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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

I'm late to this -- came out a couple weeks ago -- sorry -- but this podcast episode is really worth listening to (despite the episode title, it's only incidentally about the Kimmel fiasco).

Highly recommended.

You can listen here for free, or on any podcast app:

www.wnyc.org/story/jimmy-...

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure | The Political Scene | The New Yorker | WNYC

The Washington Roundtable discusses how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’...

www.wnyc.org

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 19h

Link to his BlueSky account. bsky.app/profile/step...

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Step Out, Speak Up @stepup2025.bsky.social · 2d

Step up, step out, and demand compassion in our immigration system.

Join on his pilgrimage Fr. Gary Graf as he walks from Dolton, IL to the Statue of Liberty.

Join the journey & share your story: stepupspeakout.org

#StepUpStepOut2025 #KeepFamiliesTogether

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

youtu.be/AxZDE8PBhFk

Amazing Grace

YouTube video by Save America Movement

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 3d

Leave!

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 4d

And EMTs, and firefighters and doctors and nurses…not masked, violent brutes who terrorize children and families.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 4d

Their backs or their bladders!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Buttigieg: You’ve got a president and a Republican Congress who would rather see the entire government shut down than allow Americans to afford their healthcare.

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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 4d

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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · Jul 4

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 4d

Good for you! Enjoy and say hi to all my hummingbirds that just left and are likely in your neighborhood now! 🌄

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 4d

Me everyday waking up everyday this Trump 2.0 administration. 🥴

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 5d

Bloody brilliant!

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DodgeZen @dodgezen.bsky.social · 6d

I pay $1460 a month right now. I was told it will double next year. The greatness is overwhelming. May the GOPedophile protectors pay dearly for this attack on America and its citizens.

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 5d

Nevada sagebrush loaded for winter.

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 6d

Have law suits been filed? @oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 7d

This is lovely. Thank you! So many unsung heroes all around us.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 7d

Thank you to the career federal employees, who show up to work every day and improve people's lives across the country.

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 7d

Oh the nightmares from the tan suit day. Now those were some really horrible times. 🤔😉 /s

🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 10d

Finish off with a cold shower. Daily for almost two years. Badge of honor, resets each day, and great endorphin release! Still struggle with the first 5 seconds, then pure bliss!

🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 10d

Yep!

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 10d

Ditto here in rural northern Nevada! 🌄

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 10d

I did report the video above by using the online form linked here. www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline

Hotline | Office of Inspector General

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🐦 Carol Amos 🐦 @pickleballtwin.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you both for all you do and have done and to all the people of the USA who are supporting democracy!

What are your thoughts on reporting videos of ICE or whatever abuse we see to the Office of Inspector General? Either by phone call or through the online form?

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