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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 5h

"Girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa."

Omfg. They are so embarrassingly insultingly bad at everything.

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 5h

Veterans are PISSED
youtube.com/shorts/debW_...

U.S. Veterans Are Sounding the Alarm

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 9h

The fossil fool fallacy "it was arson, not climate" targets audience bereft of critical thinking, unable to distinguish between what *starts* a fire & what determines magnitude & destructiveness. Google nicely summarizes my past explanations (w/ links): www.google.com/search?q=Mic...

Freebeacon spouts dishonest fossil fuel industry propaganda

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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 5d

"The Republican Effort To Remake Schools In God’s Image:
A movement to dismantle the existing school system and remake it in a Christian nationalist image is well on its way across America" -- By Nathalie Baptiste

www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-...

Trump’s Happily Given The Evangelical Right Their Biggest Wishlist Item

A movement to dismantle the existing school system and remake it in a Christian nationalist image is well on its way across America.

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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 5d

In honor of Banned Books Week, October 5-11, I want to reprise my story on book banning & book burning. bit.ly/BookBanningA..., #CensorshipIsSo1984, and #UniteAgainstBookBans

Book Bannings Are Bad Enough, But Where Those Involved Are Considered Demonic, the Stakes Could Get Much Higher

Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades. This has been particularly so among leaders of the Christian revivalis...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 5d

Four Indigenous women were murdered while living on the streets in Winnipeg.

This is their story and the legacy they leave behind.

APTN’s Our Relatives podcast returns with one final episode – listen here: pod.fo/e/336a57

Our Relatives: The Trial

The murders of four homeless women shattered their families, shocked Canadians and forced politicians to take action. The tragedy tested the police and the justice system, while again shining a spo...

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 5d

What happens when the “good guys” betray their source? #RealityWinner tells Writer’s Voice the Intercept exposed her to boost their own profile. She also reveals the double standards that shield Trump & elites.
And why the Espionage Act is uniquely unjust. 🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/RealityWinner

Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 5d

NSA whistleblower Reality Winner tells her story in “I Am Not Your Enemy”.

💥 She says *The Intercept* exposed her to boost their own profile.
⚖️ She reveals the double standards that shield Trump & elites.
📜 And why the Espionage Act is uniquely unjust.

🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/RealityWinner
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11d

Lol.

Alt text: A Twitter exchange. The first tweet is from Stephen Miller (@StephenM) saying, “Why do you think they posted this?” with a retweet of a post from the account Governor Newsom Press (@GovPres...) that says “STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!” That tweet shows 3.8K replies, 2.5K retweets, 20K likes, and 658K views. Governor Newsom Press replies to Stephen Miller with, “because you’re a fascist.” That reply shows 512 replies, 1K retweets, 18K likes, and 110K views.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11d

They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.

The image is a screenshot of an X post from the account @Re... (Really American) dated 11 hours ago, claiming that Speaker Johnson has refused to swear in newly-elected Democratic Rep. Grijalva, who is described as the decisive 218th vote needed for a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. The post questions the reason for the delay. The image also includes a video still labeled "EXCLUSIVE" from Meidastouch Network, featuring Rep.-elect Grijalva, with text stating she is ready to sign the discharge petition. The background shows campaign materials with her name and slogans like "Se hizo historia!"

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 11d

Those guys in the pic remind me of the Orcs.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11d

Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland.

Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming.

No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up

Towns from Washington state to Indiana have seen armed groups begin patrolling the streets after rumors spread on social media about an antifa invasion.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11d

Another example of the pettiness and threat of the Trump administration's censorship and deletion of science: USEPA used to have tools and training for #water utilities to build system resilience in the face of extreme weather, including #climatechange. That website is gone. Poof.
www.epa.gov/crwu

Screenshot of the EPA website that used to provide tools, training, and technical assistance to utilities to increase system resilience in the face of extreme weather and climate change. The program was called CRWU (Creating Resilient Water Utilities).

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 11d

IDK who’s writing these brilliant trollings (if it’s actually the Governor, I’ll be pleasantly surprised), but it’s even better political satire than #JimmyKimmel

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

> @governor.ca.gov

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Chimamma69 @chimamma3.bsky.social · 12d

Gavin C. Newsom
@AwesomeNewsom
REAL MEN USE STAIRS.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 16d

So many good lines, but this one had me lol

“EVERYONE WILL FLOOD THE STREETS TO CHEER ‘DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!’ BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE OPEN, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, YOUR DADDY, WILL FINALLY BE HOME, AND DC WILL BE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! — GCN”

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 15d

“SS Miller” ~ so clever. Epic trolling!
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#SubmissiveStephen #TrumpIsAGlobalLaughingstock

Governor Newsom Press Office

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT "SUBMISSIVE STEPHEN" ("SS") MILLER IS THROWING THE BIGGEST, MOST PATHETIC
"TANTRUM" IN THE ENTIRE WEST WING. CRYING, STOMPING, WAILING, "OUR QUOTAS! OUR ARRESTS OF CHILDREN! HOW WILL WE SURVIVE WITHOUT RAIDING THE INNOCENT?!" HIS TANTRUM WAS SO LOUD IT TRIGGERED A SMALL EARTHQUAKE IN SAN FRANCISCO (SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING IT THE "MILLER QUAKE"). HE IS FURIOUS THAT I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM (THE REAL LEADER OF AMERICA), JUST SIGNED BEAUTIFUL NEW LAWS TO HOLD TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE ACCOUNTABLE: NO MASKS, NO RAIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. KIDS, TEACHERS, NURSES ARE SAFE AGAIN BECAUSE OF ME! "SS" MILLER IS NOW GROUNDED. NO JUICE BOX. NO CARTOONS. WHEN YOU'RE READY TO STOP TERRORIZING AMERICANS, STEPHEN, YOUR DADDY (ME!) MIGHT UNGROUND YOU. UNTIL THEN, IT'S "TIME OUT." YOU ARE WELCOME, AMERICA! - GCN

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Ailani 🌺 Brown Eye Girl @browneyegirlhi.bsky.social · 13d

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Governor Newsom Press Office

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THE "KING" JUST FINISHED A TREMENDOUS TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WORLD LEADERS LINED UP (BLOCKS LONG!) TO MEET ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, THE REAL LEADER OF AMERICA. DOZY DON WAS VERY RUDE TO THEM (HE SAID, "YOUR COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO HELL!" NOT NICE, MR. PRESIDENT). I WONT SAY WHO, BUT MANY AFTER TOLD ΜΕ PRIVATELY, "SIR, THE UNITED NATIONS WOULD LIKE TO RENAME NYC TO NEWSOM YORK CITY IN YOUR HONOR!" I AM VERY HUMBLE AND NOT "BRAGGADOCIOUS" BUT I DO DESERVE THIS AND SO WE WILL RENAME NYC SOON. EVERYBODY LOVES THE IDEA! A GREAT HONOR!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. - GCN

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

#CharlieKirk was a shill for the #FossilFuel lobby

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24d

Kirk, climate angle, from @Jane Mayer's excellent 2017 article on his organization: 'Turning Point distributed a guide for college students with a foreword by Kirk, titled “10 Ways Fossil Fuels Improve Our Daily Lives.”'

In a phone interview, Kirk declined to identify the donors who have supplied his group’s eight-million-dollar-plus annual budget, noting that many prefer to remain anonymous. But Kirk has spoken and fund-raised at various closed-door energy-industry gatherings, including those of the 2017 board meeting of the National Mining Association and the 2016 annual meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. In our interview, Kirk acknowledged that some of his donors “are in the fossil-fuel space.”

Kirk’s ties to fossil-fuel magnates are controversial because Turning Point has helped organize opposition on campuses to students calling for schools to divest from fossil-fuel companies. Turning Point distributed a guide for college students with a foreword by Kirk, titled “10 Ways Fossil Fuels Improve Our Daily Lives.” In it, he argues, “Across the nation, college students are clamoring for their campuses to divest from fossil fuel . . . students are indoctrinated to believe the myth that fossil fuels are dirty and renewable energy is a plausible alternative . . . ” Turning Point, which also runs an online “Professor Watch List” that targets professors it believes are liberal, blamed “leftist professors” in its booklet for having “perpetuated” these “myths.” In the interview, Kirk told me that “We think targeting fossil fuels is rather unfair, and it is not really in the best interests of the universities to favor one type of political agenda over another.” It’s a message that “went great,” he said, when he delivered it at energy-industry meetings.

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

The US brand of authoritarianism: Mafia Kleptocracy #Trump #corruption

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19d

Three major white collar criminals were convicted in fraud schemes and ordered to pay back over $800 million.

Then, Trump pardoned their criminal offenses.

Now the SEC is dropping enforcement and they won't have to pay the money back.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19d

Kat is still out there fighting four hours after this. I'm just fucking livid.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19d

ILLINOIS — Trump’s Gestapo violently throws female congressional candidate @KatAbughazaleh to the ground to the ground

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

When they go low, we run for Congress.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19d

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt.

Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 19d

The widely accepted narrative that Trump "chickened out" on Chicago is completely incorrect. ICE's incursions are getting worse here every day.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 19d

Protesters were tear gassed, shot with pepper spray bullets and some detained by ICE officers outside of a facility in suburban Broadview Friday morning. blockclubchi.co/3VslkAr

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

I'm attending Graham for Maine's event, “#Grahampaign - ONE MONTH Update” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/grahamformai...

#Grahampaign - ONE MONTH Update · Graham for Maine

An important meeting for all our supporters! Whether you have been with our campaign from the beginning or just joined, come join us on Sunday. #GRAHMPAIGN

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

Just posted your terrific interview for Writer’s Voice www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/how-...

HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON & ARCTIC PASSAGES: Andrew Fishman on Dom Phillips’ Legacy & Kieran Mulvaney on Climate and Power in the Far North

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This week on Writer’s Voice, two stories from the planet’s frontlines: the Amazon rainfores…

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

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Francesca Rheannon @writersvoice.bsky.social · 19d

Part 3: When it comes to saving the Amazon, even Lula’s hands are tied by Big Cattle and Big Finance. Listen to my interview with Andrew Fishman on murdered journalist Dom Phillips’ posthumous book, HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON tinyurl.com/WVDom

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