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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Sep 29

One of the most staggering features of the now repeated gun violence against Oñate protestors is that Oñate wasn't just a conquistador, he was one whose crimes were so heinous that the King of Spain banned him from returning to New Mexico for life. That's by the standards of the 1610s.

Jay Ulfelder @jayulfelder.bsky.social · Sep 29

Most comprehensive reporting I've seen so far on yesterday's shooting of a Native American activist by a man in a MAGA hat at a rally opposing the restoration of a statue honoring a genocidal colonizer in Rio Arriba County, NM.

Trump supporter shoots someone attending peaceful rally - Source New Mexico

Editor’s note: This article depicts gun violence ESPAÑOLA — A young man wearing a pro-Trump hat shot someone attending a peaceful gathering on Thursday in Española. Native American activists hel...

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG!

Bless The Frog Proving Kristi Noem Wrong

It's raining frogs! Hallelujah!

www.thegodpodcast.com

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 3d

Well, this can’t be good. When the Supreme Court has lost credibility even among federal judges, how can we expect any semblance of a fair justice system. (Gift Article) #SCOTUS #JusticeForAll #JudicialCoup #JudicialMisconduct #Corruption #RuleOfLaw www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 4d

What do #Democrat programs look like to a racist, misogynistic, xenophobic and filthy rich POTUS? His #Republican base is about to find out the hard way that they benefit from them too. (Gift Article) #GOPWarOnAmerica
#CrueltyIsThePoint #ResistFascism
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Workers Across the Government Get Layoff Notices

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5d

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 6d

Now that the #GOP has made #ICE the biggest interior law enforcement agency in the USA, with a budget larger than most of the world’s militaries, including Israel’s, perhaps they can afford food trucks and porta potties to accommodate their agents. #Chicago #ResistFascism

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 6d

Their constituents will be most affected if ACA subsidies aren’t extended — and they don’t care.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

NEW: A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the only absolute monarchy in Africa $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 6d

Pro Tip: Never expect to receive the education you’re paying for from any school that signs one of these agreements or willingly surrenders academic freedom to the #TrumpAdministration. True learning cannot exist under censorship. #ResistFascism #AcademicFreedom

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 7d

AFGE Local 476 says this -

White House and OMB - Federal workers are patriots. We don’t run from a fight.

Congress - Get to the damn table.

Start governing for the people, not against them.

AFGE Local 476 isn’t backing down.

Congress shouldn’t either.

#UnionPower #TrumpShutdown #AFGE476

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 9d

"It’s getting cold out here in these streets..." #ICERaids #StayWokePeople

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9d

In their own words the Republicans declared war against the United States and now they are waging it.

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 9d

I guess we should have taken "The South will rise again" both literally and seriously.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 9d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 10d

Be there or be square! #Resist

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 11d

Must-watch: the untold story of civil servants battling a president’s assault on America’s institutions.

HEIST the documentary film

YouTube video by HEIST the documentary

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 10d

The #TrumpDictatorship may be enlisting private corporations to spy on America. It’s not full-blown #BlackMirror yet, but the parallels are chilling. Who's the next #EnemyFromWithin? Protect your privacy. Inform your network.
#SurveillanceState #Resist

www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 11d

Local 476 President and AFGE National President discuss the federal shut down on The Weekend.

www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...

‘It’s a lawless land’: Federal workers speak out as government shutdown brings more pain

National President of The American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley and two furloughed federal workers Yolanda Jacobs and Ashaki Robinson join The Weekend to discuss how they're plann...

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 13d

SHOWN: If the speech at the beginning of Patton were given by Biff from Back to the Future.

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TheTimeline 🔎🧩 @thetimeline.bsky.social · 11d

Good grief. I always forget that they get hammered by the shutdowns too… 😬

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, they did.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 11d

The government may be shut down — but hope isn’t.

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 12d

Seven years since Trump’s last federal shutdown, he has dragged the country back into crisis again. Workers unpaid. Families suffering. Services stalled. Here is a breakdown by agency with the most critical impacts. #GOPShutdown #TrumpDisaster #TrumpChaos

michiganadvance.com/2025/10/02/r...

How the federal shutdown is playing out across the government • Michigan Advance

WASHINGTON — The first federal government shutdown in seven years has left hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed and members of the public struggling to understand what’s open, what’s closed and...

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CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 13d

Three stars on his epaulettes. A combat infantry badge. Two airborne badges. A Ranger tab on his shoulder. Forced to sit through a lecture on the so-called “warrior ethos” from a five-time draft dodger? Enough. Get the #GOP out of our military command. #VoteBlueEveryElection

CultureStorm @rootwoman123.bsky.social · 13d

Three stars on his epaulettes. A combat infantry badge. Two airborne badges. A Ranger tab on his shoulder. Forced to sit through a lecture on the so-called “warrior ethos” from a five-time draft dodger? Enough. Get the #GOP out of our military command. #VoteBlueEveryElection

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 14d

More than 400 people were charged with pregnancy-related crimes during the two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights, research released Tuesday shows.

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Prosecutors charged hundreds with pregnancy-related child abuse crimes post-Dobbs, research shows • Michigan Advance

More than 400 people were charged with pregnancy-related crimes during the two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights, research released Tuesday shows. Prosecutors acros...

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