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RawrTigerlily

@rawrtigerlily.bsky.social

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Progressive living in Georgia, but always Minnesota Nice until you push me. I have a kid, a husband, and a cat. Can we make this a better place? I'm trying.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just reupping this on my main page so I can make it my new pin. For everyone who is ready to move past grief & into the rightful anger that will power us to stand against the worst to come in meaningful ways:

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey Molls. Here are a couple of things I read recently, which you may find helpful. I don't think there's an easy playbook of "just do this," but a toolkit of principles:

wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won

The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

wagingnonviolence.org

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 13h

At this point, I wonder how the Supreme Court would rule if he was trying to knock the whole thing down and replace it with a Trump Tower he now owns.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 19h

Because they are all narcissists putting all their energy into play acting what they think confidence & strength looks like. But most of us can see it’s fake AF, & that they are mostly stupid, incompetent, scared, weak, little babies.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 19h

This is clearly the privileged mindset of people who don’t think a monarch without restrictions won’t arbitrarily decide to murder them and take all their assets, or the delusion that they would have the resources or ability to avoid that fate short of leaving the country forever.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 23h

ATTN: PA VOTERS

🚨TODAY is the last day to REGISTER to VOTE on Nov 4th!

‼️Maintain the Democratic majority on our State Supreme Court‼️

VOTE YES TO RETAIN💥DEM MAJORITY💥 PA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Christine Donohue
Kevin Dougherty
David Wecht

🚨ATTN: PHILLY
VOTE for progressive DA
LARRY KRASNER

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 19h

like, Miller very explicitly says it's not about economic anxiety. It's about white men feeling that they are colonized subjects. That's complete bullshit, and it makes compromise largely pointless.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 19h

Did Trump’s meme jet say “King Jesus?” 🙄

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn't that have been poetic if JD Vance's hubris dropped a bomb on his own ass.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

Confirming what pretty much anyone who isn't MAGA already assumed.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

This should be an Iran-Contra level scandal and I don’t even know if it will make the front page in this news environment

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

They are narcissists, and extra lazy ones at that. They are completely weak and hollow inside.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

The average amount of SNAP received is about $173. Which means you could fund nearly a million families for a month if we just didn't buy her two private jets to fly around and do racist pressers. Which by the way, seems excessive.

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 2d

Do I understand this correctly? We're shelling out $172 million for two private jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials while no funds are available for SNAP (food stamp) recipients in November. Does that about cover it?

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 2d

$172 million on private jets for Kristi Noem? Incredible.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard is supposed to save lives and protect our coasts, but apparently it’s easier and far more important to fund her personal travel budget. Wasteful doesn’t even begin to cover it.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

I’m also struck by their apparent inability to understand that this metaphor perfectly encapsulates why 10+ million people showed up to a protest. He’s already taking a shit on America and our Constitution.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 2d

Bernie Sanders:

This moment is not just about one man's greed, one man's corruption, or one man's contempt for the Constitution.

This is about a handful of the wealthiest people on earth who have hijacked our economy and our political system.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Grotesque corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 2d

We had a good turn out north of the city as well. Would have liked to make it to the downtown event, but Marta has the line I normally take under crazy construction & I wasn't comfortable trying to navigate it on the fly without my phone.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

Atlanta No Kings rally.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

Someone with a Flock license should start tracking these guys from their front doors to work everyday. 🙄

If it's good enough for a handful of women crossing state lines to get reproductive care, it's good enough treatment for ICE.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

I bet this guy hits all three points of the new DEI hiring scheme:
Drunk✔️
Ex-husband?
Idiot✔️

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

What a weenie. But I am totally on board with people making sure this evil bastard never has a moment of rest or peace. Kind of crazy how easy it is to unnerve him though, as such a big, tough, master race manchild. He feels "threatened" by chalk, while having ICE raid whole apartment buildings? 🙄

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

Republican "free speech" = You can now mutter racist BS at the bag boy at the grocery store, but you can't say something true about what a terrible person Charlie Kirk was.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

Good. Throw that shit in a dumpster. Let Leonard Leo get a taste of what it feels like when people destroy institutions you care about. :P

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 3d

Nah. I’ve lived in both places and it’s that the south bends over backwards for corporate and rich interests and had never wanted to invest in benefits for the general public. And they get away with it because racism makes people accept no healthcare or schools as long as brown people don’t get it.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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