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🌀Amy French🌀

@iamwokeaf.bsky.social

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I'm a Progressive activist in Arizona and I'm wide awake; I'll sleep when I'm dead. I'm an ally. I'm an atheist. I'm a cancer survivor. I'm sober. The fuel now is coffee and rage. Fuck around and find out. #iamantifa #resist w/ me: www.moveon.org

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 14d

Hey Bluesky buds, here's your friendly reminder to find a #NOKINGS protest near you. If you're in the PHX metro come to mine! 👇 Let's show em what Democracy looks like. October 18, 2025. www.nokings.org 😎

NO KINGS Scottsdale · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

i’ll never get over this

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 7h

Fairbanks Alaska knows what's up

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 3h

I collect NA jewelry. I try to buy from the artists themselves, which is easy to do because I live in AZ and shop on the Rez.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h

RFK Jr. has a new theory on autism. He thinks circumcision could be a factor.

It confirms what many of us have suspected for a long time.

They genuinely believe their brains are in their dicks.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 5h

Trump (eyes rolling back and forth in their sockets, muttering): I have enemies. They are everywhere.
[Voice raises to a shout]
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE! CUT THEM OUT! ROOT AND BRANCH! CUT THEM OWWWT!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah that's my council member!

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Hello?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 8h

Old soul

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NPR @npr.org · 14h

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

n.pr

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

California voter here 🤚🏽

Not cool. Judge Katie Porter for yourself, but all the whiteboards in the world don’t make up for losing your cool when the questions get uncomfortable.

Even worse, flipping out on your own support team. This isn’t sexist, it’s about staying level-headed under pressure…

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Johnson and Lauer are stalling.

If Grijalva isn’t sworn in, it gives them time to pressure one of the 4 Republicans who signed the discharge petition to flip.

The reason they’re working this hard to shield the Epstein files is because Trump’s name is all over them.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 18h

President Biden made a rare public outing with Dr. Jill Biden to watch the Dodgers-Phillies playoff. Dressed in a pinstripe shirt and blue-gray blazer, he warmly chatted with fans, posed for photos, and remained in good spirits despite the game’s outcome.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 9h

Huge congrats! I have five years. Can't wait to see 33! 😎

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 18h

'Epstein bomb set to drop — nobody wants to defend Trump': 100 GOP Reps to mutiny, congressman warns
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Noem: "With your authority, we're purchasing more buildings in Chicago to operate out of. We're gonna not back off -- in fact, we're doubling down. We're gonna be in more parts of Chicago in response to the people there. We're looking at facilities we can deploy more law enforcement out of."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11h

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEWS: The Epstein Survivors' press conference yesterday was postponed. New date TBD.

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Miko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 9h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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