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Betty Sabado

@bettysabado.bsky.social

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Family and a grandson nearby. Love my garden. Be kind to others, you may need their help some day. No DMs 🚫 Democrat and proud of it. 💙💙💙

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Betty Sabado @bettysabado.bsky.social · Nov 30

Regarding the planned mass deportation of "immigrants" to Mexico, we have been here and done that before 🤬

And most of those deported were American citizens. One estimate is 40% to 60%. FFS Spain was in Texas, Arizona , New Mexico, and California first.

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The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression | HISTORY

Up to 1.8 million people of Mexican descent—most of them American‑born—were rounded up in informal raids and deported in an effort to reserve jobs for white people.

www.history.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 7h

Stacey Abrams explaining again what is happening in the country. Day by day we are watching the takeover of this nation. Everyone needs to resist, every business, every college, every home that gets it. We must not bend America‼️

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

A 20 year old black woman was just sitting in DC and EVERY agency possible shows up to arrest her!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

The secret power of a people’s movement is that it’s random.

It’s neighbors protecting immigrants from ICE. It’s millions canceling Disney+. It’s a man throwing a sandwich. It’s inflatable frogs dancing.

Dictators struggle to fight a movement, because they can’t do what they want most—control us.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

The land of the free and the home of the brave now has speech codes? Is now afraid of…speech?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Color me shocked.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 6h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

This deserves more attention. North Carolina wiped out $6.5 Billion in medical debt for 2.5 million residents. Less than 1/3 of what we paid to bail out Argentina.
www.carolinajournal.com/nc-program-w...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 6h

They don’t fear violence; they fetishize it. What they fear is happiness, because happy people don’t need saviors or strongmen.
substack.com/@jojofromjer...

No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

substack.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

New in PN: The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

"Dismissal is probably the best result for the government, since it would spare the DOJ having its dirty laundry aired in court before getting spanked for having brought such a garbage case. But even so, it'd be very, very funny."

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5h

“There are only three good kings in America: Gayle, Stephen, and Burger.” #NoKings

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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We represent the Pedophile Guild, the Pedophile Guild, the Pedophile Guild
And in the name of the Pedophile Guild,
We wish to welcome you to Epsteinland.

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🎵🎶

#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 5h

Tell me again how it’s the drag queens our children shouldn’t be around.

Every MAGA Republican accusation is actually a confession.

From: REICH-WING WATCH

MAGA YOUTH PASTOR AND CPAC PERFORMER, ZACHARY RADCLIFF, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 30 ADDITIONAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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