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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing

@nathrach.bsky.social

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Presumption of Liberty Equality of Justice Compassionate Community No Mythology in Public Policy From Every river to Every sea, let All Humanity be Free Juristic Persons, who are not Human Beings, have No Natural Human Rights Curb Corporate Rights He/Him

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Dec 19

This was my first pinned post here and one of the first posts I was kind of happy about. Right when I started actually using this place.

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Nov 15

It is that the power exists at all, to speak on behalf of a god that does not exist. To impose a mythology on a Human Being without consent, teaching them that this mythology is reality.

That's what I am angry about.

The existence of this power is in itself an abuse.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

People got mad at me when I said Katie Porter was obviously a bad person, but like,

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, this seems like the Katie Porter who responded to losing a primary by calling it rigged.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 4h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 8h

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 4h

Blame anything but the Dems themselves having no message beyond proudly standing up to represent the lesser evil

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 4h

i heard hints she might maybe give them less bombs to drop on babies in tents

But they were not any stronger than the hints that Biden would run once and go home, so i can't blame anyone for seeing them as bullshit

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Fair

In a lot of ways I would be OK with it if there were a public option, as has been promised again and again before elections and then forgotten after them

What it has turned the HC industry into without that counterbalance is a nightmare tho

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 17h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

You don't 'argue' Human Rights? I am honestly curious what you think that means

What it says to me is that you do not see Human Rights as worth arguing about

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

So you maintain your assertion that Human Rights are only for the Right Humans, and it is OK to throw the Wrong Humans in the fire for the sake of political expediency?

Please tell me 'Dem to the bone', how is that not fasistic?

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Fair, I was just thinking of the UZOFs habit of dropping bombs right up to the deadline, which AFAIK is still sunday, so lots of time for a little more murder

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

The correct way to leave a toilet is with the lid down

I will die on this hill

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 7h

Became a professional writer, had my first major friend group, ended up with mutual aid saving my broke ass multiple times…yeah, there’s a reason I stay on it

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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RedStateBlues @coolsprings.bsky.social · 5h

"May his days be few; may another take his office!".

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Psalms 109:8

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Makes sense to me

The west is so far up it's own ass trying to maintain the rule of bigots we cant get shit done

Meanwhile China has Health Care and Trains and Clean Energy

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Psalms 109:8

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Hide the football

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 5h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her, attorney claims

Officers say woman was in chase ending in ramming border patrol vehicle during Trump’s immigration crackdown

www.yahoo.com

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 17h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 5h

Might be a ceasefire

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5h

More, from Willamette Week www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship

The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.

www.wweek.com

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