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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1h

Indeed, my friend.
These horrible people will be brought to justice.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Right?
I often wish I could borrow a letter.
Today, I would appreciate an 'A' please.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

Nope - but they are not being served or housed in Chicago.

They have no place to sleep and nothing much to eat.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

Amusing and awful at the same time.

From @newyorker.com

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

$77 billion more for billionaires, but no healthcare for us.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

America's governors are showing up.

Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom:

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

They always come for the women.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

LOVE
LOVE
LOVE
this hopeful book.
There's a big waiting list for it on the library's Libby app - but well worth the wait.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished listening to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 'Hope in the Dark'.

It's so good; so timely; so encouraging, I'm going to listen to it again this weekend.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote a thing. Again. Telling the truth is generally regarded as a matter of intention and moral character, but it's also a skill: the ability to delineate accurately what's going on out there and who exactly the parties are....

Categories Are Leaky (Over-Generalizations are Dangerous)

Many people seem to love sweeping generalizations. Not all people, but lots of people I come across trying to discuss the politics of our time fall back on pretending that a category of people is homo...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

"Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school ... "

Nobody messes with Chicago.

Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

We're having a lot better luck with America's governors than we are with congress and the senate.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

No surprise there,
Paul.

Many Americans claim a similar England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland heritage.
And those who don't, are often of Italian heritage.

I had a German grandmother; Canadian grandfather - and English great grandparents.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 1d

Businesses and restaurants in Illinois are posting signs saying ICE/CBP do not have consent to enter, unless they have a judicial warrant. The signs are being distributed by the Illinois Workers in Action organization.

We need to adopt this nationwide.

Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 More health workers in South & Southeast Asia are performing female genital mutilation (FGM) — embedding a harmful practice into health systems.

Without clear laws & accountability, medicalisation threatens to entrench this harmful practice.

✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@arrowomen.bsky.social

Growing Number Of Health Workers Are Performing Female Genital Mutilation In South East Asia - Health Policy Watch

CAPE TOWN - More and more health workers are performing female genital mutilation (FGM) in South and South East Asia – although the process is internationally

healthpolicy-watch.news

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

I am immigrant.
Immigrated to England from America twenty-five years ago.
Returned to my homeland of California five years ago.
My head and heart belong to both countries.

Richard Bates @discript.com · 7d

I am an #immigrant.
My mum was an immigrant to the USA.
My dad was an immigrant to Britain.
We were welcomed, not deported.
#Racism is inhumane.
We must fight for social justice.

bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 8d

As someone who cares about the written word and how we use it to address injustice, this is everything.

WATCH:

#Resist

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

Quite possibly the most striking cat I've ever seen, Richard. Such a beauty.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

Love seeing my friend in England posting about our November elections in California.

Richard Bates @discript.com · 2d

#California voters #GOTV

Stacey Williams @staceywilliams.bsky.social · 2d

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ann @annpersand.bsky.social · 2d

Olaf Hajek, Let’s Pretend It’s Not The End Of The World (illustration for The Winged Moon Magazine: Biophilia, 2025)

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

Impressive gains for UK's Green Party.

Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Big jump for the Greens, now just 2 points behind Labour.
I wrote for @thenerve.news about why young women like the Green Party.
They spoke to me about protest, about inequality, about nature.
Can the Greens drive even further and win over more women?
www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

As a Californian who had the good fortune to live 20 years in England, I could have greatly benefitted from Philippa Perry's advice to Americans moving to the UK.

The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

🔗 Read the full piece here www.thenerve.news/p/philippa-p...

AMERICANS, WELCOME TO BRITAIN AND YOUR STRANGE NEW WORLD

In the first of her monthly columns, our ‘cultural agony aunt’, psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry, on the challenges facing the growing numbers of US citizens moving to the UK

www.thenerve.news

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

‘It feels good – and quite strange – to think I could vote for what I believe in…’

@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice 🌱

Photo of Zack Polanski. Text: Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2d

Me too, Dave.
I can't stop grinning looking at this.