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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Sep 11

The more conversations I have with people about politics, the more I realize I don't really relate to either liberals or conservatives. Conversations with both leave me exhausted and frustrated.

People without loyalty to either/any party though? I can hang with those people.

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Sep 11

The hardest part of living in the U.S. right now is repressing the constant, frenzied urge to REACT.

Is there even a way to diffuse this many escalations piled up on one another? The U.S. is a literal mass of feral anger to the point that I find myself disgusted by both Liberal and Conservative.

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jul 26

Evers is retiring and I need to know who is going to run for governor like....yesterday. 👀

#wisconsin #wisconsingovernor

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jul 5

Any other Americans feel like they're in a toxic relationship with the other half of the country and sick of being gaslit and just wanna finalize that divorce already?

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jul 5

Important PSA: America isn't defined by the president or a political party. It's defined by the people.

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jul 4

Someone I know just had a neighbor get his anti-Trump sidewalk chalk photographed and sent to the FBI by the local police.

Wtf.

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are there ANY Republican women in politics that aren't the absolute worst representation of women in politics?

I hate to use the term "pick-me girl" but some of them are like Republican pick-me girls and it's honestly embarrassing.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 2

BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion ban from 1849.

This is a win for abortion rights.

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 23

I have no objections to YA!

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 23

I'm (not surprisingly) in a mood for books where the people rise up against their oppressors...

Where my bookish recs at? 👀

#booksky

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 21

Throw me in a high stress work environment with an outrageously unmeetable deadline: BET

Throw life tragedy after life tragedy at me: I WILL SURVIVE.

Tell me to organize and plan my week: IMPLOSION IMMINENT

#adhdproblems

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · Jun 21

Republicans turn fake threats into real stories they motivate their base with and use to justify policy.

This is a real threat and Democrats need to do as much if not more to stop it.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 21

Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.

He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 20

The fact that so many rural Americans don't realize how they are the ones that will suffer the most from almost every single decision this regime makes continues to completely baffle me.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jun 20

Folks in rural areas: The Big Beautiful Bill will close your local hospitals after the Medicaid cuts take effect. Tell your senators your community needs them to stay open!

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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · Jun 20

Medicaid cutbacks will affect unpaid family caregivers, experts warn. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports from a presentation to social workers from advocates for people w/ #DevelopmentalDisabilities and for the elderly.

Medicaid cutbacks will affect unpaid family caregivers, experts warn • Wisconsin Examiner

Proposed Medicaid cuts will affect family members and others who provide unpaid care for people who are elderly, ill or have disabilities.

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 19

Have we ever had a president take the "running on a campaign of lies" saying THIS literally?

Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 15

The way they BOTH gave you a face when you said "let's think about it" 😂

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Heidi N. Moore @moorehn.bsky.social · Jun 12

On Trump, police violence, and why 16th century French philosopher Etienne de la Boetie would have told you to STAND UP rather than avoid conflict with a bad leader:

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ffs 🤦🏼‍♀️ Your book is freaking precious. Those people are absolute idiots.

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Bex @rebrosecca.bsky.social · Jun 11

I know it's easy and satisfying to just read the article title/description and react, but I do think this was an interaction actually worth reading through.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jun 11

I’m a farmer who voted for Trump. His tariffs are stressing me out.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” a Missouri corn and soybean farmer fears tariffs could threaten his business.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 9

WATCH: “Here’s the big scary LA protest — look: you don’t see the cops or the National guard here… are there any fires or chemical smoke? Wonder why that is.”

The people are peaceful. Law enforcement is doing the escalating. Intentionally. This has always been Trump’s plan.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · Jun 9

my full conversation tonight with Governor Newsom inside the L.A. County Emergency Operations Center. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...

'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat

In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump "has created the conditions" surrounding the Los Angeles protests. The governor went...

www.msnbc.com

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Jim Henderson @jdhenderson.com · Jun 5

Glad to amplify @dropkickmurphys.com. I'll stand with you. youtu.be/5BRHuiRyVEE?...

Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us?" Music Video

YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Jun 8

To evaluate Terry Moran’s comment that Stephen Miller is “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred,” I recommend this oral history of his time at Santa Monica High School.
lamag.com/politics/ste...

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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · Jun 7

Wisconsin hospitals quietly remove diversity language wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/07/w...

We don’t talk about DEI: Wisconsin hospital systems are quietly removing diversity language • Wisconsin Examiner

The changes have come in the months since President Donald Trump has signed executive orders abolishing federal DEI programs.

wisconsinexaminer.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 7

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

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