ritaswartz.bsky.social
@ritaswartz.bsky.social
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Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.
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Dr. Oz says Americans will lose an average of 397 pounds per person by the midterm elections. So you better get busy!
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 43m
Border Patrol has a culture of cruelty, disdain for accountability, and impunity for human rights violations.

As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable. 
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Trump assigns top leadership to Border Patrol staff despite agency’s track record of abuse.
www.aclu.org
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After “a string of incidents in which masked criminals posing as immigration officers robbed and kidnapped victims ..”

@latimes.com #ICE
@wired.com
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Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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NEW EPISODE: Despite major pro-democracy wins on Tuesday, the fight is far from over. In this video I expose the next phase of Trump and the Republicans' playbook — and what voters, lawyers, and journalists must do now to defend democracy before it’s too late.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSw...
8 Alarming Ways Trump and Republicans Plan to Undermine 2026 Elections
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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White House, White Hospice, close enough
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Republicans will starve American kids!
Republicans will inconvenience American travelers!
Republicans will bankrupt Americans on the Affordable Care Act!

And then Republicans will blame all this hurt on Democrats.
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Given Elon Musk’s racist obsession with the great replacement theory, he’s probably proud of this accomplishment.
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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How did I miss this?!

The PRESIDENT OF MEXICO was groped during a Day of the Dead celebration when a drunk man tried to kiss her and then groped her!

“No man has the right to violate that space,’… ‘an assault on all women,’”— #ClaudiaSheinbaum.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #MeToo

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after being groped in street
YouTube video by NBC News
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Democrats must keep fighting to save our health care– millions of lives depend on it.
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📌 Reality settling in for GOP ‼️

Yes indeed • Actually MOST

of you ~ shall go

to prison 💯🐥
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No. These are meant to support the hiring of white men over the hiring of any other AMERICAN.
The Labor Department launched a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com
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The rest of the world CANNOT fold on this.
The U.S. won’t be sending a high-level delegation to the annual global climate change conference.

Instead, the Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals
The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
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"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November."

Read that back.

The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
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Thank you to Rep. Yassamin Ansari for this act of total badassery—showing what real leadership looks like when others stay silent. Keep bringing the fire, the facts, and the fight. #GOPHealthCareShutdown