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Madame LaCrooz

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At the corner of Bliss and Blunt. Do not make me punch you. October 18 2025 NO KINGS www.nokings.org

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · Jan 20

A study of violent vs. non-violent civil resistance since 1900:
3.5 %
That's what it takes.

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · Jan 18

Time to get loud and fight for our freedom!
youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...
I hope this inspires you!

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 3h

only the best people

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Yes, this was a real tweet from 2020 by a far-right conspiracy theorist. And yes… this is literally how vaccines work. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Vaccines expose your immune system to a harmless version of a virus (or part of it)—whether it’s a weakened, inactivated, or protein-based fragment. This triggers your body to produce antibodies and train immune cells, so if you ever encounter the real virus or bacteria, your immune system is ready to fight it before it can make you seriously ill. It’s like giving your body a cheat code for future protection—without the risks of

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 2h

so...me. They're saying me and every one of us who doesn't agree with a Felon King

Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 3h

oh nothing just a longstanding knowledge this guy is full of shit but now he's in our White House
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Jack Posobiec Central in Spreading Russian Intelligence-Led #MacronLeaks Hack

Twitter personality Jack Posobiec worked alongside other American far-right extremists in amplifying the fruits of an apparent Russian military intelligence (GRU) hack intended to disrupt the outcome ...

www.splcenter.org

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CathyMac @cathymactx.bsky.social · 3h

It is not legal to aim non lethal weapons at the head, neck or spine of a person unless you are in immediate danger of life or limb. These stupid MF don’t have any GD training and Noem will pay the price for this!

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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Dumb Beezie @dumbbeezie.bsky.social · 10d

I know you guys relied on me but I’m officially out of life hacks. Good luck, every man for himself

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4h

Posobiec isn't a nazi in some generic rhetorical sense of having fascistic impulses or simply being far-right. He is a full-blown Hitler-loving Jew-hating mask-off literal capital-N Nazi, with a longstanding public record to match.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 3h

Ty Cobb? Of "grill 'er because it makes her look bad even though we don't have any actual basis for a case" Cobb?

Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 3h

blocked 'em yesterday. they're groveling.

Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 3h

Wish I knew which reporter was asking to have everyone in Austin on his ass

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 4h

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 4h

My vessel is full of disgust for this weirdo

Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 4h

we are the paid anarchists, the paid anarchists

three little boys are standing next to each other and giving the thumbs up sign .

Alt: A clip of three munchkins in The Wizard of Oz singing the "Lollipop Guild" song.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

I couldn't imagine a more perfectly poetic example of saying the quiet part out loud than "we took the freedom of speech away"

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5h

The direct address straight to the camera at the end of this is 100% right out of professional wrestling. Finally.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

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

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 6h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13h

No Raids
No War
No Cuts
No Kings

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10h

Young pregnant women don’t trust Republicans to do shit for them because you already took their reproductive rights away.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration stopped supporting efforts to combat the most lethal infectious disease in the world, tuberculosis, despite an ongoing outbreak in the US.

The Trump administration is, in effect, accelerating the spread of drug-resistant TB.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...

USAID funding freeze disrupts global tuberculosis control efforts

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5h

Elon Musk said he was going to cut spending by $2 trillion dollars, but instead spending is higher this year than we thought it would be before Trump took office. Truly incredible stuff.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5h

Your periodic reminder that Kevin Warsh is a fundamentally unserious person, with incredibly awful ideas about macroeconomic policy & central banking, who should not be let anywhere near the Federal Reserve:

bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Barron's @barrons.com · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Warsh is a leading contender to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

He spoke with Barron's about interest rates, inflation, and more.

Trump Fed Chair Pick: Contender Kevin Warsh Explains How He Would Overhaul the Central Bank

In Kevin Warsh’s view, the next Fed chair can reset the institution’s credibility by overhauling the way the central bank thinks about its relationship with the markets, the economy, and the rest of t...

www.barrons.com

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 6h

How weird it must be to win a Nobel on carbon capture when Berkeley has been instructed by this GOP administration not to use terms like 'carbon capture' and stick to things 'people can see' like 'pollution'.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.

NPR @npr.org · 14h

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said. n.pr/4nOvwQs

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Oct 9

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
#Octopus Chatelaine, 1887
Gorham Manufacturing Company (Providence, RI, USA)
Silver, red glass, black beads
W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2001.326:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...

official museum photo of object on light grey background: chatelaine in the form of an octopus (chain suspended from each of the 8 appendages), silver body, red & black eyes

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 6h

You should ask him how he feels to win a Nobel on carbon capture when Berkeley has been instructed by this GOP administration not to use terms like 'carbon capture' and stick to things 'people can see' like 'pollution'.

Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great time to point out that this GOP administration wants Berkeley to strike any language with 'carbon capture' and stick to things 'people can see' like 'pollution'.