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Freddie Mercury's Cat Chauffeur @libbityboo.bsky.social · 8h

Why do Palestinian protesters want them to have terrorists for a government?
Worst fucking allies ever

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 9h

Deep ancestral sigh…

Black Folks and Jews have been taking heat for 2 years because we dared to say that Hamas is hot fucking garbage & doesn’t care about the people of Gaza.

NVM most of us weren’t defending Israel‘s government but were/are defending Jews.

Anyhoo…

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 9h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

That’s a key to the determined resistance to ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago; it’s a racial plurality neighborhood (about a third white, about a third Latino, remaining third Black & Asian), & the non-Latinos have banded together to protect their neighbors from Kavanaugh sweeps.

Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 9h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 9h

“Residents described scenes of panic as dozens of families fled their homes under heavy gunfire, many of them displaced multiple times during the war.

"This time people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks," one resident said. "They were running from their own people."

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 11h

Guess what? Israel isn't killing these Gazans.

Hamas is.

Gazans are dying. It's not a Genocide, but it's still bad.

So...where is Greta Thunberg and her Pro-Palestinan Protester pals now? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

www.bbc.com

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Wonder Woman Demands Justice 🐝🎗 @alsowonderwoman.bsky.social · 10h

Renee i will never forgive them for hating the hostages so much that they tore down posters and denied the rapes and mutilations.

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Renée in L.A. @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 10h

I remember. Eye-opening.

I have to say, the 🍉 ppl lost me on 10/8 when they were denying what we all saw and tearing down victim posters. It was obvious they were pro-hamas. It really was shocking to me. I'll never forget it or understand it.

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DASP 🟦 @daspartist.bsky.social · 10h

I genuinely wish you believed it was fucked up when Hamas kills people. But that is not even close to my experience here. It’s all been “Israel and Jews must be destroyed”. Daily. Maybe be a little louder about that part.

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Bird Nerd Loves Falling Leaves 🌈 @vozderaquel.bsky.social · 10h

It's a standard lie they use when people try to hold them accountable for their hateful behavior.

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 10h

Actually, I was serious.

If the Pro-Palestinian folks are so concerned about the Gazans, then why aren't they freaking out (in this case very appropriately) aboutthis?

Lukács Doncic @weirdalf.bsky.social · 10h

Try to conceal your glee

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 11h

Guess what? Israel isn't killing these Gazans.

Hamas is.

Gazans are dying. It's not a Genocide, but it's still bad.

So...where is Greta Thunberg and her Pro-Palestinan Protester pals now? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Bird Nerd Loves Falling Leaves 🌈 @vozderaquel.bsky.social · 10h

Yep. We have to have some Goddamned standards around here.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 10h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Bird Nerd Loves Falling Leaves 🌈 @vozderaquel.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, hey, hey, calm down...we can't just let ukuleles take over, that leads to dobros and cowboy hats.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 4d

Joyful Warrior Kamala Harris!😃
#107Days

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Danielle Solzman 🗽🇺🇲🎗️✡️🕎🟦🎥 @solzyatthemovies.com · 11h

Matlock returns for season 2 with its second season premiere “The Before Times,” showing that the Kathy Bates-starring reboot has not missed a beat.

Matlock: Kathy Bates-Starring Series Returns for Season 2 with “The Before Times” - Solzy at the Movies

Matlock returns for season 2 with its second season premiere “The Before Times,” showing that the Kathy Bates-starring reboot has not missed a beat.

solzyatthemovies.com

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12h

A local farmer known for her Asian pears is the star of a short documentary. blockclubchi.co/4h4NzPq

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Dr. Regina Michele, J.D. @drreginamichelejd.bsky.social · 15h

It warmed up and we ran to the puppy park and played with a tennis ball! #ContessaLucia

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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🥪🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you!

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Jeff Byrnes 🚰 🏙️ @thejeffbyrnes.com · 13h

It doesn’t. The federal gov’t has no part in elections, they are entirely run & administered by states at the county or locality level.

There literally aren’t enough federal troops to stop even a small set of elections.

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Saganomics @saganomics.bsky.social · 13h

How does the insurrection act stop Massachusetts from electing its state legislature? It's not a magic word.

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Saganomics @saganomics.bsky.social · 13h

There is no mechanism for the federal government to stop elections. American elections are locally administered and those ballots also have local offices on them (say in my case, regional school board and state legislature) in addition to US congress. They are going to go forwards.

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Mel, AnarcHochulist 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 13h

not even the civil war stopped elections from happening. look up the 1864 election. lincoln was literally worried that he would lose

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

why is it always a european who comes into my mentions convinced that all hope is lost, you guys don’t even know how our elections actually work

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Bird Nerd Loves Falling Leaves 🌈 @vozderaquel.bsky.social · 12h

No, Republican. Bad Republican. Bad.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 14h

That's why the dadaesque response here in Portland was perfect.

Their point is to look for trouble, get some, video it, and claim "This is happening across the whole city!"

Now all they get is viewers saying what, the city is full of inflatable mascot animals?

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