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Elise Flynn

@eliseflynn.bsky.social

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Retiree. US/EU/UK/California Girl. Enjoy reading, writing short stories, music, gardening, fighting injustice & inhumanity. No time for complacency. The entire planet and the human race are in serious trouble. Defend Ukraine & democracy.

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Stopped at Office Depot. Had to wait in line behind five other middle-aged people buying poster board and markers.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 15h

Live your life so that millions of your fellow citizens don’t feel compelled to take to the streets to express how much they dislike you and how bad you are at your job.

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 13h

Officer: "Do you have any credentials to show you're with DHS?"
Drunk dad: "Not on me, no."

Because no law enforcement official anywhere from any jurisdiction >ever< carries their identification with them as required by law, right?

Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 14h

So happy to see these posted pictures from around the country. I have no idea where Bainsbridge, Ohio is (without looking it up) but, like so many other 'unexpected' places in America, it's heartwarming to see people other than just in big cities standing up against Trump's tyranny.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h

Here at our local No Kings.

I’d say turnout is perhaps 4X that of June.

Sorry to inform Mike Johnson, I haven’t run into anyone paid to be here, or “antifa,” or anti-American. Many veterans. Lots of attendees thanking the pair of Fairfax Country policeman strolling around keeping an eye on things.

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 14h

Who *were* the speakers?

Planned Parenthood? Seniors? Disabled? Students? Women's rights groups? Single parents? Children with no school lunches? Professors? Scientists?

AIPAC?

Asking seriously who the speakers were.

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The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · 15h

The NYT home page currently has photos of Trump, George Santos, a Metropolitan Opera soprano, Trump again, Jeffrey Epstein, lentils, an empty football stadium, and the Wirecutter's favorite sweatpants, and no photos of the mass protests being held across the country at this moment

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 18h

What if we just did away with political parties altogether and people just had to run on their own merit?

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 17h

The national and every state's Democratic Party should join together and sue Karoline Leavitt for slander.

Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 17h

All of which means the victims were victimized twice. The system is broken and untenable.

Guessing Ghislane Maxwell's up next.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

If nothing else I find it obscene to turn governmental agencies that are meant to function as institutions in service of the entire American political community into overtly partisan propaganda mouthpieces.

It’s just such a visceral degeneration of civic life it drives me insane.

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for the laugh of the day!

Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 17h

My doctor years ago said to me "if I could, I would make cigarettes $100/pack" to get people to stop smoking.

Still seems like a good idea.

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 5d

Please Follow Cathryn Hartt & Her Famous Sister Morgan Fairchild @harttandsoul.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social / @booksstlouis.bsky.social @anneserling.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks @piperformissouri.bsky.social @demstegenmo.bsky.social

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 18h

When the decent people of Berlin, Germany have taken to the streets on No Kings Day, you know the whole world is terrified at what Trump is doing to America and the world.

Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 18h

Stay safe. Protest peacefully and protect yourself and those around you.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19h

Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.

#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 18h

It's the same in the US and the UK where the constant media coverage is Trump and Farage. It's as though there are no other elected officials or candidates alive in either country.

Those thinking social media will make up the difference forget all social media is owned by rightwing billionaires.

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! 2 of Charlie's disciples share a common denominator with krasnov!
🎼 It's a small world after all 🎵🎶

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 18h

Hoping more than anything the media will show the entire world in the streets in peaceful protest against the fascists and Trump.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

As Europeans are noting this morning, Trump is committed to meeting with his buddies Orbán and Putin in Budapest. But all of Europe is formally committed to arresting Putin and turning him over to The Hague for trial—including Hungary, whose exit from the ICC only goes into effect next year.

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I just loved this!! What a foursome of incredibly superb t.a.l.e.n.t.e.d. individuals! Great song &great group, Gary!

Everyone enjoy this 🎼 🎶, get in the groove, and join the global #peacefulprotest. We want our streets, our privacy, our homes, our children, our democracy, and our country back!

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Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 1d

"Lefties ... is".

Elise Flynn @eliseflynn.bsky.social · 1d

We'd need an abacus.

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 1d

Poster Origin Story: I started my account after I was kicked out of seminary for shoplifting from a liquor store and falsifying scripture. But, as Christ tells us, "To each one of you, I say, up to once a week without penalty may you thieve a 750ml of Bogle Merlot."

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