Bob Callen
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Bob Callen
@rwcallen.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Cuts to Food Aid by the Trump Administration have been devastating to food banks. Please help us raise money to fill the need here in Lexington—$5 minimum online, or any cash amount in person at the 10/18 No Kings event. $1 buys SIX MEALS: godspantry.donorsupport.co/-/NRBSYYQX?m...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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VOTE EARLY, VOTE AFTYN
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
VOTE EARLY, VOTE AFTYN
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
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There’s some amazing local coffee shops that pay their workers well and invest directly in our communities. Today is a really great day to support them!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There’s some amazing local coffee shops that pay their workers well and invest directly in our communities. Today is a really great day to support them!
Underrated skeet right here.
Love someone like Republican administrations love to invade oil rich countries.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Underrated skeet right here.
Make your plans for coffee from somewhere else now in case they strike. Do not cross picket lines!
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Make your plans for coffee from somewhere else now in case they strike. Do not cross picket lines!
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Joke’s on everyone who said liberal arts degrees don’t prepare you for the real world - my studies in rise of the Third Reich now doubles as a survival guide.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Joke’s on everyone who said liberal arts degrees don’t prepare you for the real world - my studies in rise of the Third Reich now doubles as a survival guide.
AOC understands the assignment.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
AOC understands the assignment.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
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consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
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US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.
United States skips UN review of its human rights record
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.
If you ever wondered what you would have done in 1937 Germany, you’re doing it right now.
This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you ever wondered what you would have done in 1937 Germany, you’re doing it right now.
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Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
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The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires soared by $698bn in the past year…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires soared by $698bn in the past year…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Do not watch. Do not support.
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Do not watch. Do not support.
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The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
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COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
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BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
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The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊
Shutdown Assistance
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
Vote, Virginia friends!
And it's going on RIGHT NOW! If you feel ready to vote and you have the time, go on ahead and cast your ballot!
Find your early voting location here: www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba...
Find your early voting location here: www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba...
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Vote, Virginia friends!
Abolish ICE.
An ICE agent argued that taking upskirt photos of a flight attendant wasn’t a crime because he was sneaky. Um, no, says the 11th Circuit, which upheld his conviction reason.com/2025/10/16/i...
ICE agent who took upskirt photos of flight attendant says it wasn’t a crime because he was sneaky
Billy Olvera's "clandestine video voyeurism," as his lawyer would later describe it, took place while he was on duty as a deportation officer.
reason.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Abolish ICE.