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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 3h

Harjit Kaur came to the US 34 years ago to escape political violence but the Trump's ICE deported this 73-year-old granny with no criminal record after treating her abominably. She was detained for days without a bed, forced to sleep on the floor despite her health problems!

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 1h

This is a ridiculous crusade by DeSantis and Abbott.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1h

The war on rainbow crosswalks has come to Texas.

After DeSantis cracked down and tore up rainbow crosswalks across Florida, the community has resisted in protest.

Now, Abbott is doing the same in Texas, seemingly at the direction of Libs of Tiktok.

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The War on Rainbow Crosswalks Comes to Texas

A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Bill Smith @trekgeekbill.trekgeeks.com · 18h

Fuck cancer.

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Dr Oddman - Fighting Fascism @droddman.bsky.social · 6h

Inflation hasn’t been this bad since the Great Depression in the 1930ies..
There was no peace on day one
Farmers struggle as crops rot, because there’s no workers
There is no job creation, as labor statistics are negative
Economy on brink of Recession
No Scientific progress

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The Welsh Daffodil @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social · 1h

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 1h

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freya2.bsky.social☮️ @freya2.bsky.social · 1h

EVryone CARRY A FLAG !!! I do now everywhere I go have one on my CAR as I tote my FUCK TRUMP sign around ...

MAGAts think they OWN THE DAM FLAG - THEY'RE DESTROYING the USA - CRIMINALS PEDOS and MENTAL CASES oh my - NO WAY !

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Jon Martin Kitchen @kitchen5203.bsky.social · 1h

This!

Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 1h

I won't I can't watch or listen to that whiney little thinned skinned prick Putin's useful bytch, He makes me physically sick.
He belongs in prison period...

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Long cool woman @mermaid16.bsky.social · 1h

Release the #Epstein files

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 11

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver

I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.

www.muellershewrote.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3h

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice.“ @barackobama.bsky.social gives us the #CupOfJoe we need.
Get involved. Stay involved. #BeTheChange

#DemsUnited

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Cathey🎃🌎🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 1h

Let’s hit the streets

www.thealtmedia.com/p/lets-hit-t...

Let’s hit the streets

It’s Monday. There are 386 days until the midterm elections. Good news in Israel, Trump gets his trade war and it’s almost time to hit the streets.

www.thealtmedia.com

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⚜️ 𓆤 Dime the Fit Nurse ⚜️ 𓆤 @trainlikedime.bsky.social · 8d

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 13h

Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in, she will be the 218th vote that the House needs to...

👂🏾Release the Epstein files!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Rather than it being a “hate-America” rally, Saturday’s No Kings rally is an opportunity for all of us who love America to express our determination that our nation’s ideals not be crushed by the Trump regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-calling-it-a-hate-america

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1h

From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social in 2024: “Many of the pieces of the puzzle have already been destroyed. This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.”

Defenders of the Delta: A Tribal Leader Fights for Ancestral Land in South Texas

Juan Mancias leads the Carrizo/Comecrudo, unrecognized and little-known, in a struggle against fossil fuels, SpaceX, and historical erasure.

www.texasobserver.org

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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 2d

The stakes are high & the time is now! Next Saturday join millions of Americans in 1000s of communities across the country.

The 47 regimes militarized crackdown on dissent is a threat to our very democracy. Be brave, speak out!

Oct 18 we stand against autocracy & we send a LOUD message: #NoKings