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Mister Sissy ✊

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Liberal, cat lady, book lover, news junkie, long time supporter of LGBTQ community, equal rights for all people, anti-war, ban automatic weapons. Please no uninvited DMs or solicitations. I believe in blocking. Resist🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊✊

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jul 14

They fear your voice because it’s powerful. The status quo trembles at a single voice. Silence isn’t safety-it’s surrender. They don’t fear your sadness-they fear your clarity. History doesn’t repeat itself- it responds to silence. They want you numb...so stay awake. Read this...often.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 42m

The Trump administration has fired over 4,000 federal workers since the government shutdown began — firings that are likely illegal.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump administration says 4,108 workers have been fired since shutdown began

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30m

Yes. Sue him.

Tweet by the Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes: “On behalf of Arizona, I am demanding Speaker Johnson seat Congresswoman Grijalva without delay. We are keeping every option open to us, including litigation, to make sure that Adelita is able to begin her work as Arizona's newest member of Congress.” A small image of Kris Mayes with others outdoors appears at the top.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 9h

It looks like we found some major fraud, waste, and abuse. It’s not Americans who need health insurance. It’s the $1 trillion dollar annual defense budget and the greed of the military industrial complex.
~ Politico

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

Should we all be congratulating Alaska Native Corporation NANA Akila for their good fortune running a gulag in Cuba for immigrants and violating human rights? I’m just not sure?

Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 21h

Latest: ICE has sent more migrants down to Guantanamo Bay, repopulating the holding site for detainees designated for deportation for the first time in nearly two weeks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

ICE Sends More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Resumes Operations

www.nytimes.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

Not only are 5 states affected, at least 64 people dead, 65 still missing, 100,000 homes damaged, towns cut off without electricity or water, mud and debris are widespread, there’s a town where everything is mixed with an oil spill. #climatechange

Remember when Mexico helped Texas flood victims?

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 16h

Death toll from Mexico flooding rises to 64. "Authorities say some 100,000 homes across the region have been damaged by the torrential rains and flooding. ….Parts of Veracruz state received some 24.7 inches (62.7 centimeters) of rain from Oct. 6 to 9." www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground.

www.npr.org

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 11h

Great account to follow & if you have any gun violence memes please share w/AAGV 🙏

Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 12h

Im running low on gun violence related memes… got any?

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12h

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 12h

And actual art? Artist: Pinko Joe
@pinkojoe.bsky.social

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PinkoJoe.com @pinkojoe.bsky.social · 2d

The brutality of our fellow countryfolk towards our friends and neighbors is not only at the feet of Donald Trump but also at the feet of all those who voted for him, and those who finance him and his corrupt government. Join your friends and strike on October 18.

Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 12h

Do cartoons count? Here’s a few from
Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h

And she's talking about the fact that Democrats won't negotiate without ironclad guarantees that Trump and Russ Vought won't go back on any agreement by using rescissions..a day after Mike Johnson directly said they would use rescissions

You
Can't
Trust
MAGA

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 14h

🔥🔥🔥 Today at immigration court 26 Federal Plaza this woman went ballistic to the masked ICE agents who detained her family member. Where are the people standing up to the Gestapo? I never saw this in 4 months I’ve been filming. 👏👏👏👏

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Kevin KAL Kallaugher- Editorial cartoonist @kaltoons.bsky.social · 15h

Here's my latest from The Economist. You can learn more about it here: Kaltoons.substack.com

#middleeast #peace #Dove #Israel #palestine #cartoon #satire

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 14h

Did you have to peel it?

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 14h

I judge.

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 16h

Utah News Dispatch @utahnewsdispatch.com · 17h

Gov. Spencer Cox appointed “textualist” and “originalist” 3rd District Judge John Nielsen to the Utah Supreme Court. #utpol

Cox appoints 'originalist' Judge John Nielsen to Utah Supreme Court • Utah News Dispatch

Gov. Spencer Cox appointed 3rd District Judge John Nielsen to the Utah Supreme Court. He now awaits for confirmation from the state Senate.

utahnewsdispatch.com

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L.G.O.G.M. (Lovable Grumpy Old Gay Man) 🏳️‍🌈✡️😻🎼 @davidbrucas.bsky.social · 17h

And Trump says he loves tariffs. 🤨

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

The State Department said that it has revoked the visas of foreign nationals who had spoken out against Charlie Kirk. Senior officials within the department said they would move to deny or rescind visas for individuals who had criticized Kirk, this is a direct violations of the First Amendment.

US revokes visas for six foreigners over comments made about Charlie Kirk's death

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

www.reuters.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump is bragging that "This will be the longest government shutdown ever."

Fuck Donald Trump. He will NEVER break the will of democracy defending Americans. Take pride in that...and make Goddamned sure you're part of making sure that remains our reality.

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