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Martina Firefly

@martina22.bsky.social

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Don’t blame me—I vote for the women. Lucky mom, metalworker, higher ed STEM editor, music producer, world music aficionado, proudly-woke AF. DMs get you blocked.

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · Sep 5

Be bold. Be clever. Be feral. And above all,
DO NOT COMPLY

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 4h

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@governorwalz.mn.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ca.gov Pls coordinate w/ all govs to make sure nat’l guard (& military) leadership is in line with Oregon’s: They are to defend America & the Constitution, which means protecting the people & our collective rights. 🙏

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 19h

Oregon’s National Guard General: They’ll defend America and protect protesters.

That’s leadership we need more of. 🇺🇸

Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 7h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 18h

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 18h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22h

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 18h

YES! More of this please!
💕🇺🇸🕊️☮️✌🏽

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 19h

Oregon’s National Guard General: They’ll defend America and protect protesters.

That’s leadership we need more of. 🇺🇸

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 18h

THIS!❣️🇺🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

100% posers!

Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

TURN DOWN THE RHETORIC? Meanwhile the Oregon Rep Party (!!) posts propaganda? On one side of the image (from SA!), a line of police officers held riot shields (that read POLICIA); on the other, a crowd of men held up flares that lit up a night sky filled with red smoke. They are inciting madness!

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

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

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

😂 Quite a few Republican men appear to suffer from a severe case of L-O-L-A Syndrome, typified by an irrational fear they’re going to be attracted to a woman who was born a dude or, conversely, befriend a dude who was born a woman.

The Republican epidemic of 'L-O-L-A Syndrome'

Elon Musk leads a boycott of Netflix to protect us all from transgender cartoon characters

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

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

Shared from the IL Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

Be like Jane.
Don’t lose hope!

From the justgalsbeingchicks community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses...

Explore this post and more from the justgalsbeingchicks community

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he’s protecting his own self interest as well!

Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t fall for their instigation! RESIST and STAY STRONG! American is watching and cheering you on!

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

Can one of the liberal SCOTUS judges do it?

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA: 🤔 Hmmm…Let’s see if we can figure this out…

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

There are no good republicans

There Are No "Good" Republicans

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

He’s going to spontaneously combust with all of these lies. And #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

DRAIN THE SWAMP

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for work on immune systems

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 2d

@steadystatevets.bsky.social is 330+ former senior nat sec & law professionals who’ve served for decades: Ambassadors, Inspectors General, Flag Officers, CIA Chiefs of Station, FBI Special Agents, Defense/Homeland Security & Intelligence Officers devoted to defending the Constitution & Am democracy

Steady State Statement Condemning President Trump’s Executive Order Designating ANTIFA as a Domestic Terrorist Organization and National Security Presidential Memorandum-7

October 6, 2025

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