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Perry Grossman

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Recovering/aspiring sociologist. Brookline, MA. Town Meeting and Advisory Committee member Interests include climate justice, clean tech, democracy, etc. Probably a Bayesian. "Ooof" is pretty much my standard reply to what is going on these days.

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is not normal

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9h

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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B @dimondoak.bsky.social · 9h

Ah, fuck. Another tech CEO who has lost his goddamn mind.

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 15h

and it will bring him, and those around him, down.

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 15h

trump's revenge has no bounds

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

evil thugs

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Trump's bootlickers

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you MIT for standing up to that fascist.

New York Times on rejecting trump shakesown

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

That fascist, trump, is gonna fall so hard.

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Great interview with Kai Ryssdal: youtu.be/isF96bnT6u0?...

How Long Can the American Economy Hold? — with Kai Ryssdal | Prof G Conversations

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 16h

GOP dirty deeds

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

Who is Adelita Grijalva and what is the controversy over her being sworn in to Congress?

Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in the newest member of Congress.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17h

Spotted on Capitol Hill this morning

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 19h

down with that fascist clown

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 21h

Nice work by Burlington, MA Town Meeting patch.com/massachusett...

Burlington Town Meeting Takes Action Against ICE Facility

Town Meeting voted on a measure about the federal detention facility that has come under fire for "inhuman" conditions.

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 21h

Terrible of @bostonu.bsky.social to cave.

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nathanpboston @nathanpboston.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you BurlingtonMA for resoundingly passing this important resolution condemning ICE. www.burlington.buzz/local-govern...

Burlington Votes Yes on Multifamily Housing and ICE Resolution, No on Conservation Bylaw Changes

New development will take 3 or more years to open and will replace two current 1970s office buildings

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 21h

Nice work @nathanpboston.bsky.social patch.com/massachusett...

3 Activists Arrested At Burlington ICE Facility, Police Say

The group showed up at the District Avenue building Friday over concerns that detainees were being mistreated.

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 23h

Russian bastards

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23h

Yet another massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, which lasted all night. Russia used:

◾️ 465 Shahed and Gerbera drones;
◾️ 2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles;
◾️ 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
◾️ 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
◾️ 2 Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles.

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Oust trump

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

A guy can dream

Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 1d

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

trump so evil

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

GOP AGs licking trump's boots

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

"novel"?

Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

a staggering waste of money.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gave ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. Once the bill is fully implemented, nowhere in America will be safe from Trump's secret police state.

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Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 1d

Free speech isn’t Trump's to give or take. It belongs to the people, and it's fundamental to a healthy democracy. We’ll continue to use it to call out injustice, organize, and fight back. 💙 #FirstAmendment #WomensVoices #WomensMarch #FreedomOfSpeech

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Kavanaugh resign!

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Kavanaugh stop

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.