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Some tips to help you deal with the stress of fighting fascism

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Here is my latest Self-Care Sunday post that is designed to put you in a better frame of mind to fight fascism.
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Self-Care Sunday

A Report on Two October 18 No Kings Protests in Maryland

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Here is my report on just two of the approximately 2,500 No Kings protests that took place in the United States and in several other countries.

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They were just two of the approximately 2,500 protests that took place across the US and in several other countries

Inside the Minds of the MAGA/Putin Supporters

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful sunrise from a few days ago. #sunrise

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 5d

Politico did this expose of the Young Republicans that provides a glimpse into the minds of the Republican MAGA supporters and it’s definitely not a pretty picture.

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Check out Politico's expose

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 6d

Fall is definitely here now.

Leaves changing from green to red with a few blue colored berries on the branches.

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 6d

Pop Mart's Ted steps out with his collector's card at The Space "Free Art For All" in Greenbelt, Maryland. #ted #ted2 #legalizeted #POPMART

A Positive Development With Israel and Palestine

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 6d

I'm happy that the hostages have been freed and there's now a ceasefire in Gaza. I'm cautiously optimistic about it leading to a lasting peace right now.

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Will it really lead to peace?

A collection of memes that I found online

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 6d

To start off another week, here are a bunch of memes related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that I found online.

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Memes Monday

A visit to a statue of a wizard that was carved from a pine tree stump in Columbia, Maryland. #travel #art #statue #carving #wizard

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 8d

A visit to a statue of a wizard that was carved from a pine tree stump in Columbia, Maryland.

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The Pop Mart Ted2 bear is really cool. He has features that the Labubus don't have! #legalizeted #popmart #ted

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 9d

The Pop Mart Ted2 bear is really cool. He has features that the Labubus don't have! #legalizeted #popmart #ted
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Unboxing my first ever blind box that I actually purchased from Pop Mart. #popmart #legalizeted #Ted #ted2 #teddybear

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 9d

Release the Epstein Files.

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 9d

Unboxing my first ever blind box that I actually purchased from Pop Mart. #popmart #legalizeted #Ted #ted2 #teddybear

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Breaking News: Donald Trump Fails to Get the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 10d

Despite his effort, Donald Trump has failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I think it's because the Nobel Committee aren't into giving awards to authoritarian leaders who love to violate other people's civil rights like Trump.

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Bad news for Trump, good news for the rest of the world

Temperance Statue, Washington, DC

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 10d

This week in my Travels With Kim Substack I make a visit to a statue that most people ignore on the streets of Washington, DC. It's a statue dedicated to the Temperance Movement and it reflects a time when Americans viewed alcohol as the root of all societal ills.

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A remnant from the days of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition

When MAGA Really Stands For Make Argentina Great Again

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 11d

Donald Trump wants to bailout Argentina to the tune of $20 billion while cutting health care and other essential services that Americans rely on. Here is what we get for that bailout: an Argentinian president playing rock star.

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Donald Trump wants to give Argentina $20 billion of US taxpayers money

Forgiato Blow: Portrait of a Tankie Vatnik Rapper

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13d

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 13d

Here is a look at Forgiato Blow, the white rapper who loves Donald Trump, promotes lynching as a solution to crime, and disses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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He frequently raps about his devotion to Trump while also dissing Ukraine

A collection of memes that I found online

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 14d

To start off another week here are a few memes related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that I found online.

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Memes Monday

I performed my first ever face up on a Labubu or Lafufu. #faceup #faceupdoll #labubu #lafufu #faceupartist

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 15d

I performed my first ever face up on a Labubu or Lafufu. #faceup #faceupdoll #labubu #lafufu #faceupartist

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MAGA is Trying to Create the New Charlie Kirk

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 15d

Meet Brilyn Hollyhand, the 19 year-old-man whom MAGA is trying to groom as a successor to Charlie Kirk less than one month after Kirk was murdered. He's getting off to a rough start.

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Whether you like it or not, here comes Brilyn Hollyhand

Donald Trump Trashes Blue Öyster Cult While the Republicans Shut Down the Federal Government

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 16d

The US federal government is closed and Donald Trump is spending more time trashing Blue Öyster Cult than trying to find ways of reopening the federal government.

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The US president is becoming increasingly juvenile while the government is not operational

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Family Grave, Rockville, Maryland

Kimberly Keyes @kimberlyannkeyes.bsky.social · 16d

This week in my Travels With Kim Substack I visit the gravesite of “The Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and their daughter Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald Smith.

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Where he is buried with his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald, and their daughter, Scottie

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