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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦

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Ecologist; artist; activist; empath; democracy defender; pluralist; globalist; public servant; antifascist; NAFO fella; Gaianist; Lyme fighter; Mother of Cats; gray Jedi; Moriquendi. I voted for the prosecutor, not the felon. Apathy = complicity.

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · Sep 13

This is the best explanation I've seen for what is happening in the world now, particularly in the US. Kilmeade's comments align with the pattern described here.

(HT @vivhenry.bsky.social )

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MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL

YouTube video by After Skool

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Sharon Carbine @sharoncarbine.bsky.social · 12h

FASCIST felon Donald Trump wreaks havoc, including torture & murders, globally
- hoping to distract us. Another Trump failure!

Release the Epstein Files NOW.

Also: Restore healthcare for millions of Americans, & reopen the federal government.

See "Distract."
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Distract

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry, protest purists. This is the only type of resistance that many conflict and confrontation-averse Americans feel comfortable participating in at this point. Any resistance to authoritarianism is a good thing, and the more people involved in it, the merrier (quite literally, in some cases).

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Portland has fallen!

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13h

Lest anyone think that the Jim Crow comparison is overdrawn, observe what the seemingly mild phrase "decriminalize domestic violence actually means:" a man beats the 💩 out of his wife repeatedly, but the authorities shrug until he cuts her hands off with an ax.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13h

This is also the message of the Epstein files and the shutdown of the US federal government to prevent their release: it's not just to protect Trump, but also the myriad of men from all walks of life who willingly participated in the systematic exploitation and terrorization of girls and women.

Men whose names appear in the Epstein files. Noam Chomsky ffs.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13h

In the US, domestic violence & rape are virtually never prosecuted. A 2025 report estimated *fewer than 4%* of rape cases result in conviction...most are unreported & those that are result mainly in persecution of the victim.
We live in a regime of gender terrorism.
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Less than 4% of sex crimes end in conviction, NBC News investigation shows

Data from eight major cities shows that less than 4% of sex crimes result in convictions.

www.nbcnews.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13h

Putin decriminalized domestic violence in Russia yrs ago. It's a required step in the fascist playbook; @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social documented this over a century of fascism.

This regime of state-sanctioned gender terrorism serves the same purpose in oppressing women as Jim Crow did toward PoC.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h

This is a red alarm fire. Please listen to Marc Elias.

After the primaries are over, all Democrats must vote for Democrats. I don't want to hear any of the "I stayed home because the Democrat didn't check all my boxes" crap.

And every Dem must vote. Every last one of us.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 13h

As more of the undecided become convinced that what the regime is doing is wrong, the larger these demonstrations will become. And then ICE will be facing off against more than just leftists and liberals. That's when the pendulum will really swing back against Trump.

Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 13h

News reports of streets filled with rioting brick throwers will never convince people like my neighbors here in MAGA country that ICE are the bad guys. Images of armed paramilitary operatives facing off against people in silly costumes, or dog piling hapless bystanders, IS having that effect.

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 13h

That writer seems to think that the inflatable animal costumes and party-like vibe of the Portland demonstrations are reducing their effectiveness. But what average, undecided Americans are seeing in the news belies what the regime is telling them about that city, and THAT is a powerful effect.

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 13h

I've had it with the protest purists who criticize seemingly everything that doesn't involve people in black bloc & gas masks picking fights with cops & setting cars and businesses on fire. When has that tactic ever moved the general public to take the protesters' side? Never, in the past 20 years.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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jrafaelc.bsky.social @jrafaelc.bsky.social · 1d

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Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦 @tracidegerman.bsky.social · 14h

Of course he's not concerned. Domestic violence isn't a crime in Russia, which is the model for much of what the Trump regime and its toadies, such as Johnson, intend for the US to become.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Crazy how these guys just keep showing up everywhere

ICE Agent in skull mask Broadview Illinois

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

Solidarity is the only way

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outlawpete9.bsky.social @outlawpete9.bsky.social · 16h

They are not kids - but even if they were, there words should be condemned by the VP of the US.

And again, not kids. Adults. Incels. JD the fake Catholic condones and makes excuses for hate.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

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DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
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Updated October 15, 2025

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

One commenter replied, “based song choice,” which was liked by the Border Patrol account. Another commenter wrote, “if you know you know.”

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 1d

Great analysis from a photographers point of view on the Time magazine cover photo. Thanks to dairyfreecatlady on TikTok for breaking this down!

Spoiler alert: it’s all about the ear

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