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Rachel

@mzzrach.bsky.social

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independent to a fault. lover of the fantastic. animals are better than people. artist/designer. resistance isn’t futile. i’m into democracy. she/her 🗻🗻🗻

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Rachel @mzzrach.bsky.social · Nov 12

The current influx on this platform feels different than the migration to Threads.

This feels....more viable. Stronger, more complete.

The sooner we make X irrelevant the better.

Spread the word.

🦋🦋🦋

#bluesky

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 13h

To all the Resistance ~

Many of us aren’t just fighting fascism, we’re fighting apathy — at times from our inner circles — and apathy is soul-crushing because it masquerades as normalcy.

Know that you are doing the right thing, and the world is lucky you’re showing up.

Stronger together.

✊🏼

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Fat Rambo @chiefjim.bsky.social · 1d

Edit of the week

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Rachel @mzzrach.bsky.social · 10h

Leticia James. Absolute respect for this amazing, powerful woman who is a phenomenal AG.

She doesn't deserve this weaponized retribution and those "indicting" her aren't qualified to serve her a glass of water, let alone prosecute her.

We support you, queen.

#leticiajames

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Rachel @mzzrach.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out that reading is NOT fundamental for an alarming number of people.

It's banned book week, crack one open! You might even learn something.

😎📚📚📚

#BannedBookWeek

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Deby Dagostino📎🫘🧷 #8647 @deby0922.bsky.social · 19h

💙🔥CALIFORNIA FRIENDS🔥💙
Hubby and I VOTED 🗳️ today!!! Did you? Please vote 🗳️ YES on Prop 50!!!

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 19h

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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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 1d

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Comedian Tiffany Norton ✨👄✨ @tiffanynorton.bsky.social · 3d

Bitch please 💅

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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 3d

If you ever wondered what Republican “governance” looks like, this is it.

A government shutdown.
Federal workers who don’t get paid.
A President who golfs during a shutdown.
National guards and ICE deployed to attack and arrest Americans.
Millions of Americans losing their healthcare.

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This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · 5d

ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have left the building.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is so distraught over his third government shutdown and its subsequent impact to millions of Americans, he’s consumed his days with playing golf, surfing social media and posting AI videos.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

This about sums it up.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 6d

Newsom for the win

Newsom Fights For Democracy, AOC and Bernie Call Out Dirty GOP Trick, and America Demands Epstein’s Secrets Be Released Now

We don’t back down. Ever

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Rachel @mzzrach.bsky.social · 6d

We have to support each other so we can move through this insanity with our psyches intact.

I will rest when I need to but giving up is not an option and never will be. 💙

Rachel @mzzrach.bsky.social · 6d

I need a break from all of this.

I need to find a way to stay informed without breaking my soul.

I need to keep resisting while also looking after my mental health.

*cue social media break of unknown duration*

#resistance #project2025 #mentalhealthmatters

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Good Trouble @lebergerdavid.bsky.social · 7d

While the toddler is mesmerized by AI and posting stupid videos, Stephen Miller and Russel Vought are running the country to the ground.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It’s Worse Than You Think

The 905 billionaires in the U.S. hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape to get by.

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It's Worse Than You Think | Common Dreams

The 905 billionaires in the United States hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape ...

www.commondreams.org

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t think many realize how prescient and relevant the movie 9 to 5 was, and is. Though blanketed in comedy, the real story of what women had to experience and suffer through in the workplace was overlooked. Mind you, it came out just a few years after women were finally given financial autonomy

Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin

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