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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 1d

I want to hear the symphony this guy is conducting.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 2d

What is “ two people I never need to hear from again in this lifetime” for $500 Alex?

A snippet of the guide channel on a television highlighting C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire” program with guests Mike Pence and Rahm Emanuel.

brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s a link to the essay that the video stems out of. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 2d

Where the sky-orcas at?

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

I want nothing to do with performers who help Saudi Arabia launder their reputation and civil rights abuses. I want nothing to do with what they are selling.

#SpeakWithYourSpending

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/e...

Here’s what Aziz Ansari can do with his Riyadh Comedy Festival money | CNN

Human Rights Watch doesn’t want your money, Pete Davidson and Louis CK. Instead, they would like comedians to advocate for Saudi Arabia to release human rights defenders.

www.cnn.com

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 3d

But wait, I thought they said watermelons couldn’t be racist 🤷‍♀️.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 3d

There would be riots at the table if they were missing.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 4d

A terrific network of friends.

brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 5d

That’s that DEI for ‘ya.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 5d

James Comey the FBI Director being arrested and persecuted is another terrible development in our slide into fascism.

James Comey the person could have saved us all so much suffering by not trying to sandbag Hillary Clinton.

#ISWIS

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t do that. It’s not the same. It’s not remotely the same.

brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 7d

If he ever actually won a primary I guess that’s something we’d have to worry about. In the real world, he only ever spoils ours and damages the prospects of the actual Democrat.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 7d

The hoops veterans have to jump through to get their Service Disabilities recognized (or assessed correctly, just as importantly)? Nah. They deserve better than this bullshit.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 8d

Pope Leo’s pro-migrant and refugee remarks from August also pointed to scripture calling on the faithful to “not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 8d

“Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement w/the inhuman treatment of immigrants … I don’t know if that’s pro-life,” he said.

His criticism follows extensive remarks from August calling migrants and refugees “messengers of hope” in a world often “darkened by war and injustice”👇🏽

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 10d

new from @tusk81.bsky.social:

In remarks this past week, Pope Leo XIV rebuked the anti-immigrant policies of the United States government, saying that the “inhuman treatment of immigrants” are not in line with the teachings of the Church.

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 8d

That pic with the toddler is fake. However, the story of kids getting zippedtied is not. Words from Gov Pritzker of Illinois. time.com/7323334/ice-...

'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics

Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid.

time.com

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 8d

Better than the MSNBC reporter who called it the KKK yesterday.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 9d

The fact that there are a lot of ignorant and self-centered people in this country - not to mention people facing deliberate obstacles to vote - is not news.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 9d

It’s the wallpaper isn’t it?

brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 9d

Actually, “Vote for me because the other guy will be even worse” should have been plenty, given the other guy.

It’s a bullshit assessment, bc she had a comprehensive platform with all kinds of things that would’ve improved lives across this country. But on its own yeah that should’ve been enough.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 10d

this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 12d

The article is actually worse than the headline.

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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 12d

You’ve got to be shitting me.

brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 12d

Hmmm. Ideas?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

GOV. PRITZKER: “.. Our small businesses suffer when our residents .. are made to feel unsafe by the jackbooted thugs roaming around a peaceful downtown. Parents are now scared to send their kids to school .. This is no way to live,”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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