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Karen Carpenter

@kcdirector.bsky.social

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Theater-maker, collaborator, new play incubator. Artist-activist. #Resist✨🪷🧘🏻‍♀️🌊🏊🏻‍♀️🌎🕊️💫 🦋 #HonorRoll 🏳️‍⚧️ally🏳️‍🌈 🌻 🇺🇦 🚫👑🇺🇸💪🏻💙 To support my artistic work, buy me a coff.ee/kcdirector ! 🙌🏻🎭🙌🏻

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Karen Carpenter @kcdirector.bsky.social · Nov 22

Urban street corner background in muted dark colors; foreground is a multicolored neon sign reading: Be Kind, Be Well, Be Safe, Be Love.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 21h

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Empathic & Compassionate 💙🧚‍♀️🏳️‍⚧️👩‍🦼🏳️‍🌈🗽🌍 @seaskygoddess.bsky.social · 22h

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans are holding hungry Americans hostage.

F*ck. Them.

WE can take care of our neighbors.

Join our Feeding America campaign to help families on SNAP!

1 dollar = 10 meals.

Pass it on!!!

Help SNAP Recipients Today.

social.demcast.com

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 8h

Ice agents crashing into US citizens then forcibly detaining them.

They don’t know how to hold guns. They clearly don’t have any training. They obviously aren’t following the laws.

This is embarrassing for our country and dangerous for our citizens.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 22h

we have been covering this for months and months now, here (again) is my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about this subject from Thursday @teenvogue.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @deadder.bsky.social )

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 23h

The most immediate and important thing Congress can do is to call Adm Holsey, Lt Gen McGee and other cashiered officers to testify about their experience since Trump took office. Unless, that is, the GOP majority can’t handle the truth about what Trump is doing to the armed forces. wapo.st/4nEItvh

Opinion | Trump’s politicizing of the U.S. military is accelerating

Why are so many generals getting fired? Congress should summon them to find out.

wapo.st

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23h

extremely dangerous: "efforts by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to politicize the armed forces and to turn them into instruments of their MAGA agenda"

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 23h

The rate of boat strikes has roughly doubled since Adm Alvin Holsey’s departure as head of Southern Command was announced in mid-October. Evidently Hegseth has found more-compliant officers who will do Trump’s bidding even if, in the process, they risk a future court martial. wapo.st/4nEItvh

Opinion | Trump’s politicizing of the U.S. military is accelerating

Why are so many generals getting fired? Congress should summon them to find out.

wapo.st

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING FASCIST: Hegseth bars military officials from discussing drug boat strikes with Congress without prior approval as he continues down the road to fascism:

Hegseth bars military officials from discussing drug boat strikes with Congress without prior approval

The Office of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has disemminated a broad list of topics that DoD personnel are now required to seek prior approval on before engaging with Congress, which includes any ...

yahoo.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h

We could fund over four months of SNAP benefits with the $40 billion Argentina received.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Generic Ballot:
Dems 50% - 42% GOP (+8) NBC News
Dems 49% - 41% GOP (+8) Strength In Numbers

bsky.app/profile/geof...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This is brilliant

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care about newly remodeled bathrooms, $300 million dollar ballrooms, lavish Gatsby parties or tax cuts for billionaires.

I care about people. No one should go hungry in America, especially children.

The funding for SNAP is available, so Trump needs to stop gaslighting and release it.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Learn more about how to #CancelSpotify and some of the other mega corporations supprting ICE at boycotthere.com

#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget

Boycott Here – Join the Economic Noncooperation Movement

boycotthere.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

There’s no shame in needing help. Strength isn’t pretending you’re fine—it’s having the courage to say, “I could use a hand.” If you need help connecting to resources please check out find help.org.

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 1d

The administration is refusing to release federal contingency funds that are intended to be used to fund programs like SNAP in the event of a shutdown, which is what has been done in the past.

Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to starve Americans.

#Pinks

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

There are more than a dozen states in midst of mid-cycle redistricting. I break down what the GOP is up to and how Democrats are fight back. Most importantly, I explain what YOU can do to help defend democracy. youtu.be/cEKnZlsFkFE

Dem's New Strategy to Counter GOP Gerrymandering

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: DHS Unleashes Historic Surveillance Dragnet on Migrants and Citizens

Federal agents want your DNA, fingerprints, and face—no matter your age or citizenship. Sweeping new rules put entire immigrant families under perpetual government watch.

SCOOP: DHS Unleashes Historic Surveillance Dragnet on Migrants and Citizens

Federal agents want your DNA, fingerprints, and face—no matter your age or citizenship. Sweeping new rules put entire immigrant families under perpetual government watch.

migrantinsider.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
#SayLessRepeatMore

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

If the GOP doesn’t want tax dollars going to food, healthcare, housing, ed, SS, veterans’ care, housing, research, science, art, infrastructure, transit, childcare, the environment, public broadcasting, diplomacy, regulatory agencies, or job training… WTF are we paying them for?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

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