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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 5h

They’ll show ICE who wears the pants on this issue, that’s for sure.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 5h

The “emergency naked bike ride” in Portland today proves that not all heroes wear capes.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 1d

Trojan horses don’t have to be horse shaped. They can be airplane shaped.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 4d

A mom friend is going through SSI reauthorization for her autistic child. The SSI representative asked her how long her child has been autistic and why the child can’t just be trained to be less disabled.

#autism #parenting

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 5d

It’s 93 degrees on October 7. No rain for weeks & none predicted. My summer crops of cantaloupe and okra continue to flourish.

My grandmother told me once, “Don’t garden. You’re bad at it.”

But she didn’t count on climate change! This salad is going to taste amazing in the coming apocalypse.

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 7d

Stopped at a small cafe that happened to have 3 video gaming machines in the dining area and it is now patently obvious that my AuDHD 12yo can never go to Vegas. The level of dopamine infused screen addiction was volcanic.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled…. by zombies?

No. By the real-life agents of ICE, who rapelled down from a US military helicopter onto a residential bldg at 1AM.

Maybe active-voice this a little bit? Hmm?

CNN @cnn.com · 9d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 8d

Viva La Revolutionlandia!
#standwithPortland

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 8d

Archbishop Woman of Canterbury.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 8d

Ah yes, the “infiltration” masterminded by … [checks notes] the White House itself.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

How Maga cheerleaders have infiltrated the White House press corps

Trump administration has transformed tone and tenor of media interactions by centering rightwing voices and reporter sycophancy

www.theguardian.com

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 9d

😳😳😳

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9d

This is a bombshell of a story. Hegseth willing to do but want cover from Trump in case it goes horribly wrong. But… archive.ph/2025.10.04-0...

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 11d

GOP: All lives matt—
Vance: Non-citizens shouldn’t be able to get health care even at the ER
DJT: Get ready to fire on Americans!
GOP: Welp

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 15d

Have had a deeply challenging time, personally & professionally. But I got to meet a group of students doing my play GOVERNING ALICE. They gave me a standing ovation and a signed poster. Almost wept. Grateful. Rejuvenated. Such delight.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 16d

Trump: Release the —
Us: FINALLY YES
Trump: Earhart files!
Us: LOL wait what

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 16d

Is it Threepenny? Mother Courage? Arturo Ui? The gilded wreckage of some other satire? Is it Brecht PLUS Havel? Ripe for our theatrical pickings!!

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, this meeting could have been an email, but then the generals wouldn’t be walking away with swag bags of Hegseth’s new skin care regimen and a branded scent called “Warrior Ethos.”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16d

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 17d

Accurate.

Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 18d

Check in with your friends who are mothers of children with autism. They are not ok.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 19d

[chefs kiss]

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19d

Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 19d

Time for a reboot of the classic Jack Lemon/James Garner/Dan Aykroyd film My Fellow Americans, about a wacky and corrupt presidential kickback scheme from the folic acid industry, called My Fellow Acetomeriphans.

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 20d

A TX legislator said that pregnancies must be “carried to term” even with fatal birth defects that put the mother’s life at risk - because of “sin.” The decree today that women should “tough it out” instead of using Tylenol is the same agenda: blame women & treat them as incubators, not people.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 20d

I’ll be disappointed if this disqualifies them for the Rapture.

Ryu Spaeth @ryuspaeth.bsky.social · 20d

So many crazy details in Ben Terris's story about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together: nymag.com/intelligence...

Who Really Runs DHS?

Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.

nymag.com

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 20d

Narrator: Going undercover to investigate major domestic crimes is… [checks notes] exactly what the FBI is supposed to do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Q: Did the president ask the DOJ to close the Homan investigation and does he have to return the $50,000

LEAVITT: Mr. Homan never took the $50,000, so you should get your facts straight ... you had FBI agents going undercover to try and entrap one of the president's top allies and supporters

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 22d

Oh, just spending time watching videos of people doing nice things for children and strangers and sneaking up to elders in the grocery store checkout to swipe a credit card before they can pay themselves, because [the world].

Just a normal Saturday afternoon in the fall of our democracy.

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C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 26d

GOP: Businesses MUST print flyers honoring a public figure they don’t like or we will FORCE them to.

Also GOP: Bakers are free to refuse service to gay people.

C. Denby Swanson @cdenbyswanson.bsky.social · 27d

Texas Medicaid reclassified COVID (and ONLY covid) vaccines as a medical benefit not pharmacy benefit. Flu = pharmacy benefit. Can obtain at pharmacy. Covid = medical benefit. Can only obtain at doctor offices. Why? They can’t explain it.