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Eileen ike West

@ikewest.bsky.social

4.8K followers 4.7K following 320 posts

An advocate for environmentally-safe prose of all shapes and sizes, I write Folk Poetry, Fantasy/Romance/Spiritual Fiction, and Film Scripts. Time finds me scribbling down sundry midlife misdemeanors - my petty crime of choice: whistling out of tune.

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Eileen ike West @ikewest.bsky.social · 14h

This is old news.
Now in addition,
while the govt
no longer functions,
#DT's-minions refuse
the #military pay.
Unless you're #ICE.
Then #pedo-tRump
lavishes you with
#tax$$s. It's
#USdecAy in a nutshell.

#politics #union-workers #USgovt #bluesky #writer #poet #author #revolt #ReleaseRumpsteinFiles

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Eileen ike West @ikewest.bsky.social · 14h

I look forward every day to reading your prose. You are eloquent and a gift to Blue Sky. Thank you!

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Eileen ike West @ikewest.bsky.social · 14h

Beautifully said. Thank you so very much!

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and his flying monkeys are labeling peaceful protestors TERRORISTS who HATE America. A total DISTORTION and an affront to the First Amendment.

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Eileen ike West @ikewest.bsky.social · 14h

Once again, R&UI, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. You are so absolutely to the point and right in your assessment.
Keep up you keen eye and good work. on BlueSky.

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

@realbillmaher.bsky.social

You are so full of SHIT!

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

Elections would exist only as ceremony. Religion would sanctify cruelty, and propaganda would rename it patriotism. It would not be a democracy in any recognizable sense, but a white nationalist theocracy built on fear, control, and nostalgia for a country that never truly existed. (4/4)

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

Police and militias would patrol with impunity, enforcing racial and ideological conformity. LGBTQ+ people would vanish from public life—driven underground, imprisoned, or “re-educated.” Borders would seal shut. Surveillance would become constant. (3/4)

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

If the radical right achieved its full, unrestrained vision, America would become a closed, theocratic apartheid state. Citizenship and belonging would be tied to whiteness and Christianity. People of color, immigrants, Jews, Muslims, atheists, and anyone else deemed “un-American” (1/4)

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REVISE & UPDATE IT! @letthelivingrule.bsky.social · 1d

Much of what's on TV -- the 'idiot box' -- is crap.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

www.nytimes.com

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86 47 86 scotus6 @mikedunmire.bsky.social · 16h

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Kelly @croimor.bsky.social · 17h

I just saw that in Kansas they fired all the "young republicans" involved & shut the state chapter

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wahusk.bsky.social @wahusk.bsky.social · 18h

Are there laws with any teeth in them which punish hate speech which advocates violence?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

I suppose this story makes my newsletter from last night even more timely joycevance.substack.com/p/are-we-the...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

Money already approved for projects that Trump is using the shutdown to defund comes from less than 3% of Republican districts, compared with Democratic districts.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 18h

Cosplay Kristi Noem is furious that Seattle-Tacoma and Portland airports won’t play her taxpayer-funded blame-Democrats video. Imagine thinking airport security lines should double as campaign rallies. Sorry Kristi, democracy doesn’t take propaganda orders.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18h

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

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.

abcnews.go.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 17h

Meet Bobby Walker who thinks rape is epic.
This is who the Guardians of Pedophiles is grooming.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 17h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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