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TheBlueMeeple

@thebluemeeple.bsky.social

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Mom x 2 #GoBlue, #SCVanguard, & #VentureBros for life. Likes pinot noir, puzzles, & board games. Always tired, sometimes funny. #PDX #VoteBlue

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TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · Nov 16

Seems all the more relevant now.

Photo of the face of a yellow-gold dog as seen from over the shoulder of a person with short dark hair, who is carrying the dog. Caption: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Mahatma Ghandi

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 10h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h

(🧵) A key irony in what is now happening in Portland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, and D.C. is something I have not heard much discussed: in order to meet the high legal standard for deployment of federal troops, Trump must not only argue but establish by evidence that his agents are... incapable.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

Shameless Liar Donald Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Portland, OR, four days ago:

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Long-eared Jeroba formerly Carlos Montoya @chiefsadface.bsky.social · 20h

Does she realize by saying that, the Fed and National Guard response is unnecessary.

If the mayor of Portland can clear a "war zone", it can be done with local law enforcement and thereby negating the need for an external "peacekeeping" force!

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David Mack @davidmack.bsky.social · 16h

Still think the 2026 midterms will be free and fair? If the suppression fails, the fix is in, folks. Get ready to see MAGA defy all the polls and “miraculously” win all the major swing state races by 1.55% margins.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 18h

Oh www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

CNN headline: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting
Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

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TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 15h

a woman with her arms outstretched and the words can i get an amen behind her

Alt: a woman with her arms outstretched and the words can i get an amen behind her

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Scott Gable @scottgable.bsky.social · 3d

Megachurch MAGA Morons

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

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

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TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 15h

And the emergency naked bike ride is scheduled for Sunday! 😊🚲🍑

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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 16h

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Bluesmobile@LiamNissanTM @bluesmobile.bsky.social · 15h

See a difference?

Yeah, me neither.

#NaziGermany #NaziAmerica

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TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 16h

First it was Noem's posse, including Sortor, and now this one? Such bi-coastal jetsetters they are! 🙄 (See first pic below.)

TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 4d

Actually, to see how things *really* are in Portland, all you have to do is look at the pictures right-wing "journalists" & others are posting from the roof of the ICE building here, which give a great view of the area around it. (They forgot to edit in the fires and carnage, apparently.) 🤷‍♀️

Post from Seth Colter, captioned "Update: Just opened up Twitter and this was the first thing in my 'for you' feed. Two of those 'local journalists' covering the protests at the ICE facility who somehow were able to get a picture of themselves on the roof of that facility. Surely ICE had nothing to do with this, yes?", quote-posting a tweet from Katie Daviscourt that included a picture of her and @ honeybadgermom on the roof of the ICE building in Portland, captioned "On top of the roof at Portland ICE with @ honeybadgermom!"

Post from Bluesky with a picture of a man, standing with an American flag, on the roof of the ICE building in Portland, captioned "Travis Neliton, former Beaverton cop turned steroid-taking Mortgage Lender made it into the Portland ICE facility yesterday. It's really going to be a right-wing badge of honor to get a pic on the roof there."

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 18h

Advice to journalists: find out who made money trading on this deal happening.

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 19h

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 19h

I was horrified and infuriated to learn that a constituent of mine was abducted by ICE agents, handcuffed, and thrown into a back of a van, all without reason.

Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans.

My full statement ⬇️

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TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 18h

How many of those "special" pies from The Help can we get delivered to DC? 🤔😉

TheBlueMeeple @thebluemeeple.bsky.social · 18h

Ooh! Found a kindred spirit here! If those are resistance, then I'm killing it!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21h

🖥️Most CDC data dashboards are not being updated during the shutdown. Go to your state (or local/county) health department for up to date information on respiratory viruses, food borne outbreaks, and other health information.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 21h

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 19h

FBI arrest Chicago ANTIFA kingpins W. Coyote & R. Runner in Acme Wearhouse. See, Kash, we can make up stuff, too.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

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Scott Linnen @scottlinnen.bsky.social · 20h

it’s a real eureka moment when your obsession with children’s genitalia syncs with your antisemitism

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jeremiah @kingjeremypdx.bsky.social · 20h

@cnn.com Who ran your fact check section and why did they lie to everyone? Blatantly lying as a news site discredits you and, for me, makes you complicit for everything that is happening.

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