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Elizabeth M

@culturatii.bsky.social

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Cultural Connoisseur. PR Maven. Longtime Dem Activist and Campaign Strategist. USC Alumna. Small Biz Owner. Seeker of joy. #BlueWave2026 Co-Founder > VoteFemale Co-Founder > TogetherWeWill #WeAreTheRebellion 💙🌊🩵💪🏼

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

This is What Democracy Looks Like!! 🇺🇸 #NOKings #ANewHope 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 #DefendDemocracy 🔊 #ResistFascism ✋🏼✋🏾✋🏿
#StandUp #StandTogether 🪧 #VOTE 🗳️ #MakeYourVoiceHeard 🗣️

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

#A_NewHope ✊

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

Hey there Damian 👋🏼

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

🎯 ⛪️

Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 1d

This👇🏻

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

#A_NewHope ✊

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

GO CHICAGO!! 👏🏼 👏🏼 NO KINGS!!
❌ 👑 ❌ 👑 ❌ 👑 ❌ 👑 ❌ 👑 ❌
#ChiTown #NoKings #Trump #RejectTrump #Authoritarianism
#StopFascism #StandTogether #StandUp #DefendDemocracy

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Grant Park Chicago. #NoKings

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

THIS. 👇 👇
#TrumpsCharade #Hostages #BidensPeacePlan #JoeBiden #RealLeaders #Israel #Gaza #Netanyahu #Trump #Fascism #Autocracy

Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 2d

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans are genuinely good people, regardless of their political affiliation.
So when the White House says horrible things to make you hate your neighbor, the White House IS THE PROBLEM.

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

YES!!! 🙌🏼 Proud of my Alma Mater — Go Trojans!! ❤️💛❤️💛❤️
#USC #SoCal #MIT #Brown #Penn #USCAlumni
#StandUnited #SaveDemocracy #RejectTheCollegeCompact
#Fascism #Autocracy #Resist #Trump #WhiteHouse

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

M.I.T.
Brown.
Penn.
USC.

Now UVA — “the fifth school to rebuff a White House proposal to give universities preferential treatment if they uphold a set of White House demands.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Fanone: "I'll say this to Mike Johnson: I love this country. I don't hate this country. I hate your vision for this country. I hate this administration's vision for this country. And I will fight your vision for this country until my dying breath."

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

🎯

Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't hate America, I just hate him. 🤷🏽‍♂️
Happy No Kings Day!

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Tye Dye Terrapin @tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social · 2d

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings 🙌🏼

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings is a chance for millions to express love for America and the values that have inspired Americans throughout its history. Those Republicans pushing lies are sad and desperate.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

OMG WSJ reports that the White House has hired election-denying attorney Kurt Olsen. He worked in the 2020 Stop the Steal and on Kari Lake’s 2022 election-theft claims. Here’s Lake tonight on Truth Social praising the hire:

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

Recall that Trump's father was the child of immigrants, and that his mother and two of his wives were immigrants.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump on immigrants: "They send up their worst people. They send up people that are criminals. They send up people from jails. And the best ones they send are people that don't work very hard and that are on a social form of welfare."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"'Authenticity' is an overused word in politics, and 'diversity' is under assault, but they are both underappreciated assets in the Democratic party." Democrats don't all have to sound the same. ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-i...

Here’s a Shocking Idea: Democrats Don’t All Have to Sound Alike

Four candidates in wildly different races show the value of being yourself.

www.thebulwark.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 2d

😂🤣
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social said it best below — “A whole new kind of ICE skating…” ⛸️
#ICE #Portland #Trump #IllegalOccupation #Resist #SaveDemocracy #FightBackWithJoy

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 4d

YES! 👇 👇

LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 4d

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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 4d

Rachel Maddow joins Nicolle Wallace with live reaction as droves of reporters from a large swath of media organizations walked out of the Pentagon after refusing to agree to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new rules regarding the press and reporting which is a direct assault on the First Amendment.

Maddow and Nicolle Wallace react as reporters walk out of Pentagon amid Hegseth’s press crackdown

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Damian! 👋🏼

Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 4d

This Is The Way. 🛡️ 🐸 🐷 🐥
#NoKings #PeacefulProtest #PortlandIsTheBlueprint #FightBackWithJoy #Oct18

Katieg🦋 @katieghere.bsky.social · 4d

Let Portland be the blueprint.
Stay peaceful. Stay joyful. Stay respectful.
They want anger and violence.
But they have no idea how to respond to kindness and joy.
It throws them completely off balance—so let’s give them that on 10/18. #Pinks #MomSky #NoKings

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Elizabeth M @culturatii.bsky.social · 6d

🔥 🔥 🔥
#GovernorNewsom
#GavinNewsom
#PeteHegseth

jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 6d