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Connie M

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LCSW daughter of immigrants. Asylum is a human right. Immigrants get the job done. Free Palestine. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 14d

I read Haunted Mediation and loved it! It's a serial novella and this is the book where the main characters move from unexpected friends to something more. I loved the theme of Halloween and the sense of community. It is a feel-good queer romance that is a bit of sunshine. @booksky.club

D.C. Emerson🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @authordcemerson.bsky.social · 14d

Out today!!

Adeselna Reads @adeselnareads.bsky.social · 17d

"Haunted Mediation" by @authordcemerson.bsky.social is the perfect Halloween queer novella 🥰 It's adorable and extremely wholesome ❤️

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 14d

D.C. Emerson🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @authordcemerson.bsky.social · 14d

Out today!!

Adeselna Reads @adeselnareads.bsky.social · 17d

"Haunted Mediation" by @authordcemerson.bsky.social is the perfect Halloween queer novella 🥰 It's adorable and extremely wholesome ❤️

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NPR @npr.org · 14d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 26d

Is already up for reelection? He only pretends to act rational and human around this time.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26d

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

www.propublica.org

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 26d

Get the good PPE out, folks, seriously, especially if you have a uterus. Get gas masks with good filters, not paper masks or N95--those aren't nearly good enough to protect you. Get a full-face mask if you can. Make sure it fits well. They're relatively inexpensive--I'm serious, protect yourself.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 26d

Gas canisters launched directly into crowd; pandemonium again.

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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ready to fight back as Trump and MAGA Republicans stack the deck for control of the House? Our postcard campaign in support of California's Prop 50, the Election Rigging Prevention Act, is ready for you.

Sign up for postcard lists today: www.activateamerica.vote/postcards

Postcard Sign Ups — Activate America

www.activateamerica.vote

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 26d

Please listen. This is tragic.

Republican Rep Ken Calvert voted no; Palm Springs 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 is in his district. Calvert is corrupt and immoral.

Get involved. Vote yes on CA Prop 50.

Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 26d

Anti-equality lawmakers in the House are advancing a budget that would cut $2 BILLION in funding for HIV prevention, treatment, and research programs.

As @pocan.house.gov asked, why are they targeting funding for THIS virus? Tell your rep to protect our access to care: hrc.im/Federalcuts

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27d

“I know it’s scary and I know that there’s a lot of doubt, but now is the time for us to find our heroism.”

@markruffalo.bsky.social hopes to see you in the streets on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Ashley from California. 💁🏻‍♀️ @arlenerios.bsky.social · Sep 12

We completed 38 postcards in support of Prop 50.

Also received a donation of 662 postcard stamps and VOTE stickers from a neighbor.🙌🏽💯

Next postcard writing party is September 19th. I hope to see more of my #Alhambra community there.

@activateamerica.bsky.social
@womensmarch.com

#YESon50

Info on postcard writing party, location Alhambra Library every Friday, 11am -12pm, until Oct 17th.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 26d

It's time to get back to postcard writing, text/phone banking, and canvassing.

First fight: vote yes on CA Prop 50.

Vote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 28d

We can’t let Donald Trump steal the midterms. It’s all hands on deck till the Midterms 👉 votesaveamerica.com/prop50

Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 26d

I'm attending California Democratic Party's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in San Bernardino!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Canvass for Prop 50 in San Bernardino! · Mobilize

Come knock doors with the Democratic Luncheon Club of San Bernardino and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have...

www.mobilize.us

Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 15

My pleasure, I loved it!

Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 15

Also, go read Hank's latest, it's a fun holiday romance. 🎃💞👻

Hank Edwards @hanksbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

It’s release day! My funny, sweet, and spicy standalone Halloween best friend’s brother #mmromance novel Trick or Treat Temptation is available and in KU. Grab it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHRL4JF2

#ownvoice #gayromance #mmkindleunlimited

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 15

I read an ARC of Brad & Finn, written by @authordcemerson.bsky.social, part of the Gomillion High Reunion series and loved it! It is a gentle low angst well written romance with fun lovable queer characters. I really needed this book during these stressful times. Preorder it, it drops 09/16/2025.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 13

The Israeli offensive on Gaza City is displacing thousands of starving Palestinians.

School sheltering displaced Palestinians hit by Israeli strike

The Israeli offensive on Gaza City is displacing thousands of starving Palestinians.

bit.ly

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 13

LA Times is pure garbage.

Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 13

Read the 🧵.

Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · Sep 13

Dodgers out here begging for every kind of curse - first the “don’t talk about ICE” campaign, now this trash.

Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 13

Stephen Miller, the pathetic Jewish Nazi, is full of 💩. As we all know, the shooter was a MAGA Trumper.

People need to stop watching Fox News and legacy media.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Sep 13

DAILY MEMO: Federal Agents Death Toll Is Now 14 As Another Agency is Authorised to Use Deadly Force

There are more stories included in every article form of this video. Find it here lataco.com/daily-memo-s...

@eltragon.bsky.social

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 12

Update from outside Broadview ICE facility in Chicagoland—

Even after feds killed a man a few towns away today, a small group remain to finish their 7am-7pm protest.

SRT takes the dwindling numbers as an opportunity to unleash less lethals on a protester with a mobility aid sitting on the ground.

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Aug 25

In case you didn’t know, journalist Mario Guevara has been in ICE custody since June. The specific reason?

They claim Guevara “presents a danger to the community because he films and records [police] activities and shares his reporting with the public.”

thedissenter.org/aclu-demands...

ACLU Demands US Court Release Journalist From ICE Detention

ACLU filed habeas petition demanding the immediate release of Mario Guevara from ICE detention in Georgia. He's been in solitary for two months.

thedissenter.org

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Sep 12

The alleged Charlie Kirk assassin identified as Tyler Robinson from a white Republican household.

His family are 2nd amendment, blue lives matter, MAGA, and he was taught to shoot since a young age. His father, an ex sheriff, convinced him to turn himself in, qualifying for the FBI $100,000 reward.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Sep 13

Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk, is speculated to be a Groyper based on his memes and rhetoric.

Groypers are a loose network of alt right pro Trump extremist who are vocal supporters of white supremacist and “America First” podcaster Nick Fuentes.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 13

POLITICO: “A federal judge worried publicly Friday Trump had, “with a wink and a nod,” deported a group of African nationals to Ghana, only to have Ghana redirect them to countries where they may face torture and persecution.” www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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