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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 11h

Who is the band or performers?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 22h

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 22h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Terrorism In America, Brought to
You By Right Wing Nut Jobs,ICE
And Chump......

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Jeff @rinue.bsky.social · 1d

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 2d

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

A Chicago citizen confronts the hypocrisy of a fellow Hispanic man working for ICE, shaming him and making a powerful point by asking how his family ended up in the United States.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Jan 23

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

1. BREAKING

Judge Immergut, who was nominated by President Trump, has just granted a request by Oregon and California to block the deployment of National Guard troops from Texas and California to Portland.

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 7d

I strongly dislike everything she stands for and believes. She is a menace.

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, she is. I have never liked her.

Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 7d

@maddow.msnbc.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com This deserves to be covered nationally! Abuse of power by Rep. Sarah Vance (R) in Homer, #Alaska
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Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 9d

And nobody in the GOP seems to give two shits.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 10d

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 10d

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 10d

LOLOLOLOL!!!

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 10d

The generals are calling them “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” because of how badly they bombed.

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 10d

The full story...facts, honesty and independent journalism! It's the way to go! #AlaskaBeacon #Alaska #AlaskaSky
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Mass resignations at two Alaska newspapers after out-of-state owners bow to political pressure | Alaska Beacon

Monday’s action by reporters and editors marks a second walkout by Carpenter Media Group employees this year in the state.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 10d

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 10d

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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