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💙Born liberal: love and equality for everybody. Spiritual humanist/atheist. Thumbnail: my daughter Bekah Zask 06Jul1980-19Jul2001. Full time unpaid member of #TheOpposition #BlueCrew#BLM💙💙🇺🇸 🌈🇺🇦 I say fuck a lot. https://substack.com/@barbtries

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · Jan 27

#BeTheOpposition #SaveDemocracy
06Nov2024: I lost a lot of my faith that day. My determination to keep on being me, to stay active, to fight the tide of fascism that threatens to ruin us, is strong. To always stand on the side where love, kindness, equality, and acceptance mean more than greed.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 19h

They are psychopaths. bsky.app/profile/the-...

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8d

But then there’s this RECKLESS behavior by a Portland cop who sprays pepper spray directly into the air vent of a costume-clad protestor.

Absolutely unacceptable.
Fire him.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 6h

jaw on floor. they're just waiting for the go sign to mow us down with real bullets. these people are lower than scum.

enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 19h

They are psychopaths. bsky.app/profile/the-...

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8d

But then there’s this RECKLESS behavior by a Portland cop who sprays pepper spray directly into the air vent of a costume-clad protestor.

Absolutely unacceptable.
Fire him.

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BeingHelpish 💙 🇺🇦 @beinghelpish.bsky.social · 8h

Free art: postimg.cc/gallery/Dz1g...

Black sign with white and red writing that says DISOBEY ILLEGAL ORDERS
GI RIGHTS HOTLINE:
1-877-447-4487

Red sign with white and black writing that says Without due process, it's just
KIDNAPPING

Sign with blue on blue no kings, repeating background. On the left is a crown with a red cross through it underneath that it says no kings. On the right is a green frog’s face, smiling. Under that it says only frogs.

Red sign with white and black text. Giant letters say This is some
NaZI
shit
Smaller text says: controlling the media infringing on states' rights using the military on citizens threatening political opponents attacking the arts and universities denying due process

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 16h

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TWiV 1260: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

YouTube video by MicrobeTV

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mitch2266.bsky.social @mitch2266.bsky.social · 17h

Nope. He’s Satan, pretending to be God-like 👿👿👿

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

It must have been at least 20 years ago, I had a nightmare where hordes of thugs in uniforms with guns were besieging my neighborhood.
Honestly I never thought that dream would come true in my lifetime, but it did.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

Tell me about your signs or post pictures of them here. I'm still mulling over mine, I have a couple ideas relating to FREEDOM and antifa.
18Oct2025 let's ALL be there! Be brave! Be peaceful! Be there!
reproductivefreedomforall.org/resources/jo...

Join NO KINGS, a national day of protest on Saturday, October 18, 2025

Reproductive Freedom for All is an organizing partner in the national No Kings: National Day of Defiance Rallies to protest the Trump administration

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

i tried to listen to his response, all bullshit, can't stand his voice, but i can see he is not doing SHIT to help hurting families. he doesn't care if her children die.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

Any predictions? Seems it all depends on whether the judges are magats. If they are, the arguments are all moot?

Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

Canada stand firm and save your democracy! It's worth it. Love, an american experiencing the loss.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

AND, for profit. We have crossed the rubicon where money matters more than people and even more than democracy. Late or end stage capitalism.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

No, it's obvious. Without Independent Media we would be completely bereft of a functional fourth estate.

PS he's crumbling into dust.

Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

generalstrikeus.com

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The General Strike

The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

i hope there's video.

a man with a beard is saying how cool would that be

Alt: a man with a beard is saying how cool would that be fried krasnov. his brain's already been there done that after all.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

I see the disunited states of dystopia as a sort of blend of 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale.
republicans think this will make them happy. fuck republicans.

Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 18h

MAGA are busy changing up words and the meanings of words, so their crimes don’t seem criminal and normal activities will be defined as terrorism. It’s the book 1984 in real time.

People who are knee deep in kidnapping, human trafficking and pedophile rings need to redefine their activities.

Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 17h

yeah. i don't like to say his name. this is said to be the code name he was given by russia.

a woman is holding a baby in her arms while standing at a podium .

Alt: a woman is holding a baby in her arms while standing at a podium . krasnov is the current president of the USA if you can believe that.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 18h

Republican Rep Claims Everyone at “No Kings” Protest Is a Terrorist newrepublic.com/post/201660/... via @newrepublic.com
As with just about everything, every accusation is a confession. #BeTheOpposition #SaveDemocracy

Republican Rep Claims Everyone at “No Kings” Protest Is a Terrorist

This is how the Republicans begin to dismantle the First Amendment.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 18h

A page out of my Antifa father's diary written on the USS Constitution on 07Dec1941.

A 22-year-old American sailor, antifa, survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and if he had not lived, I would not be here today.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 18h

#ProtestSongOfTheDay
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The working people fuel the engine
While you yank the chain
We fight the wars and build the buildings
For someone else's gain
So, tell me, who will stand with us?

18Oct2025 We The People Mass Protest!!

Who'll Stand With Us?

YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys - Topic

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 18h

I was telling a friend that emotionally he never grew up past the age of 2 and my friend laughed, and I said, "no, I'm serious."
that was in 2016,
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump and Mary Trump's book Too Much and Never Enough tells the story. Krasnov is a terminally damaged person.

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Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 18h

it's not how i see it in retrospect. I see it as a grave disservice to the country and to justice. As I said, every republican president since has broken the law with impunity and gotten away with it, and now we are losing democracy.

Democratic Barbara @barbtries.bsky.social · 1d

"chicks" he says while wearing shades on camera. Acyn, I don't know how you do it. but thank you.