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Nature lover living on occupied Rappahannock land, Doodle Mom, Rabid Feminist, OMA, LGBTQIA+, Black Lives Matter, Save Tibet, Free Palestine, Stand with Ukraine, end ICE. #Pink We are all interconnected. Sarcasm is my primary language. Nature is my solace.

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WingChick @wingchick49.bsky.social · Nov 6

Twitter refugee. Democratic Socialist. Basic sustenance, healthcare and a living wage are human rights. I can be blunt and have zero tolerance for people whose heads are up their asses. But I have unlimited compassion for those in need, and value interaction and connection with like-minded folk.

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CNN @cnn.com · 10h

Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars.

Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons | CNN

Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Clark Kent @clarkfromearthx.bsky.social · 18h

A #FrogBloc isn't just a wacky idea. It's a proven tactic: "dilemma action"

In Serbia, activists dressed as toy soldiers when the regime called them terrorists. In Thailand, they danced as ghosts.

It makes repression look ridiculous. It's hard to justify soldiers vs a chicken suit.

#DilemmaAction

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WingChick @wingchick49.bsky.social · 10h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Mockler: Trump on his first day issued a historic and he has been subverting congress… He has absolutely been consolidating power by appointing loyalists

Jennings: All presidents appoint their supporters…

Mockler: Do they then ask their supporters to indict people…

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

Straight-up racial profiling.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 12h

I'd like to report a murder:

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 13h

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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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14h

Congrats to University of California professors & alumni for being awarded 5 Nobel Prizes!

California’s scientists are leading the world in crucial breakthroughs.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

"Support the troops, y'all!"

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WingChick @wingchick49.bsky.social · 14h

Someone get Winnie a dictionary.

WingChick @wingchick49.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you Mark.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

Let's be clear: If North Carolina Republicans gerrymander their already illegal map further, they will be sued and they will lose.

I never bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15h

The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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WingChick @wingchick49.bsky.social · 15h

Hold the line!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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Little Miss FAFO @nofuxgiven.bsky.social · 1d

The one Senate Democrat facing dire consequences from the shutdown is holding firm - POLITICO

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The 1 Senate Democrat facing dire consequences from the shutdown is holding firm — POLITICO

Jon Ossoff is sticking closely to his party’s strategy of focusing on the battle over health care.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16h

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

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

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 16h

Also,
Let’s listen to this patron 👇

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@DemocracyHere @democracyhere.bsky.social · 18h

❤️🤍💙

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Find your local event at nokings.org/#map.

Bring your family and friends. Stand up with everyone you love, for the country you hold dear.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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