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Awarding-winning children's book author Helena's Voyage, When the Moon Comes, Out Into the Big Wide Lake, IF GOD WERE A GREAT BIG BEAR (Beaming Books, Apr. '25). Rep: Amy Tompkins. 🇨🇦 #faithclimate #environment paulharbridge.com 🌍 ONE WORLD 🌎 WE ARE ONE 🌏

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · Feb 26

In my children's picture book IF GOD WERE A GREAT BIG BEAR, a child ponders nature & figures God must have made the world to please each & every animal & plant. Which means God made the Earth for all of nature, not just us humans, & it's up to us to protect it. 🐋 🌲 🐿️ 🌍
(Beaming Books - April 1/25).

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 4h

UNACCEPTABLE, GOP!!! SPEAK UP!!!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

Remember how MAGA told us Javier Milei would fix Argentina's economy with his right-wing policies?

And now we are bailing out Argentina with billions.

Remember how MAGA told us Donald Trump would save US farmers with his right-wing policies?

And now we are bailing them out with billions also.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 5h

What a... !!!

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 8h

"Trump says 6 dead after fresh strike on small boat off Venezuela."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
What a thug Trump is! Big tough guy taking out little boats!

6 dead after fresh U.S. strike off Venezuela, Trump says | CBC News

The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

www.cbc.ca

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 1d

Even on this day where the hostages are home again and peace may be on the horizon, Trump makes a fool of himself with another ignorant, self-glorifying, inane speech.
#TrumpKnesset

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Good For You Senator Schiff 👏🏻
We Will All Stand With You against
Chump's Authoritarian Regime.......

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 1d

Even on this day where the hostages are home again and peace may be on the horizon, Trump makes a fool of himself with another ignorant, self-glorifying, inane speech.
#TrumpKnesset

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Paul Harbridge @paulharbridge.bsky.social · 4d

How about a man who spends an hour each morning putting orange makeup on his face and blow-drying and shellacing his dyed blond hair into place?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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