TerriF
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TerriF
@terrif986.bsky.social
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Retired academic librarian.Lifelong Democrat. Practical optimist.
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Outside Chicago—

State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.

A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.

Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
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We know what’s at stake right now: our democracy, freedom, and the promise that no one—not a president, corporation, or billionaire—is above the law.

I’ll always hold the line because in Minnesota, the people rule.
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Adelita Grijalva has now waited the longest to be sworn in of any winner of congressional special election. GOP Speaker Johnson's refusal to swear her in is the latest reminder of the GOP's rejection of democracy. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-refus...
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
The GOP is anti-democracy party
deanobeidallah.substack.com
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The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans.

They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
www.cnn.com
Ironic that the one piece of furniture I have that one of my relatives wants is my library catalog too! Doesn’t it just make your heart sing!💕
Love the library catalog. You are keeping it I hope!
Proud of our Bishop @craigloya.bsky.social “preached a message of inclusion…proclaim that diversity makes us stronger and that there is no clearer moral imperative than standing with the immigrant and the outsider, because that is how God has embraced every single one of us,” Loya said. “
Hundreds protests DHS Secretary Noem during press conference at Fort Snelling • Minnesota Reformer
Hundreds gathered outside the federal Whipple Building at Fort Snelling Friday to protest the presence of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who is leading the Trump administration’s efforts ...
minnesotareformer.com
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I thank my friend @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social for endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the New York mayor’s race. I think this was the right choice. Thanks Sir!
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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If y'all are shocked that they used flash bang grenades on protesters in the Bay Area then you didn't Stand with Standing Rock long enough.

Black and Brown people have always known exactly what your government is capable of.

You just didn't listen.
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Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.

How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
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Check out the livestream of the Rapid Response protest of Noem's ICE Escalation in MN outside the Whipple Building at Ft Snelling from @fox9mn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/3OVLjtj...
@mn50501.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
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These photos get more outrageous the more you look at them.

Tearing down the People's House for a $300M vanity project while federal workers go unpaid and America barrels towards a health care crisis.

A literal depiction of what Trump is doing to our country.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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Pretty much know how this will end. Just like Roe vs Wade. And it won’t be long before they revoke the right for women to vote.
From Minneapolis #NoKings - my new favorite sign of the day. @indivistwincities.bsky.social
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A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings