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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Rev Warnock. Pressing the save button for this one.

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 5d

It’s astonishing (sad, really) how much relief I feel when I see our dem leaders showing any kind of fight. I hope we see this ad everywhere - especially during MLB playoffs and every NFL game. It’s a start!

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 6d

Yes on CA Prop 50

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 6d

Voting Yes on Proposition 50 is vitally important to farm workers and immigrant families. Trump is attacking and targeting latino families. Yes on Proposition 50 pushes back to protect our voices in Congress. It is a chance to stand together and say: enough is enough. #YesOnProp50

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 7d

This was my initial takeaway

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 7d

USS Harvey Milk

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’d love to see this happen. It may not be successful but the act of solidarity could spur movement in the right direction 🇺🇸

Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan

States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater

www.theguardian.com

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 8d

Christian.Nationalist.Fascism

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8d

Christian nationalist fascism: when they lower masked Gestapo goons from helicopters in the night to smash apartment windows, terrorize residents, and zip-tie and kidnap children for not being white looking enough— and then violate the 1st Amendment by reciting scripture from a government account.

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 9d

I’m so glad to have found you on Bluesky! I originally followed you on Threads but I closed that account because Meta sucks. There aren’t enough folks like you here 📚💚

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 10d

It’s up to each of us. Use your voice and call your reps often. They take notice

Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10d

Your friendly reminder that if you have never spoken up about anything and feel the need to, NOW is the perfect time to do so. Don’t be afraid. There are more of us than them. Our voices are louder and need you now more than ever.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16d

This is depressingly common now. A lot of people have in absentia removal orders they don't know about. And now that the benefits office is becoming an arm of the mass deportation machine, so people are getting picked up in this situation -- and grace to give time to file a motion to reopen is gone.

Rafi @rafil.bsky.social · 16d

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 18d

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 18d

Don’t give em any ideas!

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 19d

Wow. Threaded the needle!

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 19d

Tragedy nearly struck the world-famous Lower Trestles surf spot in Southern California on Friday afternoon, after a boater plowed directly through a crowd of surfers, nearly hitting multiple people.

✍️ @leddder.bsky.social

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 20d

Hopefully this will open some people’s eyes to the propaganda they’ve been getting from their local stations

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 20d

Don’t let the door hit you on your way out, Cardinal

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 21d

This is it! I’m calling my reps to urge them to do this..

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 22d

God bless Rep @crockett.house.gov She’s one of the lights in today’s darkness.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 23d

Is there an actual process in place for enforcing and collecting the $100k? Trump, Miller and the various other minions aren’t great at operationalizing their evil pronouncements.

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 24d

As a progressive Democrat who is constantly struggling with staying in the Church but keeps hope alive for change with our new Pope Leo, F this Cardinal.

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 25d

I’m sure he knows exactly what an authoritarian dreams!

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 26d

I’m alarmed at how closely this regime aligns with the German bad guys in the novel I’m reading…set in Vienna, Austria in 1940. Horrifying, really, especially now that’s it’s escalating

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 26d

Lisa Kudrow nails it! Hilarious but also tragic how closely it aligns with reality

Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · 27d

Is there an emoji for being the victim of gaslighting?

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · Sep 12

He acts as if all the world is nothing more than a stage. He’s the producer & director and we’re just props. If the truth doesn’t fit nicely, he just rewrites the scene.

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Nor Dougherty @nordougherty.bsky.social · Sep 11

No one deserves what happened to Kirk, Governor, but there is no honor in his “work” which was homophobic, Islamophobic and full of hatred for others. He showed nothing but bad faith in his radicalism and I will not mourn him nor anyone else who espouses his disgusting views.

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