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Madgem Laments
@madgemlaments.bsky.social
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Iowa refugee and modern day serf living in Bizzaro America fighting encroaching MAGA fascism, racism, and hate against women and LBTQIA+. Tired of getting doxed so no real smile (sorry!). #FuckTrump
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · Dec 1
I am naming the next few years Le Merde Epoque aka #TheShits
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2h
If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h
I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.
a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom
ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 1h
Glad to help!

Such a cool reconnect for youth!
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1h
Darfur:
At least 60 people were killed on Saturday when drone and artillery strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces hit a camp for displaced people in the besieged city of El Fasher in North Darfur.
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/13/h...
At Least 60 Killed by Paramilitary Attacks on Besieged City in Sudan’s North Darfur
In news from Sudan, at least 60 people were killed on Saturday when drone and artillery strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces hit a camp for displaced people in the besieged city of El Fash...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h
We're told at least one person was arrested—and later released with a citation for disorderly—by Broadview police for simply being on the Maywood side of 25th at Harvard St outside the ICE facility this morning.

They were documenting agents coming and going as electeds have told people to do.
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 8h
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Hit the 👍 and subscribe to my channel if you agree!
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 22h
Teapot Dome scandal? Watergate? These are minuscule compared to what's uncovered every week with Trump. And just imagine what we haven't yet learned. Release the Epstein Files. Impeach and remove. Now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h
Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 15h
The French Revolution proved that when life gives you monarchs, you make lemonade headless.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4h
Israeli parliamentary member Ofer Cassif was expelled from the Knesset yesterday after protesting Trump's speech.

"Yesterday, there was a disgusting display of flattery and personality cult by two megalomaniacs who are hungry for power and blood."
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 4h
#4thEstateAbdication is utterly destructive.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h
The story is thinly sourced, fearmongering, tabloid drek. It elevates the voices of a handful of cops who happen to share The Free Press’s editorial line: hostility toward Mamdani. It’s highly unlikely that CBS would have published this before Weiss took the reins.

newrepublic.com/post/201721/...
Would CBS News Have Run This Story a Week Ago?
Bari Weiss’s fingerprints can already be seen.
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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 19h
5 year old little girl was beaten, sexually assaulted, and scalped by 3 white children aged 8,9, and 10.

The white children remain UNCHARGED for this heinous crime.
5 Year Old Cleveland Girl Was Beaten, Assaulted & Scalped.
YouTube video by Shank Rock
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 4h
I was once at horrified at the home of an acquaintance as she let her small children watch SVU special crimes unit.

As an adult I could not stand to watch the OTT violence (I can’t watch cartoon violence without cringing either).

These kids are steeped in it. 😳
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 4h
🎊
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Indigenous teens paddled 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River
How this group of teenagers became the first people in 100 years to paddle all 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 4h
It is so wonderful!

www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Indigenous teens paddled 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River
How this group of teenagers became the first people in 100 years to paddle all 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath
Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery
www.theguardian.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d
It’s Indigenous Peoples Day, which means today should be all about uplifting indigenous communities.

So instead of doing a regular post, because Google is less than helpful, comment below with a win from an indigenous community.

Hopefully, I can make a post celebrating them all!
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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 4h
Park signs in my area are being translated into local tribal languages. Parks are beings renamed to tribal names with full consultation with tribes. Names not just slapped on to make some people feel better. Names with real meaning.

Getting it in everyone’s 👁️!
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d
A record 29% — nearly a third! — of all new cars purchased in California during July, August, and September were zero-emission vehicles.

DC may be fine with selling out American innovation to China, but California will keep charging ahead toward cleaner air for our communities.
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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 14h
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva announces her election results will be OFFICIALLY certified tomorrow, destroying Mike Johnson’s last excuse to delay her swearing in.

“Mike Johnson needs to do his job so I can do mine.”

No more lies.
No more delays.
Swear her in!
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