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Working Boots

@echoboots.bsky.social

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Ciao, cara bella! Boots on the ground for social change. Also Boots at a desk for social change. Have Words, Will Travel. I use she/they pronouns professionally and Bluesky not professionally.

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hello, I exist!

(Note that this does not create in you a sense of obligation)

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

We’re getting very used to this but the statement is unusually unhinged.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 2d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 3d

Yup that was yesterday's version of Your Idol lol

Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 4d

Of course that said, even THEN, it's better to refer to this phenomenon as 'vicarious trauma' because that is what it really is

Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 4d

Okay listen y'all

Compassion fatigue IS a big thing right now for first responders who are overwhelmed and struggling to provide twice the supports with half as much

But this quote is a) not what compassion fatigue is and b) a really busted thing to say, like in general

Democrats do better, ffs

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d

Reading about Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 4d

Me: 🎵 Listen cause I'm preachin to the choir
Chewin on your head because I'm tired 🎶

Me: ::chews on Ecta to demonstrate::

Ecta: Good job, you really made it your own

#BootsAndEctaShow

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 7d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 6d

welp, just learned that a work contact I hadn't heard back from was quiet because he was vanished off the street, so that's a fun new normal I'm super excited to adjust to

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million

Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.

arstechnica.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 9d

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9d

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 9d

Me: Oh right I hafta kill the old creamer before I can start the new creamer

Ecta: The creamer is dead! Long live the creamer!

[brief pause]

Ecta: ...things are so bad.

Me: May I put this on the Internet

#BootsAndEctaShow

Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 10d

In light of the everything, I did an abbreviated NNR. I believe it's really important that people see the larger picture of the last few weeks.

nationalnewsroundup.org/2025/09/30/y...

Year 9, September-ish (September 14-27)

The NNR is back, benches! (Well, kind of.)

nationalnewsroundup.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11d

Trump and Dems are officially meeting Monday.

This is after Trump cancelled his last meeting with Democrats because they were holding firm on immigrant and transgender protections.

The Republican budget has dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ riders.

Call your Dem senators, people, don't let them capitulate.

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms

The gathering at the White House on Monday comes after Trump canceled an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders.

www.nbcnews.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13d

MSF forced to suspend activities in Gaza City:

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”
www.msf.org/msf-forced-s...

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF

The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.

www.msf.org

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 13d

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13d

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color

Every queer press org should be picking up this story

Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody

State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.

gothamist.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

No Democrat should vote to keep the government open unless ACA funding is restored for the millions of Americans at risk of losing health coverage next year.

Remember that this funding is on the chopping block because Trump and Republicans want to give the richest Americans a giant tax cut.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14d

Since Lindsey Halligan personally indicted Comey she should personally try the case and not hand it off to someone else. She can show us how competent and qualified she is for this job in front of a jury.

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 13d

I don't know about y'all but I find it so hard to strike the correct balance between "If I say and do nothing I am complicit" and "I still need to brush my teeth and eat breakfast and attend this meeting because life did not in fact stop"

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 13d

I just want to call out the fact that we're all expected to just go about our normal business while these extraordinary events happen around us. There has been a massive escalation and consolidation of authoritarian power in the past couple of weeks and we still have to like. Buy groceries.

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Anna Resists @annaresists.bsky.social · 13d

A cartoon of an ICE agent yelling “STOP CALLING US FASCISTS” as he is about to beat a woman on the ground with a club

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13d

A divide in journalism right now that's worth watching is between reporters who understand how bad things are but are mindful of their reputation and not wanting to be perceived as too extreme or hyperbolic and reporters who feel things are so urgent they have to use urgent, clear language.

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 13d

I just described myself as knowing the plot of a movie I've never seen "because I've watched the shadows on the fanfic cave wall", and I don't know how I've never thought of that metaphor before but brb using it everywhere

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