Babs
@skyhag.bsky.social
Habituated to democracy.
Photographer of many things.
Intolerant of racists and ‘phobes.
Tax the Oligarchs.
She/her.
Norfolk, VA 🏳️🌈☮️
Photographer of many things.
Intolerant of racists and ‘phobes.
Tax the Oligarchs.
She/her.
Norfolk, VA 🏳️🌈☮️
Says the man who is the spitting image of a Yorkshire hog.
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Says the man who is the spitting image of a Yorkshire hog.
Is this really what they voted for? Despicable.
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Is this really what they voted for? Despicable.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
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“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”
~Patrick Henry
~Patrick Henry
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”
~Patrick Henry
~Patrick Henry
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Holy shit. The Chevy Tahoe Border Patrol used to slam Marimar Martinez before shooting her was the personal vehicle of the officer involved, not a rental and not CBP's--and he drove it back to Maine.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Holy shit. The Chevy Tahoe Border Patrol used to slam Marimar Martinez before shooting her was the personal vehicle of the officer involved, not a rental and not CBP's--and he drove it back to Maine.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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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.
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.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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.
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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TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”
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"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
I can’t imagine the cost of insuring a whole family.
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I can’t imagine the cost of insuring a whole family.
At 62, we're in a similar financial situation. We can't afford this, plain and simple.
Even though my life expectancy will possibly be shortened as I won't be able to afford the medical care I may need, I will NEVER forgive those who voted to inflict this on the American people.
Even though my life expectancy will possibly be shortened as I won't be able to afford the medical care I may need, I will NEVER forgive those who voted to inflict this on the American people.
Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.
October 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At 62, we're in a similar financial situation. We can't afford this, plain and simple.
Even though my life expectancy will possibly be shortened as I won't be able to afford the medical care I may need, I will NEVER forgive those who voted to inflict this on the American people.
Even though my life expectancy will possibly be shortened as I won't be able to afford the medical care I may need, I will NEVER forgive those who voted to inflict this on the American people.
When will we say enough is enough?
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When will we say enough is enough?
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More people should be talking about this.
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More people should be talking about this.
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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The GOP nominee in a Virginia state House race this fall has dropped out. He says he lost his government contracting job and has no income, so he's had to take a job out of state & move away.
That's... literally what Dems are campaigning on to win VA. www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/gop-nom...
That's... literally what Dems are campaigning on to win VA. www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/gop-nom...
September 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The GOP nominee in a Virginia state House race this fall has dropped out. He says he lost his government contracting job and has no income, so he's had to take a job out of state & move away.
That's... literally what Dems are campaigning on to win VA. www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/gop-nom...
That's... literally what Dems are campaigning on to win VA. www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/gop-nom...