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@avrec.bsky.social

Dad. Brother co-parent. Recovering recording studio owner, drummer and band leader. Trump is not okay and am looking for ways to resist.

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I didn’t vote for any of this…

22.08.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the Slavery Wasn't Bad crowd:

Let's leave something extremely clear.

SLAVERY was BAD, it was so bad that the darkest part of it, turned into folklore and horror stories, was so bad that books were written about it, it was so bad that the Art inspired for it continued being censored.

21.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4496    πŸ” 948    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 46
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Every Democratic state that can do this, should do this.

Then, when we control the levels of power in DC, we ban gerrymandering for the entire country. Once and for all. Everyone playing by the same rules.

11.08.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12340    πŸ” 3032    πŸ’¬ 440    πŸ“Œ 163

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters β€” the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. β€” are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

15.07.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 38993    πŸ” 10338    πŸ’¬ 1013    πŸ“Œ 443
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Would love to know what’s going on here

10.07.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4380    πŸ” 688    πŸ’¬ 833    πŸ“Œ 109
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Best sign from yesterday.

02.05.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 19867    πŸ” 3083    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 126
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Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

02.04.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5087    πŸ” 1825    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 104

Mmmhmm www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

27.03.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4
Graphic showing Zalenskyy and Trump meeting. Wording: Urgent rally. Sunday March 2, 2:00 pm. Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan Ave. Justice for Ukraine. Bring banners: No Justice no peace.Ukraine belongs in NATO. USA support Ukraine. Justice for Ukraine

Graphic showing Zalenskyy and Trump meeting. Wording: Urgent rally. Sunday March 2, 2:00 pm. Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan Ave. Justice for Ukraine. Bring banners: No Justice no peace.Ukraine belongs in NATO. USA support Ukraine. Justice for Ukraine

RALLY FOR UKRAINE. Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 pm, Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan. Organized by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, IL Division. Justice for Ukraine!

01.03.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2037    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 32

For all federal employees:

Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.

If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

01.02.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 24245    πŸ” 7416    πŸ’¬ 319    πŸ“Œ 210
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We Choose To Fight: Action Call Β· Indivisible This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...

National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

01.02.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4672    πŸ” 2082    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 204
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Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.

wapo.st/4aEGlP3

30.01.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

love your work, man...

29.01.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.

So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1

20.01.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8821    πŸ” 2212    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 177
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120+ Indigenous tribal leaders have sent a letter asking for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier

β€œA survivor of the federally funded boarding school system where he endured years of physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse”

ndncollective.org/120-tribal-l...

@ndncollective.bsky.social

15.01.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10111    πŸ” 2568    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 177
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Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82 Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.

Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.

With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

11.01.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15111    πŸ” 3317    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 205
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Opinion | Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer. Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler.

Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...

10.01.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. β€œthe people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!

09.01.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 40215    πŸ” 6124    πŸ’¬ 3127    πŸ“Œ 677

... then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”

07.01.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit of Thomas Merton for this evening:

β€œThe beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves,...

07.01.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I had no doubt...

02.01.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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