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Rick Downer
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Just a lump of thinking meat made from stardust. Life begins at first breath. Abortion restrictions violate the 1st Amendment. Trans rights are human rights. Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump - the Axis of Evil. An #EnemyWithin
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Rick Downer @rkdowner.bsky.social · Nov 16
"the Bible does not clearly condemn abortion; it simply does not rule on it. It does, however, unequivocally demonstrate, within its own cultural constructions, that a woman’s life was considered to have more value than that of an unborn fetus, and that life begins at first breath."
The Bible is Silent on Abortion, but Vocal about When Life Begins - TheTorah.com
Egyptian and Mesopotamian abortion-inducing recipes attest to the practice of abortion in the ancient Near East. While the Middle Assyrian Laws prohibit the practice, the Torah offers no ruling. Never...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
Homes flooded in Kipnuk Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm A small blue house has been blown onto its roof
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🇺🇦 A Guy Who Really Likes Elephants 🇺🇦 @elephantasmagoria.bsky.social · 1d
They really don't get it, do they?
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~John F. Kennedy
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Hernandez888 @hernandez888.bsky.social · 1d
Constitutionally protected militias are free and independent of the state. Our Rights & Liberty weren't pulled out of the sky or drawn from a hat. They were written in blood & they must be defended & strengthened with blood. Rights & Liberty are only as strong as the People willing to exercise them.
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Rick Downer @rkdowner.bsky.social · 22m
The police are rioting again, time to round up some peaceful protesters.
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Rick Downer @rkdowner.bsky.social · 25m
If the Mayor won't let you protest outside of the ICE facility then you'll just have to protest somewhere else. The Courthouse where your case is being heard… City Hall… the Police station… the Mayor's house… the school where the Mayor sends her children…
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The Pumpkin King @davidgkowalski.bsky.social · 1d
If you have to ask the government permission to protest the government, then what you have is a Bill of Privileges, not a Bill of Rights. And privileges can be taken away for any reason at any time at any place.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1d
If officials restrict protest on the grounds that people are "abusing the right to protest", then protest was never a right to begin with. It was just pretty words on a page, like all the fake laws the ruling monkeys invent to hold everyone else down.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
Image text: Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson: “The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest. Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street. There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore. Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors. As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way. Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
“Total destruction”
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
NEW: It's a bank holiday, but not for the Daily Beans. Today, we discuss Dominion voting machines being bought by a republican, the GOP gutting protections for marine life, and MIT refusing to bend the knee. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Hold ICE Accountable (feat. Stephanie Telles)
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 10/13/2025 · 58m
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 1d
I'm jealous.
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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 1d
Restless leg syndrome counts as aerobic exercise.

That’s just science.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone saying they’re not racially profiling is unserious
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d
Happening soon: Trump resort to be built in Bali.

Indonesian Air Force gets a slice of Montana.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 1d
This goes live in 1 hour Friends
SOTS NYC: Josh Johnson, Jordan Jensen, Jeff Ross, Michael Kosta, Maddy Smith & J Watkins | Ep 83
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d
Iran is the big loser and right now they're licking their wounds, but that won't last. They spent decades building Hezbollah/Hamas and while both groups are in different states of disruption, the hard part of rebuilding doesn't have to be repeated (building ideology). They will learn and adapt.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d
Not even in Idaho?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d
Someone in or close to the White House is making a killing with inside information on what Trump will threaten next before chickening out.
A tweet from Donald J. Trump says: “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT.” The account features Trump’s profile picture with an American flag overlay.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
This is Antifa. Which, I guess, makes Republicans Profa.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d
A painting of a bird beside the text "Getting your shit together is overrated"
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump admin trying to incite violence is super cringey because everyone knows that’s what they’re doing. Picture future historians watching that monotone dimwit Kristi Noem get clowned by a city in frog costumes while pretending it’s a war zone. We’re in the dumbest timeline.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d
Video blaming Democrats for the shutdown to play at airports during TSA waiting lines.

Source: www.whas11.com/article/news...
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d
He's really done well for himself with Charlie Kirk's death.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d
Nick Fuentes’s show is back on Spotify after having been previously banned.

Would not be surprised to see him back on YouTube at some point.
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