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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

If you are new to #BlueSky here is a tip, to block tall he Trump regime accounts in under 10 seconds,

- click on the list below
- select subscribe
- and select block accounts

#3E #NOKings

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not able to attend a rally today, but want to see what's going on, MSNBC is covering many of them live.

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PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck to all the protestors today. History will be proud of you. #NoKings

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation.

Report, block, and add the Trump White House and other regime accounts to blocklists. Do not engage. #3E #BlueSky

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@whitehouse-47.bsky.social
@homelandgov.bsky.social

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

ICE arrested a police officer in Hanover Park.

The Village of Hanover Park say Radule Bogojiv is legally eligible to work in the US and passed multiple background checks.

If they can grab him, they can grab anyone.

People need to wake up and realize no one is safe under fascism.

ICE arrests Hanover Park officer who allegedly overstayed visa, but village says cop had valid work permit

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the police officer overstayed a tourism visa. The Hanover Park Police Department said they confirmed he was federally authorized to work in the U...

chicago.suntimes.com

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PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 4d

Opinions that will only cause a fight in niche communities? Mine is that late season apples are superior apples. #meaningless #absolutelyimportant #apples

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Dawn @dawnyriver.bsky.social · 5d

I am liking James a lot!

midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · Sep 16

We are focused on the wrong 1%

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Blue Ambu @blueambu.bsky.social · 6d

Took the kids to a pow wow this weekend. They used to make me sad because of everything they've lost, and everything that we've lost. Now it gives me hope. After everything they've gone through, they still have their culture and they're still fighting. Don't stop fighting!

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6d

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Dawn @dawnyriver.bsky.social · 7d

For all of us marching on Saturday.

Keep it peaceful!

Record anything that happens

Back up your fellow Americans

Know your rights!

Be safe!

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 7d

The Chicago detention center has refused the Mexican Consulate access to visit detainees

Now what reason would ICE have for doing that?

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 6d

So many eyes.... meet Scallops! #LetsChangeThat

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PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 6d

Realized that my in-laws will be here in 3 weeks. *cleaning intensifies*

PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 11d

Started writing poetry again tonight. Planning a collection for publishing. Definitely procrastinating on my novel.

#author #poetry #procrastination

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11d

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

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The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 11d

Got to take my kiddos to the pumpkin patch. Making childhood magic and getting to count it as schooling is one of my most favorite things in life. #homeschooling #unschooling

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 12d

Here’s video of the incident

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12d

It’s sad that some folks only ‘see the light’ when it hits home. We were sent here to represent hundreds of thousands of people, not just our households.

It’s time for Republicans to remember their oath and do right by the people they serve.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 12d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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PragmaticPlatypus @pragmaticplatypus.bsky.social · 13d

Meant to take a picture, but I was hungry.

Pizza night was personal pizzas (someone please remind me to buy pepperoni). Mine was white sauce, mozzarella, goat cheese, raspberries, fig jam, basil, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. #omnomnom #pizzanight #findjoy