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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 2d

Feels like we need a national strike. In Europe it works, why not here? Reminds government who the actual boss is.

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 3d

So now you’ll need proof of citizenship (“POC”) to attend an NFL game? What’s next? POC to cross a bridge? We are no longer a free nation.

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl

www.nytimes.com

Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 4d

No probable cause, no reason given, just a violent assault on a family in a car because they are brown. Look at these guys, it’s the KKK but they don’t need no hoods anymore.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

Rodney Taylor still needs our help!

He’s still locked in an ICE camp.

He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs.

He’s still facing deportation to Liberia.

He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored.

Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE

Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

www.disabledginger.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military.

They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 4d

Damn, you know it’s bad when Michael Steele is swearing.

Ken @handymanken.bsky.social · Feb 16

All Americans need to listen to this man tell you exactly like it is. Just strait up tell you like it is.
Just play it, share it, and hear it

Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · Feb 16

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

“I’D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE GIVE A DAMN”…
~Michael Steele

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 5d

And Google never allowed it. Is it time to move to Cricket? I hear they are the phones for the people...

Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 5d

What the actual F? Kirk is a symbol of what exactly? White male fragile and toxic masculinity? While Floyd was a symbol of centuries of brutality against Black Americans, in a world that can finally reflect it back to us in vivid color across millions of screens.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 5d

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 5d

Names her husband, points out her kids, says where she's from, and I still don't know her name.

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 5d

Sad to see another journalist lose his job. Or maybe calling it "a bit" misleading will mean he's just demoted to the red eye shift.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · 7d

A must read! Finally a rational voice about saving democracy - please support. buymeacoffee.com/controlaltdemocracy

James Slattery

As our country slides into authoritarianism, many Americans find themselves at sea in the present moment. What is happening to our country? How did we get here? What should we do? How should we feel?

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David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 23d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

www.nytimes.com

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · Sep 4

@democrats.org please get new branding🙏🙏 I’m thinking mad-ass donkey with attack mode attitude.

Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you Nadler!

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Sep 2

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David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · Sep 1

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David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks for this from my famous sister @sulliview.bsky.social I'd only add (as a nonpartisan journalist can't): also join your local Democratic Party (see your state party's website) to help make that "blue wave" happen! (even if the DNC isn't your fave, and even if you're not in a swing state)

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · Sep 1

Don't be a 'political hobbyist.' Here's how to harness your power. @sulliview.bsky.social

Don't be a 'political hobbyist.' Here's how to harness your power.

Plus, three eye-rolling media goofs (or actual travesties) of the week

margaretsullivan.substack.com

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · Aug 23

Very well done.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 21

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.

Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · Aug 15

And Cardinal Dolan is no liberal Theologian.

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Maya M @mayamaravilla.bsky.social · Aug 8

I don’t think power grid, and therefore outages, work how you think they do in the US.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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