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🌀Blue Crone

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Blue dot purple state. #resist 💙 Things I Agree With: Nobody is Free Until Everybody is Free,Keep Your Theology Off My Biology,Housing is a Human Right,E Pluribus Unum -I Read Banned Books 🏳️‍🌈Ally 🏳️‍⚧️/✊🏽 /Semper Fi Union Member #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽

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🌀Blue Crone @nishb.bsky.social · Apr 24

The links contain articles and resources on Christian Nationalism- we need to pivot our fight. And PLEASE support Freedom From ReligionFoundation! @ffrf.org @ffrf.org.web.brid.gy

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

Journalists should ask every Republican they encounter whether they consider the things said by these Young Republicans to be deplorable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 10h

Federal immigration enforcement agents allegedly interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in south Portland, as first reported Monday in Willamette Week.

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 10h

A conversation caught on a hot mic between President Donald Trump and President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia reveals that Trump was arranging a conversation between his son Eric and the Indonesian...

World Leader Caught on Hot Mic Asking Trump for Meeting With His Son

Why does Indonesia’s president want a private meeting with one of the leaders of the Trump Organization?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

A testimonial of a Young Republican from the 1960s who quickly found his way into a heavily armed, right wing domestic terror group called The Minutemen.

"MINUTEMEN"
P. O. BOX 68
NORBORNE, MISSOURI
AdditiónAl INFORMAtIÓN:
AND
I hAVE BEEN ACTiVE IN Pohitics AND
the ANTi-COMMUNiST MOVEMENT SiNCE I WAS
14 pEnAS oF AGE, How did my iNtEREst StrAt?
My FAthER is violeNthy ANti-Jaw, NEGRo, AND Communist, I KNEW At thAt timE whAt A NEG-Ro, WAS AND WhAt A NEW WAS, but the CommUNisT puzzlEd mE, My FAthER RAVE ME MARI AND LENiN TO READ...
I JOINED (AtI4) the yoUnG REpuBlicANs than YouNG AmERiChNs FOR Freedom, thAN the PitRick HenRy Group, there the John BikcH Society, And Finally the Minuterson, My HisH School yongs found me totally.
ShandeRed by othER pupils (2700 iN M.S.)
DECAuSE oF my ANti-cOmmuNist LECtURES
AND MY VIEWS dURiNE dEBAtES. my psycholosy And Sociohony chnsses left. mE discusted, AND WhAt I didNe dEsm
"KosHER"I usuAlly dEt my tenchERs know, ABOUT. THE dEbRE OF INFiLtRAtIoN by COmm-
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER
OVER,

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is selling cologne, sneakers & Bibles as president. WSJ reports companies spent $80M on projects benefiting the Trump family & presidential library since Jan. 2025, including a $40M documentary linked to Melania.
Destructive conflicts of interest.

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

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A.Better.World @skyladsy.bsky.social · 2d

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Politics and Health 👍🏻🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🦋 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 3h

First definition of “liberal” that shows up in @merriam-webster.com

“Broad-minded” or “tolerant”

I’m proud to be a liberal.

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Politics and Health 👍🏻🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🦋 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 2h

Awww. The Trump Presidential Library (for a man who doesn’t read) is nixed, for now.

www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Florida Court Blocks Transfer of Miami Land for Trump Library

A judge said the college board that conveyed the site didn’t give reasonable public notice about its meeting where vote took place.

www.wsj.com

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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 1h

In Israel and Egypt, President Donald Trump celebrated the agreement between Hamas and Israel with familiar talking points and misleading attacks on his predecessors.

Fact-checking Trump’s speech to Israel’s Knesset

In Israel and Egypt, President Donald Trump celebrated the agreement between Hamas and Israel with familiar talking points and misleading attacks on his predecessors.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 12h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 14h

It is alarming that the Trump Admin & rogue ICE agents would abduct a 13-year-old child from Everett, transport him to a facility over 500 miles away & reportedly subject him to harrowing conditions.

They must stop violating our constitutional rights.

My full statement:

A graphic that reads:

“It is absolutely alarming that the Trump Administration and its rogue ICE agents would abduct a 13-year-old child, transport him to a facility over 500 miles away without his family, lawyer or a court knowing, and reportedly subject him to harrowing, inhumane conditions, including inadequate nutrition and sleeping on a concrete floor with an aluminum blanket while still healing from a broken foot.

“He is a 7th-grader who should have been met with compassion and care, not criminalized and sent to an adult prison.

“The Trump Administration must stop violating the constitutional rights of our constituents. I join the chorus of community voices demanding basic adherence to due process, preservation of this child’s constitutional rights, and his immediate return to his family.”

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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas @salinas.house.gov · 13h

I walked with my @demwomencaucus.bsky.social colleagues to call on Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. SWEAR HER IN.

Rep. Salinas calls on Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18h

It's day 13 of the shutdown. What's Trump doing?

Negotiating a budget deal? No.

Preventing premiums from doubling? No.

Stopping 15 million Americans from losing health care? No.

He's meeting the Pres. of Argentina to reward him with a $20 billion bailout.

America first?

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 17h

The President’s authorities under Article II are limited to responding to an armed attack/the threat of one and do not apply here.

These continued strikes — 27 killed to date — risk getting the U.S. into a full fledged war.

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🌀Blue Crone @nishb.bsky.social · 14h

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Make sure to support those speaking up

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 16h

I’m demanding accountability from ICE and DHS.

ICE continues to terrorize immigrant communities, including in southeast Chicago today.

ICE needs to answer for the violence it’s brought to our city.

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 16h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz @wassermanschultz.house.gov · 15h

The GOP’s tolerance of hateful extremism is unacceptable. Everyone in this chat must be held accountable. Trump & any elected Republican leader must fire every one of the participants who is employed by them. Anything less will show this is an acceptable point of view & communication in the GOP.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 15h

There’s a lot of information and disinformation out there about the health care crisis Americans face and the Republican shutdown – let’s clear some things up.

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Rep. Jill Tokuda @tokuda.house.gov · 14h

Back in D.C. this week along with my Democratic colleagues to continue pushing for an end to the government shutdown—waiting for House Republicans to come to the negotiating table so that we can save healthcare & keep critical services running. Also gave a peek of what I brought back with me.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is breaking ranks to scold GOP leadership for keeping the House closed for business throughout the shutdown, reported the Huffington Post on Tuesday.

'Been almost a month!' Republican calls out GOP leaders for keeping House shuttered

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is breaking ranks to scold GOP leadership for keeping the House closed for business throughout the shutdown, reported the Huffington Post on Tuesday.Kiley stood on the House floor during the so-called "pro-forma" session, where another lawmaker banged the gavel as a technical...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h

TOMORROW: SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a case that could eliminate a key voting protection for minority voters to elect their preferred representatives. With fair elections and congressional control on the line, here's what you need to know:

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA