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Maria Aragon - Artist and Author

@mariaaragon64.bsky.social

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Self-taught artist, indie author of fantasy novels, incl. The Jinniyah and The Hunter of the Dead (about Hades and Persephone). Lulu.com 'LIKES' DO NOT EQUAL APPROVAL, just acknowlegement. NO DMs, except about my work. https://mariaaragon.com/

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Maria Aragon - Artist and Author @mariaaragon64.bsky.social · Nov 15

I am a self-taught artist and indie author of fantasy novels. My novels are available via Lulu.com and amazon. My paintings can be found at mariaaragon.com

Symbolism and Other Art - Maria Aragon

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 20h

Andrew Wyeth, American (1917-2009), Autumn, 1985, watercolor on paper, 53.3 x 76.2 cm, private collection

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CloudStrife @sstrife.bsky.social · 15h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

ICE detained a nonverbal, 15 year-old autistic boy who'd been selling fruit by the side of the road with his family when he took a bathroom break. The family was not notified. He was held in ICE detention for a week before the family could find him.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 10h

AOC: What Russ Vought and the Trump administration are doing is likely illegal. They think it's about hurting Democrats. What they're doing is hurting Americans. Mike Johnson is choosing to punish the American People, we cannot stand for it and we cannot allow it. It ends today.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 15h

I needed to watch a minute's worth of a wolf chomping on a pumpkin today, maybe you do as well?

Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 17h

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!

This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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JL Oakley~Historical fiction author @jloakley.bsky.social · 8h

Has MAGA finally realize that Trump is insane? Shooting missiles over 1-5 LA during a NO KINGS ralley is not normal & frightening. He thought it cute sending jets over the Epstein survivors, but this is treason.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 17h

Here’s my message to Speaker Mike Johnson on the 15th day of this shutdown, from his very own podium.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 8h

Jesus Effing Christ. The elevator doesn't go down to floors this low. Why doesn't Mike Davis (fmr clerk for Gorsuch!) just drop the n-word in here and be done with it. Young Republicans have no problem doing it!

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Mike Davis former Chief council for nominations Senate judiciary committee, law Clark Justice gorsuch

Mike Davis @mrddmia, calls how cream Jeffries George Soros' house slave
https://x.com/mrddmia/status/1978304601972502673?t=hd8ZlLmaUn9LGKpCE39YgQ&s=19

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 11h

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 10h

Mass shooting:
2 dead including the gunman and 2 wounded including a child in shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Deceased identified as 31 year old Sidney J. Kine.

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Earl Mardle - Death Cult Govt - Squalour, poverty & Disease @rlmrdlnz.bsky.social · 18h

While we are paying $300k+ to an innumerate clown who never saw a fiscal cliff she didn't want to jump off, we fired the people who did this
"The Reserve Bank's $53 billion money-printing policy during the pandemic paid for itself and helped keep the economy functioning at a time of stress"

Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway defends money-printing during Covid pandemic

Paul Conway told a Sydney investment conference the much-maligned strategy essentially paid for itself.

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@luvnfiction @luvnfiction.bsky.social · 8h

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Part of the National Guard deployment is about getting Americans used to troops in the streets

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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@luvnfiction @luvnfiction.bsky.social · 8h

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Mehdi Connects The Dots Between Palestine and ICE

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 13h

Supreme Court's reactionary cadre poised to eviscerate Voting Rights Act's Section 2, greenlighting GOP maps that obliterate Black districts under partisan pretexts, cementing autocratic hegemony in Dixie. #VotingRights

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 15h

He's defending them because he agrees with them. He knows 20-40 year olds are not "kids who made a mistake". He's playing it down because he sees nothing wrong with what they said.

#Pinks

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 10h

#detrumpification must be TOTAL.
Rebalance the scotus with 13 seats, De-guild and fumigate the White House, take down the idiotic flagpoles, repurpose or destroy the ballroom, replant new trees where they were destroyed, re-sod the rose garden, etc.
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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 5d

www.irishstar.com/news/politic... #FDT #Detrumpification

Leaked Oval Office photo exposes Trump's new building plan for National Mall

Trump has already adorned the Oval Office with gold, constructed a $200 million ballroom bigger than the White House and paved over the Rose Garden

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t know how I missed this one but the Texas National Lard got recalled due to the nonstop ridicule from social media regarding their chunky physiques.

Keep up the great work resisters!
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We are making a difference and they’re afraid! 🇺🇸

#Pinks #ProudBlue #GravySeals

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

A Bronx family lived without utilities for over 6 weeks after they were shut off without explanation.

The landlord, despite receiving severe violation notices, didn't fix the problem.

HPD couldn’t turn the utilities back on, so it issued the family a vacate order.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 20h

They want to nap during halftime...?

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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The Sanders Institute @sandersinstitute.bsky.social · 20h

Simple. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

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