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🌀Amy French🌀

@iamwokeaf.bsky.social

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I'm a Progressive activist in Arizona and I'm wide awake; I'll sleep when I'm dead. I'm an ally. I'm an atheist. I'm a cancer survivor. I'm sober. The fuel now is coffee and rage. Fuck around and find out. #iamantifa #resist w/ me: www.moveon.org

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 13d

Hey Bluesky buds, here's your friendly reminder to find a #NOKINGS protest near you. If you're in the PHX metro come to mine! 👇 Let's show em what Democracy looks like. October 18, 2025. www.nokings.org 😎

NO KINGS Scottsdale · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 20m

I agree with you that this regime doesn't exactly fit the standard form. However, I would definitely argue that Trump is leading the ship here. He has no idea what central planning means. Somebody else is steering it at the moment and I think we all know who that is.

🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 24m

Me as well. I'm 5 years post breast cancer treatment (double mastectomy, chemo, radiation). I am healthy now although I have lymphedema and so I need insurance still. I have ACA and pay $250 per month. If it even doubles I won't be able to afford it. Forget about it tripling. I'm 46 years old. 😡

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Aivery @aiverynorth.bsky.social · 17h

#nokings #nokings2025 #24hourmusicfestival #fdt #standtogether

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2h

This is the way

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1h

Why?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

In a Chicago suburb, Berwyn, IL, multiple ICE goons and a cameraman surrounded a resident who blew his horn and walked down the street in his own neighborhood. They demanded his ID and threatened to arrest him for impeding their audit.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

In the country's richest city, more than 140,000 kids don't have stable or permanent housing.

"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.

Mamdani education plan would focus on helping NYC homeless students

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, said Wednesday he wants to double the size of a program for homeless students at public schools in a plan shared exclu…

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 46m

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 16h

Man how I wish he'd just tip over.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 Trump: “We took the freedom of speech away.” I see fascism gaining momentum. One power we have is spending power. Use the power of the purse. Cut off those supporting him before it is too late! 1/3

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14h

"We took the freedom of speech away." Use this in every single ad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

Senator Ruben Gallego calls Speaker Mike Johnson a "Pedo Protector" to his face for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva.

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 9h

These are my senators. Thank you @gallego.senate.gov for pushing back. Keep the pressure on!!

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 12h

"Chicago isn't licking boots!

No hate no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. All power to the people.

No human is illegal.
No raids. No deportation. Down with the occupation!"

#HandsOffChicago #AbolishICE

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🌀Amy French🌀 @iamwokeaf.bsky.social · 9h

Gawd he's dumber than a box of his own hair!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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