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TrinityNYC @frankie0320.bsky.social · 3h

人質解放を伴う第1次の停戦協定が結ばれ、人道支援物資を積んだトラックが170台、ガザ入り。さらに6000台が、ガザ地域に入るために関門前で待ち受ける。

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UNRWA: 170 Aid Trucks Enter Gaza, 6,000 More Await Entry

UNRWA confirmed the entry of 170 aid trucks into Gaza, with thousands more awaiting clearance. A ceasefire brokered by international powers has begun, allowing displaced residents to return. Cooking g...

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Marialana Kinter for Congress @marialanakinter.bsky.social · 6h

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Marialana Kinter for Congress @marialanakinter.bsky.social · 6h

and Orlando 50501 in demanding an end to U.S. complicity in the atrocities in Gaza and calling for immediate humanitarian aid.

As we hopefully reach a finalized ceasefire and a path toward lasting peace, we must ensure our tax dollars are used to invest in the future of our communities here.

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Marialana Kinter for Congress @marialanakinter.bsky.social · 6h

Over the past two weeks, I’ve joined events hosted by Veterans Against the Machine, Students for a Democratic Society, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Palestinian Feminist Collective, Orlando Against Police Crimes, Orlando For Peace, UCF Young Democratic Socialists, Orlando for Peace,

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Sheryl with an S @beachblond52.bsky.social · 14h

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks Mikey knows that stalling the swearing in of our Dem Rep will not stop the inevitable release of the Epstein files. Repubs would be furious if Dems did this!

“Refusing to seat a member for leverage is a gun aimed at the fundamentals of representative democracy.”

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Samia Ali Salama @samiaalisalama.bsky.social · 17h

THIS DEAL HAS THE STENCH OF 2 DIRTY CONMEN

Why did Netanyahu suddenly agree to a deal? Why are he and Trump so happy?

What does the agreement say?

Is it a financial windfall for Trump and his family? What corner of Israel will the Palestinians live in?

#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ResistanceUnited
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 17h

Trump touts 'dawn of a new Middle East' in address to Israeli parliament

The US president was applauded by Israeli lawmakers for his role in brokering an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

www.bbc.com

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

#ResistanceEarth

Humans have transformed a third of the Earth’s surface with roads, dams, fences and other structures, disrupting critical ecosystems and migration patterns. Restoring those ecosystems is vital to saving the “web of life” — including us.

www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-bio...

A third of planet’s surface transformed by humans; need for global ecological connectivity, says report launched at IUCN Congress

Nearly a third of the Earth’s land surface has already been profoundly transformed by human activity, leaving ecosystems degraded and fragmented, according to a

www.downtoearth.org.in

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

Bontemps served as head librarian at Fisk University, the first African American to hold the position. He worked at Fisk until 1964, establishing a large archive of African American writers and their papers. This work helped make African American literature a recognized field of academic study. /end

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

Bontemps also continued to write children’s books, which he saw as more successful than works aimed at his own generation. When the WPA canceled the Illinois Writers’ Project in 1942, he enrolled in a University of Chicago graduate program and earned a master’s degree in library science. /5

Arna Bontemps (center) reading to children.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

Although a prolific writer whose work was well-received, Bontemps did not earn enough to support his family. He and his family resettled in Chicago, where he took a job with the Works Progress Administration and worked on a history of African American life in Illinois during the Great Depression. /4

Arna Bontemps (right) with singer and actress Etta Moten Barnett and Langston Hughes at a piano. Bontemps frequently collaborated with Hughes. Barnett was an American singer and actress best known for her role as Bess in the 1942 revival of the opera Porgy and Bess. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

In the early 1930s, Bontemps began to write fiction as well as poetry, starting with his novel God Sends Sunday. He also collaborated with Langston Hughes on a children’s book, Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti. Black Thunder (1936), about a slave rebellion, is considered his best work. /3

Arna Bontemps working at his typewriter.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

Bontemps was born into a Louisiana Creole family that moved to Los Angeles in 1905. After graduating from Pacific Union College in 1923, he moved to New York City to teach at the Harlem Academy. He also wrote and published poetry, and became friends with members of the Harlem Renaissance. /2

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h

#ResistanceRoots

Arna Bontemps was born on this day in 1902 in Alexandria, La. A prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Bontemps was a versatile writer of poetry, novels and children’s books, and a dedicated librarian and historian who helped preserve African American culture. /1

Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Photo credit: Carl Van Vechten Collection/Library of Congress.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 6h

Resistance built this country. Organization & rebellion will save it.

Part II of The Bold Tradition of American Resistance follows the fire—from labor and civil rights to the women of the Jane Collective—and calls us to carry it forward.

Please read& share!
🔥 open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

The Bold Tradition of American Resistance, Part II: The Rebellion Lives

From the streets to the ballot box, from whispers to marches—our legacy of resistance is alive. Read, remember, and take your place in it.

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Harry 🇺🇸 @antifaangent.bsky.social · 6h

#ResistanceUnited #DefendersOfDemocracy If these pictures of Donald Trump do not exist, why not confirm they do not exist by answering the question properly? #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

ChuckCjmmn @chuckcjmmn.bsky.social · 13h

As if we needed any more proof. Pam Evil Bondage went full on radical right when asked if there are pictures of Trump with nude teenagers. You would think an emphatic “NO” would have been the case.

The MAGA pedophile party continues.
#DefendersOfDemocracy

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 6h

Ghazala Hashmi has served in the Virginia State Senate since 2019, fighting for reproductive freedom, public schools and other issues. You can learn more about her on her website. Pitch in a few bucks if you can or find ways to volunteer. Let's win this!

ghazalaforvirginia.com

Ghazala Hashmi for Virginia

State Senator. Mom. Educator. Ghazala Hashmi. Ghazala wrote the bills to protect abortion rights and Medicaid in Virginia, standing up to Trump's attacks.

ghazalaforvirginia.com

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 6h

The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia plays a critical role as the tie-breaking vote in a closely divided Senate. We need a strong Democrat in that role. We need Ghazala Hashmi. She is committed to fighting for the issues and values we believe in.

Elect Ghazala Hashmi
Lieutenant Governor, Virginia

Graphic supporting Ghazala Hashmi for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Election Nov. 4, 2025.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 7h

#ResistanceUnited

Trump took advantage of the shutdown to gut the department that oversees special education for 7.5 million kids with disabilities. I guess he wants to go back to the time when special ed kids were warehoused in facilities or given no education at all.

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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Marlena (#felon47 is NOT my President) ❌👑 @ohpleeznotagain.bsky.social · 7h

#ProudBlue

I lived in North Carolina not too long ago. This breaks my heart 💔

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marlena (#felon47 is NOT my President) ❌👑 @ohpleeznotagain.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue

This is a great article on @eddsmitty.bsky.social ! Make sure you are following him! He’s awesome 🤩!

The Double V @thedoublev.bsky.social · 1d

Eddie Smith shows how the Double V spirit lives on—fighting for democracy abroad and at home. His “Woke History” threads uncover overlooked Black history and connect it to the present with clarity and courage. Everyday activism. Lasting impact. #USDemocracy #DoubleV
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Double V in Action: Eddie Smith and the Power of Woke History | The Double V

Get more from The Double V on Patreon

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Marlena (#felon47 is NOT my President) ❌👑 @ohpleeznotagain.bsky.social · 7h

#ProudBlue

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 9h

After 737 days in captivity, Ariel & David Cunio are finally home.
The Argentinian-Israeli brothers were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023—the same day Ariel texted he felt like he was in a horror movie.
Nir Oz was nearly destroyed that day.
Today, two sons are home & a family rejoices.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 10h

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Elkana Bohbot, a 36-year-old Colombian-Israeli husband and father, helped organize the Nova Music Festival in Re’im—where 347 people were murdered by invading terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. He was filmed being beaten and kidnapped to Gaza, where he survived more than two years in captivity.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13h

“The Republicans who cut Medicaid & are refusing to lower health care costs for working families are the same politicians who gave $40 million of taxpayer dollars to President Trump to build a ‘garden of heroes.’”

Seriously.

Thank you @neguse.house.gov

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 15h

I’m printing a two-sided poster to carry at the 10/18 No Kings protest. Quick opinion poll- which 2 sides do you like best? A. Defiant Joy B. I Love America C. Fear. Please pick 2 as I will print it with one poster on each side of the foam board.

Defiant Joy is a great way to wage peace

I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence

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