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🇺🇦 Old Lefty from the Left Coast 🌉

@ogleftyfromsf.bsky.social

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Domestic violence trauma therapist, working for a more just justice system, income equality, well-funded public education - subsidized daycare - community college, lifelong learner, pro-curiosity. Skills training for ALL people.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t about politics; it’s about ownership of the scoreboard. When the scoreboard changes owners, the game changes. The sale no one voted on...and why you should care.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 1d

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 1d

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3h

A Russian fuel depot in Feodosia (occupied Crimea), was struck again tonight. The site had previously been targeted a week ago.

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Julie @okie1962.bsky.social · 14h

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Feral Feminist @disa-khazad-dum.bsky.social · 3h

Fight fascism with love and joy. 🐸🦄

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Annie Henson @gma28.bsky.social · 20h

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🇺🇦 Old Lefty from the Left Coast 🌉 @ogleftyfromsf.bsky.social · 3h

WE HAVE TO VIDEO - if possible have a fellow/sister observer video you (in case your phone gets destroyed). The more we have on tape, the better to show the world that this shit is real. 💙🙏💙

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 8h

I like this ICE reporting acronym much better than prior ones: “CLEAR.”
C - count
L - location
E - equipment, incl clothing
A - activity
R - report time

Graphic from Oregon Worker Relief and Oregon For All:

Reporting ICE activity?
Be CLEAR!

Count: "3 officers, 1 van"
Location: "SE 2nd & Morrison, Portland"
Equipment: "Blue uniforms that say ICE, white van unmarked*
Activity: "Officers are checking IDs"
Report time: "245pm, Feb 2"

Share facts, not fear.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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June @notjunecleaver.bsky.social · 12h

That´s what Scavino´s shady predecessor Sergio Gor had also done. Documents from the Times of Malta showed Gor, who always claimed to be Maltese, was born in Uzbekistan. In fact, Gor has NEVER filed Form SF-86, required for federal security clearance. Now he´s set to become Ambassador to India.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 8h

We always foot the bill.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

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🇺🇦 Old Lefty from the Left Coast 🌉 @ogleftyfromsf.bsky.social · 8h

Would tennis shoes work?? (not ACTUAL "tennis") What color for anti-fascists?? (ACTUAL anti-fascists)

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Back in the 90s when neo-nazi skinheads were everywhere, people wore colored laces in their Doc Martens to signify which side they were on. Red meant nazi, one black one white meant anti-racist, blue meant neutral, and green meant you like frogs and were anti-fascist. Been thinking about that a lot.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

According to his bio he was a “J6 political prisoner.” Obviously a guy who falls for things pretty easily.

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

Louis D. Brandeis

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🇺🇦 Old Lefty from the Left Coast 🌉 @ogleftyfromsf.bsky.social · 8h

How about flying them all to Epstein Island for their cool vacay?? Not sure we'll have the dough for round-trip tix, but at least we'll get them there.... 🤔

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: Andrew McCabe and I discuss the Comey arraignment, the James indictment, and the ongoing purge at the FBI. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Bad Facts

Podcast Episode · UnJustified · 10/12/2025 · 1h 9m

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Alan Cernobite @alancerny.bsky.social · 9h

The left should stop playing defense whenever the right says something stupid and attacks them. You gotta come at them with claws.

“Antifa are destroying our cities!”

“Have you actually eaten a meal with utensils? Do you have special bibs for each day of the week?”

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Rita Jane @blueeyedbaby.bsky.social · 23h

RFK Jr fired 1000 people from the CDC late last night.

He wiped out entire teams that investigate disease outbreaks, infectious disease responses, data collection, and more.

Yes, this should aIarm you!!!!

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