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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 1d

Here's something to do, if you can. I personally want to see Dems hold the line on SOMETHING though I'm aware of the pain the shutdown causes. Maybe this will help.

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Federal Workers just missed a paycheck. Split a donation today to supply them with grocery cards.

Our friends at The Labor Force are distributing grocery cards to federal workers during this shutdown. Can you pitch in to buy a load of groceries this week by splitting a donation between The Labor F...

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 1d

At a time we can't count on even the most basic sanity within our country, I'm glad it still exists in the world. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan dissident Maria Machado: 'Democracy is in retreat'

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

abcnews.go.com

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 1d

In other voter suppression news...this seems bad. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 1d

Only one national reporter is attending the court hearings on Texas redistricting. Scary stuff in her latest report.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing (watch til the end) youtu.be/zm5FIparj5o?...

'Daaa Yankees Lose' 😂 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. & Big Papi TROLL New York after ALDS elimination

YouTube video by FOX Sports

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 2d

Start spreading the news...IT'S YANKEES ELIMINATION DAY! youtu.be/jY4sz9qykBw?...

THE YANKEES LOSE!!!! COMPILATION

YouTube video by Ben_Jammin

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 3d

Obviously things have changed, and Good Lord, it's still only the 4th inning‽‽

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, another hearty GFY to all the "2A types" who insisted we had to tolerate routine massacres of schoolchildren to remain ready to respond to a moment just like this, who are now siding with the US storm troopers.🖕

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 3d

*checks Blue Jays vs Yankees score*

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

Something has got to give here. People left in DC with a brain and a conscience MUST draw and hold a line NOW. Call your reps and tell them so.

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

What happens when you elect a malignant narcissist with dementia President... He thinks footage from 2020 is current, and now wants to send in the troops when five years ago he did no such thing (see excerpt from today's HCR below). open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

Things like this make me so frustrated with this country. Even my beloved Massachusetts. It's pathetic. There's just no excuse.
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Frustrated supporters keep pushing on insulin access bill

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

Just wow, Patriots! #NFL

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

Past time to wake up and take action. This is not a fucking drill. Anything is better than nothing.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

Last month Judge Diane Goodstein blocked SC from giving DOJ voter data.

Last week Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ condemned Goodstein's ruling.

Yesterday Stephen Miller called "left wing judges & lawyers" as "terrorists requiring force."

Today Judge Goodstein's home is on fire, investigated for arson.

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

At this rate Maye isn't gonna survive four quarters. Gotta throw it sometime

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

Pats are underdogs tonight for good reason, and they're still making dumb mistakes, but they also obviously came in fired up to play tonight. They are playing ferociously. #NFL

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

No idea what to think about NEvsBUF so far. Lots of sloppy football on both sides. And Rhamondre, love ya, mean it, but holy shit. #NFL

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 5d

Have to say the one Canadian MLB team absolutely trashing the US one carrying the common name for Americans in general feels extremely on the nose

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 5d

I can state unequivocally I have never appreciated the Blue Jays this much before. Also, that even without my Sox in the game Yankees homerism in the broadcast booth is a total joke. I do not get how Yanks fans don't see this (some allege FOX/ESPN are Sox homers, which I seriously can't comprehend).

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 7d

I rest my case. Given Trump has declared "radical violent leftists" the "enemy within," it doesn't take a genius to connect these dots:

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 7d

And once again, if you think this will only apply to immigrants...

www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 7d

FFS.

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 7d

In retrospect it was naive not to realize that the various "counter-insurgency" tactics the US inflicted on other countries wouldn't come home to its citizens, too. Chickens coming home to roost.

Meanwhile, Dem leaders are still bringing rhetoric to a fucking civil war.

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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 8d

#redsox

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