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Mister Sissy ✊

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Liberal, cat lady, book lover, news junkie, long time supporter of LGBTQ community, equal rights for all people, anti-war, ban automatic weapons. Please no uninvited DMs or solicitations. I believe in blocking. Resist🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊✊

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jul 14

They fear your voice because it’s powerful. The status quo trembles at a single voice. Silence isn’t safety-it’s surrender. They don’t fear your sadness-they fear your clarity. History doesn’t repeat itself- it responds to silence. They want you numb...so stay awake. Read this...often.

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L.G.O.G.M. (Lovable Grumpy Old Gay Man) 🏳️‍🌈✡️😻🎼 @davidbrucas.bsky.social · 2h

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sylvia Rivera, LGBTQ rights pioneer and along with Marsha P. Johnson co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, one of the first organizations addressing the needs of unhoused LGBTQ youth ✨

Sylvia with a Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries banner

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

The WH is laughing at Republicans in Congress, because they know they’re dog walking them.

Trump’s top advisers joke about ruling Congress w/an “iron fist.” Bannon compared the GOP-controlled House to the Russian Duma, a ceremonial rubber stamp.

They’re Trump’s puppets, and everyone knows it.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“Rivera’s unwavering commitment to empowering marginalized people, especially transgender and queer youth, shaped the landscape of LGBTQ+ rights.” www.villagepreservation.org/2025/02/24/s... #HispanicHeritageMonth

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5h

Truly can’t believe they took this quote
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

"They keep saying as loudly as possible, we're going to do more illegal partisan impoundments, and I think Democrats are seeing this and it just reinforces their sense they can't negotiate with these guys," Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told me. "It's Darth Vader saying 'I have altered the deal, pray I don't alter it any further'—again and again and again."

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5h

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

The population of the detention facility is surging, exacerbating long-standing complaints about conditions. But its oversight is shrinking.

Raw chicken dinner, no soap: ICE detainees recount rough conditions in Tacoma facility

The population of the detention facility is surging, exacerbating long-standing complaints about conditions. But its oversight is shrinking.

www.oregonlive.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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adamouest.bsky.social @adamouest.bsky.social · 4h

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Naked bike riders demonstrate against federal troops in 'quintessentially Portland' protest

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.

apnews.com

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adamouest.bsky.social @adamouest.bsky.social · 4h

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 3h

Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/naked-bike-riders-cycle-through-the-rain-in-a-day-of-portland-protests.html

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 2h

Emergency.
Naked.
Bike ride.

I love this so much.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 2h

French artist Henri Martin uses a pointillist style to achieve the effect of a sunny day in the countryside. You can make up your own narrative about the relationship between the two people (Spring, 1903)

Woman and shepherd stand talking in green field, with grazing sheep nearby, and beyond them a stream and tall thin trunks of trees, and a distant hill in background

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 6h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 6h

Truly disgusting

ICE detained an autistic 5 year old girl in Leominster, Mass

Using this child-a US citizen-as bait to lure her father-who has lived in the country for 20 years-out so they could arrest him

How do these people live with themselves

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AmrWut/

A Leominster family who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years said federal immigration agents held their 5-year-old daughter, who is a US-citizen and autistic, in custody outside their...

TikTok video by The Boston Globe

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h

How about this story?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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SuzanneLieb4 🟦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔯✌🏻 @suzannelieb4.bsky.social · 6h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 6h