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Wendy Breuer

@lostbird1950.bsky.social

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I don’t know my country. I didn’t plan on spending my final life years under fascism. Back to work, I guess. Fight despair with cats, garden, reading, writing, and spending too much time watching the birds at the feeder. 🚫crypto 🚫porn, please

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 1d

We remember him not just because of what happened, but because we refuse to let hate win. Because love deserves safety. Because no one should be hurt for being who they are.

This isn’t history. It’s a reminder. Be loud. Be kind. Be the reason someone feels safe. #LGBTQ+

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Wendy Breuer @lostbird1950.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to all these public servants who stood up for our friends and neighbors: youtube.com/shorts/L47XJ...

11 New York Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Lydia Cornell Official @lydiacornell.bsky.social · 2d

Californians: Vote YES on Prop. 50 this November 4, 2025

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 3d

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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A Democrat in a red state @otilapadilla.bsky.social · 3d

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MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 3d

Leave it to another strong woman ⭐️

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

AOC "I think 'Abolish ICE' is a call to action on several levels. One is the literal interpretation of abolishing ICE, which I support...I don't believe that an agency that systematically & repeatedly violates human rights, I don't think that agency can be reformed. I think it has to be abolished."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 3d

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 7d

#protectTheFirstAmendment

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d

Too often, we talk about homelessness as if it's natural or inevitable. The truth is that it's a political choice.

When then-Gov. Cuomo cut the Advantage program rather than tax his wealthy donors, his decision sent thousands of New York families into shelters.

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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 11d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11d

This is your daily reminder—not that any is needed—that Trump is an absolute fucking moron.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

While Stephen Miller claims that Democrats calling him a fascist constitutes incitement, there are hundreds of examples of Miller publicly calling Democrats fascists.

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Barak-Har Elkin @barak-har-elkin.bsky.social · 13d

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12d

Trump blames Democrats for “violence” while unleashing untrained thugs who drop their guns, aim at bystanders for filming, and terrorize immigrants just trying to work. These Gestapo tactics must end.

This was in Maryland.

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