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Mahealani

@crystaldarter.bsky.social

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Maker of The Gumbo. Retired environmental scientist, ichthyologist, mom, sister, daughter taking care of disabled vet dad. Finally living back home, Big Island Hawaii. Defender of many things🌊🐟🌈🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🔬🔭🌍🐲 ⚜️🏈😭Saints😭🏈⚜️

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

Good job Coast Guard. Interdiction takes drugs off the streets and gives us evidence to go after kingpins. That should be the strategy in the Caribbean rather than illegally bombing boats that may or may not contain drugs.
www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Feed The Opposition @kitchenquarantine.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't "Look Like" Her Last Name 🤬

Maria Greeley, 44, was on her way home from her job at Beach Bar earlier this month when she was surrounded, seized, and zip-tied by three ICE masked agents without cause or warning

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ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 1d

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 1d

Renee Rapp in Portland talking about:

F* 🧊
F* this administration
F* 🍊

#ProudBlue

Video credit: ReneeRappHQ on IG

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

#releasethefiles

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Gestapo are the WORST people.

A clarinet player? Really??? How BRAVE of you, losers. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, do your damn job. Call Congress back. Swear in our new representative. Then release the motherfucking files.

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Rise Up for Justice @riseupforjustice.bsky.social · 1d

If republicans don’t want to be called racist and n@zis,
they probably shouldn’t speak like racists and n@zis.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 1d

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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 2d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🧑‍🌾 HAYES: “Trump is bailing out Argentina as they take sales directly away from 🇺🇸farmers… a set of circumstances almost beyond parody for the so-called ‘America first’ president.” @rustygrills @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @RepFaison @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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starwalker @starwalkers.bsky.social · 1d

YES on 50 🗳️

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

So, China is buying soy beans from Argentina instead of America but we are giving Argentina billions of dollars? Also, Argentinians have free healthcare but Americans do not and our government is now shut down because it doesn’t have enough money to give Americans even a discount on healthcare?

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Mahealani @crystaldarter.bsky.social · 1d

So what’s stopping a good guy with a gun stopping an apparent kidnapping? They got no ID. No warrants. No uniforms or badges. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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geordiechrisp.bsky.social @geordiechrisp.bsky.social · 2d

Henry at 8 weeks and now at 11 years old ❤️
#bassethound #dogsofbluesky

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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