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This is the energy we ned to embrace, like many others before!
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 16
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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coachgowron.com
A polite bigot is a bigot nonetheless. A true warrior knows that courteous words do not dilute the poison, but only serve to conceal it until it has spread. Civility in the service of hate deserves no polite response.
June 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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naiijah.bsky.social
We’re in the last 3 days of Pride Month. Yall better be doing some gay shit
June 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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seiu.org
DAVID IS RELEASED and with his family! He still faces an unjust felony charge.

While we’re relieved that David is out after three nights in detention, we demand the Trump regime drop the unjust charge against him & end the raids! seiu.co/endraids #FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
mitchlouies.bsky.social
Great piece on a moment in history, reminds me how many stories got lost in the 2020 news cycle.. i think we need to be reminded now more than ever what was happening today 5 yrs ago.
June 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
mitchlouies.bsky.social
Ppl should fuck wit this.
It'll be fun
sometimespdx.bsky.social SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · Dec 13
The most entertaining NAR "prophet," Katie Souza, will be doing a $1k "Spiritual Warfare Intensive" with Jenny Donnelly at Jenny's conference center in Corbett, OR on March 19-22, 2025. Flying witches, shape-shifters, vampires, werewolves, warlocks, demon/human hybrids, astral projection, oh my!!!
June 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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clackamasdsa.bsky.social
Attacks on public services and public workers are unacceptable. Clackamas County workers deserve to be treated fairly! Donate to support them, small donations add up!
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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darkdaisy.bsky.social
Clackamas (and Happy Valley) showed up!! Yaaas!
Hands Off protestors in Clackamas and Happy Valley, OR!! Hands Off protestors in Clackamas and Happy Valley, OR!! Hands Off protestors in Clackamas and Happy Valley, OR!! My sign: Honk if you’re MAD your 401k is now a 201k
April 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
mitchlouies.bsky.social
America is the poorest rich country
December 31, 2024 at 5:13 AM
mitchlouies.bsky.social
"It was the voice of an angry agrarian populist, extremely precise in its judgement and laced with some of the most original, brilliant and occasionally bizarre political metaphors anybody in that room will ever be likely to hear" -HST
One of my fave Jimmy Carter moments, the Law Day speech; RIP JC
December 29, 2024 at 10:47 PM
mitchlouies.bsky.social
Vibe check; what do you think?
December 23, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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raventerp1.bsky.social
Americans need to worry about this more....
December 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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junlper.beer
post this on your profile today to make sure federal agents know that everything you posted today was just jokes
December 5, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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vanoreo.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 3:10 AM