Amy Sharpe
amyinbourne.bsky.social
Amy Sharpe
@amyinbourne.bsky.social
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"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing.

Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.

“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”

According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
April 1, 2025
Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Hi, #bluesky:

As you know, nearly all staff at the (IMLS) was placed on administrative leave and, as a result, all processing of grants has been suspended. W/in weeks libraries will feel the loss of these funds.

PLEASE CALL YOUR REPS. #booksky #skybrarians
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
app.oneclickpolitics.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reposted by Amy Sharpe
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” At the inaugural prayer service, the Episcopal bishop of Washington made a direct appeal to President Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and undocumented migrant workers.
Bishop at inaugural service pleads for Trump to ‘have mercy' on LGBTQ people, migrants
At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, made a direct appeal to President Donald Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ community and undocumented ...
www.nbcwashington.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Amy Sharpe
Keeping your child’s asylum application documents in their school backpack so they don’t get deported.

Powerful reporting from Paola Ramos on last night’s show: youtu.be/Fh3x27cWNnY
Migrant families seeking safety from Trump stay one step ahead of mass deportations
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
January 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Amy Sharpe
Emotions are high as January 20th approaches, but Heather Cox Richardson is here to help us stay calm. Join us on Inauguration Eve as HCR puts things into perspective and reminds us that small groups CAN change history. 🌟

We’d love to see you there—sign up now: go.redwine.blue/119HCR-BS
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM