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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1h

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 31m

Not my usual political rant but something interesting nevertheless.

Matchmaking festival anyone?

They should do this in more locales. I dont/didnt do the online swipe and all that but probably would have gone to a festival like this in my time.

Wouldn’t you?

NPR @npr.org · 1h

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1h

Pop quiz.

Who said ‘it is legal because I wish it’?

Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1h

She’s in hiding. Sadly Venezuela is still ruled by Maduro. But yes. We could use her anthropologic change here in the US.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1h

It went to Ms Machado who’s very deserving of the Nobel laureate.

But your scenario is simply tantalizing. Obama or Greta would have been delightful. It might have pushed the Orange Dictator off the proverbial ledge.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Post this everywhere‼️
-and-

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1h

Agree.
And he should instead be referred to as the First American Dictator.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1h

I wish Ms Machado and Venezuela justice once their anthropological change is fulfilled.

Meanwhile the parallelisms are glaring between Maduro and the first US dictator.

I wonder when the US electorate will realize we need our own anthropologic change. Else we turn into catalyst for WW3.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 2h

The arrogance and madness of the first American dictator is glaring. ‘I’ll give you war if you don’t recognize me as a peace maker” is so beyond the pale even in today’s upside down un-woke ‘reasoning.’

Reminiscent of an equally deranged despot Louis XIV ‘it is legal because I wish it.’

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel peace prize goes to a deserving person, not a war monger American dictator who threatened war if he didn’t get it. 😳

Thank you, Nobel Committee.

Congratulations to a supremely courageous Venezuelan peace activist who is fighting for fair elections. 👏

www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 18h

We stand with Portland.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The Portland mayor will have more support than Kristi Noem and the Trump administration when it comes to federalizing and occupying cities.

She’s safely on top of a building looking down at reporters and a guy in a chicken suit. Mayor Wilson is standing up for Portland. She’s against them!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

A man was just abducted by ICE on Clark and Lunt, feet away from our campaign office.

Now our community is showing up and patrolling for ICE. Join us by getting involved in Protect RP: www.facebook.com/share/1DQqPQ...

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 18h

Good to know this bottomless pit of vitriol does need to empty her bladder like the rest of us. Good on Chicago for denying her bathroom rights. Just like they used to do to blacks during those dark days.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 18h

I’m glad he did.
I hope he’s suing Trump as a person too. Hit him where it hurts.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 18h

Publix shoppers - heads up. You might want to be mindful as you bend down the dairy aisle to pick up a gallon of milk.
It’ll be unpleasant to look up to a gun in your face even if holstered.

Shop where you feel safe. I think I’ll be developing agoraphobia.

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Florida’s Largest Grocery Store Chain, Publix, Announces It Now Allows Shoppers to Open Carry Guns

Publix, the largest grocery store chain in Florida, will now follow the state's procedures on its open carry policy, the company announced on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The decision comes after a 1st District...

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Bad Bunny speaks for today’s generation. Lampshade Melanchonia? Not so much.

Bad Bunny is more American than Melania.

Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

During WWII German soldiers were given a regular supply of methamphetamine then D-IX.
I wonder if something similar is happening to ICE and local police forces in red states.

Or is today’s version of racist hate mimics D-IX?

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Elderly man dies a year after being thrown to ground by police officer

An elderly man has died a year after an Oklahoma City police officer t

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Not my original thought but so appropriate

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

We stand with Chicago.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

“Is not about politics, it’s about people.”
-Chuck Schumer

Now THIS is a good Democratic ad!

Hold the line, Democrats!
Our healthcare must not be negotiated ⬇️ or compromised in any way!

#TrumpShutUSDown
‪Pass it on ‬♻️

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget the healthcare plan ‘in two weeks’ bigly lie.

What a big fat con artist.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

It sure walks like it and quacks like the proverbial duck.

Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Please support Marc y’all.

This is really important.

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Fiona 8647 @fionafightsfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Purge the Oval!