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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 3h

I keep saying until I’m blue in the face:

I will always vote for the POTUS who will be easier for me to organize under.

My work doesn’t stop regardless of which party wins the White House. Under a Democrat, we can make progress. Under GOP, we fight just to hold the rights we have—and can lose.

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Maybe more people should have voted for Hillary doe.

*runs away*

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 3h

I keep saying until I’m blue in the face:

I will always vote for the POTUS who will be easier for me to organize under.

My work doesn’t stop regardless of which party wins the White House. Under a Democrat, we can make progress. Under GOP, we fight just to hold the rights we have—and can lose.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks. She has been a nightmare for our queer youth, our parents, our elected officials, and LGBTQ+ advocates and service providers for about 4 years now. And there’s just no legal way to stop her.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 9h

Ugh, she’s coming to my town on Nov. 10 with TPUSA, probably because our local Mom for Liberty got famous recently for stripping at our school board meeting.

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💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like everyone should randomly say, “Plenary authority” around Stephen Miller to see if it causes a glitch every time.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 10h

Shoot, hit Post but forgot Alt Text: four shirts in black, navy blue, heather gray, and white with the Iron Front logo of three arrows pointing down that represent opposition to monarchy, N@z!sm/fascism, and Stalinism/communism. The arrows have text on them that say Live, Laugh, and Fight Back.

Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 10h

NEW DESIGN DROP!

“Life Is Good,” but make it antifascist.

This shirt takes you effortlessly from drinks on the patio to marching in the street. The Iron Front logo says “I oppose fascism.” The color scheme says, “ICE will have to look closely to clock me.”

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

We really cannot emphasize enough that the party of “Get government out of our lives!” wants to be so up in our business, they should all be wearing nitrile gloves.

It’s so, so gross.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

Azeen Ghorayshi at the NYT has moved on from going after trans people and is now pushing the leasing question that autism diagnoses are too common because of its expansion of it to a spectrum.

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Alt text: A screenshot of a New York Times article titled “Should the Autism Spectrum Be Split Apart?” The image shows a woman with dark hair tied back with an orange patterned ribbon, smiling and leaning forward near a window with sunlight coming in. She is wearing a light orange top with thin straps.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

Folks, W is a war criminal.

That man does not know or care about the difference between right and wrong.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller likes you.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m compelled to point out that the food assistance we gave to feed children and families on the brink of starvation also helped America’s farmers make ends meet

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

“Why would Israelis commit genocide after it had been done to them less than a century before?” is a question that will preoccupy people thinking about history in the 21st C the way “Why did Germans go along with Hitler?” did until recently.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-marks-two-years-gaza-genocide-fresh-bombings

Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings

<article data-history-node-id="429779" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-marks-two-years-gaza-genocide-fresh-bombings" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-marks-two-years-gaza-genocide-fresh-bombings" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title"> Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Heavy <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> shelling was reported across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide</a> passed its two-year mark, with more than 67,000 <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> killed and the besieged enclave left largely in ruins.</p> <p>Air strikes and artillery shelling targeted residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City, while displaced people and aid seekers were struck in Khan Younis.</p> <p>As of 3pm local time, at least eight people had been killed, including three in the so-called "humanitarian zone" of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza, an area where tens of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza have been forced to flee.</p> <p>Local news outlets also reported that military vehicles and drones opened fire on Palestinian homes in the Tal al-Hawa and al-Nasr neighbourhoods of Gaza City.</p> <p>Meanwhile, explosive-laden, remotely controlled Israeli vehicles were detonated in the Sabra area, west of the city, as residential buildings in the neighbourhood were also targeted.</p> <p>The latest attacks came as the genocide in Gaza entered its third year.</p> <p>According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli forces have killed at least 67,173 Palestinians, including 20,179 children. A further 9,500 are missing and more than 160,000 injured.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-years-israels-genocide-leaves-90-percent-gaza-destroyed">Read more: <span class="field field-title">Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings</span></a></h3> <div alt="Israeli explosions Gaza City" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="99ef0016-44dd-43f1-ae7b-1fee86e5946d" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-gaza-city-explosions-seen-from-central-gaza-strip-october-2025-reuters.JPG" width="4762" height="2679" alt="Israeli explosions Gaza City" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

We need to grapple with the fact that for many Trump supporters, their comfort trumps US democracy.

If this administration succeeds in rigging elections, how—aside from civil war—does a majority of citizens oust him and deal with his followers?

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

“Many people who voted for him believe he will do only the things they think are good (such as improve the economy) and none of the things they think are bad (such as act as a dictator)—or, if he does those bad things, the burden will be borne by other people, not them.”

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

Agree.

I don’t know what to do with this problem. I encounter it most with people who say things like [paraphrasing], “If a single nonwhite person is mean to me, I’m going to stop being an anti-racism ally!”

Justice and fighting fascism are not about your personal feels.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2d

"It doesnt matter, things are already bad and project 2025 is already here!!!"

p0usr.bsky.social @p0usr.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like way too many people heard and registered the warnings but were more offended by how the warnings made them feel than the actual fucking things at stake

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

if this is what is going to pass for "news" why not just put up a screengrab of Sal's Pizzeria burning

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

These situations are NOT parallel.

Imagine advocating for an action like the Salt March to Jews, Roma, and gay people in Nazi Germany.

There is NO “appealing to the conscience” of fascists. Our suffering and deaths ARE THE POINT.

Trying to appeal to the conscience of bigots is HOW WE GOT HERE.

Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 1d

These situations are NOT parallel.

Imagine advocating for an action like the Salt March to Jews, Roma, and gay people in Nazi Germany.

There is NO “appealing to the conscience” of fascists. Our suffering and deaths ARE THE POINT.

Trying to appeal to the conscience of bigots is HOW WE GOT HERE.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 2d

You speak for me.

The pace of this administration is dizzying. The ease with which they dismantle laws and rights that took us decades to put in place. The way they are lock-step with each other in their implementation of fascism. The casual, daily brutality.

And still some people don’t see???

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 2d

Cops lie, and that is exponentially true for ICE.

FILM EVERYTHING.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 2d

This should not be news to anyone. Of course he is. Of course they are.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2d

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

Trump advisors amp up extreme rhetoric against Democrats during government shutdown, immigration raids

Miller's rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property.

www.latimes.com

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 2d

Domestic terrorists are the greatest threat to the United States.

Domestic Terrorists Are The Greatest Threat To The United States.

DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS
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GREATEST
THREAT
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

This MAGA pyscho ran these girls down at 70 mph.

This is Trump's America, where sniper units are now aimed at ICE protestors, children are being dragged out naked and zipped tied, and people getting murdered in the name of Kirk.

What's next?

Just look at history.

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Anoosh @anoosh100.bsky.social · 2d

Cops lie.

THAT GOES DOUBLE FOR ICE.

Film everything. NEVER take their word for ANYTHING.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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