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Teresa Lass 💙

@tll6601.bsky.social

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💙Proud Democratic Resister! Native Atlantan. Loving rescue mom to 4 cats, 2 kittens, & 4 hens. Retired special ed teacher & college/university instructor (GSU, UGA), Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Teacher of the Year, Who’s Who in America. 🚫 DMs!

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Teresa Lass 💙 @tll6601.bsky.social · Jun 13

Political cartoonist Jack Ohman nailed it with this one!

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🦋💙Steven Robert Levine💙🦋 🇺🇦🇺🇸🗽 @2the7thgen.bsky.social · 1d

haha!

Miller/Vought/Noem will probably try to make these illegal.

Or slap a huge tariff on 'em. They're from China.

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Fraid o' da Pirate🏴‍☠️👻🎃 @xochiptx.bsky.social · 23h

I aplaud the very ingenious way of messaging both peaceful protesters and how ridiculous Temu Gestapo is.
Also, kudos for crowd funding "Operation Inflation"!

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Cathy 🖤 💀 🧡 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 22h

ANTIFA looks so scary…..

THE PORTLAND TERRORISTS
DO NOT
ENTER
WE ARE ANTIFA
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING MORE FRIGHTENING?

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The Wanton Kitten 🐧💙☮️🚫No DMs 📷🍺🌮🌵 @the-wanton-kitten.bsky.social · 1d

That was my first thought: these costumes could offer some protection against pepper balls and night sticks.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

“When you have people in inflatables bouncing around…it’s going to be very difficult to say this was a war zone, this was a riot…It de-escalates with ICE, it de-escalates with protesters, it de-escalates with counter-protesters — and, ironically enough, the pepper balls bounce right off.”

Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals

"Operation Inflation" is stocking a rack of free inflatable costumes near the site of Portland ICE protests.

www.oregonlive.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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jhalp2.bsky.social @jhalp2.bsky.social · 13h

Operation Inflation!!

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12h

"Is the Black woman on stage truly the person you should be directing your anger at, or is she simply the easiest target?" writes Carron J. Phillips in his latest.

The people disrupting Kamala Harris on her book tour would never do this to white men

Past VPs haven’t endured this kind of disrespect.

contrarian.substack.com

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jhalp2.bsky.social @jhalp2.bsky.social · 9h

Facts matter.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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jhalp2.bsky.social @jhalp2.bsky.social · 4d

OMG he’s SO slippery and obsequious! “Both sides” my ass.

#zohranforNYC

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 13h

This is the most damning indictment of Cuomo I've seen. And he digs the grave all by himself.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 12h

“‘This is a problem everybody has been attacking as a STEM problem,” Mr. Kobek said in an interview. Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — ‘but library science could.’”

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 15h

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

The simplest explanation for why you would have a swastika on your office wall is probably the correct one.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 7h

This is an insane thing for a public official to say and a clear indication that the Trump administration is aiming to construct a one-party state.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

@gettyimages.com

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Yes I get what you are saying. The question is one of would you move to live in a democracy or stay & live under an autocracy. At this point there is no choice.

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Hope T. @xtrahope1515.bsky.social · 7h

Too bad Mitchy didn't break his treasonous hip bone!🦴💀

Ever heard of senior retirement? No wonder Americans can't relate to old geezer'$ 18th century policy!🤬

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8h

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

FOX: The Washington post said all these terrible fearmongering things will happen if buses are free

ZOHRAN: good news - we did it already and here’s what actually happened

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The dollar amount has now risen to FORTY Billion.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

#AmericaFirst 🇺🇸

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h

EXCLUSIVE 1st LOOK at the flag many will be flying at the #NoKINGSRally this Saturday, October 18th!

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

I liken JD Vance to an artificial creation. Nothing about him is anchored in genuineness or truth. At least Trump has fears and id and cravings.

JD Vance is a pod.

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