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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 8h

A much needed message of hope

The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 2d

🎥🤝 Mayor to Mayor: Bernie × Zohran.

Two populists on how to win power and **use it**: organize, deliver, and pass the baton. And... Zohran's massive responsibility is discussed. 🍐

Watch, share, plug in. 👉 thelibertypear.com/2025/09/26/p...

[Video] Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani

Some really great lessons with a bit of 'passing the baton' energy — two populists talk mayoral politics.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 22h

🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS terrorizing US citizens shopping at Walgreens.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 1d

The three most outspoken countries against climate change, the US, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, are also the world’s three largest petroleum producers.

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Dawn Farmer @joyouslegacy.bsky.social · 1d

Join CNN for the NATIONAL TOWN HALL tomorrow with Sen Sanders & Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez AND JOIN OUR PROUD AMERICAN PATRIOTS to PEACEFULLY declare NO KINGS EVER in a FREE & DEMOCRATIC USA on Saturday 10/18/2025 REMEMBER, antifa means ANTI-FASCIST & WE EXERCISE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS NOW!

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Ultrasfcdk @ultrasfcdk.bsky.social · 19d

A father mourns his son, killed by the russians. Ukrainians are paying the highest price for their freedom. The free world must stand with Ukraine — and provide everything needed to defeat russian evil.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve paid into a system our entire lives so that very minimal societal needs can be met and at this point all of our tax money is going towards KKKristian Nationalism.

We gotta SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN.

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact: the Posse Comitatus Act marked the end of Reconstruction. By denying Federal troops the power to protect the rights of Freedmen, it set the stage for the reemergence of white supremacy in the post Civil War South.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 2d

It’s said that no news is good news. The reverse is also true. Good news is no(t) news. The little successes that happen that happen throughout the week won’t draw many clicks. They rarely make it into the news cycle.

The world is seldom as bleak as it seems.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 2d

Finally a politician stands up unequivocally for trans rights.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 2d

Or takes children hostage

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 3d

Those high up in the MAGA movement (I hesitate to call them leaders) think they can prove their manhood by cruelty toward the weak, bullying, and bluster. A real man is strong enough to treat others as equals.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 3d

In the field of electricity production, the world has passed peak carbon.

es.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

La energía solar y eólica ya generan más electricidad que el carbón

Por primera vez, la energía solar y eólica generaron más electricidad que el carbón a nivel mundial, según un informe de Ember. El estudio destaca un punto de inflexión en la transición energética glo...

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA like Pete Hegseth engage in compensatory machismo. Rather than going through the hard work of learning how to run a modern military, he plays macho as if that were enough.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 5d

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 5d

If Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he should start by bringing peace to the United States. This means not militarizing the cities. End the performative cruelty of immigration enforcement. Don’t use the Justice Department against your critics.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5d

Just one more.

The Study
Every Study Ever:
Reliable transit, safe active transportation options and fewer cars will improve cities.
City:
Hmm, can we really trust every study ever done?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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