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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 12h

“Her appearance in Illinois was not a mission and not a meeting. It was a stunt. A pitiful, flailing piece of theater, staged for the cameras, designed to portray a woman of action braving the crime-riddled wastelands of Democratic cities.

And all Noem got was a locked lavatory.”

Kristi Noem, Denied the Dignity of Pretending She Matters

Denying ICE Barbie a Toilet is an Act of Resistance

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 13h

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent!

TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE RULES AGAINST TRUMP IN PORTLAND; TRUMP TAKES A U-TURN ON SHUTDOWN LAYOFFS."

YouTube video by Maddow Political Report

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Steve Bezner @bezner.bsky.social · 1d

Speak up for those
who have no voice,
for the justice of all
who are dispossessed.
Speak up, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of
the oppressed and needy.
—Proverbs 31:8-9

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 16h

YES!

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😂😂😂😂

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24d

This regime is determined to make all our friends and allies turn away from us.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12d

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 16h

Precisely! I don’t understand. People are either not paying attention, watching mainstream reporting or are still in the la la land of US exceptionalism, “It can’t happen here”.

It can happen; it is happening; we are living in an authoritarian state.

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 19h

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 19h

With ICE agents terrorizing Chicago and Portland, we’re witnessing the “Israelization of America,” according to host Joy-Ann Reid.

…masked, armed agents of the state operating with impunity in the city streets, detaining kids, abducting adults, tear-gassing cops, and assaulting unarmed individuals.

The Israelization of the United States of America

Birds of a feather, do fascism together. American cities are getting a taste of what Palestinians endure under brutal Israeli occupation as the Trump Administration arms for martial law.

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 19h

A petition for you to sign in support of the integrity of the US Higher Education System.

Save American Higher Education (video)

A petition that you can sign, which I read aloud

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 23h

In our annual 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll, we can look at results by generation and gender. One dynamic jumps out over and over: Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 21h

So, I’m told that Kristi Noem is coming to Portland today. This is my home, a beautiful city with wonderful people. It’s a calm, beautiful fall day. What kind of chaos are they going to manufacture for a photo op?

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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 22h

Precisely!

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23h

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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Kimmy Robinson (She/Her/Y’All) @kimmymrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

Senator Warnock just broke it down: health care is on the line.

A Chatham County family once paid $559/month for coverage—now it’s $2,100 after GOP subsidy cuts. Quadruple the cost just to stay insured.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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