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Lifelong blue, social worker, gardener, reader. Mostly retired but not from the service of peace and social justice.

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๐Ÿ‘‡

07.10.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 762    ๐Ÿ” 190    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53149    ๐Ÿ” 20119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1637    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1180
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#Antifa

05.10.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 939    ๐Ÿ” 309    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Last year they claimed โ€œillegalsโ€ were voting, without any evidence.

They used fear mongering to push for voter suppression laws.

Now they claim โ€œillegalsโ€ are getting free healthcare, again without any evidence.

So they can make healthcare unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Enough.

06.10.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12965    ๐Ÿ” 4184    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 347    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn ) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

06.10.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15507    ๐Ÿ” 4538    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 417    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families โ€” and weโ€™re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

Weโ€™ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Letโ€™s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

06.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14067    ๐Ÿ” 7706    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 709    ๐Ÿ“Œ 466
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Remember: The GOPโ€™s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

22.09.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14946    ๐Ÿ” 5409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 435    ๐Ÿ“Œ 235
Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

22.09.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5127    ๐Ÿ” 1700    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105
Ideas of what to do besides Disney or Hulu.

Ideas of what to do besides Disney or Hulu.

Great ideas!!

21.09.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

She's
Correct

22.09.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a group of children are dancing in a park with trees in the background ALT: a group of children are dancing in a park with trees in the background

Just wondering if there will be a day of mourning for all the school children who have lost their lives in shootings?

Or is that considered acceptable loss of life in the USA these days?

21.09.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 225    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Another authoritarian red flag ๐Ÿšฉ

Pentagon reporters can no longer gather or share information unless the government signs off first. And if they get away with it here, nothing is off limits next.

22.09.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1668    ๐Ÿ” 804    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 159    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
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Weโ€™re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract 404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

22.09.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6839    ๐Ÿ” 2361    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86
Women dressed in black and white, looking at a pillow with orange stain

Women dressed in black and white, looking at a pillow with orange stain

Happy Friday!๐Ÿ˜

19.09.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 313    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Want to know how effective boycotting is? Read his closing remarks.

Boycott them every chance you get.

19.09.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 459    ๐Ÿ” 277    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐ŸŒฑ

19.09.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They lied to Congress at their confirmation hearings. They shouldnโ€™t be on the Supreme Court. So why are they???

09.09.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9029    ๐Ÿ” 3578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 664    ๐Ÿ“Œ 324

The Epstein Sex Slavery business - let call it what it is - proves that too much wealth and too much power in too few hands is a moral corruption of society. Until weโ€™re ready to end wealth hoarding, this will continue to happen. Itโ€™s what the very wealthy always do: they get away with atrocities.

09.09.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 941    ๐Ÿ” 312    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

09.09.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15520    ๐Ÿ” 5253    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 222    ๐Ÿ“Œ 165
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Who agrees?

08.09.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1112    ๐Ÿ” 397    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in theirโ€ฆ

With the very real prospect of Republicans losing the midterms thanks to President Trumpโ€™s widely unpopular policies, he and his allies are already working to sway the ballot before a single vote is cast.

And theyโ€™re only just getting started.

09.09.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 244    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care NEW MEXICOย (KRQE) โ€“ New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal chโ€ฆ

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

09.09.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16678    ๐Ÿ” 4478    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 466    ๐Ÿ“Œ 345
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Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically

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As it turns out, the "Kennedy Curse" wasn't that the smart ones were killed, but that the stupid one survived.

05.09.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7660    ๐Ÿ” 1656    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 346    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82
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I think what RFK Jr. meant to say was โ€œthe CDC director refused to put kids' health at risk when I told her to, so I fired her."

05.09.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8950    ๐Ÿ” 2459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 381    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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