Sema
@luxysema.bsky.social
🧿Indigenous | Latina | Mamá
La vida es bella y hay muchas cosas por las que sonreír ✨♥️
✊🏽🇵🇸🇲🇽
La vida es bella y hay muchas cosas por las que sonreír ✨♥️
✊🏽🇵🇸🇲🇽
Some people say voting doesn’t matter, yet billionaires and lobbyists are backing gerrymandering and voter suppression laws. Makes you wonder why they’re trying so hard to silence something they say is meaningless.
August 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Some people say voting doesn’t matter, yet billionaires and lobbyists are backing gerrymandering and voter suppression laws. Makes you wonder why they’re trying so hard to silence something they say is meaningless.
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"Mamdani’s proposals would make the city more livable for working people while improving public goods — from transit to child care — that benefit everyone, including those footing a slightly higher tax bill."
Tax the Rich. They'll Stay
Mamdani’s plan to tax New York’s millionaires has the penthouse crowd aflutter. History and data show they won’t fly the coop.
www.rollingstone.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Mamdani’s proposals would make the city more livable for working people while improving public goods — from transit to child care — that benefit everyone, including those footing a slightly higher tax bill."
The biggest criminal in D.C. is in fact Trump.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The biggest criminal in D.C. is in fact Trump.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
We are in survival mode under fascism.
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We are in survival mode under fascism.
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges, was detained again on Monday after the Trump administration indicated that it planned to re-deport him to Uganda, his lawyer said. nyti.ms/4myTSgr
August 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges, was detained again on Monday after the Trump administration indicated that it planned to re-deport him to Uganda, his lawyer said. nyti.ms/4myTSgr
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“GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH”
@BalladHealth CEO Alan Levine (a Republican Lee pal) says a flooded East TN hospital may not get rebuilt thanks to Trump’s monstrous Bill.
Will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn & @RepJohnRose about backing it, as they run for guv? 🤷🏼♀️ www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
@BalladHealth CEO Alan Levine (a Republican Lee pal) says a flooded East TN hospital may not get rebuilt thanks to Trump’s monstrous Bill.
Will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn & @RepJohnRose about backing it, as they run for guv? 🤷🏼♀️ www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH”
@BalladHealth CEO Alan Levine (a Republican Lee pal) says a flooded East TN hospital may not get rebuilt thanks to Trump’s monstrous Bill.
Will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn & @RepJohnRose about backing it, as they run for guv? 🤷🏼♀️ www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
@BalladHealth CEO Alan Levine (a Republican Lee pal) says a flooded East TN hospital may not get rebuilt thanks to Trump’s monstrous Bill.
Will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn & @RepJohnRose about backing it, as they run for guv? 🤷🏼♀️ www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Central Texas is one of the most dangerous regions in the U.S. for flash flooding. Here’s why. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
What is flash flood alley and what do Texans in its path face?
Central Texas is one of the most dangerous regions in the U.S. for flash flooding. Here’s why.
www.tpr.org
July 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Central Texas is one of the most dangerous regions in the U.S. for flash flooding. Here’s why. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
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The death toll in Texas rose to 79 on Sunday afternoon and forecasters warned that downpours would continue in areas already reeling from the deadly floods. Dozens of people remained unaccounted for, including 10 girls from a summer camp on the Guadalupe River. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4knBZ1S
July 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The death toll in Texas rose to 79 on Sunday afternoon and forecasters warned that downpours would continue in areas already reeling from the deadly floods. Dozens of people remained unaccounted for, including 10 girls from a summer camp on the Guadalupe River. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4knBZ1S
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Cristina - "Things Fall Apart"
YouTube video by thehouseofusher
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December 25, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Somehow xmas manages to show up...even this year when it's just the two of us. ( and our kind families)
Low key and sweet. Nite!
Low key and sweet. Nite!
December 25, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Somehow xmas manages to show up...even this year when it's just the two of us. ( and our kind families)
Low key and sweet. Nite!
Low key and sweet. Nite!
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bringing this thread back one year later
thread of holiday beat mixes - hip-hop, vaporwave, future funk
Starting with ElFamosoDemon's Christmas Tape
Starting with ElFamosoDemon's Christmas Tape
Beat Soup x ElFamosoDemon | The Christmas Tape
Beat Soup & ElFamosoDemon Christmas Special.Longer version here: https://www.mixcloud.com/BEAT_SOUP/the-winter-break-tape-beat-soup-x-el-famoso-demon/trackli...
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December 25, 2024 at 4:34 AM
bringing this thread back one year later
Elon trying to be President. 🤣
Muthafucka needs to show us his papers. Show us your birth certificate.
Muthafucka needs to show us his papers. Show us your birth certificate.
December 20, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Elon trying to be President. 🤣
Muthafucka needs to show us his papers. Show us your birth certificate.
Muthafucka needs to show us his papers. Show us your birth certificate.
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‘It was like doomsday’: Palestinians who survived Israel’s brutal Beit Lahia offensive describe constant hunger, panic-inducing sound bombs, and drone attacks outside schools.
'Like doomsday': Palestinians recount surviving Israel's brutal Beit Lahia offensive
Survivors of Israeli incursion in northern Gaza describe drone attacks on schools, lack of food and medicine and dodging bullets
www.middleeasteye.net
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 PM
‘It was like doomsday’: Palestinians who survived Israel’s brutal Beit Lahia offensive describe constant hunger, panic-inducing sound bombs, and drone attacks outside schools.
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Mom charged with terrorism for saying "Delay, deny depose" to health insurance company after being denied a claim:
Mom Charged With Terrorism for Health Insurance "Threat"
How the FBI is protecting the insurance industry
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Mom charged with terrorism for saying "Delay, deny depose" to health insurance company after being denied a claim:
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SLANDERTOWN interviewed the internet's favorite independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social about the press and social media platforms blockading information about Luigi Mangione.
www.slandertown.com/blog/mangion...
www.slandertown.com/blog/mangion...
Why Are Platforms Erasing Luigi Mangione’s Social Media History? — SLANDERTOWN
Because the First Amendment only constrains state censorship, social media companies can decide for themselves what content can be circulated on their platforms. There is no ‘Poster’s Bill of Rights.’...
www.slandertown.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM
SLANDERTOWN interviewed the internet's favorite independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social about the press and social media platforms blockading information about Luigi Mangione.
www.slandertown.com/blog/mangion...
www.slandertown.com/blog/mangion...
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2 months ago, our newsfeeds were filled w/ photos of a chemical fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, GA. It looked like the mouth of hell had opened up. For @therealnews.com I spoke w/ 3 affected residents about the hell they’ve been living through ever since...
therealnews.com/ga-residents...
therealnews.com/ga-residents...
December 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM
2 months ago, our newsfeeds were filled w/ photos of a chemical fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, GA. It looked like the mouth of hell had opened up. For @therealnews.com I spoke w/ 3 affected residents about the hell they’ve been living through ever since...
therealnews.com/ga-residents...
therealnews.com/ga-residents...
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Israel hammering Tartus, Syria tonight, to further the nationalistic psychopathy of a man we ideologically and financially support.
December 16, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Israel hammering Tartus, Syria tonight, to further the nationalistic psychopathy of a man we ideologically and financially support.
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Sesame Street premiered in 1969, declaring its target audience “the four-year-old inner-city Black youngster.” It tackled poverty, disability, death, and difference with understanding and respect.
It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.
It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Support Us - Sesame Workshop
Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder.
sesameworkshop.org
December 16, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Sesame Street premiered in 1969, declaring its target audience “the four-year-old inner-city Black youngster.” It tackled poverty, disability, death, and difference with understanding and respect.
It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.
It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.
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Last time Trump won, Republicans had a huge margin in the house, this time…. Not so much
November 29, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Last time Trump won, Republicans had a huge margin in the house, this time…. Not so much
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Thousands were wrongly incarcerated under Joe Biden's Crime Act of 1994. He pardoned none of them, but he pardoned the one person he conditioned to break the law . . . his son.
Biden is no different from Trump, and he never was.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Biden is no different from Trump, and he never was.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Joe Biden issues ‘full and unconditional’ pardon to son Hunter
Decision marks reversal for US president, who had said he would not use executive authority to pardon son’s charges
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Thousands were wrongly incarcerated under Joe Biden's Crime Act of 1994. He pardoned none of them, but he pardoned the one person he conditioned to break the law . . . his son.
Biden is no different from Trump, and he never was.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Biden is no different from Trump, and he never was.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Holiday gifts for the Geeks and Gamers in your life!
ggtees.co/collections/...
ggtees.co/collections/...
a blue gift box with a silver bow on a red background
ALT: a blue gift box with a silver bow on a red background
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Holiday gifts for the Geeks and Gamers in your life!
ggtees.co/collections/...
ggtees.co/collections/...
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In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away
Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that…
propub.li
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM
In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
I have no trust in the State of Israel.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...
November 29, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I have no trust in the State of Israel.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...
Sometimes igniting fires to systemic oppression is required to light the way for others and staying warm on the journey to liberation.
November 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes igniting fires to systemic oppression is required to light the way for others and staying warm on the journey to liberation.