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Joshua V. Saguaro

@joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social

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I garden, therefore I am. Shopping bag maker. Dog dad. Single cat lady. Grumpy old man. Camper of mountains and valleys. Weather nerd. The Resistance 2.0. No DM/chat...I'm a big introvert. 🌱🧵🐕🐈‍⬛🧐🏕🌈🌀🖖🏽

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · Dec 9

So how would a 60 yr old man in Phoenix break into voice acting? 📌

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."

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Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 6h

#AmericanHistory

moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 22h

Why are schools banning books about Japanese American incarceration during WW2?

Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 6h

More of this...

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

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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DougBlueWahoo 🦋💙✌️🌈🌊 @dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social · 6h

Never forget!

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 6h

#RepublicansAreTheProblem #trumpDidThis

Charles Beaudoin💙🇨🇦🇺🇸😎 @charlesbeaudoin.bsky.social · 6h

ICE is Arresting the Media too!

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 8h

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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 6h

Not to mention what the Obama Defense Department did!!!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 6h

Speaker Johnson is busy protecting pedophiles.

Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 6h

#PresidentVindictiveLittleShit

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h

This administration is deploying the War On Terror playbook largely now to crack down on free, protected speech and assembly that Donald Trump doesn’t approve of, and they’re using armed troops deployed to blue cities in their efforts to normalize this; zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 6h

Because of the shutdown and because some of those who process the payments have been fired.

Former Federal Workers Aren't Getting Final Payments - Joe.My.God.

The Washington Post reports: A historic wave of retirements and other departures has swept through the federal workforce in recent months, putting enormous strain on agencies as they cope with a new g...

www.joemygod.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

Nearly all employees within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) were dismissed in Friday’s reduction-in-force, leaving only a few senior officials and administrative staff.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

My fellow Americans
what are we even doing here bruh

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇

Just-A-girl-In-An-Imperfect-World @g-mvc.bsky.social · 1d

Are 🧊 Agents
Falsifying arrest reports/entering homes w/o warrants? Arresting US citizens? Using physical violence/threats? Racially profiling or retaliating against activists? Ignoring judicial orders or deporting people during pending appeals?

Retribution will be so sweet 😏
✅Class action suits

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 10h

#ICEGestapo

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods

Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 10h

#PresidentVindictiveLittleShit

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

The truth about the administration’s threat federal employees won’t get paid when shutdown ends. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 10h

Eric is also a moron...so there's that.

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 19h

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Robert Rowley @robertrowley.bsky.social · 11h

A Russian Kilo-class submarine, likely the B-261 Novorossiysk from the Black Sea Fleet, was spotted surfaced off the coast of Brittany, France.

A French Navy frigate immediately began tracking.
#Russia #France #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13h

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · 18h

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