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He/They. Minty-fresh Vermonter. Trans Ace who prefers QUILTBAG to LGBTQ+ because QUILTBAG is warm and easily pronounceable. Dog in pic shares my opinions, except he thinks he should get people food.

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It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

13.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5352    πŸ” 1048    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 31
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. β€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

13.10.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29453    πŸ” 8058    πŸ’¬ 799    πŸ“Œ 419
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The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

13.10.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 21586    πŸ” 12686    πŸ’¬ 1427    πŸ“Œ 876
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El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...

not for nothing but feds (the us marshals in that case) killing a dog at ruby ridge was a cause célèbre among right-wing paramilitaries for decades. still comes up on certain accelerationist forums today.

10.10.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

10.10.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16943    πŸ” 7483    πŸ’¬ 1299    πŸ“Œ 762
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20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

09.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13886    πŸ” 5495    πŸ’¬ 694    πŸ“Œ 368

It doesn’t make him LOOK horrible - he simply IS horrible.

10.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said β€œno one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

08.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14408    πŸ” 5207    πŸ’¬ 283    πŸ“Œ 357

Ah, but do you have morals? Because morals are a β€˜UGE problem.

06.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI was just following orders, Sir.”

04.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone else said we have not seen a proud boy since January and I say it because they are now all in ICE wearing masks.

05.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as β€œState Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

05.10.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13918    πŸ” 5990    πŸ’¬ 852    πŸ“Œ 341

Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.

Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.

Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.

But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.

The legacy of the Roberts court.

03.10.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6643    πŸ” 2361    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 101

I’m in Vermont and I’ve heard folks call massive fires in the fireplace β€œtourist fires” (like β€œforest fires”), because fires that big are such a waste!
I also lived in an apartment near a ski resort for a while and it had high ceilings and massive windows and it was so expensive to heat.

04.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
 states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli , 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto , 1d ago) to @drmistercody states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

History has many painful lessons.

02.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16923    πŸ” 5638    πŸ’¬ 862    πŸ“Œ 332
bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

bangs. "They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

β€œFuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

03.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7933    πŸ” 4422    πŸ’¬ 370    πŸ“Œ 417
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Workers at Wafler Farms are fed up. They've been waiting for two years since they first voted for the UFW to get their contract, but all the company gives them is delays. Sign their petition demanding Wafler sign the contract now.

act.seiu.org/a/waflerpeti...

#WeFeedYou

03.10.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

03.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12367    πŸ” 4937    πŸ’¬ 1248    πŸ“Œ 394

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.....Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared...."

~ Anne Frank

03.10.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1034    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 22
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Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use β€œreasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

03.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13993    πŸ” 5782    πŸ’¬ 474    πŸ“Œ 305

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

02.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 32314    πŸ” 15537    πŸ’¬ 654    πŸ“Œ 735
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Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

03.10.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 24173    πŸ” 6233    πŸ’¬ 504    πŸ“Œ 269

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

02.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 20848    πŸ” 4788    πŸ’¬ 474    πŸ“Œ 168

If this morning’s Federal Reserve wire transfer issues were intentional, well done; if accidental, I guess this is part of FAFO!

02.10.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.

01.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 22899    πŸ” 2663    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 148
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NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

02.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6430    πŸ” 2682    πŸ’¬ 604    πŸ“Œ 345

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

02.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5484    πŸ” 2071    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 95

You are here, you have community, and there is plenty to do.

You do not have to die on every hill, but we do all die, and there is a hill waiting for you somewhere here already, something worth defending, and work in that place worth being done.

So let us get to that work. Let us stay at it.

01.10.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

I work at a bank. I’m sure our customers will be absolutely fine with a decrease in accuracy.
#StopForcingAIOnUS

01.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok. So. A lot of congress will say they β€œsubmitted a letter to forgo pay during shutdown.”

Congress is paid once a month so they have 30 days. Secondly, they want you to believe they are saying they will give up their pay. No. They just hold it until it reopens

01.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8646    πŸ” 2498    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 87

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