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Richard W. Morrison
@swelleganza.bsky.social
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Publisher, Editor, Queer. Lover of poetry, art, music, gardens, nonhumans, collectives, community, safe spaces, open borders, critical thinking.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · Mar 5
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 3h
Just another perfect day of racial profiling
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 1d
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Trans Activist Who Saw It All, Dies
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 2d
19th nervous breakdown
Two empty spray bottles of so-called cleaning products
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 2d
HAPPY PRIDE ORLANDO!!! And shoutout to everyone who attended No Kings right before. Our biggest pride yet. We proudly believe in justice for the LGBTQ+ & Immigrant community. No to authoritarians scapegoating our people in order to consolidate power and make money. No ICE in the sunshine state 🙅🏾‍♂️
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d
One of my favs
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3d
the random murder of fishermen in the Caribbean by this lawless administration should be a much bigger story, in my humble fucking opinion
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 2d
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Theatre of the ridiculous level amazing.

#NoKings
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 3d
“ there goes a bikini whale “ 😄
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 3d
Couldn’t make No Kings, but I still got this awesome button THANK YOU to all who showed up today. #nokings
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 3d
Narwhals!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
#NoKings Cincinnati
Rally sign reads “I am Aunt Tifa. Heard you were looking for me!”
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · Sep 4
They think it'll cut down on people of color, but they might be surprised. #vaccineswork
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
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Your daily John Waters screenshot @johnwatersbot.bsky.social · Aug 18
Pushy Donna wants an extremely large glass of ice water.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · Jul 23
Cowards
US House calls early summer recess to block voting on release of Epstein files
Republicans say last votes will take place on Wednesday, a day earlier than scheduled
www.theguardian.com
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · Jul 23
Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”
Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo to win the "Black vote" — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.
theintercept.com
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · Jul 20
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to Town."
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Jul 20
The second title in a new publication series devoted to visual literacy, "Black Elegies" is an unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature — everywhere, if you know how to see it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255172... @kjuanitabrown.bsky.social
A hand holding a copy of the book "Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning" by Kimberly Juanita Brown.
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · Jul 20
“Too many in chains. We are shackled by greed.”
A reminder that not all chains rattle. Some are silent but just as strong. #Poetry #Truth
Fierce Love: A Womanist Anthem for Freedom
They passed the Big Ugly Bill. And all I can hear in my head is a cry for freedom.
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · Jul 20
Every day. It’s just the same story every single day — IDF massacres starving people at food sites they set up with US money and support.
aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jul 19
BREAKING: At least 116 Palestinians, including 38 people near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today, according to medical sources in the enclave.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/f6uvdq
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · Jul 20
“keep politics out of kids movies”

disney in 1973:
death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood
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ricardodominguez.net @rrdominguez.bsky.social · Jul 20
#Good #Times
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 20
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
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Craig Schisel @craig725.bsky.social · Jul 20
At El Salvador’s CECOT prison, detainees are being tortured—beaten, electrocuted, and sleep deprived.

This is cruel and unusual punishment.

Nobody is reining in this illegal activity, so what’s stopping Trump from doing this to U.S. citizens?

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
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