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Athena Veritas

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SHOW UP! STAND UP! SPEAK UP! Practice Peace & Pragmatic Optimism Medicine-Health Care-DOD-Science- Nature-Environment-Travel-Equal Rights-Community-Art-Lifelong Independent Voter-Quaker Pagan Tea snob, but egalitarian when it comes to chocolate!

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Athena Veritas @athenaveritas.bsky.social · Jan 23

Change starts with me.

Friends, LEADERSHIP is ALL of us working together by doing what we as ONE, as a FEW, and as MANY, can do.

We, the people, as one, as a few, and as many, have the power. We ARE the power; ONE of us and ALL of us!

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 19h

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ARTSTRADA MAGAZINE @artstradamagazine.bsky.social · 4h

The Constitution is an anti-fascist manifesto

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13h

Seen in Chicago

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9h

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h

Chump And ICE want us to Retaliate So They Can Declare
Martial Law.........

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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 1d

**PREPRINT** from Harvard & Massachusetts General - children with Long COVID show markedly increased levels of fibrinaloid microclots in their blood.
The highest levels appear in those with persistent SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in circulation.

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Quantification of fibrinaloid clots in plasma from pediatric Long COVID patients using a microfluidic assay

Long COVID (LC) impacts one in five children after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Typical LC symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, pain, and shortness of breath, which can significantly impact individu...

www.researchsquare.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful weapons against fascism:
Joy
Love
Self-care
Humor
Solidarity
Empathy
Words
Ideas
Advocacy
Truth
Information
Friendship
Listening
Resting
Unity
Art

Use all your weapons.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 3h

Making people afraid of marginalized strangers, and avoiding cultivation of skepticism of state power essential to any meaningful democratic civic life, is one of the most dangerous aspects of so-called Abundance and other various corporate neo-liberal attempts to co-opt a coalition against fascism.

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Charles @kemet2000.bsky.social · 7h

Abrego Garcia could be released this week.That IMO would be the 1st tangible step in the Unraveling.There are cracks in the form of MTG & others who are pushing hard on the release of the Epsteinfiles & on extension of the ACA subsidies.If dems hold strong,I believe we are approaching a inflection.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

ICYMI — They lied about why they assaulted the WGN producer (then rammed a car for no reason)

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Athena Veritas @athenaveritas.bsky.social · 2h

BRAVO!!!👏🏻

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 1d

Amen !

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 5h

Happening this Wednesday at SCOTUS ahead of oral argument in Callais.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Michele Dotson 🇺🇸🫶🏾⚖️🗳📬🇺🇦✌🏾🦾 @michelesgreenbook.bsky.social · 5h

I encourage you to watch or re-watch “U.S. and the Holocaust,” a masterful three-part docuseries by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein.

An anti-democratic and fascist extremist element is nothing new. Neither is ignoring it or its horrors.

#WeThePeople stopped it— #ForThePeople.

LET’S GO!

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 1d

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from last year, Florida DOH data shows www.wctv.tv/2025/10/10/f...

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from last year, Florida DOH data shows

Cases of whooping cough are at a 5-year high in Florida, with 1,079 confirmed cases so far in 2025, according to data from the Florida Health Charts.

www.wctv.tv

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Athena Veritas @athenaveritas.bsky.social · 5h

The Interspecies Resistance Coalition is growing stronger‼️💪🏻🐸🐔🦊🐼🦁🦄🐬🦖

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d

We’re ready for No Kings (and also Halloween I guess)

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Athena Veritas @athenaveritas.bsky.social · 5h

The Interspecies Resistance Coalition is KICKING IT!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

Portland 🔥

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 8h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 21h

www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

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