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Katie Sweeney

@k8iesweeney.bsky.social

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Word slinger. Aspiring eccentric. Libraries. Bikes > cars. Gulf of Mexico. PHL

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 17d

We need to start putting a $ amount to these stunts so taxpayers can see what we’re footing.

aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 18d

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 4h

If a Democratic president was talking about sending $40B to a foreign govt during a gov shutdown the GOP would be frothing over every microphone and keyboard in DC.

Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 11h

Super yikes.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 12h

I just saw a Black Friday ad. 🫠

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 17h

Credit to @msbtterswrth.altgov.info

Cartoon of a frog with a George Washington style wig with the caption "Give me Ribberty or give me death"

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 12h

See you there!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 15h

But I thought "Kamala high prices, Trump low prices"

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 3d

The inflatable goals: (1) expose the lie about war-torn cities, (2) mock bullies trying to seem powerful, (3) encourage bystanders to join you the next time, (4) refuse to give them the optics they need to create propaganda, (5) get the media to keep attention on the abductions through whimsy.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so mad PA lost Bob Casey.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 1d

Rodrigo Duterte is sitting in THE HAGUE right now for extrajudicial killings in international waters.

The same thing Trump is doing off the coast of Venezuela to those fishing boats

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 1d

The vibe of the Time cover is "we had to acknowledge it, but we didn't forget the AI video you shared."

Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 1d

This whole interaction is WILD.

Uppity Woman @thatuppitywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni isn't have any of Trump's BS. Translation: "Let go of my hand and don't even TRY to hug me, you pervert!"

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 1d

This went through SO many drafts to come out this tempered and lowercased.

Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 2d

Before you ask - Mike Johnson has not seen it and has never heard of it.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

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Katie Sweeney @k8iesweeney.bsky.social · 2d

May the hostages and prisoners savor reunification with their loved ones and I wish them mental and physical healing in the lifetime ahead. For the ceasefire, I'm thinking of Rashid Khalidi's words that lasting peace can only come from a plan that centers justice and equality.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 2d

“A benchmark of any authoritarian movement is the delegitimization of political opposition. Insisting that patriots gathering to express concern about their nation’s future are attending a ‘hate-America rally’ checks all the wrong boxes.”

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 2d

The more Republican rhetoric about No Kings events turns hysterical, the easier it is to believe that the party is increasingly worried about the growing public backlash to the GOP agenda. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...