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africanspacechrist.bsky.social @africanspacechrist.bsky.social · 9h

Here's footage from the World Naked Bike Ride today at the Portland ICE facility protest.

Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 21h

...Sometimes I think we forget things like that too quick. I know a lot of the G.I.s over here have forgotten what they are over here for. Of course, most of them are the guys who've seen little or no combat. They have no bad memories."
#WWII #Antifa #1940s

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 21h

I couldn't wait to post this... an excerpt of one of the #LettersFromGrandpa for the upcoming week...October 14, 1945.
"God! If our country was ever invaded and destroyed like this - I hope someone has brains enough to to keep our country strong enough to prevent anything like that....

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 21h

80 years ago #OTD:
"I had to go clear up to some outfit near Bremerhaven and to Vegesack to Division Headquarters on business. We are trying to get all of the Company organizational equipment in order so we won't have a lot of trouble when it comes time to turn it all in."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII

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Muppet Pictures @muppetpictures.bsky.social · 1d

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 1d

80 years ago #OTD:
"The latest news! The 29th has finally been officially slated to go home. The schedule says sometime in December, but there is still a chance that I may leave before the Division... Just plan on one thing; I'll definitely be home for Christmas."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #Antifa

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 2d

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 3d

People were so proud to announce they were on the "Trump Train". Now it's derailing and they want others to help them get to the next stop - where they will proceed to get right back on the same raggedy ass train to nowhere again.

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Jeanne Burch @bulmasan.bsky.social · 3d

#antifa #resist

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 3d

80 year's ago #OTD:
"I heard from one of my old buddies today. He wrote me from Antwerp where he was catching the boat on the 29th of Sept. His name is Robinson, he's red headed so, naturally, we call him 'Red'. He lives in Watertown, NY."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #Antifa #WatertownNY #Watertown

Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 4d

When I last checked in on my former friends in the cult (just to see what planet they were on), they say the troops are there to prepare for Obama to be charged with treason. Lol. That was a couple of months ago though. I think now it's because of the "violent left" who is burning the city. down...

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 4d

Great... will they end up giving more power to Miller and Vought though??

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 4d

80 years ago:
"You asked if I ever got tired of people. I was never so tired of people in all my life as I am right now...when I get back I don't want to see anyone but our friends for at least a month. Of course the first month I won't see anyone anyhow from looking at you."
#LettersFromGrandpa

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Women’s Personal Finance @womenspf.bsky.social · 5d

Okay we can simply not lose both Jane Goodall and Dolly Parton in the same week, so please let her be well 🙏

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 5d

as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 5d

G.I. Carmen - Wikipedia share.google/4EvH8Lrt76jV...

G.I. Carmen - Wikipedia

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 5d

It is surprising that so much talent could come from one Regiment, but it was first produced as a show for the Regiment, but made such a big hit that is has toured the whole E.T.O. I am enclosing the Program which I want to keep."
(It wasn't in his Scrapbook.)
#Carmen #GICarmen

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 5d

The night before last I went to see the G.I. production of 'Carmen.' The cast is all composed of men of the 253rd Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Division. It was a burlesque version of the opera 'Carmen', but any resemblance between the Opera and this show was purely coincidental....

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 5d

80 years ago #OTD:
"I finally got some dope on the subject of going home... We men with 65 points were supposed to have left the 29th a couple weeks ago...our Regiment Commander declared us all essential and held us here to ship with the Division...
#LettersFromGrandpa #Antifa #WWII #1940s

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 6d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Cat Ell @thatkatt.bsky.social · 7d

This is beyond Politics. This is basic human decency.

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