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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · Feb 27

“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” - John Lewis

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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · Mar 8

According to MAGA, sharing the early warning signs of fascism makes you a brainwashed cultist and Russian asset who lacks any basic understanding of history. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I wish I were making it up but that was an actual conversation I had this morning. Ha!

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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · Feb 20

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

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. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12h

In a nutshell.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h

All these headlines saying “Bondi Goes on the Attack.” Really? She wasn’t in the octagon, she’s a public servant who was at an oversight hearing. Her job was to answer questions. She refused to do her job. Stop glamorizing and whitewashing this moronic, performative bullshit.

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 15h

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all connected. Follow the money‼️

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

The entire country is walking on eggshells because a madman is hallucinating about crime sprees and burning cities.

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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 16h

"And here I thought you said you valued education and not parroting BS. Glad we cleared THAT up. Have a nice night" 😳🤦🏻‍♀️

She can claim to be an independent all day long but that live-in MAGA boyfriend tells me she's just scared to admit which side she picked. Not surprised at all.

CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 16h

She says she feels the same, and it's going fairly well, until she admits she didn't vote for Kamala because "she was just so unqualified. I couldn't do it". I tell her I disagree and explain her qualifications. Now she's yelling, "Nope! She slept her way to the top! Probably with men AND women!"

CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 16h

Had a chat with my neighbor who claims to be an "Independent" (her boyfriend is MAGA) and I explain that I don't mind talking politics so long as people can engage in an educated manner - did research and aren't just parroting what Uncle Joe heard on the news.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Michael Whyman @michaelwhyman.bsky.social · Aug 11

The biggest problem DC ever had with violence was given pardons by a president who claims he’s going to reign in the violence now.

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Michael Whyman @michaelwhyman.bsky.social · Aug 18

So…

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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 18h

I hate that BlueSky limits a post to 4 photos but this is important info so it'll fall into multiple posts below.

Fascism Anyone? 14 Common Threads of 7 Regimes - an op-ed by Laurence W Britt.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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