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Melissa Westemeier
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Author of mysteries, rom-coms, + more!
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Melissa Westemeier @mwestemeier.bsky.social · 1h
A reading habit is better than candy for your teeth--and your wallet with this book sale! $1.99 ebooks! #readztule #nunthewisermysteries #mysteryreads #cozymystery #Halloweenreading
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18h
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 1d
Wait, are ICE agents complying with this order? I’m sure the answer is “no” but my follow-up is “where is the contempt motion”?
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ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren't Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules
Agents have been concealing their identities by wearing masks and hats without badges or name tags. Advocates say the ruling is a step toward accountability.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h
If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d
We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d
Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
MAGA is breaking all records in the number of protective orders issued against its members of Congress over acts of violence against women
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
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Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.
Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.
www.msnbc.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h
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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The Rock Diva @therockdiva.bsky.social · 1d
"If your first amendment rights are threatened, and you don't show up because you're afraid, then you already don't have first amendment rights."

Ezra Levin

#Maddow
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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Melissa Westemeier @mwestemeier.bsky.social · 1d
I’m so sorry. Those are difficult goodbyes.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 1d
😅🤣😂
#Frogtifa
#FrogtifaUnited
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Melissa Westemeier @mwestemeier.bsky.social · 1d
It's okay to escape into a good book during these awful times. Two bucks buys you hours of entertainment! tulepublishing.com/books/droppe...
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 2d
This is a great new tactic: “SHOW ME YOUR FACE.” Don’t follow any orders until/unless these goons identify themselves. They shrunk like violets when this man demanded to see their faces.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d
ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d
The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 3d
The current shutdown is a weird balance of being glad that it limits how much damage the current regime can do with feeling bad for the affected workers who are now in far more limbo than was the case in past shutdowns.
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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 2d
If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2d
portland continues to serve up a protest that confuses the feds and totally disrupts the false narrative they're pushing via propaganda channels...
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d
“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.
Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment
“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.
www.oregonlive.com
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2d
I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 2d
#indieauthor #amwriting #authorsky #writersky #writerslife
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?
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Elaine L. Orr @elaineorr55.bsky.social · 3d
FREE until-Monday. Diner Danger has quirky characters, a few corpses, & lots of laughs . "You might guess but you don't know until the end" #SmallTownMystery
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Kris Bock mystery and romance author @krisbock.bsky.social · 2d
🎃 A Killer Mystery for Just $1.99!
Nearly all Tule Publishing mysteries (except new releases) are on sale for $1.99!
Mine: amzn.to/4h27caR
All: tulepublishing.com/mystery/
#books #Mystery #KillerReadsOctober #Halloween #SpookySeason #MysterySale #EbookSale #BookDeals
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