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@amylbf.bsky.social

New England journalist. Firefighter wife. Mom of a Marine pilot and a rocket scientist. Love books, travel and drinking tea. If you’re snarky and irreverent, come sit next to me.

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Why, did Miller and Noem promise their thugs a free trip with every murder on an American street?

28.01.2026 13:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I LOVE that this woman in Georgia decided to terrorize her neighbors with the Fall Of Democracy and Trump's Ghouls (in poetic detail) instead of your usual demons and monsters.

She said, "It's scary because it's true."

31.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 549    🔁 135    💬 20    📌 14
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.

But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.

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Today marks the third anniversary of Roe v Wade being repealed. A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

Criminalizing pregnancy: a record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs.

Today marks the third anniversary of Roe v Wade being repealed. A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion. Criminalizing pregnancy: a record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs.

On the 3rd anniversary of Roe v Wade being repealed, I have to say: if more people had been concerned about the subjugation of women THEN, we wouldn't be here being stripped of ALL of our rights now.

Breaking a 50-year precedent of human rights was the canary in the coalmine 🐦 many people ignored.

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Save the dates: 7/4 & 7/17, our next days of action! 🚨

On July 4th, 50501 chapters will be hosting a community day of action. Some will also be protesting on the 4th.

On July 17th, 50501 chapters will be organizing a mass mobilization in coalition with other orgs. Some may also host community aid.

20.06.2025 23:34 — 👍 1224    🔁 516    💬 41    📌 50
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. State Department
said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended
process for foreigners applying for student visas
but applicants will now be required to unlock
their social media accounts for government
review.

The department said consular officers will be on
the lookout for posts and messages that could be
deemed hostile to the United States, its
government, culture, institutions or founding
principles.

In a notice made public Wednesday, the
department said it had rescinded its May
suspension of student visa processing but said
new applicants who refuse to set their social
media accounts to "public" and allow them to be
reviewed may be rejected and a refusal to do
so could be a sign they are trying to evade the
requirement or hide their online activity.

The Trump administration last month
temporarily halted the scheduling of new visa
interviews for foreign students hoping to study in
the U.S. while preparing to expand the screening
of their activity on social media, officials said.

WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for government review. The department said consular officers will be on the lookout for posts and messages that could be deemed hostile to the United States, its government, culture, institutions or founding principles. In a notice made public Wednesday, the department said it had rescinded its May suspension of student visa processing but said new applicants who refuse to set their social media accounts to "public" and allow them to be reviewed may be rejected and a refusal to do so could be a sign they are trying to evade the requirement or hide their online activity. The Trump administration last month temporarily halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while preparing to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.

Conservatives went from "free speech radicals" to "authoritarian review of people's social media accounts" in all of 6 months.

They want to be able to lie & spread propaganda with impunity - while limiting dissent.

Just like every other pathetic, thin-skinned dictator.

apnews.com/article/stud...

21.06.2025 00:10 — 👍 159    🔁 47    💬 16    📌 4
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What’s Inside a 10th Floor ICE Office? New York Democrats Want to Know.

NEW: 8 Dems in Congress are sending a letter to Noem saying ICE is breaking federal law by not allowing them into 10th floor @ 26 Federal Plaza.

The space has 4 cells w/ built in wall benches but no beds and people have been sleeping on floors, we’re told.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

20.06.2025 12:33 — 👍 273    🔁 66    💬 26    📌 8
Post from X from @elonmusk that reads: "The far left is murderously violent" and quotes a post from @insatiablelevine that is quoted in the next screenshot.

Post from X from @elonmusk that reads: "The far left is murderously violent" and quotes a post from @insatiablelevine that is quoted in the next screenshot.

Post from @insatiablelevine on X that reads: 

The left kills the CEO of United Healthcare

Kills two Israeli ambassadors staffers 

Attempts twice to assassinate the President 

Doxes and attempts to murder federal ICE agents and Police - all week

And now kills a MN state rep and her husband and injures a Senator and his wife 

The left has become a full blown domestic terrorist organization.

Post from @insatiablelevine on X that reads: The left kills the CEO of United Healthcare Kills two Israeli ambassadors staffers Attempts twice to assassinate the President Doxes and attempts to murder federal ICE agents and Police - all week And now kills a MN state rep and her husband and injures a Senator and his wife The left has become a full blown domestic terrorist organization.

If you want an example of the failings of Community Notes, look no further than Musk spreading misinfo in the hours after the Minnesota shooting.

The shooter has now been IDed as a Trump supporter.

There is no community note on Musk or the original post he quotes.

16.06.2025 17:53 — 👍 1392    🔁 293    💬 29    📌 24
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Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds

The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump admin broke the law when it withheld funding for the nation's libraries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

17.06.2025 20:50 — 👍 2901    🔁 779    💬 100    📌 34
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In case you still had any doubts about those claims of racism.

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Remember when Donald Trump got caught with all sorts of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after saying he didn't have anything, and then he got indicted but the judge slow walked the case to death? Yup. He did that.

01.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 4677    🔁 942    💬 104    📌 25
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New London, CT, representing for the national protests today. Estimated that more than 1,000 attended.

20.04.2025 01:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Confessions of a Hateful Leftist Yesterday, a Trump supporter told me I was hateful.

Pastor John explains it all.

25.03.2025 11:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...

www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/b...

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Or when it’s sunny. Or cloudy. Or foggy. Or when there’s weather outside. 😀

13.03.2025 14:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tim Walz & Bernie Sanders are going out and getting after it, they’ve got the right idea!

13.03.2025 02:26 — 👍 21885    🔁 5310    💬 740    📌 469
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#smellslikedesperation

13.03.2025 14:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Like the old adage, "You can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink." More like, "You can lead a MAGA to truth but can't make them believe it."

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Bernie out there working.

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This.

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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org now has the option to purchase and read e-books through their app as well. Support independent booksellers!

08.03.2025 12:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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