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Brenda BR

@bropo.bsky.social

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Technology marketer, storyteller, forever learner, budding permaculturist, cook, traveler, star- gazer, animal lover. Too old for the BS. No DMs please, unless we already know each other. Seeing your posts tells me about you; no posts, no follow back.

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · May 13

The resistance is real.
Indivisible indivisible.org
50501 www.fiftyfifty.one/
SwingLeft swingleft.org/
Working Families Pty workingfamilies.org
MoveOn front.moveon.org
Mobilize www.mobilize.us
Demcast demcast.com/team/
GoodsUniteUs www.goodsuniteus.com/app/
5 Calls app 5calls.org/all/
202-224-3121

Homepage

indivisible.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 9h

An ICE Tea Party?

AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 9h

Bostonians, gear up! Looks like Trump is thinking of bringing his war to Boston. I know you can repel his invasion!

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@Thadd1950.bsky.social @thadd1950.bsky.social · 9h

A serious study from a Harvard University political scientist presents a statistic worth remembering: Around the world, once 3.5% of the population became engaged in sustained, non-violent campaigns of resistance, change has always happened.Democracy is inevitable, when the people are determined.

Fricking Delight (No Refunds) @blikethecheese.bsky.social · 15h

All I have to say about white people worried that protesting this weekend won’t be safe: this is the safest it will be until this problem is handled. Gather thine gonads and get your ass out there (appropriate exceptions aside ofc)

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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 9h

www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 22h

"California, the whole nation is counting on you," President Obama says endorsing the Prop 50 California redistricting effort. "Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4., Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years."

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 13h

For whoever needs to hear this.

it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 1d

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Immigration Hotline.

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The Nazi Resistance @pelekoolaid.bsky.social · 1d

#Bluecrew #Resistance #Teslatakedown #StrongerTogether

"Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight" ... Bob Marley

Tea4Me @tea-n-me.bsky.social · 1d

I subscribe to “Kevin KAL Kallaugher from Kal Draws The Line” substack.
He’s here on BlueSky, also. His thoughts about his drawings are interesting.
kaltoons.bsky.social is a great account!
Kal puts it all together for us.

Cartoon trump holding a large military weapon and saying, “I’m bringing peace to the Middle East…meanwhile, in the Midwest…”

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BohemianBlueBird @bohemianbird.bsky.social · 13h

This is my favorite video. Get ready to laugh you ass off.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPxOlFE...

n0twoke on Instagram: "A little update some new characters have been unlocked This is so amazing, and I’m genuinely grateful for these individuals. Portla…"

A little update some new characters have been unlocked This is so amazing, and I’m genuinely grateful for these individuals. Portland truly is a gem.#community #story #humor #view Shared by a follower -(spreading awareness with a dash of humorView all 2,764 comments

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 13h

A pair of a$$holes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

HANNITY: Antifa is working against the American people. What would that be called?

BONDI: It would be called organized crime. And that's what they're doing ... they are no different than MS-13

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 1d

Two, even!

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patdicke.bsky.social @patdicke.bsky.social · 1d

Nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to live in a world where our politicians threw out pollsters and focused on doing what is morally right.

@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 2d

As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support
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As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support

The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 2d

Is he just sleepwalking through his job? Have we ever had a speaker who was so blissfully unaware of everything? Does he not have a staff?
(Yes, I know he's lying, as does everyone else.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, she absolutely did. Anyone who can piss off Netanyahu as she did was on the right track. I had drafted an agricultural peace plan, since shelved, based on her goal of an intl coalition to rebuild Palestine for Palestinians. Not to turn it into prime real estate for the rich.

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

We are spending 170 Billion Dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.

This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.

If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed the oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 2d

Or torture.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe he should get to know the people of Portland, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, LA ....

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

Brenda BR @bropo.bsky.social · 2d

Senate members need to make a note and cite the rule in which this can be done ... over and over and over again. Feel free to ruffle papers in bondi-esque manner before so stating.

Nick @syngrey.bsky.social · 2d

Was that it? Specifics are important. Answer to who? Who is going to make them? How are they going to make them.

Saying "eventually you will have to answer for your conduct" is pretty mild considering the moment.