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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

“A[n] expert on antifa tried to flee the US with his family on Wed. night in the wake of death threats…when Mark Bray, got to the gate…after getting the family’s boarding passes, checking their bags and going though security, he was told by the airline that “the reservation was just canceled.”

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

“A Rutgers University expert on antifa was fleeing the United States with his family on Wednesday in the wake of death threats that followed President Trump’s push to characterize the left-wing antifascist movement as a domestic terrorist organization.”

FBI fires agent trainee who displayed Pride flag, sources say | CNN Politics

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 4d

I missed this one. “FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.”
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FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe a little off point but what the **** are 42, 43, 44, and 46 doing to stop the erosion of constitutional rights and the fall of democracy?

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 6d

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Ald. Jessie Fuentes handcuffed by ICE agents at Humboldt Park hospital

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 6d

YouTube video by CBS Chicago

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone who frequently travels in the US will have noticed the phenomenon. The back story is fascinating.

How a simple question about American hotels led to ‘the greatest immigration story never told’ | CNN

The biggest name in hotels isn’t Hilton or Marriott, according to a new film. It’s Patel.

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The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 6d

Something fun, for a change. How many of these do you remember, or at least have seen after their initial publication?

What's the latest 'secret gay sex scandal exploding' in Washington?

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 8d

Everything old is new again...

NB: Song by Peter Allen, a gay man who was once married to Liza Minnelli, and who died of AIDS in 1992 at the too young age of 48. In this article, take a look at what @msignorile.bsky.social has to say, and perhaps watch the 2009 film, "Outrage," available on Tubi.

Speculation is swirling around a GOP member of Congress. But really, there's always a DC gay sex scandal. As LGBTQ rights are under attack, our media needs to report on the hypocrites.

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 8d

I haven’t been to a US national park in a while but I’m guessing that, given the staff cuts, they may now be in pretty dire straits. This video also contains part of an interview with the person fired for hanging a trans flag at El Capitan in Yosemite.

National Park Rangers Have A Dire Warning for Americans

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 9d

All the little, or not so little, cracks… Eventually a thing becomes so broken that it simply falls apart. No kintsugi expert in the world can repair it. And so goes the United States.

Florida Court Rejects Free Speech Argument in Book Removal Case

Canada updates travel warning for US

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 9d

“There is something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th amendment ought to be invoked.”

Truth bomb from @govpritzker.illinois.gov 💣

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 9d

I cannot find that man (and I use the term loosely) more despicable. To assume that, as Speaker, he shouldn’t answer a question about a presidential statement or action is ridiculous.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 10d

“Move out, and draw fire.” WTF?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 10d

Travel to the US at your own peril.

Canada's new travel advisory expands advice for 2SLGBTQI+ travelers and warns of potential reasons for visa termination.

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Peggy Flanagan for MN - Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · May 6

Too many Minnesotans feel like the bottom could fall out at any moment. I know what that’s like.

My hardworking single mom relied on public schools, public housing, and Medicaid to get by.

That's why I'm running for Senate - to be a loud, clear voice for families like mine.

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YouTube video by Peggy Flanagan for MN

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Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 11d

More just stating it outright… 🤯

Máel Sheridan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @maelsheridan.bsky.social · 11d

Support a resolution opposing political violence? Yes. Wrap it in platitudes and lies about a someone targeted by political violence? No.