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Raised by Southern Baptist Republicans. Voted for Nixon in '72. Deprogrammed myself. Voted DEMOCRAT since. Artist. Long career in advertising. Marched for human rights and peace. Married with cats. DM or MAGA is an automatic BLOCK. #fucktrump #fuckgop

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pollyp74.bsky.social @pollyp74.bsky.social · 12d

Today would be a perfect day to enact the 25th Amendment.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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pollyp74.bsky.social @pollyp74.bsky.social · 5h

I have an overwhelming need for an inflatable frog suit. 🐸

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨 Nick Sortos of MAG@ was arrested for attempting to incite a riot in Portland, Oregon. 1/2

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 7h

FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · 5h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

49-year-old worship minister
Jon Paul Sheptock was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sheptock possessed and was involved in producing child sexual assault materials.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 6h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 14h

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MicheleWitchyPoo🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋 @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social · 5h

💯💥🤔👇🏼

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 10h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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pollyp74.bsky.social @pollyp74.bsky.social · 7h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Atlanta” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS in Atlanta · No Kings

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and o...

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 9h

That asshole fired all the people who help kids with disabilities in education.

Fuck him. Fuck everyone who enabled him

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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pollyp74.bsky.social @pollyp74.bsky.social · 7h

No Kings Field Kit: Staying Human Under Occupation (October, 2025)
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No Kings Field Kit: Staying Human Under Occupation (October, 2025)

They want fear to keep you home—or make you so reactive you play into their hands. This field kit helps you choose your stance, pace yourself, and refuse to let occupation break you.

open.substack.com

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 12h

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 10h

If it’s not okay to be anti-fascism anymore, is it still okay to be pro-democracy? 🤔

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.