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Polymath with interests in technology, math, photography, guitar, and spirituality. Teacher & Student of "A Course in Miracles". Disclaimer: this account frequently posts satire calling out politicians who do and say stupid things

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · Nov 14

What would you give for a little peace of mind?
What would you give to leave the past behind?
If it required nothing more than accepting it was so...
Would you give that little willingness?
Could you let it all go?

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

But specifically a Venezuelan woman who who fought for justice within her country.

If only the ironies could kill...

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

Here's the thing:

If you decide to protest by calling in sick, or do a zero-productivity day at work or by NOT spending money? What can ICE do?

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

Naziferatu !!

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

I think the investment clearly provides the appearance of corruption...

We need paper ballots. They can be hand or machine marked. We can use (audited) machine counts but any irregularity should trigger nationwide recounts wherever the same tech is used.

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

Miller is clearly holding sway with policy at this point. We should absolutely keep the spotlight on the Naziferatu...

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

They better be... if they aren't peaceful, they will give Stephen Miller exactly the pre-text he's trying to create for Trump to declare martial law.

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

I'm hearing that Bondi is just a Stephen Miller puppet... have you heard similar? Should we be directing more of our attack at him?

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

Appropriate...

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 10h

Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

So now the "strong borders" crowd is letting foreign militaries to build facilities in the US?

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/q...

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

www.axios.com

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

This is one weird fucking dude to be pulling the strings in Washington...

Mybuddysully @mybuddysully.bsky.social · 9h

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Not No...but Hell No💙🌊 @oib2024.bsky.social · 9h

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

It's an open secret that Bondi is Miller's puppet...

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 9h

Please Participate.

Respect the blackout as long as you can.

Activate Maine💪🗓️ @activatemaine.bsky.social · 1d

The NO Kings DAY
ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
October 18th
No shopping
No spending
Shut the Country Down
Stand in Solidarity

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 23h

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

You realize that Pam Bondi is just a Stephen Miller sock-puppet, right?

Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

I'm not so much Anti-Fa and more Not-a-Fa.

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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 10h

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

ICE Detained a U.S. Citizen

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

Member of the Chicago press gets arrested by
masked ICE GOONS

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

ICE took a U.S. Citizen.

Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 18h

I'm demanding a thorough investigation into what happened to Frank Miranda, my constituent who was abducted by masked ICE agents without reason.

This behavior is unacceptable and un-American. It has no place in our state or our country.

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents

Bynum compares ICE’s conduct to U.S. Marshals hunting down Black Americans under the Fugitive Slave Act.

www.wweek.com

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

Awarded because she "promoted democratic rights in Venezuela through non-violent means and worked for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"...

You do realize that this was a DIRECT slap in the face to Trump...
Right?

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

Once again Trump's gestapo ignores court orders...

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

FFS.... Trump doesn't respect freedom or human rights in the country he runs! Who would give him a medal for something he doesn't practice at home?

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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10h

Release the Epstein Files

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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