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Emily Kallunki

@leftupr.bsky.social

A Fortunate Soul. Raised by 1st gen FinnishAmericans who survived the Grt Depression &served in WWII. Succeeded via fine public schools, affordable college tuition, accessible birth control. Challenged to see all Americans have the same opportunities as I.

7 Followers  |  15 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 20.01.2025  |  2.03

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Norwegian police say pro-Russian hackers were likely behind suspected sabotage at a dam Norwegian police say Russian hackers are likely responsible for suspected sabotage at a dam in April.

Disgusted, but not surprised at the corruption we face sans ethical world leadership: Norwegian police say pro-Russian hackers were likely behind suspected sabotage at a dam

apnews.com/article/russ...

14.08.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
No Kings Day Protest - Chaska, Minnesota
YouTube video by David Erickson No Kings Day Protest - Chaska, Minnesota

I can only imagine how devastated and angry Minnesotans are youtu.be/bpiKfhyntbk

15.06.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Again.

11.05.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6907    πŸ” 2143    πŸ’¬ 436    πŸ“Œ 166
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Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black voters in Congressional redistricting, judges rule The court-ordered map, used in the 2024 elections, resulted in Alabama electing two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in history.

Thanks to the advocacy of Black Alabamians and organizations like @allontheline.bsky.social, Black voters in Alabama will continue voting in fair congressional districts that allow them to elect candidates of their choice. This is a win for Alabama, and proof that progress is possible.

09.05.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6688    πŸ” 1384    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 39
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Hell yeah! Look at Maine leading the wayπŸ”₯

Public schools everywhere, take note: Do not comply in advance.

04.05.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14514    πŸ” 3824    πŸ’¬ 315    πŸ“Œ 173
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Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to

The Trump family's crypto business justΒ got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.

We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States β€” right out in the open.

Hello?

04.05.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8172    πŸ” 3667    πŸ’¬ 504    πŸ“Œ 268
Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
YouTube video by Governor Tony Evers Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats

Trump's threat to arrest Gov. Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & silence dissent. They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.

We will NOT be intimidated.

We will NOT be silenced.

We will DEFEND our freedom!

03.05.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr plans placebo-trial testing for 'all new vaccines' Experts are alarmed by plans to require placebo testing for already approved shots like the covid vaccine.

Excellent. Back to the days of the Tuskegee syphilis trial. If they really wanted to do a non-vaccine arm all they need to do is enroll people who refuse vaccines. And then blind the researchers. No need to assign anyone to non-treatment.

02.05.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
A group of people getting ready to door knock

A group of people getting ready to door knock

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Great day of meeting voters at the door asking about their concerns and concerns and informing them about a voter suppression ballot @livingstondems.bsky.social

03.05.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MI GOP would like to suppress your vote! Decline to sign petition info distributed. @livingstondems.bsky.social

03.05.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Senator Slotkin's Weekly Intel Briefing 5.2.25
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin Senator Slotkin's Weekly Intel Briefing 5.2.25

When D.C. sneezes, Michigan catches a cold. That's why we're trying something new -- every week I am going to update you on what's going on in Washington and tell you how it impacts you at home.

Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...

02.05.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 3

Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.

Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?

Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.

02.05.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3833    πŸ” 843    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 29

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.

70% of these donations went to Republicans.

Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC β€” which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws.

See how this works?

02.05.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2671    πŸ” 803    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 25
Freehand Canadian flag drawing with the text "This Michigander Loves our Neighbors" taped to the inside of the hatchback window of a red car.

Freehand Canadian flag drawing with the text "This Michigander Loves our Neighbors" taped to the inside of the hatchback window of a red car.

Sorry to miss the solidarity rally at Hart Plaza(they were held Saturday near all the bridges between Michigan and Canada), so I took my sign on the road to and from WisconsinπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

29.04.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details β€˜Month from Hell’ Inside the Agency The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.

You can’t turn chicken shit into chicken salad.

As Hegseth’s staffer is now telling the world, Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a place of chaos. Our military and our country deserve serious leaders. If he cared about the institution he should man up, acknowledge he’s a distraction and resign.

21.04.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 503    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 8
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History always has a lesson.

19.04.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 32903    πŸ” 9776    πŸ’¬ 636    πŸ“Œ 414
People attending a community event

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@livingstondems.bsky.social hosted a community event to bring our community together to learn to organize for saving our democracy. 43 signed up 60 came @votesaveamerica.crooked.com

19.04.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.

70% of these donations went to Republicans.

Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

13.04.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7587    πŸ” 2567    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 77

The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.

The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million β€” more than 3x what it made a year ago.

Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.

09.04.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21681    πŸ” 7444    πŸ’¬ 653    πŸ“Œ 479

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.Β 

That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

09.04.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8582    πŸ” 2709    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 123

Trump is trying to deregulate crypto as his personal businesses get more involved in the industry.

He also just gutted the DOJ team that investigates crypto fraud.

This may be one of most overt conflicts of interest in presidential history and it's hardly a blip on the news.

09.04.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4765    πŸ” 1627    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 61
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

Come ON, people!https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

10.03.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

"Most families at all income[s] feel squeezed by soaring housing costs, unaffordable childcare, rising insurance prices, stubbornly expensive health care...
And most people get their income from a paycheck, not an investment portfolio. Work unites all of us."
newrepublic.com/article/1920...

09.03.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michigan health care analyst keeps CDC information online after Trump administration data purge β€’ Wisconsin Examiner Deleted CDC data runs the gamut from LGBTQ+ health to causes of HIV, apparently to comply with an order to scrub "gender ideology” messages.

Michigan health care analyst keeps CDC information online after Trump administration data purge wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/04/m...

05.02.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is still beauty in this world

04.02.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 73960    πŸ” 11550    πŸ’¬ 1415    πŸ“Œ 740

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