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I'm a Progressive activist in Arizona and I'm wide awake; I'll sleep when I'm dead. I'm an ally. I'm an atheist. I'm a cancer survivor. I'm sober. The fuel now is coffee and rage. FAFO. #RESIST with me: www.moveon.org

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, we must ALL come together in PEACEFUL protest against Trump's authoritarian regime. Over 2,200 events are scheduled nationwide for next Saturday, October 18th 2025. If you're in the Phoenix area, come to mine! Let's show em what Democracy looks like!! 😎🌵💙🇺🇸 #nokings 👇👇👇

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NO KINGS Scottsdale · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 1h

I'll be 47 years old in January. I'm a breast cancer survivor and I work three jobs. I have a masters degree. I can barely afford my apartment and I will have to drop my insurance if my ACA premium triples because I already pay $250 per month. We are 3rd world but just with better infrastructure.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 2h

*if he wasn't charismatic*

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 15h

This man is de-escalating and calling out state troopers! Defend your 1st Amendment Rights! ✊🏼 #firstamendment

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is charismatic in the same way Hitler was. If he wants charismatic there would be no MAGA movement. That's why they flock to him. Because of "him." They don't care what he says, they don't care what he does. It's a cult of personality and like it or not, Trump does that for them.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14h

Y’ALL ARE KILLING ME

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 3h

Trump is no genius. He is not intelligent by any stretch of the imagination. He does not read. He is not educated. But what he does have is charisma. That and the morally bankrupt soul of a grifter. Trump surrounds himself with people who tell him he's great and that's all he cares about. It's sad.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 3h

Nowhere will I but we can't spend the rest of our days focused on the past. We have fascism to fight now.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

holy shit

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

China is getting the headlines it wanted — ahead of Monday’s market open.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/world/china/...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

I would like to say something

Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 5h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13h

What’s happening right now should terrify every American. We’re sliding toward empty shelves, broken systems, and a government run by chaos. This week on @meidastouch.com, I break down how close we really are and what we can do to stop it.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 4h

Seems about right.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

Sending strength to Joe Biden as he begins radiation and hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Few people have given more of themselves in service to this country. Wishing him comfort and healing surrounded by family and love.

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 1d

NO KINGS Scottsdale · No Kings

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

In a Chicago suburb, ICE GOONS brutally attacked a 15-year-old girl. They forcibly removed her from her car, slammed her to the ground, and then placed their knee on her neck.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18h

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 18h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 18h

That's not Bondi. That is a Belgian model named Ingrid Seynhaeve.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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🌀littlebluetornado🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 22h

There are no gods. There is no afterlife. So let's be the best humans we can be while we are here cause we only have one shot. If that's me proselytizing and you're annoyed then so be it. 🤷‍♀️