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Nathan Smelle
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Forest-dwelling Journalist, Author-‘Twas A Sunny Day: The Life & Art of Anti-Fascist Artist Arne Roosman (Fall2025), Managing Editor The BancroftTimes/Bancroft This Week☮🇨🇦
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · Mar 28
End corporate welfare for the delusional, ultra-greedy, fascist oligarchs destroying democracy & stealing our shared future🌍☮️
#BoycottMusk
#BoycottTesla
#TeslaTakedown

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The ultra-greedy and the rest of us
By Nate Smelle THERE IS ALWAYS something in the news to worry about these days. I suppose this has been the case for as long as humans have been exploiting and killing one another for profit. Still…
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 6h
He was the best!

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Onyx’s time
By Nate Smelle It was around 10 years ago when a former acquaintance asked me if I would be willing to look after her friend’s cat Onyx for a few months while she was in rehab. At the time I was ju…
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 7h
Introducing Onyx
#PetsOfBlueSky
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Another great list! Thanks for the boost!
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 8h
March for Science in Washington, DC in April 2017
A child looks up at a banner on the fence around the Washington Monument that reads “Science is what made America great to start with!” Taken at the March for Science in Washington, DC in April 2017 by journalist Nathan Smelle
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 8h
Count me in!☮️🇨🇦
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 8h
Whoever is in charge after Trump is gone needs to melt down and sell every gram of gold he has polluted the White House with, and use that money to compensate the families that his ICE gestapo goons have torn apart.

Seriously, how can any working class person still support this greedy imbecile?
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My god it’s hideous
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d
Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom.

This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 2d
Democracy defenders looking to meet you! Say Hi 👋, Vet, F&R. Ty!💙
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
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🦋 Carmen G., PhD 🐸(🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4d
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 4d
Los Angeles California: #NoKings The Tongva people bless the No Kings demonstration on their ancestral land in front of LA City Hall.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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Sage Anastasi @sageanastasi.bsky.social · 6d
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Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d
Abolish ICE.
Tweet by Robert Reich (@RBReich): “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.” Below is an image of a police officer on a bicycle overseeing a protest scene at night.
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 6d
The American Fascist Party, formerly known as the Republican Party, is no longer even pretending to “Call it Democracy.” They have lifted the veil, revealing their disdain for our democratic rights, and their agenda of complete corporate control.

So what happens next?
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Bruce Cockburn - Call It Democracy
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 6d
Everyone, especially Americans, especially those who somehow still question whether Trump is looking out for their best interests needs to watch this and really listen to what @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social are saying.
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Rep. AOC and Senator Sanders Join CNN Town Hall to Discuss Republicans' Government Shutdown
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💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️‍🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 @sassysister27.bsky.social · 7d
‼️ Death Row ‼️ Urgent ‼️

I’m begging for her life 🙏
This precious girl is going to be murdered soon by @nycacc.bsky.social
Listen to your heart and please Repost for Jenny!
We don’t have much time to find her Foster before she’s killed.
❤️ For the love of a dog…
*Please read Jenny’s notes
🙏 Repost
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d
Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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Nathan Smelle @natesmelle.bsky.social · 8d
In other words, another 27,000+ Palestinians were murdered so Trump could get elected and cosplay as the #PeacePresident
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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 9d
This👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.
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