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English teacher & poet A 🔵 in a red state posting news, cats & poems “When we fight we win!” Latest poetry book: Dropping Sunrises in a Jar #GoodTrouble #BlueCrew 💙☮️🇺🇦 #NoDemUnder1K 🚫DMs https://www.melindathomsen.com/

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MelfromNC💙🇺🇦☮️ @melindathomsen.bsky.social · Jan 18

Listen to the audio recordings this weekend January 18-20, 2025 to hear Jack Smith’s final report. I’ll pin this link for four years. 🙏@muellershewrote.bsky.social

#BlueCrew #Justice

Jack podcast cover art by Allison Gill and Andrew McCabe

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Childless Cat Lady @tigerkitty.bsky.social · 22h

a group of frogs are standing next to each other in a cartoon

Alt: Amphibia

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🐸Antifa🐸Auxiliary🐸Brigade🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 @adamhead.bsky.social · 15h

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KermitRocks @kermitrocks4u.bsky.social · 23h

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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 3h

Just skimmed the NYT and WaPo headlines.

Not one word on the virulent bigotry expressed in the Young Republican chats.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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MelfromNC💙🇺🇦☮️ @melindathomsen.bsky.social · 15h

newsom2028.substack.com/p/defend-dem...

Defend democracy on October 18

It's time to stand up for democracy, or we become victims of tyranny.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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🦋🇺🇸 The Baracky 🇺🇸🦋 @thebaracky.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

How MAGA sees things.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

WARNING: This horrific video by a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of war ravaged Portland is not for the squeamish. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

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MadWoman.PDX ❌👑 @resister4344.bsky.social · 1d

#Portland bound!

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ALT: a cat driving a car with the words headed to portland written below it

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 1d

I Think This Is Absolutely Correct….

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Aunt Teefa @auntteefa.bsky.social · 1d

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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John Bentley @johnbentlegs.bsky.social · 2d

Please do not repost this, because apparently she gets upset.

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · 2d

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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R. Mel @cadystat.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings free art. I give anyone who likes it permission to use it.

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pnwg69.bsky.social @pnwg69.bsky.social · 1d

If you are afraid for the future of our country, plz join the 10/18 No Kings Protest!

You have 6 days to find one near you. It’s only a couple hours of your time!

Plz share, repost, spread the word, bring your family, friends, & neighbors.

PLZ BE PEACEFUL IF YOU ATTEND! ☮️

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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MelfromNC💙🇺🇦☮️ @melindathomsen.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be a black cat on 10/18…🐈‍⬛💙

Faith 🌊🥷 @faith54.bsky.social · 1d

This just gets better and better

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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 1d

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MelfromNC💙🇺🇦☮️ @melindathomsen.bsky.social · 1d

The ICEman not cometh here! 🤣

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.