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@hedlin.bsky.social

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Pro-democracy, -worker, -inclusion, & -cocktails Anti-fascism, -authoritarianism, -oligarchy, & -melon (the edible kind, not the symbolic kind) And, so sorry, Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽! (Know that less than half of US voted for the narcissistic asshole...)

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · Dec 16

Billionaires and multimillionaires are destroying America.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 16h

Last night's sunset:

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 1d

Mitty says Happy #Caturday and wants to know who has next game.

#CatsOfBluesky

Long+haired tabby cat next to an Atari 2600+

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 2d

I'm getting prepared for next Saturday's No Kings protest.

Currently planning on going with this 2-sided sign.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 2d

KATU Portland seems to have stopped doing their 24/7 live streams outside of the ICE detention facility.

I'm guessing, as a Sinclair station, they realized that documenting in real-time the lack of anything like a "war zone" and lack of even one "Antifa terrorist" wasn't doing Donald any favors.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 3d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 3d

It's bad to be fascist. It's good to be anti-fascist.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 4d

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 7d

I've been in Portland since Friday night. I saw nothing burned to the ground. I did, however, have some fabulous food and cocktails.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 9d

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE: Judge Immergut says she will rule later today or tomorrow on Trump's Oregon National Guard deployment. Unclear how she's leaning but she did have some sharp questions for federal prosecutors about the reliance on incidents from June to justify Trump's Sept. call-up.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 10d

This sounds a bit fascist...

ACLU @aclu.org · 10d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 10d

Oregon should follow California's lead here:

bsky.app/profile/bria...

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 13d

Fun! Thanks!

I just recently learned about ITA from this article:

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

www.theguardian.com

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 13d

Paging Jake Tapper...

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 13d

The access-dependent Washington press corps is ignoring this revelatory Trump quote because it raises all sort of questions about his mental functioning and agency that they would rather not acknowledge. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...

Trump: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' | Press Watch

Why is this quote not all over the national media? Because it raises questions about his mental competence.

presswatchers.org

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 14d

Google apparently really wants to drive everyone off of Google and to DuckDuckGo.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 14d

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The Daily Sizzle 🧙‍♀️🪄✨️💙🦸‍♀️💄🐆🗣🚫🍊 ☮️❤️🤍💙☮️ Savage Daughters Unite 🗽50501🗽 @womenvspatriarchy.bsky.social · 14d

PORTLAND

Do not engage with the military.

Trump desperately needs a false flag to kick off civil war.

DO. NOT. PAY. THEM. ATTENTION.

Offer kindness. Look out for your neighbors. DANCE. SING. BE JOYFUL.

Most importantly, SHARE PEACEFUL footage all over social media.

Tysm for your attention😂

a cartoon of a hippie girl giving a peace sign

ALT: a cartoon of a hippie girl giving a peace sign

media.tenor.com

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 14d

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14d

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

<<Once I went out to dinner at one of the fanciest places in town. You know the ones where people have their own locked up wine, the perfect view of the city?>>

University Club?

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

...or, maybe more likely, pretends to not understand.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

Have you considered deploying the Illinois National Guard to protect Illinois residents from the fascist thugs?

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

Dear Leader Donald lies like a rug.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 15d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

What Ron said.

Also: Fuck Trump.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 15d

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 15d

Thaddeus was such a handsome lad!

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

A handsome tuxedo cat staring at the camera

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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 16d

Why would Democrats agree to any budget deal when all of it can be overturned by executive fiat?

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 16d

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

On September 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction directing the Executive to obligate roughly $10.5 billion of appropriated aid funding set to expire on September 30. Of that $10.5 billion, $4 billion was proposed to be rescinded in a “special message” transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act. See 2 U. S. C. §681 et seq. After the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied stays of that order, the Government filed this application to stay the District Court’s injunction. The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient showing that the Impoundment Control Act precludes respondents’ suit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, to enforce the appropriations at issue here. The Government has also made a sufficient showing that mandamus relief is unavailable to respondents. And, on the record before the Court, the asserted harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents. This order should not be read as a final determination on the merits. The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief.

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hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 16d

I think it's just that there are basically 6 Heritage Foundation simps on SCOTUS who are all basically all-in on Project 2025.

hedlin 🍉🌻 @hedlin.bsky.social · 16d

I am still mad about Stargate Universe getting cancelled so quickly.