Athena Veritas
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athenaveritas.bsky.social
Change starts with me.

Friends, LEADERSHIP is ALL of us working together by doing what we as ONE, as a FEW, and as MANY, can do.

We, the people, as one, as a few, and as many, have the power. We ARE the power; ONE of us and ALL of us!
athenaveritas.bsky.social
Bravo! And Strength to the Interspecies Resistance Coalition‼️💪🏻🇺🇸🦖🐬🦄🦊🐼🦁🐸🐔
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maddow.msnbc.com
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
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bomtellino.bsky.social
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
athenaveritas.bsky.social
Viva La Interspecies Resistance Coalition!
thetnholler.bsky.social
Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
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lyndab08.bsky.social
The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?
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thinkingautism.com
"Although the dismantling of the CDC has cost the country its oldest, most stalwart resource for vaccine information, there remain many other resources for reliable, trustworthy & evidence-based information on vaccines." TY @tarahaelle.bsky.social for the list :

healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/10...
Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse
With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.
healthjournalism.org
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rbreich.bsky.social
The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
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acyn.bsky.social
Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.
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rbreich.bsky.social
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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atrupar.com
Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."
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kackbro.bsky.social
Chump And ICE want us to Retaliate So They Can Declare
Martial Law.........
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
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mskohut.bsky.social
Powerful weapons against fascism:
Joy
Love
Self-care
Humor
Solidarity
Empathy
Words
Ideas
Advocacy
Truth
Information
Friendship
Listening
Resting
Unity
Art

Use all your weapons.
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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
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thetnholler.bsky.social
‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...
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equalityalec.bsky.social
Making people afraid of marginalized strangers, and avoiding cultivation of skepticism of state power essential to any meaningful democratic civic life, is one of the most dangerous aspects of so-called Abundance and other various corporate neo-liberal attempts to co-opt a coalition against fascism.
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kemet2000.bsky.social
Abrego Garcia could be released this week.That IMO would be the 1st tangible step in the Unraveling.There are cracks in the form of MTG & others who are pushing hard on the release of the Epsteinfiles & on extension of the ACA subsidies.If dems hold strong,I believe we are approaching a inflection.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
ICYMI — They lied about why they assaulted the WGN producer (then rammed a car for no reason)
athenaveritas.bsky.social
BRAVO!!!👏🏻
grahamformaine.bsky.social
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.