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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 26m

Thank you for sharing this.

SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1h

It’s heartbreaking that the richest country in the world needs food banks to feed its people but it’s unbelievable that our billionaire politicians have forced our military to feed themselves and their families from food banks.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Military
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Food Pantry Visits From Military Families Climb Over 30% Since Government Shutdown Began

Military families are being encouraged to seek out food, other resources as the government shutdown has surpassed one week with no end in sight.

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 1d

We all have days like this, Sherman.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 1d

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 1d

Go woke, go Pope

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

www.npr.org

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

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 2d

"Given the knowledge and the resources and the privileges that so many of us have, we can’t afford to hope somebody else does the truth-telling for us." Thank you, @eji.org!

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 3d

And great strategy to issue press release on covert tactics.

greentim2.bsky.social @greentim2.bsky.social · 3d

The sickness.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3d

they have lost their ever loving minds

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4d

Tariffs ended what wars, exactly?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "I've ended seven wars. At least half of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you would have at least 4 wars waging with thousands of people a day being killed ... we're getting close to settling 8."

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 7d

Wheee, he said. I killed some people and made up stories about them.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7d

Pete Hegseth: “Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed..”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth # @
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@SecWar
Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people.
Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 7d

And when a human being doesn't get the care s/he needs, does a Republican get his wings? Good people don't hate those in need.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

Overnight, Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the federal government.

They shut it down because they’re determined to strip healthcare from millions of Americans, to enrich the billionaires they serve, to continue the assault on our rights.

We must fight back.

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 9d

Benevolent

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

BASH: Do you think the executive branch should use this shutdown as an excuse to permanently fire federal workers?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well I can tell you right now that the president has been a benevolent president. He is mitigating the harm right now.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 10d

It’s Trump & the GOP’s shutdown!!

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans will try to blame the Government Shutdown on Democrats, MAKE SURE EVERYONE on every platform & in your text circle sees this.

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 12d

His whole career he's steadfastly declined the job of telling white people how not to be racists. Respectfully, he's suggested we can figure that out if we really want to.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 13d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

www.nytimes.com

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Lisa V Gray @lisavgray.bsky.social · 13d

Nikole Hannah-Jones, going straight to the point, as ever. Racism is not a policy perspective to be debated. It's hate speech.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

www.nytimes.com

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Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 14d

War ravaged Portland.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14d

War-ravaged Portland

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 13d

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Amy Young @ayoung.bsky.social · 13d

This is Portland right now. We’re“under siege” by pollen and potholes, that’s about it. We have a ton of live webcams if you want to watch us go to the farmers markets or walking our dogs, we love dogs.
Release the Epstein files.
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