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Sharon Ponciano

@slponciano.bsky.social

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Grieving deeply, Loving anyway, Longing still #resist #socialjustice #indivisible #FBaRmy #homedeathcare #worldwidecircleofcrones Here for collaborative learning and inspiration 🚫dating 🚫investment opportunities 🚫DM’s Thank you for respecting boundaries

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Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am reposting for the humanity displayed here…

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Mar 2

A Ukrainian soldier evacuates a little girl to a safe place.

This girl, and millions of Ukrainian children, are the reason why we fight. For their sake, we want a just and lasting peace.
#StandWithUkraine

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 14h

📌During his campaign in 2015, Trump said he would replace Obamacare with, quote: "something terrific, phenomenal and fantastic" that would "save money and result in better health care."
Ten years later, he's still got nuthin' and has decided to kill the entire United States government instead.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

If you read only one democracy story today, make it this one. While legacy media largely skipped the Texas redistricting hearing, Democracy Docket's Jen Rice was there for all 10 days. Her coverage stands out and sheds insight into how the GOP operates -- not only in TX -- but nationally.

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 13h

I will never understand this frame of mind

Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 13h

The hoods are off ….

Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 13h

⬇️ I expect to be in good company. 🦋

Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 13h

I expect to be in good company 🦋

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d

there's a secret domestic terrorism watchlist if anyone cares
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 14h

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

This is Antifa. Which, I guess, makes Republicans Profa.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

"She wants to grab him," Ricky Patel said before he had had any exchange w/Ras Baraka. Even after Baraka left the facility, Patel said, "I’m going to place the Mayor in handcuffs. We are arresting the Mayor, per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States."

www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/s...

"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka - emptywheel

Even before anyone had spoken with Ras Baraka on May 9 at Delaney Hall, someone had decided "she" wanted to "grab" Newark's Mayor.

www.emptywheel.net

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

www.youtube.com

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 1d

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 17h

Basically all manufacturers and retailers should be obligated to either collect their waste and broken products, or pay for others to deal with them.

You’d see an amazing display of innovation in efficient, repairable and recyclable products and packaging.

Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 18h

I still wish we could set up a system where package delivery came with up “pickup empties” option, like milk deliveries use to have.

You bring me a new box, I give you some empty boxes!

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18h

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 16h

This really creeps me out.
However, I hope the airports will not cave.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 21h

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 21h

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 21h

Group launches $1 million ad campaign to promote "No Kings" nationwide rallies on Oct. 18.

Ads running in more than 185 local papers across 31 states + full-page ads in NYT, WaPo and USA Today.

All call on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Group Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Boosting ‘No Kings’ Rallies On Oct. 18

www.huffpost.com

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21h

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.

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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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER ANYTHING 1,000'S OF NATIVE NATIONS WERE ALREADY HERE

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20h

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

They should sue ICE Gestapo n DHS for damages. Hopefully, they get lots of $$$ for the way ICE treated their father! #iceout

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Sharon Ponciano @slponciano.bsky.social · 1d

He needs a higher level of care than assisted living. Skilled nursing. Perhaps a locked facility.

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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 7d

Listen to his words NOW, or there won't be a later.

PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 7d

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 3d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 3d

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

www.bloomberg.com

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