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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 10h

Same!

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

This is the right question! All these so-called fightin’ governors sure don’t seem to be commanding the resources they do have to protect anyone.

Goodpapajama @goodpapajamma.bsky.social · 1d

When ICE agents use excessive force and flout state laws, why are they not being arrested on the spot? Why are the state and cities not telling their troopers and police to watch what is happening and intervene when necessary to protect their citizens.

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 1d

When the next pandemic comes (and it will come) we’ll have nothing left of what was once the greatest scientific endeavor in the world except for some quacks muttering about Tylenol and autism.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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:

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 8d

Same.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 10d

THANK YOU

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10d

I actually don’t think the Dem spin on who did the shutdown is necessary because it is probably a good idea to try to limit government functions if you think the ruling party is doing accelerated fascism

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 12d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 13d

If Portland were actually war-torn (which it obviously isn’t) even Republicans in Congress should be clamoring to hold briefings and debates on the matter. Since it’s not, this is a new level of insanity from the executive in his aggression deployed vs the American people. Dems, WHERE ARE YOU?

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14d

Dems need to denounce and fight this Portland insanity very, very hard. Our unacceptable hesitancy when Trump invaded DC encouraged further escalation. We should be demanding Congress return to deal with this "emergency" - briefings, hearings, debate. We have to fight.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 14d

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 21d

Please and thank you!

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21d

dems could win in red states if they ran unapologetically on raising taxes on people like george soros and colin kaepernick and bill gates to pay for universal healthcare and a 4 day work week

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22d

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

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AzAnsel @azansel.bsky.social · 22d

Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22d

white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.

It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 22d

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during Ronald Reagan’s term.

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · 22d

Just cancelled Paramount+ and Disney+/Hulu. Shame on all of their executives for falling in line with this anti-free-speech behavior.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 24d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.

There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.

He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Sep 11

I agree with them. Thank you so much for sharing this.

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Micah @rincewind.run · Sep 11

it doesn’t matter how loudly Dems condemn this, or even what the shooter’s actual motive is, the machine is already in motion and will invent its own fuel if it has to

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Sep 9

This feels like a sequel to Strega Nona

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Sep 4

I know no democrat is perfect but I would like any of them, ever, to explain why they voted for ANY Trump nominee.

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New Dominion Bookshop @ndbookshop.bsky.social · Sep 2

This Saturday (9/6) at 7 PM in the shop, come hear Tochi Eze and ‪@bruceholsinger.bsky.social‬ discuss Tochi's debut novel, This Kind of Trouble. We recommend arriving early to get a good seat!

#authorevent #charlottesville #indiebookstore

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please add your voice!

teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hey. Male-volent.

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Aug 31

former kids who read too many books and didnt know how to pronounce the words you learned gang say hey

teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Aug 27

We don’t need to put children and families and communities through this. Nobody should have to go through this.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · Aug 27

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."

10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

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teresakoeppel.bsky.social @teresakoeppel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Please and thank you!

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Aug 24

Words/phrases Democrats should never use:

* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)