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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · Nov 26

Let me be clear: NO unsolicited DMs.
They are unacceptable to anyone. You will be blocked!
Women have faced sexual harassment for centuries: unwanted touching, denigration, sexual comments, & worse.
Male Offenders: learn self control & GTFO if you can’t.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 16h

This picture speaks for itself.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 17h

Bondi is lying but it’s worse than that: she’s blurring the line between fact and fiction for the GOP base. If nothing is true, no one can be held accountable. Keep speaking the truth.

The Nine Principles of Propaganda
1. LIE BIG Big lies work better than small because the masses won't believe that anyone would lie "about that."
2. FOCUS Don't make it complicated, ignore history, keep it simple for simple minds.
3. REPEAT People cannot tell the difference between facts and
familiarity. If they hear the same words repeated enough, they become true in their minds.
4. BLAME Never credit the other side, always blame, debase, defame, and dehumanize.
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5. PROVOKE Outrage, fear, and resentment are more powertul than reason, logic, or facts.
6. CRISIS Issues must be lite or death, good vs evil, love vs hate, us vs them.
Urgency defeats objection.
7. EMOTION A person might question facts, but they will never question their own feelings. Go emotional.
8. PANDER Ignore reasonable arguments, demonize all who disagree as having bad intentions.
9. NO LIMITS Morality is for losers. The victor's morality will not be questioned. No limits.

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Jaze 🇨🇦 @jaze.bsky.social · 17h

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 1d

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 20h

A view of Kyiv during a blackout following a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, targetting energy infrastructure on Oct. 10, 2025. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 20h

"At Tuesday’s 'roundtable' on 'antifa,' 1 of the speakers said that its origins were found in Weimar Germany.

The wrongdoers of history, according to them, were those who tried to prevent Hitler from coming to power.

This reveals the true target is American constitutionalism, law, & liberties"
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 21h

“Donkeys are like big dogs. They don’t bite. They don’t kick. They’re very calm,” said sanctuary co-owner Jim Urquhart.
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Oregon Donkey Sanctuary offers respite to animals and visitors alike

The Oregon Donkey Sanctuary is not just a forever home for donkeys; it also offers a healing refuge for people facing challenges in everyday life.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 21h

"The country of immigrants that stole the land piece by piece from Native Americans wants an All-American halftime performance.

In that case, they should have Redbone, who sang the 70’s hit, 'Come and Get Your Love'.....

Those would be true “All American” musical performers."
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The Turning Point Halftime Show and the America That Used to Be

In an America turning more towards nativism every day, Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA has announced “an All-American” Super Bowl halftime alternative to the official performance by Puerto Rican supe...

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 21h

“'ICE goes masked for a single reason, to terrorize Americans into quiescence,' Federal Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, wrote in a blistering 161-page First Amendment ruling.

The judge called the Trump Administration justifications for masks, 'disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable'"
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No Nobel For You, Donald

Plus: The Humiliation of Pam Bondi

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I refer to trump and his minions as fascists. Look up the definition and you'll see that they fit the bill.
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‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part out loud

A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

"The Line Between Order and Occupation

Stephen Miller claims Trump has "plenary authority". That's the same language Mussolini and Hitler used to dismantle democracy."
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The Line Between Order and Occupation

Stephen Miller claims Trump has "plenary authority". That's the same language Mussolini and Hitler used to dismantle democracy.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him. And he’s following a four point plan that you need to know about.

Watch our latest video to learn what Trump’s real plan is — and what you can do to stop it."
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The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

Russia's a tough spot, economically, but there are no visible indications that Putin is suddenly thinking of halting his onslaught
In fact, I doubt he has the luxury of ending the war short of an all-out victory
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WTF is wrong with Russia?

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

"The Chornobyl & Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants are in the news. It usually means that we’re dealing with another wave of Russia’s nuclear blackmail."
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What’s going on with Ukraine’s nuclear power plants?

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

How are you feeling about America’s future?

Optimistic
OR
Pessimistic

As for me, I vacillate between the two.

The Ultimate Question . . .

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Lorraine Miller @lorrainemiller7.bsky.social · 1d

They Create the Crisis, Then Send the Soldiers
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They Create the Crisis, Then Send the Soldiers

Every authoritarian playbook starts with panic. When leaders can’t earn trust, they manufacture terror, flood the news with false alarms, and call in the troops to “protect” the public from their own

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

"Every era has its iconic photos.¹

Could these be the images that define America Circa 2025? A Christian minister shot in the head with pepper balls and tear-gassed by masked agents of mass deportation. If you haven’t done so yet, watch this video. Even if you know the story, it’s still shocking."

Trump's Most Formidable Foe?

The Church rises.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump’s Gaza deal may earn him applause — but his record of stoking violence at home shows he’s no champion of peace."
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The "Peacemaker" Who Thrives on Chaos

Trump’s Gaza deal may earn him applause — but his record of stoking violence at home shows he’s no champion of peace.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 2d

"It's the anniversary of several deadly wildfires in 1871. While it was not the deadliest the Great Chicago Fire tends to be the one people remember, not least because observers turned it into anti-immigrant propaganda even before the flames had died out"
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The Great Chicago Fire

Today is the anniversary of several deadly wildfires that took place in 1871.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 2d

"ndra Watkins wants you to know that, unless you are a white Christian nationalist, you are the enemy of white Christian nationalists. Even some WCNs are enemies of other WCNs.

Make no mistake: If you are not living under their guidelines, you will be a target."
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You Will Be A Target. What to Do NOW to Prepare. | Andra Watkins & Sam Osterhout

Is a soft-secession in the works already?

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 2d

"The American news media has been severely compromised & shares complicity in the rise of this fascist regime

They treat this administration as curio piece instead of a threat to democracy

....This is how dictators gain power.

Media treats them like one might negligently treat a spoiled child."
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The Silencing of Karen Attiah

It’s great that Jimmy Kimmel is back on television.

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