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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 4m

STOP with the division already.

Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 2h

Trying to get the word out about ACA with factual numbers that I received from my insurance broker. @rbhubbell.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom of speech has a point. It is there so people can speak truth to power. Often that truth is spoken first by young people."
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Gaza and Protest

Why freedom of speech matters

snyder.substack.com

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 1d

#Nokings #nokingsday2 #saveourdemocracy #asignidea #sharingsignideas @ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings

Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 2d

#indivisible #onlypeacefulprotests #Nokings2lovesamerica #saveourdemocracy

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 2d

I made this NO KINGS logo for my social media. Feel free to copy and paste it and use it, too!

Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · 13d

If they haven’t been destroyed.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 22d

If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 11

How do we honor our own principles without giving people who only condemn political violence when it affects their tribe a pass? I tried to explain my views here. substack.com/home/post/p-...

On Political Violence

Tonight, people from across the political spectrum should be joining together to condemn political violence, no matter who the target is.

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · Aug 30

Our thoughts and prayers are with them.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 15

On Monday, I gave Donald Trump a chance to back off on having his GOP lapdogs rig next year’s elections by further gerrymandering red states.

He instead chose personal power over our country.

This November, California voters will be given the option to fight back.

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New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) @thenyic.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · Jul 18

Good Trouble peaceful protest today in New Haven CT. #goodtrouble #peacefulprotest #newhavengreen #likemindedpeople #fightfordemocracy #saveourdemocracy

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Elaine Benevides @eb4good.bsky.social · Jul 2

Listen up. Here’s what I’m saying:

You: are you pro-choice or pro-life?
Me: I’m pro-democracy

You: are you for fossil fuel or clean energy?
Me: I’m for democracy

You: are you for open or closed borders?
Me: I want to keep our democracy