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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 20h

I did not know they were being sued by that dayum Nikki Gilbert. I'm glad they won and we can get back to the Pank!

🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 21h

So this is what’s been the holdup with new seasons of P-Valley. They were tied up in litigation all the way to the Supreme Court! Thankfully, it’s a case closed.

Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 20h

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 20h

Is that a special kind of tv?

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 20h

Definitely a bot😆

Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 20h

Here's a Halloween themed meme to break up the dread...

A meemception featuring a meem that says "when Freddy Krueger sends a D pic😆". Beneath that is a collage showing a well bbqed sausage on the left, and a sinisterly grinning Freddy Krueger on the right.. Cause he knows good an dayum well how you gone react when you open that text and see that burnt up meat.. bye Fred😑

Anyway... Overlaid is a response from #PheonixVonPhire that reads "at least put some BBQ sauce on it or sum'n Fred, Dayum!"

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 1d

In case of emergency break the zip ties.

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Louise Nelson @llnelson919.bsky.social · 2d

Vought & #45
cut Congressional approved funding to infrastructure projects in NY
OK
NO PROBLEM

NYS WILL NOT BE FUNDING
THE FEDERAL GOVT

NYS will keep those federal taxes collected & use them to continue the Congressional approved infrastructure projects in NYS

PROBLEM SOLVED

fatdog707.bsky.social @fatdog707.bsky.social · 2d

As a California resident, I'm with Gov. Gav on the whole withholding tax money from the federal government. Let's see how the rest of the country fares without the proceeds from the world's 4th largest economy!

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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 2d

⚠️ GRAPHIC LANGUAGE ⚠️

A Leon County (FL) Sheriff's deputy pulled a gun on a man pumping gas — mistaking a gas nozzle for a weapon. We must ask: why was this man perceived as a threat and forced to stare down the barrel of a gun while simply filling up at a gas station?

🎥: Tallahassee Democrat

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 2d

SenatorWarnock just broke it down: health care is on the line.

A Chatham County family once paid $559/month for coverage—now it’s $2,100 after GOP subsidy cuts. QUADRUPLE the cost just to stay insured.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

NEW — Today, Illinois and Chicago jointly filed a federal lawsuit, asking a judge to block Trump’s efforts to federalize and deploy troops to Illinois, and to declare the actions unlawful.

The lawsuit includes a history of Trump’s “animus” toward a Chicago, as well.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/live...

LIVE: Illinois, Chicago sues Trump to block National Guard deployment; Pritzker and Johnson to speak at presser today • The TRiiBE

The plaintiffs are asking a judge to block Trump’s efforts to federalize and deploy troops to Illinois, and to declare the actions unlawful.

thetriibe.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all gone have to get real creative this year so the kids can still have fun, but hold them dollars! It's literally all we have to leverage... that and our bodies.

Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 2d

We're gonna have to make some hard choices until we see change. They gonna have to feel it from us this Christmas. All I want for Christmas is TRUE democracy and until we get that, we need to cancel Christmas.

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 3d

What are we doing here again😤

"ICE is to Trump what the Gestapo was to Hitler. Please see the parallels and connect the dots!
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany, responsible for suppressing political opposition and enforcing Nazi rule through widespread terror and arbitrary arrests." - Pheonix Von Phire

On the left are ICE agents in 2025 on the right are Gestapo agents in 1935 followed by a caption that says "if you join ICE in 2025 you absolutely would have joined the Nazi in 1935"

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T'Chelsea of the Fire Nation @mschelseamaria.bsky.social · 4d

Somebody said that people who believe in nothing think everybody else is being performative when they do or say anything moral, and well...

a man wearing a plaid shirt is standing in front of a purple wall

ALT: a man wearing a plaid shirt is standing in front of a purple wall

media.tenor.com

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.bsky.social · 4d

Hoopla and Kanopy are both apps that let you stream movies and shows with your library card.

Libby & Hoopla also have books, comics, graphic novels and audiobooks.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4d

Black people who have been suicidal will tell you hanging themselves from a tree outside was always off the table.

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Princess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder: Patriarchy doesn’t care about your access to resources. Wealth does not shield anyone from being shaped, constrained, or harmed by societal norms. Privilege in one area doesn’t undo systemic conditioning in another.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 4d

A recent study shows that the presence of high levels of structural inequity in a society causes changes to children's brains, both children from families w/ lower incomes as well as those from wealthy families.

Take home: structural inequity harms everyone (with the most vulnerable most impacted).

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

www.theguardian.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

Lots of questions about living conditions in South Shore following the federal agents militarized raid earlier this week.

This piece provides some historical context and framing around how Venezuelans landed in the predominantly-Black Chicago neighborhood.

thetriibe.com/2025/04/some...

Some see housing stock and affordability as underlying reasons why migrants landed in Black Chicago neighborhoods • The TRiiBE

As three Black neighborhoods were at the top for permanent migrant housing, residents are looking for all forms of government to put their communities first

thetriibe.com

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 3d

Follow this thread! Eyes on Broadview Illinois. Broadview is a suburb, one of Chicago's vicinities. The local law enforcement is NOT protecting the people like they are paid to do and that's why we say ACAB!

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

NEW — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker just announced today that “In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.”

This comes about a week after Pritzker first mentioned plans to deploy 100 troops. We wrote about that in the article below.

CHICAGO – Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement following a request the Illinois National Guard received from the Trump Administration’s Department of War:

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.

This demand follows unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents. Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart. None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.

“I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois. State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights. I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.

“In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.”

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s be clear: every time an official account uses the term “criminal illegal alien” it is not journalism, it’s propaganda. 🚩

It’s redundant, dehumanizing and designed to divide us. We are easier to control that way.

Stay sharp.

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Pheonix Von Phire @pheonixvonphire.bsky.social · 4d

"I hate capitalism. When everthing is for sale nothing is sacred... not even humanity." - Pheonix Von Phire

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