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Chris C 🦋

@maxsmightymom.bsky.social

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Retired documentary producer & journalist, news junkie, proud Beantown liberal, intrepid traveler, lgbtq+ally, rescue dog mom, resister sister! Oct 18th NO KINGS Protests! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 28d

This needs to be said to each Republican representative and senator. Repeatedly. If not in person, then flood their emails & phones.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 2h

Amen.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 4h

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 10h

RFK's medical qualifications

Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 10h

What she said! #NoKings #FDT

D o n + T o s h @callmedon.bsky.social · 17h

Woman holding protest sign that reads: Hey Trump, Nobody paid us
to be here!
We all hate for free!

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 10h

Huh, Fox News not signing, too? Looks like the only outlet publicly signing Hegseth's Pentagon policy is MAGA propaganda bullhorn One America News (OAN).

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 11h

Watch out, if he sees himself in the mirror, he might grab himself by the neckgina!

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 1d

Too damn lazy or drunk to communicate in complete sentences, that's what we've got for a secretary of defense aka war. #ruledbyman-babies

The Hill @thehill.com · 1d

#BREAKING: Pete Hegseth sends goodbye emoji to news outlets protesting press policy

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 1d

Reposted & followed! Thank you!

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 1d

I want to get Chris Christie's opinion as much as I want to hear Andrew Cuomo's: a big fat NO. I know Christie is now a paid commentator on ABC but come on, you have him stating the freaking obvious. Tell us something we don't know already or STFU.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

How fashy do you have to be for the Washington Post to refuse to sign your pre-clearance policy? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 1d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Tony Ewing @tewing.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Alpheus Williams @alphwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

This is what all military should be doing, honouring their oath to the Constitution.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

www.theguardian.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

This is great

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 1d

Trump really wants to use the Insurrection Act against Americans. National Guard deployments & federal agents on blue city streets offer a prelude to gov't reactions during No Kings Day.Let's not give him any chance to invoke this act.I found this guide helpful.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/time...

Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets

As Trump looks to increase repression, a new training guide explains how peacekeepers reduce fear and build solidarity.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh

Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

Robert Reich

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Chump Doesn't Need an American
Government, He Just Needs
Putin's Approval........

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Chris C 🦋 @maxsmightymom.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA can spin all the lies they want,try to instill “antifa fear” but we have Frogs on our side & no one has to pay us to go.MAGAs & other right wing extremists will be there to do harm.The protests I’ve attended were plagued by smoke-spewing Trump trucks & guys throwing junk at us so be ready!🐸💪🏻

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The high-profile success of Olivia Nuzzi & Bari Weiss sends such an awful, awful signal to, and about, female journalists. So many sharp, careful, dedicated journalists out there and *this* is what the establishment rewards? This is the incentive structure? It's so gross.

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