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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

Do the right thing Pittsburgh

Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

"The stakes here are enormous." And not enough of the American public are aware or care.

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

We really are living in the upside down now

Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

He who has incited more violence than any president in my lifetime.

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

I love those frogs!

Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

My baby

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

Black and white shih tzu poses on pillow. Astonishingly cute

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 12h

#MomSky What are Biden’s final numbers for his 4 years in office? www.factcheck.org/2025/10/bide...

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 11h

No one voted for Stephen Miller

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12h

Day 213.2
"..instability in Chicago has been caused by the admin’s surge of fed agents into the city, where they shot & killed..Silverio Villegas González; raided & ransacked an apt bldg..shot an unarmed woman..info has showed the fed agents were the aggressors in each situation." HCR 10/8/25

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 1d

WTF?

Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: “The amazing thing is you look at Portland, and you see fires all over the place, you see fights and just violence. It’s so crazy… You see it on your network… It's like movies you see for the kids, adults also with these bombed out cities, it’s like worse than that.”

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Old Salt @oldsalt946.bsky.social · 1d

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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is hallucinating…
It’s obvious…
He is mentally unfit…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 1d

I knew we were kindred spirits!

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · 1d

Pittsburgh's best restaurants: The 27 spots that showcase the spectrum of peak Western Pa. dining in 2025

Best restaurants in Pittsburgh for 2025

These 27 spots showcase peak dining in Western Pennsylvania.

www.post-gazette.com

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 1d

The frog is my hero!

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 1d

ICE shoots protester in the head with a pepperball...ya know...just for funsies. Such big strong men

bethbramble.bsky.social @bethbramble.bsky.social · 1d

Ice shoots priest in the head with a pepper ball, in Chicago. Things are escalating & it’s horrifying.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Yes indeed. Check out war-ravaged Portland.
Trump lying again.
#Portland
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly!

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, New Yorker

Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 2d

As hell

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3d

It's coming sooner rather than later and most of you guys are wanting to pretend like it's business as usual.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 3d

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 3d

So I remember

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3d

Question…

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 3d

Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Greg Abbott: “STATES CANNOT INVADE ONE ANOTHER. This is so simple -- so fundamental to America -- I cannot believe I have to type those words.”

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Petunia @puddinpetunia.bsky.social · 3d

So I remember

Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 3d

Our lived experience is other folks worst nightmare..

These are just *some of the ways Black people have long lived under fascism

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