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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4h

Time to repost🎶🎵🎼

No Kings, not ever.

See y’all Saturday.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4h

He also asks, basically, “if I’m cheating on you and you find out, are you gonna let that destroy our relationship?” and I love her, but our girl is def a cheater 😅

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4h

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among wome...

www.pbs.org

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 5h

(My anxiety and brain in general is making me add: lots of us forget intersectionality from time to time.. as a white woman, I DEF know that and am not throwing stones as much as pointing out patterns)

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 5h

Our gay brothers often forget intersectionality. Their own displays of misogyny are so wild specifically bc they think they are immune to it.

“just a woman” REEEEEEEEEKS of the aforementioned misogyny.

Oh, and I thought your bleats on private/public sexuality were quite good and spot on, fwiw

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Sparky MD/PhD @neurospark.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re afraid to go to a No Kings rally in defense of you’re first amendment rights; then you have given away you’re first amendment rights. Stand up for your rights, with your community, stronger together, the marches are for us to feel strong because we are.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 5h

I got lost, ok?! I was looking for the bathroom 😔

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t disagree, but am giggling at this acronym being used under a “The Lincoln Project” post… bc aren’t they anti-Trump Republicans? 😅🤭

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 2d

I love it too, and I’m very, very proud of them❤️

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 2d

Yay! Genuinely happy for you 🤗

Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re feeling inspired to fight fascism with whimsy, Portland has you covered.. literally

Screenshot from reddit - shows a large rack of inflatable animal costumes with a colorful “FREE” sign next to it. The caption says “Seen on S Bancroft this morning”

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 2d

Reddit Portland stays dropping gems

(submitted by user Mayor_Of_Sassyland - idk if they made it, but, quality meme, Mayor)

Picture of a 3 headed hydra - two of the heads are traditional and labeled “Chicago” and “LA”. The third head is the Portland Antifa Frog, and is labeled “Portland”

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much for this - really appreciate it. Does give me a bit of hope and I am rooting for those victims.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 3d

So he may actually see some consequences for his inaction that directly lead to children being abused?

Because a little bit of justice would sure taste sweet right about now

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

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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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen miller photo - text reads “Are you going to eat the rest of that mouse?”

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4d

oh no, u were snubbed 😔😔😔

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 4d

Yup, he believes in himself and power more than any other thing on earth.

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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 5d

a pig with wings is flying in the sky .

Alt: Gif of a piggy flying

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