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Jacki

@ftd1969.bsky.social

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I am part of the opposition, raised in NYC, been a Californian since '71.. Moved from Twitter. Not my president! Life long democrat🌊 lover of animals 🐕🐱🐇 The woods are my drug of choice. And 💯 woke. If you are selling something, walk by.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · Jan 22

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 35m

Ah, the skeptic. We are beaten and battered every day with lies, untruths, exaggeration, violent drama, I can't blame you for being skeptical.

Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 51m

My first thought with Tapper; he wants to do a book on Trump, he's paving the way. Just a thought.

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Greystoked H. Horsfall @greystoked.bsky.social · 2d

Treetrunk Cave isn't as comfortable as Mountain Cave or Beach Cave but during nonstop rain, it's a much-needed smoke/snack respite.

No one else was up there and the heavy drops from the trees meant the ferns were constantly jostled around me, though, there was no wind. Honestly, a bit spooky🪴👀🪴

Pine forest filled with mist and moss; forest floor is covered in reddish needles; top is obscured by the dark inside of a tree trunk coming down in an upsidedown V shape

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 1h

Bolinas Ridge was my mtn bike training course while I lived in Inverness. You in Marin or thereabouts. I'm in San Geronimo. Oh, I had two mountain lion sightings, one was very sick, the other was in fine shape. Dismounted from my bike, kept my head down, and tiptoed down a hill, and prayed.

Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 1h

Yup, the pattern is quite strong!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Trump might have immunity, but ICE does not.

He won’t be able to protect federal agents from criminal and civil prosecution once he’s gone.

Their day of reckoning will come. Broken down here…

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution.

Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 22h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10h

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 7h

Shapiro: “I’m the Commander-in-Chief of the Pennsylvania National Guard.”

Trump will not use it for his chaos. 🔥

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13h

Are white parents sending their kids to school with their passports, in case of an ICE raid?

It’s weird how everyone knows exactly what is going on, but few are calling it out for what it is.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 4h

The MoneyCruncher put this together on Threads, it's lengthy, but important info from IRS for 2025 and 2026.

Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 4h

Way to go Chicago! The hufzpuh of Noem thinking she might get a grand jury in Chicago to bring charges. Hey, Noem, residents of Chicago have been on the front line to your injustices, and you think you're going to get a charge from the GJ!

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

A grand jury declined to indict a Chicago-area married couple on charges of assaulting and impeding federal officers during a protest by the front entrance of the Broadview immigration facility, @bloomberglaw.com reports

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 5h

I've got my Yes on 50 ballot in my car heading to the post office!

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Thorne Identity @thorneidentity.bsky.social · 12h

trump and the GOP would like to destroy the ACA because it was created and implemented by a black man and his team of experts, and it works. they've been stabbing it since its inception, trying to whittle it away claiming their corruptions were weaknesses from the get. They have no alternative.

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 15h

So far he is delivering a higher price

#TrumpShutUSDown

SHUTDOWN

THIS IS WHAT GOP CHAOS COSTS

Post from Sen Warnock showing tripling of premium cost from this year to next for the most comparable ACA plans of a Georgia constituent

PREMIUMS TRIPLING WHILE THEY PLAY POLITICS

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 5h

substack.com/@joycevance/...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Change Voting Rights for Generations

Fair Fight's Rights & Insights's Substack Hosts Emory Historian Dr. Carol Anderson and me

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