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Poppy Jones

@fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social

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NO DM’s ! I am a mother/ grandmother.I’ve worked in reproductive justice/access,for over a decade. I’ve been the boots on the ground with Christian Nationalists, ICE and other domestic terrorists groups. They are capable of great evils. 😡. FIGHT!

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Poppy Jones @fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social · Jun 29

THIS SAYS IT ALL FOR ME. This is why I no longer share my life with most family and acquaintances. I. Just. Can't!

I Don't Grieve His Hatred, Trump Supporter, I Grieve Yours. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

I Don't Grieve His Hatred, Trump Supporter, I Grieve Yours.

Trump Supporter, this isn’t about him.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 7h

First it was a $200 million ballroom.

Now he’s trying to build a grand arch on the Washington Mall—without Congress's input.

Creating a new D.C. museum or monument is supposed to be a collaborative process. Because these places belong to *all* Americans.

Trump treats them like his property.

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

"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.

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Poppy Jones @fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 4h

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 14h

ICE tactics intensify despite disturbing videos surfacing across the U.S. Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Ali Velshi: Videos of violent ICE interactions flood social media

Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America.

www.msnbc.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 7h

Tear gas in Chicago streets.

looks like a 3rd world nation. No offense intended!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

I believe the south side Chicago building was “full of Tren de Aragua gang members” about as much as I believe the Venezuelan boats are filled with “narcoterrotists”.

The regime will say anything to justify unreasonable, and even lethal, force.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 25d

The first thing authoritarians do: jail dissidents, muzzle the press, silence the science and rewrite the news. We’re watching Act I in real time.

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Poppy Jones @fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social · 7h

Now is the time to make a plan. Let your voices be heard!

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 1d

Taco changed his mind after accepting substantial bribes.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Poppy Jones @fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social · 11h

Wait? Are we, the constitutionally protected protestors, villainous, dangerous terrorists OR blue haired cosplayers? Asking for my senior citizen self who will be out there protesting for my country and my grand kids future in America.

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

On October 2—just a few minutes shy of 11 PM in Portland, Oregon—a federal agent shot peppery spray into the vent hole of Seth Todd’s inflatable frog costume. Todd was protesting ICE outside of Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14h

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Poppy Jones @fightingmadpoppy.bsky.social · 12h

#NoKings protests. Come prepared. Be safe!

open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...

Saturday: The People Are Coming

Signs, chants, and safety.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨🚨 Governor Hochul holds nothing back in a sharp, yet poetic response to a question about exposed texts. 1/2

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

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Vigilant Dem @techmavenphl.bsky.social · 1d

#RESIST
#NOKINGS

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 13h

Antifa is an anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement to stand against fascist ideology, neo-Nazis and white supremacists thru nonviolent methods- poster campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing.
I guess it used to be called ‘American’🇺🇸

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21h

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 21h

The rule of law means future accountability must always remain possible. DHS is implying that accountability itself is illegitimate - a stunning rejection of democratic norms.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 17h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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.

www.politico.com

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