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Linda Weber

@lawebs.bsky.social

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Progressive Democrat, boy mom (ok, they're adults...), soon to be MIL, and other familial titles. Trying to figure out where to use my energy next in this fight. Happily wedded to @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social

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Linda Weber @lawebs.bsky.social · 4d

One of my favorite messages from one of my favorite movies.

Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 6d

#Antifa

Linda Weber @lawebs.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent point. Words matter. Even on our side.

Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 22h

Using “Wine mom” to dismiss a person engaging in politics is misogyny.
If you saw someone telling a woman not to bother her pretty little head about fascism, you’d recognize it.
Stop doing it yourself.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 9h

What’s weird is if 5% of white people had voted differently,

or 5% of non voters got off their asses & voted, none of this would be happening.

We cannot deny that the children born now are going to pay the price for the folly of this experiment with full blown fascism.

And didn’t we owe the kids

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Linda Weber @lawebs.bsky.social · 9h

He can't not lie. Apparently now a trait of white Christian nationalism. #nokings

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 13h

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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Terra 🌍💙🐴 @blueequest.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings #NoKingsOlympia

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.” - Gandhi

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🇨🇦Masked Newfoundlander🫐 @mindseyeofapoet.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this appropriate today.
No Kings ✌️👊

"Pity the Nation"(after Khalil Gibran) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose Sheppard mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation who raises not it voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation Oh Pity the people
Who allow their rights to erode
And their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of Liberty!

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 21h

"When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

Democracy in action, Illinois.

Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

View of the Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protest in Chicago.

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Linda Weber @lawebs.bsky.social · 20h

New Providence NJ was packed up and down South Street. And the unicorns were fire!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Great day to show what you believe in. Speak your truth. Show you are prepared to fight against authoritarian rule. If you’re marching, having a teach-in,organizing, or resting for future battles, do it with the conviction that we will not give in, that we stand on the side of justice.And stay safe.

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Cerulean Blue 🌊🟰💙✊️ @mumsy777.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

I've never seen and felt as much love for America as we're seeing across the country today.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king

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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve never before had a chief executive who sympathizes more with criminals than their victims.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 2d

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"

-Winston Churchill

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Linda Weber @lawebs.bsky.social · 1d

Can't it be both?

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

It's so hard to tell if they're awful or idiots.

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Joyful Trouble @mini-marshmallows.bsky.social · 1d

George Santos would still be in prison if Kamala Harris was president right now but folks voted for the crazy orange guy instead. 🤷

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 1d

'we should try 5 community grocery stores as a pilot program' enrages the usual suspects more than 'donald trump just took a 10% stake in a giant multinational'

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2d

So more than half of America was in Syria and Iraq only years ago?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The "Party of Law & Order" is surprisingly partial to pardoning and commuting the sentences of convicted criminals who disobey the law and disrupt the order.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.

Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.

New York Times: "Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday"

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