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Peggy Phillip
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Feral Boomer. Married, parent of adults. Journalism observer, former TV newsroom manager. Optimistic blue dot in crimson SC where the motto is “dum spiro spero” which is “While I breathe, I hope.”
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 53m
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Day in the life! #trump2024🇺🇸 #FYP
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 1h
I keep seeing this parable. “The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 5h
See the companies and people underwriting the destruction of The East Wing.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 13h
buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/t...
The Dangerous Mindset Spreading Across America: Cultural Nihilism Among Gen Z - Builders
Cultural nihilism is hollowing out America, particularly Gen Z. Let's look at why so many people have become disillusioned with politics.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 13h
Trump creates the sadly perfect meme for his presidency, attacking democracy brick by brick. www.youtube.com/live/wDfjXuu...
East Wing of White House Demolition: Connecting America Oct. 23
YouTube video by Connecting America
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 13h
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Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 1d
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Trump says White House East Wing to be torn down
US President Donald Trump previously said that his ballroom addition would not "interfere with the current building".
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 1d
Not so Bright.
…when a white supremacist gunned down nine Black worshipers, the South Carolina Legislature voted to permanently remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse’s front lawn. Bright voted “no.”
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Firebrand former SC senator wins back Upstate seat in special election • SC Daily Gazette
Firebrand Republican Lee Bright eked out a win for his former seat in one of three special elections held in South Carolina.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 3d
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BREAKING: Josh Stein’s Stand for Fair Maps: Fighting Back Against Republican Gerrymandering in North Carolina
In a time when the very foundation of American democracy—fair representation—is under relentless attack, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is taking a firm, principled stand.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 3d
Bright red SC #NoKings Estimated crowd size 17,000! www.sodacitizen.com/home/qyvdg78...
Thousands march in South Carolina capital: "No Kings" — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South
Nationwide protests continue
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 4d
#NoKings Columbia, SC.
On the left is Rev. Susie Smith, age 77, who led thousands marching from the Statehouse to the governor’s mansion. The other is Rev. Mollie Wilkes, age 87, who will return to her other job as a prison minister Monday.

This is what Democracy looks like.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 5d
Thousands gathered in Columbia SC #nokings
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 5d
#25 minutes from #nokings rally in Columbia SC
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 5d
#nokings rally time in Columbia SC music.soundhound.com?t=1007800917...
Uprising by Muse, Chris Wolstenholme, Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard
♫ by Muse, Chris Wolstenholme, Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, discovered with SoundHound
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 5d
#nokings an hour until rally time in Columbia SC
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 7d
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 8d
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump May Launch Missiles from Warships into California this Friday and Saturday as Part of “Vanity Parade”
Sources tell MeidasTouch the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice President JD Vance’s Marine Corps spectacle during No Kings Protests, triggering chaos, gridlock, and outrage.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 9d
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Chicago TV producer’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say
Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol car
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 9d
The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention
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The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention
The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 10d
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‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics
If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 14d
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Why is the US House speaker refusing to seat an elected Democrat? | Moira Donegan
Adelita Grijalva won a landslide election for her Arizona seat. But Mike Johnson is defying the will of the voters
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 15d
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Yes, We Should Be Reporting the Location of Federal Agents in Our Communities
Politicians criticized a Memphis TV station for asking viewers to report where federal authorities are operating in the city. But that’s exactly the role we should be playing.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 16d
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to help fund US public broadcasting
The auction will support the medium that brought the Joy of Painting host's creativity into US homes for decades, Bob Ross Inc says.
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Peggy Phillip @peggyphillip.bsky.social · 16d
Also, federal troops ….