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Mel🌻🗽🌊🫶🏼🐋
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Granny mom. Granddaughter of a Polish concentration camp survivor. Believer of our🇺🇸rights & democracy.

RESIST🗽🌎

In the words of John Lewis, IT IS TIME FOR SOME GOOD TROUBLE !

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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Frida Hansen (1855-1931), Norwegian textile artist in the Art Nouveau style, known for her tapestry work #WomensArt #Solstice
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Every word of this…
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Catherine Hyde, contemporary UK artist, photographer, writer and award-winning illustrator #WomensArt #Solstice
#December21st #ArtAdvent
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Kirsty Elson who creates art by upcycling driftwood and other found materials #WomensArt #December19th #ArtAdvent
🎄 ❄️ 🦌
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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A rare moment of bipartisanship
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara spoke out slamming ICE’s attacks on communities during the holidays.

This is amazing! 👏🙌🫶

Please watch and share.
December 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Trump tonight:

Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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#OTD in 1961, AP names Wilma Rudolph Female Athlete of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year

Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960.

#WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Wrestling legend Mick Foley quits the WWE because of its increasingly close ties to Trump and his "cruel" regime.

I salute you, sir.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Wrestling legend quits WWE over ties to ‘incredibly cruel’ Trump
World Wrestling Entertainment hall of famer Mick Foley announced Tuesday that he’s severing his relationship with the company, specifically citing the close ties between WWE leadership and ...
www.dailykos.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Scottish artist Anne Redpath,
Girl in the Red Cloak, c.1920 #WomensArt
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.

'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”

www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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What a bunch of KISS asses!
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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UK ceramic artist Marie Prett specialises in figurative and carnivalesque sculptures #WomensArt
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Everytime Butker messes up an angel gets its wings and the rest of us enjoy our petty.
Butker hits the right upright, naturally. Sounded appropriately clangin'
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.

Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (1823 – 893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, & lawyer. She was the 1st black woman publisher in N. America and the 1st woman publisher in Canada.[1][2] She was also the 2nd black woman to attend law school in the US.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM