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Carla Rae

@peace1carla.bsky.social

27K followers 29K following 3.8K posts

Animal rescuer. Wife. Registered Nurse. Mother of my 3 sons. Believer in democracy. Avid book reader. Travel lover. Tree hugger. Supporter of Ukraine. Peace1 on the bird app. LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 friend. University of Kentucky Alumni. #BBN. Please 🚫DM #BlueCrew

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 49m

VICTORY!

The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the state’s 2023 Election Procedure Manual (EPM), citing the “need for clarity in upcoming elections.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Win for Voters, Arizona Supreme Court Tosses GOP Challenge to State’s Election Manual

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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lisac1.bsky.social @lisac1.bsky.social · 24m

Not anymore apparently. I sometimes feel like I must be dreaming. Can you imagine if Biden wanted to defund so calked R programs? But when T wants to do it to D's nobody bats an eye!

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Carla Rae @peace1carla.bsky.social · 13m

Trump is Putin’s bitch

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 36m

Q: Thune said he'd like to proceed with the bill that would put sanctions on Russia?

TRUMP: Well we're gonna see. He doesn't know about the call yet. And it was subject to what I wanted to do.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

Cant believe this is what they are focusing on, when they aren’t even able to keep the government open.

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Donna Gutman @donnagutman.bsky.social · 42m

This is much more relevant

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 43m

Offensive and patronizing, indeed. Describes much of the GOP nowadays, come to think of it.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @BlueATLG
, Blue Georgia, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: 'Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here.' Grijalva: 'How offensive and how patronizing. Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in.'" The post includes a video still from various news networks (Fox News, CNN) showing a split-screen of multiple news anchors discussing the topic, with headlines such as "DEM REP-ELECT RESPONDS TO HOUSE SPEAKER'S 'BLESS HER HEART' DIG" and "DEMOCRATS STORM SPEAKER JOHNSON'S OFFICE," along with a Blue Georgia alert icon.

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KMark1969 @kiwimark1969.bsky.social · 42m

Yet nobody asks him to name these "wars" he ended. He just gets a free pass to bullshit all he wants without fear of having to answer any real questions.

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Carla Rae @peace1carla.bsky.social · 36m

He hasn’t ended shit. He is mentally ill!!!

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Mike @mikebha1963.bsky.social · 45m

These two are both
Russian Assets.
It goes deep.
All there backers.
A lot of Tories too.
The counties in the state it’s in because of Brexit & the Russian money that gave it to us.
Disgraceful. It is
TREASON & needs investigating.

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Cranky Grandma @crankygrandma.bsky.social · 38m

If cannot attend a No Kings rally this Saturday, show your support by flooding social media with this image!

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Samia Ali Salama @samiaalisalama.bsky.social · 9h

JD Vance is a skank. I do believe I dislike him more than I do 🥹Trump.
He’s married to a Brown woman so his children are biracial. Vance is like the slave-owner who marries the slave, and has no respect 4 her, treats her like a slave. She mistakes it for love.

#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ResistanceUnited

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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 2d

You know how I know #ChristianNationalism & #WhiteNationalism are the same movement?
I haven’t seen a single talking head who claims to be a Christian Nationalist decry #ICEMonsters staking out churches to plan their next kidnappings, thus leading to ✝️ not being able to freely practice their faith.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 38m

He's seriously disturbed.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Ex Fetterman staffer

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10h

Israel killed 3 Palestinians today

Israel is still not allowing UNRWA to deliver aid. UNRWA said they have enough food to supply Palestinians for 3 months. Israel hasn’t let them bring any aid into Gaza in 7 months.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Granite Geek NH @granitegeeknh.bsky.social · 9h

New England just set a new record for wind power. 1,332 MW. That's almost 10% of the total system load at the moment.

If we'd been building offshore wind for a decade, as was planned, it would be so much more. .... sigh ...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Definitely not America First.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

CONWAY, on Marc Benioff:

“.. It saddens me immensely to say that with your recent comments, and failure to understand their impact, I now barely recognize the person I have so long admired.”

@politico.com $CRM
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

we should all go out on October 18 and it's good that so many of us are planning to. but we should all start talking to each other about what we're going to do next, too - what we will withhold together if the abuses continue. we can go on offense, too!

time.com/collections/...

Why Protests Should Be Promises

Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

time.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT WON’T ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD IN ILLINOIS PENDING APPEAL

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

“You shall be judged by the company you keep.”

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