our Congress hold him accountable? B/c the American people are on the edge of justifiable homocide.

Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 5d

A British academic is tracking the Dictator in the WH’s authoritarian acts since taking office in Jan.

It tracks illegalities, unconst’l acts, abuses of power - anything undermining democracy & propping up authoritarianism.

Tally is at 1466 authoritarian acts.

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www.trumpactiontracker.info?

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17h

Work harder and die

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 17h

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 17h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 19h

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 13h

The Putin/Trump/Project 2025 criminal fascists ONLY LIE! The FBI is NOT doing ANYTHING "BETTER" than before, NOT even close. But fascist lying pigs like Patel simply spew whatever bogus lies make them look good; the reality is always the OPPOSITE of what these immoral Russian sponsored fascists say.

What you need to know about the FBI Director's FIERY testimony

YouTube video by MSNBC

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 11h

It’s been 19 days since Adelita Grijalva won—and Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. The government’s been shut down for 12 days. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking, and they know it.

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Michael Barber 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 @ccdude8.bsky.social · 7h

There is no "left" in the US political system. There is center right and white christian nationalism.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Barber 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 @ccdude8.bsky.social · 7h

#FuckingMoron

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 20h

Incredible and sad for California

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

The only way we save our country is through our numbers.

Trump and MAGA don't have the majority, not even close.

Overwhelm them with numbers. Resist everywhere. They are too reckless, incompetent, and self-destructive.

Also, divide and conquer. Many fissures, especially around Epstein.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15h

So Elon Musk using the language “only solution” when joining Marc Benioff in the call to send federal troops into the city of San Francisco. (Musk doesn’t live in SF. Some of his immigrant employees probably do.)

10/10/2025 Elon Musk tweets: “It's the only solution at this point.
Nothing else has or will work.” He is sharing a post that says, “Pretty much 80% of San Francisco wants federal intervention on deporting drug dealers. That's how insane it's been here.
90+ kilos of fentanyl seized in one year by
SFPD. 4,300 OD deaths since 2020…”

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21h

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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The Tennessee Holler @handle.invalid · 18h

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 8h

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Press Release Central @prc4aam.bsky.social · 17h

All of their antiAmerican tactics can be traced as far back as this POS.

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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 12h

"The only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God,"

Texas State Rep. James Talarico

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 12h

SOCIOPATHIC, anti-truth, anti-American, fake/pseudo-'Christian" fascist Kristi Noem is as corrupt as any human being could be; a head full of Trump's deluded fascist lies; and a heart FULL OF FEAR, HATE, SLANDER, racism, xenophobia, white nationalism. This is why the CUNT claims to be a "Christian"?