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Analyst Artist Activist Love all things science. Love all things music. Political. Pandemic nerd. Long Covid exists. Animals are friends. Not fond of religion. She/They Neurodivergent

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Kali @kali7.bsky.social · Feb 6

Imperial Fallout: Agent Orange

(just a quick snap of the piece that came to mind yesterday. Racism has been our achilles heel for a long time. It’s come to roost…and we must reject it.)

a political piece.

a mushroom cloud that stems from the epicenter of racism, embellished with Elon’s fever dream, Trump autocracy, White christian nationalism, Billionaires, SCOTUS

the shockwaves set alight rights of people across the spectrum of our society. Civil rights, women’s rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, trans people’s right to exist at all, voting rights…the rule of law, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
He has set alight the FBI, CIA, CDC,UASID, NOAA

what stems to the left is the mechanism by which we were taken: Misinformation that spread Doubt, Division and Mistrust. When all we have is each other, this becomes crucial to conquering a people.

It is a global threat.

to the right of the plume are repercussions:
Mass deportations, migrant camps…where does this lead? We’ve seen it before and need to remain vigilant.

Do not consent to this or obey in advance.

Resistance is survival and that surviving can turn into thriving.

Please do not give up.

Shed light so they cannot hide.

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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 2m

Trump isn’t the problem. He’s the symptom. As long as oligarchs control the public square, corruption is baked in. Real reform means smashing concentrated power, forcing transparency, and holding the rich accountable. #NoMoreCorruption #Power www.thenation.com/article/cult...

So Long as Oligarchs Control the Public Square, There Will Be Corruption

It’s time to break up Big Media, Big Tech, and the finance system that binds them together.

www.thenation.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 10h

RFK Jr. is pushing partisan politics and conspiracy theories over science and facts.

A bipartisan group of ACTUAL doctors and experts sounded the alarm on how dangerous it is to have RFK Jr. at the helm of the nation's health care system.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3h

So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2h

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Kali @kali7.bsky.social · 7m

This regime is a new sea monster.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 10h

Harvard and Peking University scientists have built new tools that can edit the DNA inside mitochondria, long unreachable by CRISPR

This could soon allow treatments for at least 150 diseases linked to faulty mitochondria, from blindness to heart failure

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

www.nature.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9h

Dear @SteveScalise,

How could a rally of millions & millions of Americans simply reaffirming our founding principle of “No Kings” be a “hate America rally?” Do you not agree that we must never have kings in America? Shame on you.

Sincerely,

Your Former Congressional Colleague

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2h

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is.

Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 1d

If measles hits Alaska we will most likely see it first in the home school community before public schools.

It won't take long to get into our public schools because the Interior (including Fairbanks) has a very low rate of vaccination for Kindergartners (ages 5-6) of 57%.

This is a tinderbox.

Vaccination rates by community in Alaska for childhood and kindergarten series

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19m

Trump bailed out Argentina, who then undercut US farmers by selling their soybeans to China, who used be our biggest customer for soybeans before Trump drove them away with his tariffs.

This is Trump 3D chess in action.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Idiocy.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

This snatch we heard about. How many r there that we don’t know about? N, how many immigrants have vanished with no trace? #arrestice

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3h

Me after seeing the leaked texts of young Republicans *in 2025* praising Hitler & calling to gas all of us.

The only thing I’m more (not) shocked by is this will not in any way shame them, further empower them.

Remember this next time they pretend to be offended that anyone calls them Nazis. Smh.

a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

ALT: a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

media.tenor.com

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 6h

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 3h

Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids’ sick days by a third

Yle
November 27, 2023

stillcoviding.ca/en/news/stud...

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #ItsAirborne #HEPAFilters #AirQuality #IndoorAirQuality

Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids’ sick days by a third

stillcoviding.ca

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 2h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

Hello everyone.

Antifa is not a real organization.

Proud Boys are.

Oath Keepers are.

Patriot Front is.

KKK is.

Heritage Foundation is.

Antifa is not.

Thanks for your attention.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 23h

ACLU asks court to end Las Vegas police partnership with ICE www.courthousenews.com/aclu-asks-co...

ACLU asks court to end Las Vegas police partnership with ICE

The ACLU claims local law enforcement has no authority to enter into agreements with the federal government and can't make civil arrests for immigration violations.

www.courthousenews.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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