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#AltGov #Resist #AltCitizen “We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov “Our power is not just our voices, it’s our money. We choose how and where we spend it.” - me #BoycottElSalvador

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · Jun 1

Office of Alt_Bartender

Official executive order and announcement

Starting June 1, I will be calling #Felon47 a new name.

TACO

Furthermore, any picture of Taco will include the use of the name “Taco” in all alt text.

I might add a hashtag. Details forthcoming.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

Jack Hopkins, a long-time janitor at Gettysburg College, and his family were central to the town’s history. His son Edward Hopkins served in the US Colored Troops during the Civil War and went on to become Gettysburg’s first Black elected official.

The museum is expected to open in 2027.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

2025 - A historic log cabin in downtown Gettysburg is being restored to become the town’s first dedicated Black History Museum, highlighting the lives and legacy of the Hopkins family and the wider Black community in the area.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

2014 - Democratic member of the Nevada Senate, Kelvin Atkinson made history in April 2013 by becoming the fifth openly LGBT member, and the first black gay member of the Nevada legislature.
He revealed his sexual orientation during a legislative debate surrounding a gay marriage ban in the state.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

2009 - President Barack Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Obama had been in office for less than 9 months at this time but the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway, said it was impressed by his promise of disarmament and diplomacy.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

The bombing led to a massive fire that killed six adult MOVE members and five children.

By dawn the next morning, the 6200 block of Osage was obliterated.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

Mayor Goode, who was not present at the scene at any time during the day or evening, authorized the release of a two-pound satchel bomb, composed of Tovex and C-4 explosives, from a state police helicopter onto the fortified bunker on top of 6221 Osage Avenue.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

1984- W. Wilson Goode became the first Black mayor of Philadelphia.

His term included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

1962 - The east African nation of Uganda became independent from British rule.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

Her husband tried to defend her but the mob shot and killed him.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

1893 - Bob Hudson was lynched by a white mob after his wife filed assault charges against a white man in Weakley County, Tenn., who was arrested and charged.

In retaliation, a group of ten masked men broke into their home and whipped Mrs. Hudson.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

1888 - O.B. Clare received a patent for a railroad trestle.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

1842 - The first Mass was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church of New Orleans, the first black church in Louisiana and the first black Catholic church in the United States.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

Oct. 9:

black history is not a month it 's a lifetime written on a yellow background

Alt: “Black history is not a month it’s a lifetime,” written on a yellow background

media.tenor.com

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 20h

Redditor is reporting that ICE set up a fake “stop Ice” website.

www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...

From the ICE_Raids community on Reddit: ICE created a fake stop ice website

Explore this post and more from the ICE_Raids community

www.reddit.com

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 1d

I pray every night that this is all a nightmare. Then I wake up and realize it’s our reality now.

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Joe is my president @meomy179.bsky.social · 1d

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 1d

An Argentine Football Association executive comfirmed and said it was because of unrest in Chicago, where Trump has deployed the National Guard to quell protests against the immigration crackdown. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the relocation had not been publicly announced.

Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 1d

The friendly match was supposed to be played on Oct. 13 at Soldier Field in Chicago but will be moved to Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2d

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2d

Yeah, show me.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2d

Her Green Belt Movement has planted more than 30 million trees in Africa and has helped nearly 900,000 women, according to the United Nations.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2d

Her efforts were the foundation for her Green Belt Movement, founded in 1977, with a mission to plant trees across Kenya to fight erosion and to create firewood for fuel and jobs for women.

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 2d

2004 - Kenyan ecologist Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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