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Amy Pearl, SV refugee in wine country

@amypearl650.bsky.social

United we stand. Saying things doesn't make them true; my faith is in facts. Fairness fan, quant. I want an economy and country that works for all. Democracy is not a spectator sport. โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

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BREAKING: Trumpโ€™s ICE bans Christians and all people from praying โ€œin front of or insideโ€ the Broadview ICE facility.

So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.

This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trumpโ€™s fascist America. Smh.

09.11.2025 05:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1483    ๐Ÿ” 546    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46

In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.

09.11.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6360    ๐Ÿ” 1108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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I'm sure they'll fix this, now that they've gotten rid of the software that automatically preserves government/agency texts, and relies on employees taking and submitting screenshots. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

09.11.2025 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Always do a check in before you run for an exit.

Watch a brand NEW episode with: Comedian @jennyhagel.bsky.social & Sports Journalist @bomani-jones.bsky.social airing TONIGHT at 9p ET/PT on @cnn.com. Available to stream now on the CNN app. Subscription required. U.S. only.

09.11.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...

08.11.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3160    ๐Ÿ” 1236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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Opinion | Adelita Grijalva Just Wants to Get to Work. The House Speaker Wonโ€™t Let Her.

Iโ€™m not going to take this sitting down, because Arizona doesnโ€™t deserve that.

Swear me in, Speaker Johnson!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

28.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1596    ๐Ÿ” 440    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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VoteVets' MG Paul Eaton (Ret) blasts GOP Senators for rejecting Senator Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution. He says Trump is waging a "criminal and unconstitutional" war and betraying the principle that Americans shouldn't die without having a say in the matter, through their elected representatives.

06.11.2025 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 298    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Nancy Pelosi Leaves Congress After 38 Years, Defining Generations of Democratic Power | KQED Nancy Pelosiโ€™s 38-year congressional career transformed San Francisco, steered historic laws and cemented her place as one of the most influential leaders in U.S. history.

Former House Speaker @pelosi.house.gov
announced Thursday morning that she will not seek reelection.

www.kqed.org/news/1206279...

06.11.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The @emergeamerica.bsky.social program doubles a first time candidate's chance of winning. Congratulations Emerge alum, Governor Elect Representative Abigail Spanberger ๐ŸŽ‰. Here with Emerge President @ashantigholar in April #DemocracyIsNotASpectatorSport โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

05.11.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From the guy who started the electoral war with anti democratic redistricting. Thanks for the playbook, #DontheCon โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

05.11.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Enjoy tonight. But tomorrow, this ๐Ÿ‘‡

05.11.2025 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ACA was passedโ€ฆ<15> years ago

Donโ€™t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Donโ€™t host lying liars on the teevee shows to performatively lie in public.

If youโ€™ve screwed up & done that anyway, end the interviews immediately & donโ€™t invite the lying liars back again.

See above. Repeat.

02.11.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 493    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

01.11.2025 04:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12355    ๐Ÿ” 2567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 227    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

29.10.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32802    ๐Ÿ” 14645    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1325    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1051

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

Itโ€™s corporate greed. Itโ€™s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

27.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36029    ๐Ÿ” 13722    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1040    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632

Important THREAD. Really important.

25.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 583    ๐Ÿ” 213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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No Congressional approval has been granted for use of force. There's no plan or exit strategy. And the administration wonโ€™t provide evidence to justify their strikes. Now they're deploying an aircraft carrier for operations against boats in the Caribbean. It's #ForeverWar

24.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 264    ๐Ÿ” 135    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

๐ŸงตStop calling it Argentina aid.

It's a scam bailout to friends of Trump and his thug chums who had been making a lot of money off Argentina.

The scam goes like this:

23.10.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 869    ๐Ÿ” 326    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Trump's ballroom ain't bringin' down the price of groceries or the cost of healthcare.

Trump literally cares more about Argentina than Americans.

23.10.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 827    ๐Ÿ” 290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Jeffries: We have an American president behaving like an organized crime boss, stealing taxpayer dollars in real-time in front of everyone in plain sight. And Republicans have nothing to say about the emerging crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.

22.10.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6002    ๐Ÿ” 2030    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 229    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of โ€œwhat if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.โ€ And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! โ€œThank Heaven for Little Girlsโ€ is very catchy.

23.10.2025 02:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19773    ๐Ÿ” 4790    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 529    ๐Ÿ“Œ 239
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How The SAVE Act Would Roll Back Voting Rights What is the SAVE Act and why we cannot allow it to become law

Corporate media is completely ignoring the dangers of The SAVE Act. Here's what you need to know about this attempt to gut voting rights, particularly for tens of millions of women in America, and how we need to fight back to protect our democracy.

www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-the-sa...

22.10.2025 23:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 998    ๐Ÿ” 577    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

This cuts to the truth of the East Wing demolition.

22.10.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 369    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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R.I.P. ๐Ÿชฆ East Wing

22.10.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 304    ๐Ÿ” 154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Who Bought The East Wing? Trumpโ€™s partial East Wing demolition and $250 million presidential ballroom is sponsored by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more.

Trumpโ€™s partial East Wing demolition and $250 million presidential ballroom is sponsored by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more.
levernews.com/who-bought-t...

22.10.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 233    ๐Ÿ” 146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

BREAKING: The National Parks Service says that America's historic preservation laws "make it very clear" Donald Trump will now have to rebuild the White House's East Wing exactly the way it was at personal expense.

22.10.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 607    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Warren: So now Trump wants to give Argentina $40 billion.

He talked about how tough things are for the people in Argentina and how hard theyโ€™re fighting for their economic survival.

Look around America. Look at all the farmers sitting on soybeans theyโ€™ve got no buyer for now.

22.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3763    ๐Ÿ” 1148    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 145    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy Demos is Britainโ€™s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

@bellingcat.com CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social just published this paper with @demosorg.bsky.social on a new VDA framework for democracy.

Verification
Deliberation &
Accountability

demos.co.uk/research/ver...

22.10.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Almost perfect. Now, until Adelita Grijalva is sworn in 1) hold state taxes to the federal government in escrow and 2) start billing the federal government full freight for services the state provides to them. โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

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