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Gary R Simonds
@garys79.bsky.social
38K followers 53K following 36K posts
Author, Speaker, Educator, Has-Been Neurosurgeon
Asheville NC
Married
Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder.
Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king.
But here we are.
RESIST!
Good Trouble!
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 14d
If now is not the time for tens of millions in the streets, for a unified call for the removal of an entire regime, for ICE to be disbanded, for Nuremberg-like tribunals, for a nationwide strike, for boycotting ALL businesses that enable this regime, for Congress to do its job, when the FUCK is?
joncooper-us.bsky.social Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14d
Murder. Shot in the back three times.

Don’t turn away. Please share.
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-6...
February 6, 2026
Late last night, President Donald J.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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marygeddry.com/p/the-fireho...
The Firehose Isn’t Sustainable
Trump floods the zone with cruelty and distraction, but even the wrestling crowd is starting to chant back.
marygeddry.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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My latest on Substack on why understanding who is in the Epstein files matters for accountability, even if they don't warrant criminal charges. asharangappa.substack.com/p/when-shame...
When Shame Sanctions Are Necessary
The punishment needs to fit the "crime."
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February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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marygeddry.com/p/the-price-...
The Price We Pay When RFK Jr. Brings the Crusade Inside the Cabinet
What happens to childhood immunization when the country’s top health office is led by a man who built power by undermining trust.
marygeddry.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Homan has changed nothing
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Trump is just the tip of the iceberg. So many tribunals needed for so many traitors
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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marygeddry.com/p/the-price-...
The Price We Pay When RFK Jr. Brings the Crusade Inside the Cabinet
What happens to childhood immunization when the country’s top health office is led by a man who built power by undermining trust.
marygeddry.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Critical read from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7...
February 7, 2026
Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
Sunday thought: Cry, the Beloved Country
But please don’t just cry for what we’ve lost.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Now more than ever
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Time to be brave, America
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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yep
February 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Exactly
February 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Amen
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
garys79.bsky.social
And that is with 3 million pages missing and thousands of hours of redactions. Who are we kidding here?
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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How is it they we are going to let these monsters get away with this??
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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yep
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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precisely
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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great valentine
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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February 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Here's Why,Vote No To The SAVE ACT......
February 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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NO LIES 👇 DETECTED.......
February 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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HEY MAGATS 👇........
February 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM