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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5h

One of my favorite photos I took today—in the heart of Chicago on Michigan Ave.. You can count many American flags, Chicago flags, pro democracy signs, & anti-fascist signs.

0 flags to a politician, confederacy, or Nazis. MAGAs claim patriotism—but its anti-fascist Americans who actually embody it.

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · 9h

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · 21d

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · Sep 18

The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.

@realDonaldTrump

I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Sep 16

Sorry! I got here as fast as I could. I found this inky binky itty bitty ring snake (srsly. whole girl coiled up fits on a quarter, for those of you who remember cash money). She was in my basement. I don't see any more itty bitty mole crickets down there. <3

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Sep 6

I'm a human rights lawyer. I've worked on countless immigration, asylum, & refugee cases.

As the fascist in chief sends ICE and the military to target immigrants in Chicago, here are tangible steps you can take to protect your immigrant neighbors.

(No paywall)
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-to-pro...

How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

www.qasimrashid.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 7

😕 👩‍🌾

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Sep 6

I can't afford my home, but I'm hanging onto it tooth and nail because there's room for a large garden and some fruit trees. I went to the grocery store for the first time in over a year yesterday. I can't believe the price of groceries. In the northeast, at the supermarket, peaches are $3.50/lb.

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Sep 2

Growing a wide variety of open-pollinated, garden vegetables, especially heritage varieties, and saving seed. Photo is of some seeds soaking before planting this spring.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · Aug 30

We won’t notice it at first

Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected

Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year

But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths

All because of two men

Trump and RFK, Jr

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 28

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · Aug 21

Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 22

The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 15

The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.

The
WHITE HOUSE
The White House V*
@WhiteHouse
X.com
OPERATION MAKING D.C. SAFE & BEAUTIFUL
ARRESTED
CARRYING A PISTOL
WITHOUT A LICENSE
The WHITE HOUSE
2:01 PM • 8/11/25 • 1M Views

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Aug 11

I *can* relate. Put up 33 pints of cherry jam today! Pickles tomorrow. Enjoy the bounty.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 27

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Jul 23

You know it’s not the heat so much as it is the unyielding atmospheric stress and relentless legacy pressure to feel the same way you did 30 years ago when the things you were promised for a lifetime of hard work still existed

Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 7

Our pressure worked: The State Department has finally issued guidance for how individuals can proceed after a federal judge blocked President Trump's anti-trans passport policy.

If you or your loved ones are affected by this policy, we're here with more information.

Q&A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union

www.aclu.org

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Jul 4

Anyone else listening today?

Farmer Refuted by Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of

Song · 2015 · Duration 1:52

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Jun 25

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.

Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.

Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you combine this with the obsession with teen athletes' genitalia with various scandals, it's hard to see the GOP as anything other than a pro-child-molestation party. www.kuow.org/stories/trum...

Trump's DOJ sues Washington state over clergy sexual abuse reporting law

The federal government is suing Washington state over a new law that some Catholic priests refuse to follow.

www.kuow.org

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jun 22

if not war, why war shaped?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 20

🇺🇸 💰 @ramirez.house.gov : “If I had a magic wand to change one thing, it would be to get money out of politics… when colleagues of mine are about to vote they’re making phone calls to whoever bought them to ask for permission.”

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YourSisterFiona @yoursisterfiona.bsky.social · Jun 19

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For My People

For my people For my people In an interview for Callaloo literary journal, Walker remarked: “I remember hearing a criticism of ‘For My People’ by two white critics whom I admired. Religion has been us...

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