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Andy O

@andyo.bsky.social

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 14d

And now for some timeline cleaning jam.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0...

Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk

YouTube video by Nerd Fest UK

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 22m

Bingo!

And stop letting Republicans hijack the narrative - such as debating if No Kings are hate events.

They want a king. This is the thing.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 14h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 23m

Bingo!

And stop letting Republicans hijack the narrative - such as debating if No Kings are hate events. They want s king. Thus is the thing.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 15h

Do we know the suburb where this happened, along with date and location?

We should give that suburb a hard time for supporting federal goons assaulting and abducting people.

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 15h

Republican Governors are massively negligent and not into the helping Americans thing. Not even their own constitutents.

In Abbott's case, he afflicts Texans with gutted safety regulations, pollution protections, flood protection, indifference to gun violence and more. The man is a menace.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 15h

Notice the local police squad there as the gang arrives, and then they just get out of the way and let ICE assault people.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 16h

I noticed, too. They do nothing as people are assaulted.

Police take care of their own.

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 16h

Speak out against brutality from ICE goons. Have the courage to do the right thing.

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

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 19h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 17h

Note: Republicans do not address the "No Kings" theme, or even say it.

That is a clue that No Kings is a powerful message, deeply rooted in American life.

So say it and demand they agree.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 17h

Mask up, good people. We will not be told if there are diseases spreading.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 22h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 18h

Well, they're federal government employees.

Non-military employees should also matter to us. I see no such concern for them.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 18h

Non-military federal employees also suffer hardship from the (Republican) shutdown.

But even a Bluesky feed shows there is no concern for them as there are for the military.

This country is so fucked up.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 18h

Greg Abbott could not care less about the people of Texas.

Abbott makes that clear by reducing safety requirements for industrial plants that hurt communities and his indifference to children lost to gunmen and floods.

And his priority as a Trump lackey to invade Illinois, over protect Texans.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 19h

It's very Orwellian.

"2+2=5"

deadline.com/2025/05/orwe...

‘Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5’ Review: Raoul’s Peck’s Vital Film Shows How We’re Living In A ‘1984’-Style Dystopia

'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5' review: director Raoul Peck shows how we're living in Orwellian times, where Trump and other autocrats punish free thought.

deadline.com

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 19h

The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos has become a pale shadow of its former self.

More like the Bezos Post. Or the Bozos Post.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 19h

"Millenials" are not a political movement but people whose birth years occurred between 2 arbitrary years.

We really don't need to pit generations against each other.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 20h

Great wealth warps brains.

We're witnessing massive greed.

Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 20h

An idiot and his money are soon parted.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 23h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 20h

It's bizarre that city and state allow this violence to happen without intervening to enforce state laws against assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment.

Get on it!

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21h

This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social · 21h

And to the non-military employees of federal workers... who cares?

I hate when only military people matter.