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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23h

We will see everyone on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 3h

Sick of their incendiary talking points. Blah, blah, blah....

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3h

ONLY ONE MAN INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN THE USA!!!!

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 3h

I worry that as our democracy stumbles, and we become sicker, more ignorant, less wealthy, we are losing the ability/willingness to "practice democracy" to resist authoritarianism as this good piece reminds us to do. #NoKings #October18

Rural lessons for resisting authoritarianism | Colorado Newsline

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster himself. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” After 20 years of organizin...

coloradonewsline.com

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 4h

What do Americans know about Bitcoin mining? "Michigan does not have regulations in place that provide oversight for bitcoin mines, and proposed legislation aims to incentivize the industry’s growth across the state, and would bar state or local governments from banning cryptocurrency."

A Bitcoin mine came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township isn’t happy

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 4h

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 4h

Scientists and leaders in offices addressing respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, injury prevention and global health were among those affected. The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 14h

But, of course. www.rawstory.com/trump-solar/

Trump kills major project backed by company donating millions to his White House ballroom

A firm that cut millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump's plan for a massive new ballroom wing of the White House has suddenly found one of its flagship energy projects canceled by ...

www.rawstory.com

Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 14h

Do not look away.The Funding Cuts Have Been Fatal. Children Have Paid the Steepest Price. Foraging for Survival. And Trump builds a $200M ballroom at the White House. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Starving Children Screaming for Food as U.S. Aid Cuts Unleash Devastation and Death

A look at the outcome of Trump's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development

www.medpagetoday.com

Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 15h

Musical interlude. Wow. Worth a couple listens.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=weJy...

Ain’t No Man Alive Can Handle Me - Bertha Mae Lightning (1952 Lost Blues Tape | Rare Female Blues)

YouTube video by Dumpster Grooves

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 18h

This is a predictable moment. #Ohio

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

we told you, vivek.

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rosariovpendleton.bsky.social @rosariovpendleton.bsky.social · 1d

Here it is! They are afraid and it’s showing. The No Kings rally will be the single largest peaceful protest in America. The streets are calling to “We the People”.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

Are you in Ohio? Know someone who is? Step up. Let Senator Jon Husted hear from you!

Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing again for Ohio folks as we will be printing these Husted "thank you" cards early next week for Columbus delivery. I know many folks here have thoughts about his votes re PH & healthcare. Please take 60 seconds to write so we can share them with his staffers, and please share w/ Ohio friends!

Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 6d

Tell Jon Husted what you think about his track record on health and healthcare in #Ohio. Letters will be printed on note cards and hand delivered to his office on October 15th.

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 1d

Every day, in every way, it gets griftier and griftier

Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 1d

Update:

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray is a researcher/academic who is moving his family out of the county due to escalating threats against him

next.frame.io/share/848676...

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 1d

The entire Trump family represented in a 30 second nutshell.

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Sarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray is a researcher/academic who is moving his family out of the county due to escalating threats against him

next.frame.io/share/848676...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: a data hoarder created a searchable data of Epstein files. "This is a public service project. All documents are from public releases. This archive makes them more accessible and searchable."

www.404media.co/data-hoarder...