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Carlye Hooten
@chooten.bsky.social
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SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS! Love my family😍 Metalhead. Extreme introvert. Addicted to politics and democracy. She/her. We need YOUNG DNC leaders and INDEPENDENT journalists 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸💙🇺🇦 Some swearing😁I block dms, won't follow most religious posters.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17d
Contact your senators and representatives to tell them to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!

DO NOT WASTE THE LEVERAGE WE'VE GOT!!!

CALLING works!

Call the DNC and tell them the same thing!

5calls.org

www.house.gov/representati...

www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 7h
Very important stuff here: the Argentinian $20B bailout, at the expense of every one of OUR PEOPLE.

ICE agents pointing live weapons at people JUST FILMING them.

Fun fact: according to IHIP, 70% of people in ICE custody have NO CRIMINAL RECORD. I tend to trust her, tho I don't have numbers.
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Shiba Dad 💙☮️🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @tbl92666.bsky.social · 1d
Props to Chuck Schumer on, "No fucking way."

When they do good, you need to encourage them.

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IHIP News: MAGA is FED UP with Trump and TURNING ON HIM Quickly as Dems TAKE OVER!
YouTube video by I've Had It
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 8h
These guys CLEARLY missed Secretary Kegstand's speechifying about physical fitness and "war-fighters!"
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 2d
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 13h
Yes we would.

Speaking of, I haven't seen a single Democrat even mentioning how we're going to keep our elections safe and fair next year. None.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 18
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 14h
Excellent strategy! Flood the zone!
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Gia Monroe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @giamonroe.bsky.social · 2d
Mike Johnson is actively stealing representation from the citizens of Arizona. This district voted in Adelita Grijalva weeks ago but Johnson refuses to swear her into office as a political stunt. Call his office every day and ask him where our Congresswoman is. 202-224-3121 ☎️
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 14h
Sure, right now's good, thanks!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 14h
Excellent short video explaining why it's so important for Dems to stay the course on this gvt shutdown.
Republikkkans are trying to make US the bad guys so they can get EVERYTHING they want, at OUR EXPENSE!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 14h
Public service announcement
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 14h
@miracmn.bsky.social is offering a very important ICE raid response training this Saturday in St. Paul.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 15h
Some VERY good news this week: a stay of execution for this almost certainly innocent father who tragically lost the child he loved.

innocenceproject.org/news/texas-c...
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 15h
www.mobilize.us/hrc/event/84...
SpeakOUT Kick Off Call! · Human Rights Campaign
Join HRC President Kelley Robinson and special guests from Hollywood, politics, and our community as they kick off National Coming Out Day with stories, connection, and energy to inspire a weekend of ...
www.mobilize.us
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 15h
It's National Coming Out Day!!

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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 15h
Wow, antifa is just VICIOUS!
"A burning hellhole!"
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This "administration" is just FULL of idiots and liars. 🙄
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 15h
I LOVE this!
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Red Scarf Fella @redscarffella.bsky.social · 14d
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17h
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WILD BILL HICCUP @ydofoolsrule.bsky.social · 1d
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17h
" Two weeks," the Stupid Pumpkin said, back in 2016!
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17h
Putin be like

What a dumbfuck bunch running our country.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17h
Classic authoritarian regime.

"Do as I say and don't ask questions, or hit the road!"
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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1d
New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push
The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...
www.bloomberg.com
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 17h
Insurance without adequate legal oversight is just an ATM for CEOs and shareholders.

Government oversight is weakening, with so many other controversies taking precedence.

Like whether or not the gvt is functioning AT ALL.
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Kindness @kindness101.bsky.social · 18h
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We Need To Brace Ourselves For The Largest Spike In Health Care Costs In History.
This Comes As Our Insurance Companies Make Huge Profits.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 18h
HERE'S Senator Schumer doing what he does best: ripping the Republikkkans for their inability to negotiate in good faith!

This is the Schumer we need, making use of his position and power to tell the American public WHO'S REALLY THE HOSTAGE-TAKER IN THIS SCENARIO!

youtu.be/trARgMZRdJg?...
BREAKING: Chuck Schumer Rips GOP After Internal Memo Instructs Them To Avoid Discussing Healthcare
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 19h
Horrifying.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 19h
What have we become?

A NATION THAT EXCUSES MASS MURDERS OF CHILDREN IN THE PLACES THEY SHOULD BE SAFEST - SCHOOLS.

This isn't unexpected in this country.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 19h
Despite the lies they feed us.
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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 1d
Any Pain you're feeling is because of these two idiots.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 20h
Anyone who follows me knows what I think about religion, BUT I dearly love Raphael Warnock.

"Evil always goes too far... contains within it the seeds of its own destruction..."

Beautiful ❣️
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20h
@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 20h
Here's an excellent breakdown of the Hegseth "presentation" to our military higher-ups.
Watch how demeaning he is (11:22) when talking to people with decades of experience!
Retired General Mark Hertling discusses with Katie Phang.

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FURIOUS Retired General DESTROYS Trump’s Military STUNT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 21h
This is extraordinary. I was a young woman when the "drug war" began, and just as all cooler heads warned, the ONLY winners are the cartels.

It makes me wonder whether the money river from Mexico and South America ran right through the US government 🤔...?
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Prohibition Blunder @prohibitionblunder.bsky.social · 6d
Okay, if it’s a #war, is this any way to wage it?

Your voice is crucial to putting an end to this senseless war.

Visit us at ProhibitionBlunder.org to see more—and to see what you can do to help.

Watch and share: youtu.be/x5YJKSYaSBI

#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 22h
This is excellent! Gave me a whole new appreciation for Congressional Minority leader Jeffries. He's taking NO SHIT from Lawler! 🤣🤣

It's fairly long and the cam audio is difficult to hear, but Adam does a great job of captioning. Worth watching, if only to see a ballsy Jeffries (towards the end)
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Brooshski @brooshski.bsky.social · 1d
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MAGA Fight BACKFIRES as CHAOS BREAKS OUT
YouTube video by Adam Mockler
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