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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 7h

Great.
The Guard must be so proud to fight back against dangerous frogs and ducks.
My heart goes out to those deployed. Seriously.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 7h

So incredibly ashamed to have this......person.....representing me and my country. What a travesty.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 14h

One sign in Boston said: "Trump puts the con in Constitution."
Another: "Our only King is Stephen".

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Remember when they hounded Hillary for years over insufficient email security protocols?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

At least he's toned it down from all of us being terrorists to all of us being Marxists, right?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

“Millions of Americans are coming out today not because they hate America. We’re here because we love America.” #NoKings

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

Just came home from a week in Sicily. Loved the same things there that you did in Spain. Of, but the food! Fish, shellfish, lamb, lots of veggie dishes, (but few raw veggies like salad) and the bread was magical. I miss the olives the most.

momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

Still waiting for my check from April.

momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

When can we do it again????

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130
Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

It was terrifying in Boston, too.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

What an inspiring day!!!!

momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 1d

Do I dare to have hope?

AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 1d

People just don't realize how big these protests really are.

The counters are still counting but so far its more than 7 million which puts this at the largest protests in US history.

Just in Chicago

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago No Kings

momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 2d

Whatta bunch of snowflakes

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, Boston, you were magnificent today! The Common was packed. Mayor Wu was inspiring and strong, ignoring the hecklers and laying into Trump. It was worth the 2 hour trip in and out.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect one would have needed her annual salary to have the chance to "mini-retire".

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 4d

Wait.
Russia still has tourists?!?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

Abolish ICE.

Tweet by Robert Reich (@RBReich): “Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the ‘worst of the worst.’ But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.” Below is an image of a police officer on a bicycle overseeing a protest scene at night.

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jokerusso @jokerusso.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t know who else needs to hear this but it would be good to have a strong showing of American Flags at the rallies on Saturday to combat the GOP talking points that it’s a “hate America” rally!!

Please repost and pass this on to as many as possible!!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
zeteo.com/p/mehdi-conn...

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 5d

How on earth are the Young Republicans surprised by this? Haven't they been listening to Trump and Co?

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 5d

That's giving shit a bad name.

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, yessir, we will have our day in the sun.
I even have a new yellow coat!

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momshieb.bsky.social @momshieb.bsky.social · 6d

Spent 10 days in Palermo, Sicily. Now awake at 3 AM. Observations: 1) Italians are so helpful + friendly! They hate Trump, but don't blame us. Lots are worried for the US ("There will be civil war maybe, yes?")
2) Food and Wine really are that good!
3) Learned some new words. Trump's a bugiardo.

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