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Mary Hess

@limelightonyou.bsky.social

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 10d

"Way down upon the Suwannee"

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 29m

"The banality of evil"
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Trump fires Sergio Gor, as the revolving door of incompetent appointments continues AGAIN after the revolving door of term one.

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 35m

Find a #NoKings Action near you!

Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 36m

#NoKings ! Jacksonville, Florida 3:00 p.m.
Downtown Courthouse, October 18, 2025

Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 36m

#NoKings ! Jacksonville, Florida 3:00 p.m.
Downtown Courthouse, October 18, 2025

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Stephanie King @weary-mermaid.bsky.social · 5h

Please join a protest on the 18th!

A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 11h

Protecting child rapists
Not raped children

Enriching billionaires
Starving children

Invading US cities
Not paying the military

Crashing the vaccine system
But getting vaccinated

They operate at a level of hypocrisy & immorality that shocks the conscience.

Please protest on 10/18
#NoKings

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 18h

Diane Keaton
1946 - 2025

What a great actor. Reds, The Godfather, Shoot the Moon, Looking for Mr Goodbar, Crimes of the Heart, Interiors, Play it Again, Sam...

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, 2016

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BASH: Are you gonna look into the way ICE is conducting itself?

JIM JORDAN: We're going to look into the whole situation where you have these mayors--

BASH: So you'll only look into that side and not federal law enforcement?

JORDAN: Wuh wuh wuh we'll look into all this

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 46m

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 40m

It is called "senile degeneration of the brain."

The modern term is "Alzheimer's Dementia."

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 2h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Stephanie King @weary-mermaid.bsky.social · 5h

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 43m

James Comey is due all of his Discovery records tomorrow.

A "Motion to Dismiss" is hanging above Lindsey Halligan.

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 1d

The same people who said that remote work wasn’t really work won’t show up to do their jobs.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19h

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva! Release the Epstein files!

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 11d

Saying our cities are in chaos - when they're manifestly not - is pure Nazi propaganda. Calling on the military to turn against their own citizens is blatantly unconstitutional -- and more Nazi propaganda.
This "barbarians are at the gates!" routine is exactly what Hitler used to consolidate power.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 1h

This

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1h

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
-Lyndon Johnson

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, in a nutshell:

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 59m

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 51m

"Whose streets? Our streets!"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 15h

Broadview.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 20h

When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.

Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.

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Mary Hess @limelightonyou.bsky.social · 55m

Florida Schools are desperate to hire teachers.