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Astrea1965💙🌊🦋(pic©️) @astrea1965.bsky.social · 1h

🖤Happy Indigenous Peoples Day🖤

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3d

Ned Blackhawk - How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 56m

"Night Watch"

By Native American artist Rudolph Carl Gorman (1992)

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 13h

This country needs a very serious shake up. We seem to be at the stage of 'let them eat cake." This has to change. Like yesterday.

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Del Potter PhD @drdelpotter.bsky.social · 14h

This Bad Bunny speaking Spanish issue is ridiculous. People in Europe normally speak several languages. It’s a sign of erudition and intelligence. Are we that lame ignorant and lacking in culture that we can’t make an effort to embrace the perspectives, world views & languages of other countries? 1/

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 14h

I agree with this thread 100%! And more.

Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 14h

💙
#StrongerTogether

Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 15h

"Contact"

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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 20h

Oh well

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Emanuel: China's basically found leverage; they're applying pressure, and they're doing it to soybean farmers. Our farmers have lost that market, are out a huge amount of money, and could see a lot of bankruptcies in the rural parts of the Midwest.

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 20h

Anything to get back into power. Shameful.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Kamala Harris: "I think he has a vengeance campaign, which is really exposing the petty nature of who he is and his deep level of insecurity."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 HEY NYC — This clip alone is completely disqualifying. Absolutely humiliating stuff from @andrewcuomo, refusing to condemn Trump for going after NY AG Tish James.

A vote for him is very clearly a vote for Trump.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Iwon'Ta @iwonta.bsky.social · 23h

A huge thank you CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦, @corrina.sheshed.rocks, for all your efforts to build a wonderful community here. We very much appreciate you! 🌸💙

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Happy Saturday resisters!

I created the Defenders of Democracy their own handle

@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social

Please give us a follow and all of these great Friends & Allies of our team!

#TheDefendersOfDemocracy