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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 35m

Americans aren’t looking for reflections from the sidelines they’re asking why those with power so often wait until the game is over to speak.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 35m

Where was this calm when the Court he once defined started to lose its soul?
Now, years after stepping away, Kennedy emerges with a tone of civility and a sprinkle of regret. But civility isn’t courage, and hindsight doesn’t heal the damage done.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 36m

It’s the kind of comment that sounds wise in isolation, the gentle tut-tut of someone watching chaos from a safe distance. But where was this measured concern when democracy was wobbling, when rights were being shredded in real time?

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 36m

Ah, Justice Anthony Kennedy has found his voice again. Today he tells us things have gotten “a little bit too personal and confrontational.” How thoughtful. One might almost think he just noticed the country caught fire.

Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court today: "A little bit too personal and confrontational"

The former justice who was the deciding vote on some of the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions talks about the Court today, and about his memoir, "Life, Law & Liberty."

www.cbsnews.com

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 50m

It’s a glimpse of a world where power crushes innocence, where fear is a tool, and where cruelty is normalized. This could happen to anyone maybe your kid, maybe mine and that’s exactly the point. This is the America 🍊💩 is building: a place where terror is routine, and justice feels powerless.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 51m

Imagine this: eight ICE agents, four vehicles, and a 15-year-old girl screaming, “I’m a child!” as they rip her from a car and kneel on her neck. This isn’t enforcement it’s a warning: no one is safe, your children aren’t safe, your neighborhood isn’t safe.

@JoshEakle
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child. She screams, "I'm 15," as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
ISTANCE
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi ©
@CongressmanRaja
This is in our backyard. Hoffman Estates. My district.
I am deeply disturbed by what looks like ICE agents violently detaining a child. A child. She could be yours just as she could be mine.
My team and I are looking into this, but please don't look away. This is what Donald Trump is doing to our communities — and it's exactly why l've called to subpoena Kristi Noem to appear before the House Oversight Committee. I demand answers on this now.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 3h

Sure, Kamala’s not perfect but neither is anyone in a system this broken. Real change comes from leaders with integrity and spine, and from citizens demanding it. We need people who actually deliver.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 3h

This isn’t opportunity it’s entitlement. Nepotism disguised as merit undermines every hardworking professional and sends a dangerous message: that family connections trump competence. TikTok is a global platform, not a family favor.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 3h

🍊💩 says TikTok “owes” his son a top job. Let’s be clear: it doesn’t and it shouldn’t. Barron Trump is 19, has no professional experience, and yet is suddenly being pitched for leadership because of his last name.

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok as dad says users ‘owe’ him

The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

www.independent.co.uk

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

A veteran stands to honor the freedoms he fought for. A small business owner and a nurse come to protect the people and values they hold dear. Together, their voices form a quiet but powerful reminder: power belongs to the people, not a throne.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

People are coming to the “No Kings” rally not out of anger, but out of love for their children, their communities, and the promise of a democracy that listens. A teacher brings her kids to show them courage.

They're calling it a "Hate America" Rally

Rubbish. We’re rallying on Saturday because we LOVE America

robertreich.substack.com

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

We cannot let politics rewrite the truth of our history. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a day of respect, remembrance, and gratitude and it deserves to be honored, cherished, and protected.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

To honor Christopher Columbus instead is to ignore the suffering and resilience of Native communities, to celebrate a history built on conquest and brutality. Indigenous voices matter. Their stories matter. Their lives matter.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

This day is not just a holiday it is a recognition of generations of Indigenous strength, culture, and survival in the face of unimaginable violence and oppression.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 4h

Babies under 12 months are too young for full protection.Religious or medical exemptions leave children vulnerable.
Homeschooled or private school kids sometimes slip through the tracking cracks.
Administrative gaps leave records incomplete.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

We can’t just roll our eyes anymore.
We need receipts, reports, footage facts.
Demand proof for every claim. Expose every stunt. Call out every lie.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

ICE Barbie’s message is simple: if you don’t follow my storyline, you must be lying. That’s not leadership. It’s authoritarianism in a pink jumpsuit. We cannot let her weaponize rhetoric and federal force over our cities without a fight.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

newrepublic.com

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

Measles was once the symbol of progress proof that science could protect us all. Now it’s a warning flare that ignorance kills.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

The virus doesn’t care about your politics. It doesn’t care about “choice.”
It just spreads quietly, efficiently, without mercy while we argue about things that should’ve been settled generations ago.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

This isn’t freedom. This is failure.
Failure of leaders who pandered to fear instead of facts.
Failure of parents who trusted Facebook more than doctors.
Failure of a country that treats public health like a debate topic instead of a duty.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 5h

150 children in South Carolina are in quarantine because of measles a disease we beat decades ago. Not because the vaccine stopped working, but because people stopped listening.

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 13h

And we’re just sitting here,letting it happen? This is deliberate psychological assault on the people who keep our government alive. These are our neighbors, our friends, our public servants and they’re being weaponized for politics. How is this legal? When did cruelty become a governing strategy?

A reminder that Russell Vought previously said he wanted government workers "to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains...We want to put them in trauma."
This isn't a government shutdown; it's government sabotage.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 14h

It’s devastating to witness, and it makes you wonder how we drifted so far from the country we thought we were. A nation built on justice, decency, and compassion now allowing this it’s not just a policy failure, it’s a wound on our soul that should outrage every citizen.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 14h

50,000 people running through Chicago this morning total war zone,right? I mean,dodging bullets/bombs while trying to finish a marathon? Incredible bravery. Meanwhile,the rest of us are just surviving potholes,L train delays,the occasional overcooked hot dog absolute chaos. Hats off to those heroes!

Still can't believe 50,000 + people braved the "war torn" hellhole formerly known as Chicago to run this morning's marathon. The incredible bravery it takes to dodge bullets and bombs to win the race!

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