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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 19h

One of the most irritating things I frequently encounter from transphobes is oddly similar to anti-vaxxer logic. Namely, that scientific evidence which contradicts their opinion is simply dismissed outright. When confronted with evidence about gender identity, the response is always utter denial.

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Trans Woman Support @tws-website.com · 15h

And it will be happening around the world

#riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 15h

47 years ago today

It is so easily forgotten, she was daughter, friend, human. Died on this day 1978 at Chelsea Hotel, New York City under circumstances not perfectly clarified.

Rest in peace Nancy Spungen

📸 Chalkie Davies

#punk #nancyspungen #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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•Anti-capitalist meme pebbler• @seizethememez.bsky.social · 15h

The meme features two characters from "The Good Place." In the first panel, a character is pointing and saying, "Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place." In the second panel, she continues, "because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 20h

The level of innocence this kitty holds..

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

#cat #catday #bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 1d

You cannot tell me Governor Newsom isn't on his game.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 23h

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE GOONS are harassing two 15-year-old boys on bicycles in Chicago.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Making people afraid to be affiliated with antifascism—making people afraid to be associated with groups and people that actively oppose fascism—is some bleak shit.

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 1d

When Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the voice of reason in your party, just maybe you’ve lost the plot line 😜🤷🏻‍♀️

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 18h

You know what?

When the United States actually takes care of a of the people within its borders, I'll consider being respectful or grateful to this country. But for now, what I see is a country founded on multiple genocides doing its level best to either deny those genocides ever happened,

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 17h

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20h

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 18h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 21h

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 15h

The brown people aren't stealing your jobs.
The orange man is stealing your future.

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onewickedwonka.bsky.social @onewickedwonka.bsky.social · 1d

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