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Renee
@rasekel.bsky.social
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Suburban mom and public school advocate. Co-host, Advocacy Bites podcast. Deputy TroubleNation Program Director, Red Wine & Blue. Posts are my own opinions.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h
Who approved the demolition of the fucking White House?

Congress isn’t even in session.
Photo obtained by LawDork
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NC Democrats @ncdemocrats.bsky.social · 2h
Speaker Hall just said there likely won’t be any more recorded votes in the NC House this year.

Translation: Republicans are clocking out without passing a budget (their core responsibility).

..but they found time to rig maps for the 7th time.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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Renee @rasekel.bsky.social · 6h
And the Senators ostentatiously looked down at their phones as NC citizens stood in front of them, begging them not to do this. Their arrogance and utter contempt for the people they’re supposed to serve are glaring (and long pre-date Trump).
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h
It is an absolute scandal. An embarrassment. A tribute to the long history of state terrorism that codifies power. Shame, shame, shame.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Breaking News: North Carolina state senators approved a new congressional map that could give Republicans an extra seat. The state House is expected to pass it.
North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat
The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year.
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NC Democrats @ncdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d
If you think Republicans should stop rigging our maps, share this.
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Democracy North Carolina @democracync.bsky.social · 2d
“Racist maps make racist reps! Racist maps make racist reps!”

After dozens of North Carolina voters gave public comment on proposed maps aimed at erasing Black voting power in CD1, lawmakers proceeded to kick those folks out #ncpol
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d
While officers cleared the sidewalk and street in front of the Portland ICE facility, ERO agents ran out of the side for a targeted arrest. Lots of tear gas.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3d
There's no focal point in this video, no specific moment of violence. It's just a video of what it's like to be pushed back by rioting cops
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TheHerm @herminator12.bsky.social · 4d
A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota
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Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 3d
Talking to No Kings protesters in Kansas City, Missouri…

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Talking To Protesters At The No Kings Rally - Kansas City, Missouri
YouTube video by The Vanguard
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d
No kings protest in Des moines, lowa.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4d
Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings
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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 4d
John Cusack says message from Chicago to Trump is: ‘Go to hell!’

#NoKings 👑
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 4d
Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 4d
A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 4d
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Brandon Kingdollar @kingdollar.bsky.social · 4d
The scene at No Kings in Raleigh, where protesters have been met with a near-constant stream of supportive honks for the last two hours.
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climate refugee @a-climate-refugee.bsky.social · 4d
NO KINGS
Dubuque, Iowa
Oligarchy crossed out Below that is: Democracy! BEING AN AMERICAN MEANS SAYING NO TO TYRANNY. This is the Government that the Founding Fathers WARNED us about! Inflatable critters Dinosaur, Penguin and Unicorn
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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 4d
No Kings

Duluth, MN
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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 4d
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 5d
Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.

If you can't beat 'em... cheat 'em? That's the rule in Raleigh right now.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 6d
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d
Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.

She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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