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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 54m

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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ACLU @aclu.org · 47m

History shows that when people organize, protest, and demand justice, we can disrupt abuses of power, and build collective power in response.

Our advocacy experts answered your questions about how we all can help protect our communities.

How to Push Back Against Trump’s Abuses of Power

From defending free speech to organizing locally, ACLU experts explain what actions actually work to hold the Trump administration accountable and protect democracy.

www.aclu.org

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 2h

Lol missed this one. Perfect.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 4h

I told someone in China who doesn't usually follow politics that this is happening in America. She was like, "What? Can't be!" The cruelty of this stuff is so beyond the pale that even the Chinese - who are accustomed to government unaccountability and abuses - are in disbelief.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 21h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 18h

Same - the archways have hobbit door vibes! 😆🩷

a man is standing in a room with the words welcome welcome behind him

Alt: Gandalf walking into Bilbo’s front door with the words “welcome welcome!” Under him.

media.tenor.com

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 18h

That’s what I like, too.

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 18h

She happyyyyy. 🤍

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 18h

For sure. He’s Damian 2.0.

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 18h

From the one about the library in Quincy, MA “Richardson often designed asymmetrical buildings with polychrome decoration. He borrowed from many historic sources, here in part from Romanesque architecture.” Very similar to your building, Carla.

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Eric Foltz @ericfoltz.bsky.social · 19h

Claiming this is a "dangerous insurrection" just makes these people look like the biggest cowards that ever lived.

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 1d

Already found a home in a bottle. Fits right in. 😄

Light teal blue water bottle with the above sticker on it beneath a black & white “I Read Banned Books” sticker.

Same water bottle with another sticker of a black bear shaped sticker with white lettering inside it that says “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Except bears. Bears will kill you.” No truer words…

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 1d

Found this on the ground out in the wild while walking the dogs in the rain. Early bird gets the worm, so don’t be the kind of person that gets the 💩. 🐦‍⬛

Picture of rainy blacktop with my pale ass freckly hand holding a round sticker that has a small cartoon bird head in the center & with aqua background & around the edge in black with white lettering says, “I POOP ON RACISTS”

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 1d

Just got this from a friend. 🤣

Black white & green meme that has a black background with a white circle. Inside the circle is an Antifa flag but black & green with a little frog head on it. In a circle outside the flag it reads “AMPHIBIANS AGAINST FASCISM”. At the top of the meme in all white caps it says AMPHIFA:

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaasss. I am going out this morning & must bundle up! Layersss!

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10periods @10periods.bsky.social · 1d

Are you Antifa?

No Amphibian™

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sssss. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 1d

Same here! It’s been overcast & rainy & under 90 degrees here. Almost broke out a sweater! 😆🍂

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s some Santos Shelton art to make your Friday a little better.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

Best to not actually pick up any alleged tear gas or smoke grenade or projectile. Too hot. And there’s been a lot of use of flashbangs. The misfire rate on them is not zero. Only a matter of time before some damn fool bleeds out because they lost a hand

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 1d

Otters 💚🌊

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Ambassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 1d

The intersection between butt hurt MAGA and leftist, pro Chavistas over the Maria Corina Peace Prize is truly something to behold.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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