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Rudy wants revolution.

@rude1.blacksky.team

idk - branding humans like cattle, chaining them to dead bodies, feeding them to each other, filling them with gunpowder then blowing them up, burying them alive for insects to eat -- it being so bad mothers killed their children and people jumped from ships to drown

seems, like, super bad dude

is slaves to feed the others with the flesh. They died not
only from the regime but from grief and rage and despair.
They undertook vast hunger strikes; undid their chains
and hurled themselves on the crew in futile attempts at
insurrection. What could these inland tribesmen do on the
open sea, in a complicated sailing vessel? To brighten their
spirits it became the custom to have them up on the deck
once a day and force them to dance. Some took the oppor
tunity to jump overboard, uttering cries of triumph as they
cleared the vessel and disappeared below the surface.
Fear of their cargo bred a savage cruelty in the crew.
One captain, to strike terror into the rest, killed a slave and
dividing heart, liver and entrails into 300 pieces made each
of the slaves eat one, threatening those who refused with
the same torture .• Such incidents were not rare. Given the
circumstances such things were (and are) inevitable. Nor
did the system spare the slavers. Every year one-fifth of all
who took part in the Mrican trade died.
All America and the West Indies took slaves. When
the ship reached the harbour. the cargo came up on deck
to be bought. The purchasers examined them for defects.
looked at the teeth, pinched the skin, sometimes tasted the
perspiration to see if the slave's blood was pure and his
health as good as his appearance. Some of the women af
fected a curiosity, the indulgence of which, with a horse,
would have caused them to be kicked 20 yards across the
deck. But the slave had to stand it. Then in order to restore
the dignity which might have been lost by too intimate an
examination, the purchaser spat in the face of the slave.
Having become the property of his owner, he was branded
on both sides of the breast with a hot iron. His duties were
explained to him by an interpreter, and a priest instructed
him in the first principles of Christianity.1

he massacre of the whites was a tragedy; not for the
whites. For these old slave-owners, those who burnt a little
powder in the arse of a Negro, who buried him alive for
insects to eat, who were well treated by Toussaint, and
who, as soon as they got the chance, began their old cruel
ties again; for these there is no need to waste one tear or
one drop of ink. The tragedy was for the blacks and the
Mulattoes. It was not policy but revenge, and revenge has
no place in politics. The whites were no longer to be feared,
and such purposeless massacres degrade and brutalise a
population, especially one which was just beginning as a
nation and had had so bitter a past. The people did not
want it--all the wanted was freedom. and independence

August 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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@ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social

No one.

July 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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PortiaMcGonagal

@portiamcgonagal.bsky.social

I've been a Black child, teenager, woman, and now in my Auntie era, in America.

We were born "out there".

We show up.

Every time.

We showed up last time at 92%.

Y'all get out there and don't come back until you vote for the good of all of us.

elesw19.bsky.social @elesw19.bsky.social · Apr 7

And look, don’t forget the authoritarians don’t want you to have hope they want you to throw up your hands and despair and give up. That’s all the more reason to get out there.

April 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝

@beserioususa.bsky.social

#HandsOff Rally2025 🇺🇸

April 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM

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khwalz

@khwalz.bsky.social

History will remember, and we will, too.

Voice of Reason @raggapegs.bsky.social · Apr 6

Black Monday

April 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM

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Rachel Maddow

@maddow.bsky.social

"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...

"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging

An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

www.washingtonpost.com

April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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Elizabeth Warren

@warren.senate.gov

Trump's own trade rep couldn't explain the logic behind the on-again, off-again tariffs wreaking havoc on our economy.

If Republicans care about protecting our jobs and lowering costs, they should all vote for our bipartisan resolution to end Trump's tariff chaos.

Trump's own trade rep couldn't explain the logic behind the on-again, off-again tariffs.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

youtu.be

April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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drsuziederkins.bsky.social

@drsuziederkins.bsky.social

This articulates so well and thoughtfully the tensions currently at play and why we could and should pick another path

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is fascinating: On the pod, @kedseconomist.com cites the example of a US manufacturer of board games to explain what's wrong with Trump's tariffs and why unleashing so much pain and turmoil to restore manufacturing is an incoherent goal.

Transcript here:

newrepublic.com/article/1937...

April 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM

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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove

@kamlager-dove.house.gov

Trump signed an executive order directing the Smithsonian whitewash and erase American history.

American history can be uncomfortable. But our young people deserve to learn the honest truth about our history—they’re the ones who will create a better future for all.

April 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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Erin Reed

@erininthemorning.com

1. Major victory in Montana.

17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

17 Montana Republicans Cross Party Lines, Defeat Anti-Trans Bill After Nonbinary Rep's Speech

Representative Howell delivered a speech against SB164, a bill that would charge parents with child abuse for providing gender affirming care even if they were merely driving through the state.

www.erininthemorning.com

April 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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U Boy 1

@u-boy1.bsky.social

March 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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Irrelephant

@onewheeldoin200.bsky.social

Recent Canadian habit of flipping US products upside-down on store shelves to signal US origin to other shoppers is going international. Germans are in on it now!

Welcome to the boycott, German friends :) 🇩🇪 🤝 🇨🇦

March 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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Brian Tyler Cohen

@briantylercohen.bsky.social

@marcelias.bsky.social's message to Trump after attacking Marc by name at the DOJ: "I wear your scorn as a badge of honor."

March 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM

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JoJoFromJerz

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

If you aren’t going to stand up, then sit down and get the fuck out of the way.
youtu.be/uyXlacGVt00?...

Either stand up and fight or sit down and get out of the way.

YouTube video by JoJoFromJerz

youtu.be

March 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM

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JoJoFromJerz

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

Republicans are burning our democracy to the ground and a handful of Democrats just handed them a full can of gas and box of matches.

March 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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Federal Workers United

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.

The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

February 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM

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Imani Barbarin

@imanibarbarin.bsky.social

Who do people think the “who” is in “Vote Blue No Matter Who?”

February 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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JoJoFromJerz

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

In case you’re having a bad day, new polling shows Assistant President Poopy Pant’s approval rating and personal popularity are going down faster than Lauren Boebert’s hand at a kid’s musical.

Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.

February 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Thousands marched in New York City against the fascist Trump regime. (📹@StatusCoup)

"Fascist Trump has got to go"

#3E #USProtests #fiftyfiftyone #NoKings #Feb17

February 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

@jphillll.bsky.social

Fascism has established itself in a most disguised and efficient manner in this country. It feels so secure that the leaders allow us the luxury of a faint protest. Take protest too far, however, and they will show their other face. Doors will be kicked down in the night and machine-gun fire and buckshot will become the medium of exchange.

February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM

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JoJoFromJerz

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

This bullshit trade war with Canada is a smokescreen for some nefarious fucking shit folks.

February 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.

February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Mass protests in Indiana as hundreds stepped up to stand against tyranny. The demonstrations were sparked after Trump collaborator Gov. Braun signing an executive order, directing law enforcement to aid ICE ethnic cleansing operations. #3E #USprotests #ICE

"Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"