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@verbostratis.bsky.social

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Mental wanderer but grounded in Wisconsin. 2025: Regenerative Unity. Every student should get into their food: grow it, pick it, cook it, share. Views my own. #HSM4A https://substack.com/@verbostratis

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · Aug 12

I could see this group using T to get the “extraordinarily strong executive” Russell Vought calls for “to put in place Christian nationalism” (via @hcrichardson.bsky.social), then happily dropping T for Vance, a “Christian” in their interpretation of the word.
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President Donald J.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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Jason S @jasonswritings.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't blame the government shutdown on us but also we control EVERYTHING and we are refusing to seat a new congresswoman to hide the epstein files and we refuse to negotiate and we lie to the media and your faces and yippee it's time for some REDUCTIONS IN FORCE TO START! But yeah, don't blame us!"

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 23h

Yeet this shit into the sun.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 21h

As a constituent, I'm so glad @baldwin.senate.gov opposed this. I wish all my reps did and would.

A trillion on "safety" without seemingly a thought on exactly *what* are we protecting.

Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 21h

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill www.commondreams.org/news/2026-ndaa while the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans play politics with troop pay and nuclear security and refuse to reopen the federal government. Shame

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 21h

This is a powerful image

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 21h

Lots of white teachers and parents with special ed kids voted for Trump. Or refused to vote for Harris. Same thing.

Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 21h

What if I told you white parents with kids with special needs voted for Trump......some white teacher that work in special education did too. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 21h

What if I told you white parents with kids with special needs voted for Trump......some white teacher that work in special education did too. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

For everyone who is grinding through each day .,.

CBS Mornings captures the joy of the relentless 24/7 news cycle

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Mark Pocan @markpocan.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “Nobel Peace Prize” like deploying the military against your own citizens.

a gold coin with a man on it that says nobel on it

ALT: a gold coin with a man on it that says nobel on it

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 1d

Love when people narrate their own illegal activity in real time.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 2d

That last paragraph.

Hope he and his sycophants read it a few times slowly.

Maria Corina Machado – Facts – 2025 - NobelPrize.org share.google/u3eLcveCLbc8...

SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve reached the point where the President holds roundtables with conspiracy influencers—and his staff echoes Nazi talking points without irony.

Appreciating all our documenters, including @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 4d

Another point to place under the "are they really government?" column of questionable characteristics.

The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 4d

CBS reports ICE agents have repeatedly made fake 911 calls. Each time, police found no threat. In Illinois, that’s a felony.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎 @verbostratis.bsky.social · 4d

Summary Judgment

No agency markings

Commercial camouflage and gloves

Less-lethal launcher

Civilian vehicle

Non-professional bearing

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d