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AnnTFa_LaLaLaLa @ann-t-social.bsky.social · 15h

I want MAGA people to have the same rights and the same benefits that every single other American, and every human being, regardless of their citizenship status, should have in the US...universal healthcare, UBI, free education up to and including university, and adequate/affordable housing.

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Lulu @lulu.sheshed.rocks · 16h

I want people to understand how counterproductive and damaging statements like this are.

First, to suggest our rights are determined by our zip code is problematic.

Second, when you throw away a state, you throw away all the people fighting in that state. That doesn’t help anyone.

A post, with the account name blacked out, which says red states deserve their suffering.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 35m

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 46m

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 44m

Any time families come to deliver meds to the detention center now, someone shoves a camera + mic in their face. A few days ago we watched reporters do this to someone while crying. People don't realize they don't have to consent to it, so they go along with it.

These journos are not seeing Heaven

Secret Third Thing @gochujung.bsky.social · 54m

Yesterday, Don Lemon interrupted patient care for a visibly sensitive situation by shoving a mic in a patient’s face then getting annoyed at me when I swatted it out of the way & told him it was inappropriate. Yes, protests should be documented but no, they are not “content” & there is a difference.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 51m

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 57m

ICE is up. Feds have been spotted in Rogers Park. Video is also circulating of Border Patrol grabbing someone near their usual hunting ground at the Home Depot in Cicero.

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🪲johnny🪲 [5 DAYS TIL SURGERY] @gatorpond.bsky.social · 6d

stop. calling. evil people. psychotic.

ppl in psychosis are far more likely to be harmed than to harm others. ppl in psychosis make up a LARGE portion of ppl killed by cops. mentally ill ppl aren't your scapegoats. use your words and call this what it is instead of throwing us under the bus.

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6d

im going to go out on a limb and say, this is psychotic

it's instructive to ask, what would have stopped them from doing this? what could anyone have done differently that would have led them to conclude this extraordinary thing was unnecessary? and the answer is nothing

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 2h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 13h

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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'Gory the A'ight @gregoryaight.bsky.social · 1h

Of course the virulently homophobic, racist, and white supremacist so-called salvation army is feeding these putrid kidnapping, lynching, and enslavement units.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2h

in fact, I'm pretty sure the first people I ran across who opposed gender diversity (and griped about "feminists with blue hair") were militant atheist skeptics

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

Atheist proselytizers are the religious proselytizers I’m most likely to come into contact with and they’re just as annoying as all of the other ones I experience

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12h

It’s fine to use “antifascist” or “antifa,” but it doesn’t matter much.

They operate under the Friend/Enemy paradigm: EVERYONE in opposition to them is considered THE ENEMY in their eyes.

What matters is getting comfortable being seen that way and refraining from engaging in splitting on our side.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 13h

No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 15h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19h

hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

i’m at the corner of 25th and harvard, where a small (for now) crowd is gathering to protest the masked federal agents abducting people throughout chicagoland.

state and local police have already made a handful of arrests today.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18h

The illegal fence in front of ICE is set to come down Tuesday by midnight. Help me stay through Wednesday to cover it!

Currently headed to my third protest of the day, so watch for updates.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

I hate panhandling here, but if you'd like to help me return, I have CashApp (cash.me/pancakesmmm), Buy me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/noturtlesoup17), and PayPal (www.paypal.com/paypalme/pan...). I also have an account with every major airline if you would prefer to send miles!

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 17h

It's eugenics, plain and simple

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 22h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

This shutdown is about many things but to first order: Republicans want to let poor people and folks in rural areas especially to struggle to live.

They want to leave people to die.

Call your Senators and insist they do not vote for any funding bill that does not restore the Medicaid cuts.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

Even those with insurance will have to travel further to get both primary care and urgent care. People will delay care, others won’t get it at all.

There will be health care deserts.

People will die.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

So these patients going from bringing in revenue to increasing deficits is 100% going to lead to some hospitals and community health centers closing.
And when they close, entire communities will be cut off from health care.

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