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@ruthjohnston.bsky.social
I tweeted & sounded alarms in an echo chamber
NOW I want to do something! Let's brainstorm
No money to donate, please stop asking
NOT here to date
NOW I want to do something! Let's brainstorm
No money to donate, please stop asking
NOT here to date
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@ruthjohnston.bsky.social
· Apr 13
This is US
This is me. I waited my whole 67 years for this
I always felt I had a special purpose
This is it
At the best time to be antifa - against the worst human ever
This is me. I waited my whole 67 years for this
I always felt I had a special purpose
This is it
At the best time to be antifa - against the worst human ever
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rabble.ca/politics/can...
Thank you to the Institute for Change Leaders for co-sponsoring the fellowship!
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Thank you to the Institute for Change Leaders for co-sponsoring the fellowship!
Federal budget cuts $2.7 billion in international assistance
Experts warn that the decision to cut international assistance could jeopardize vulnerable lives abroad while exposing Canadians to greater security and health risks.
rabble.ca
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Thank you to the Institute for Change Leaders for co-sponsoring the fellowship!
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Thank you to the Institute for Change Leaders for co-sponsoring the fellowship!
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@sarahsahagian.bsky.social highlights the first piece from our new Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow, Bridget Potasky.
Bridget examines how Canada’s planned cuts to foreign aid could harm vulnerable communities around the world and why these cuts aren’t even in Canada’s own best interests.
Bridget examines how Canada’s planned cuts to foreign aid could harm vulnerable communities around the world and why these cuts aren’t even in Canada’s own best interests.
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@sarahsahagian.bsky.social highlights the first piece from our new Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow, Bridget Potasky.
Bridget examines how Canada’s planned cuts to foreign aid could harm vulnerable communities around the world and why these cuts aren’t even in Canada’s own best interests.
Bridget examines how Canada’s planned cuts to foreign aid could harm vulnerable communities around the world and why these cuts aren’t even in Canada’s own best interests.
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For years, the freewheeling virtual community “Buy Nothing” — where locals post about items they have on hand and clothes and food are traded on good will — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. The government shutdown made things worse.
‘Buy Nothing’ Was Their Everything. Then Came the Trademark Troubles.
For years, the freewheeling virtual community — where neighbors share free goods — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. A government shutdown made things worse.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For years, the freewheeling virtual community “Buy Nothing” — where locals post about items they have on hand and clothes and food are traded on good will — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. The government shutdown made things worse.
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Pearl River, New York
Wednesday, November 19
Protect Your Healthcare!
Wednesday, November 19
Protect Your Healthcare!
#HealthcareHeist
#Persist
#NewYork
Pearl River New York
Protect Your Healthcare!
Wednesday, November 19
11am – 12pm EST
Rep. Lawler's District Office
One Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, NY 10965
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
#Persist
#NewYork
Pearl River New York
Protect Your Healthcare!
Wednesday, November 19
11am – 12pm EST
Rep. Lawler's District Office
One Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, NY 10965
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Protect Your Healthcare! · Mobilize
Republicans are putting your healthcare at risk - hold Rep. Lawler accountable.
With the government shutdown ending, Republican are going to let the ACA's premium tax credit expire - the very protec...
www.mobilize.us
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Pearl River, New York
Wednesday, November 19
Protect Your Healthcare!
Wednesday, November 19
Protect Your Healthcare!
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This needs to get a LOT of traction.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This needs to get a LOT of traction.
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We will dance that day
a little girl is dancing in the rain on a sidewalk .
ALT: a little girl is dancing in the rain on a sidewalk .
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We will dance that day
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Does he care about healthcare, the price of food, utilities, or anything else? According to him, he doesn’t.
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Does he care about healthcare, the price of food, utilities, or anything else? According to him, he doesn’t.
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Some of the most respected Chicago journalists in modern history came together to pen a letter decrying the terror being waged by the federal government against area residents.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Retired journalists raise the alarm about state sponsored terror in Chicago
"It is without precedent that the biggest names in Chicago journalism have come together to condemn a public action"
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some of the most respected Chicago journalists in modern history came together to pen a letter decrying the terror being waged by the federal government against area residents.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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…government reopened this week without a deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, which has alarmed health care experts across the nation. “Lots of people will actually die because we don’t have universal coverage”…
youtube.com/watch?v=ZBdz...
youtube.com/watch?v=ZBdz...
‘Lots of people will actually die’: Expert outlines consequences of letting ACA subsidies expire
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
…government reopened this week without a deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, which has alarmed health care experts across the nation. “Lots of people will actually die because we don’t have universal coverage”…
youtube.com/watch?v=ZBdz...
youtube.com/watch?v=ZBdz...
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Pigs
ICE thug carrying an AR-15 stole a U.S. citizen’s car keys and wallet, then abandoned her vehicle in the middle of Portland Road NE and Ward Drive NE in Salem, Oregon.
This is purely evil and criminal...
This is purely evil and criminal...
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pigs
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Like, follow, and repost!
go.bsky.app/68CjpDC Thank you much @judithbolyard.bsky.social for including me in this Spectacular pack. Thanks for all you do for us to build community 💙💙
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Like, follow, and repost!
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The last excuse of a cornered rat...
'I Have A Country To Run!': Trump Goes In Full Panic Mode Over Epstein-Gate
crooksandliars.com
'I Have A Country To Run!': Trump Goes In Full Panic Mode Over Epstein-Gate | Crooks and Liars
twp.ai
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The last excuse of a cornered rat...
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JUST FEED THEM
ANd send them home with meals
ANd send them home with meals
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
JUST FEED THEM
ANd send them home with meals
ANd send them home with meals
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That's good. Whole country should be in the streets daily until this shit ends.
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
That's good. Whole country should be in the streets daily until this shit ends.
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Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
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Great to see our march against RFK in DC used as the banner photo!! I think thsts @rdmorris.bsky.social stacking some of the >150,000 signed petitions to oust him… H/t @cdelawalla.bsky.social & @standupforscience.bsky.social for great planning & execution! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Dems eye RFK Jr. as their 2026 boogeyman
Inside Democrats’ effort to attack RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves without angering his base.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Great to see our march against RFK in DC used as the banner photo!! I think thsts @rdmorris.bsky.social stacking some of the >150,000 signed petitions to oust him… H/t @cdelawalla.bsky.social & @standupforscience.bsky.social for great planning & execution! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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So you think they were best buds
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
So you think they were best buds
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I can't believe he was gay the whole time.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I can't believe he was gay the whole time.
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I will no longer engage with hateful comments on X , thus I have chosen to respond in this manner. 🤗
November 24, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I will no longer engage with hateful comments on X , thus I have chosen to respond in this manner. 🤗
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Trump literally putting Marge’s life in danger because she wants to see the Epstein files
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Trump literally putting Marge’s life in danger because she wants to see the Epstein files
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bsky.app/profile/midn...
How 'bout a Whitewater style investigation into Ken ?
How 'bout a Whitewater style investigation into Ken ?
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
bsky.app/profile/midn...
How 'bout a Whitewater style investigation into Ken ?
How 'bout a Whitewater style investigation into Ken ?
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Notice he still has yet to deny raping little kids.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Notice he still has yet to deny raping little kids.