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Denise Oliver-Velez

@deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social

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Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party & Black Panther Party member, Iyalorisha Yemaya, An editor of Black Kos at Daily Kos. #KamalaHarris

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Toro Blanco @toroblanco.bsky.social · 4h

Today's #WhitenessWednesdays is up.

Being White means being able to forget about skin color. Nobody else gets that privilege

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Whiteness Wednesdays: White Privilege is the Luxury to Look Away

Content Warning: This article discusses lynching and its victims. No graphic photos will be shown, no graphic details/acts described, but given the nature of the topic some facts/terms�simply can’...

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PlanetaKike @planetakike.bsky.social · 16h

Ley marcial a la vista

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Sandra Rodríguez Cotto @sandrarc.bsky.social · 1d

Bread for Today, Colonial Hunger for Tomorrow? MAGA's Silent Threat to Puerto Rico

Deciphering how the MAGA movement's rhetoric and proposals consolidate colonial status by advancing policies that deepen subordination and erode local self-governance.

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Bread for Today, Colonial Hunger for Tomorrow? MAGA’s Silent Threat to Puerto Rico

Deciphering how the MAGA movement’s rhetoric and proposals consolidate colonial status by advancing policies that deepen subordination and erode local self-governance.

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 6h

#PuertoRico Land Cleanup in the Esperanza Community Advances as Guánica Bay Remains Under EPA Investigation
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Land Cleanup in the Esperanza Community Advances as Guánica Bay Remains Under EPA Investigation

Decades after toxic chemicals were discovered in the Esperanza neighborhood, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the contamination no longer poses a threat on land and launched an inves...

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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toonerman @dptoon.bsky.social · 1d

Attacking the Capitol to protect a Pedo

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 7h

They walk among us... @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon

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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 23h

Not only should Jay Jones drop out of the Attorney General race, but he should also change his last name #JayJones #VirginiaElections #Elections #BrianKilmeade

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 23h

Good to see integrity vacuum @jaketapper is back at it running interference for a pants-shitting melted pumpkin candle

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JD Crowe @crowejam.bsky.social · 19h

Everyone up in arms about gun violence but nobody puts arms on the table #alpolitics #montgomeryalabama #massshooting www.al.com/politics/202...

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Tim Campbell @tc2oons.bsky.social · 1d

F OFF
#governmentshutdown2025 #Funding #shutdown #FederalEmployees #Trump #GovernmentShutdown

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 21h

The asleep mutter their mandated directive to the masses in unison across the land. Not realizing, the primary objective was not supposed to be revealed. The unwoke mind virus has mutated, Elmo must be brought back into the fold! Grok can manipulate the algorithm to protect the Masters!