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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 13h

Yay Seattle!

More of this!

SEA airport refuses to air lying Noem TSA video blaming Democrats for government shutdown.

SEA airport refuses to air Noem TSA video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

The Port of Seattle has joined Portland's airport in refusing to air a video at TSA checkpoints that features Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming De

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Trump’s takeover of America." www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 14h

Too bad for the farmers!
76% of Agricultural Dependent counties voted for Trump.
This is simply FAFO!
FAFO Farmers, FAFO!
www.yahoo.com/news/u-farme...

U.S. farmers voted for Trump are feeling the pain from shutdown of federal programs Where do they go from here?

U.S. farmers are in a huge bind, and it could impact consumers, too.

www.yahoo.com

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 15h

Yup

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h

🚨🚨🚨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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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 18h

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 16h

Basically the Judge said that ICE was exaggerating, and she therefor didn't believe them.

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 16h

They don't own the F-ing road!
How dare they!
Ppl can ride their bikes wherever they want to in Chicago.
This is bullshit.

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you to ALL who marched!

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 17h

Where does all this money come from?

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 18h

Canadians will be protesting in solidarity with our American friends on October 18th at No Tyrants rallies in Vancouver, BC, as well as in Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario. Stronger together.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

I’d like to know too. Has all this insane bullshit made anyone’s life better?

Answer: NO - HELL NO.

#Pinks
#WorstPresidentEver #25thAmendmentNow

i want to check in with trump voters. i have one very genuine question: it's been 250 days. now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all - has your life gotten better? have your groceries gotten cheaper? has your health insurance premium gone down? has your work/life balance improved? can you take a vacation yet? are you happier? has the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way he promised it would, or are you still waiting?

- Ariana Grande

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 20h

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 18h

I reviewed Substacks policies and think they are fine.

substack.com/content

Content Guidelines

Substack is a media platform for video, writing, podcasts, and creator-centered communities, all powered by subscriptions.

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 20h

Too bad for the farmers!
76% of Agricultural Dependent counties voted for Trump.
This is simply FAFO!
FAFO Farmers, FAFO!
www.yahoo.com/news/u-farme...

U.S. farmers voted for Trump are feeling the pain from shutdown of federal programs Where do they go from here?

U.S. farmers are in a huge bind, and it could impact consumers, too.

www.yahoo.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 2d

www.newsday.com/news/nation/...

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 21h

I guess he never made it through the security clearance after all, huh?

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 4d

The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.

That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.

Trump's Labor Department admits that Trump's immigration crackdown is causing a shortage of farm workers

With fewer immigrant workers available on American farms, there is a risk of "supply shock-induced food shortages," the Labor Department says.

reason.com

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Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 21h

I don't want the government o know where I am at all times.
I will leave the phone at home.
We lived for thousands of years without cell phones.

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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