From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
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From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
10.11.2025 12:50 β π 13072 π 2232 π¬ 343 π 180This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
10.11.2025 01:38 β π 23070 π 6027 π¬ 267 π 229Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social - Democratic TN-7 nominee - pulls out the mechanical bull π to make the point that our politicians are owned by billionairesβ who gave $2 MILLION to Van Epps(stein Files) in the GOP primary, for some mysterious reason.
06.11.2025 13:28 β π 558 π 161 π¬ 10 π 10I just bought whistles to hand out.
05.11.2025 03:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"all politics is local" -Tip O'Neill
Feeling relieved in my city for the outcome of our mayoral and city council races. Go Beverly!
Excited for results in NYC! Lets go VA! Hey Mikie!
I'll wait til tomorrow to find out about prop 50.
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Tax. The. Rich!! And FTR. ππΌ
05.11.2025 00:21 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0"... Rockwellβs son and other descendants wrote that the paintings had been used without the familyβs authorization and that the artist would be βdevastatedβ to see his work βmarshalled for the cause of persecution toward immigrant communities and people of color.β www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
04.11.2025 22:13 β π 30 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. β¦
"It has really become a prison."
CHICAGO: βMy uncle was on his way home from getting groceries on his bike β they grabbed him and choked him and punched himβ¦ heβs a kind hardworking man. Theyβre racially profiling people.β
Trumpβs ICE goons put an elderly man in the hospital and nearly choked him to death.
"we should run moderates in moderate areas" okay well what about in progressive areas "we should run moderates there too" I see, and who is "we" in this thought experiment
04.11.2025 16:53 β π 1283 π 146 π¬ 8 π 7Just want to remind folks his views are a long range calculations. They do not represent the voters in his district (like me). Unfortunately, MA had a ballot question (in 2018) to repeal trans rights. Voters in this state affirmed trans rights by a comfortable majority (my city was 61/39)..
04.11.2025 17:24 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes please
03.11.2025 21:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
Running against @RepTimBurchett ππ½ π―
31.10.2025 12:21 β π 2610 π 1032 π¬ 54 π 31I see you Virginia.
31.10.2025 12:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Congratulations to Lewis! This is such a good and useful book. I recommend it highly.
28.10.2025 23:59 β π 81 π 30 π¬ 1 π 0Happy #PublicationDay, @lewispants.bsky.social!π§
RADICAL UNLEARNING is an accessible exploration into how we can use trauma psychology to unravel and transform our harmful beliefs. βGive this book to everyone you love who is stuck in a heartbreaking worldview.β β @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
WATCH: βWhy wonβt you stand up for farmers? Did you promise to help cover-up the Epstein files? Why did billionaires spend $2 MILLION to help you beat Jody Barrett?β
Trump-backed TN-7 special election nominee Matt Van Epps refused to answer our Qβs in Nashville today π€
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
29.10.2025 00:46 β π 1354 π 542 π¬ 16 π 17Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, donβt shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
#kavanaughstop
29.10.2025 02:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Trump administration has a rainy day fund that will keep SNAP from expiring in November. Trump is refusing to use it.
Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
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They have tear gassed a parade of trick or treating children. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...
27.10.2025 15:32 β π 701 π 455 π¬ 21 π 39Nora has raised very little- her friend Mohammed was worried about her so helped her make a fundraiser but she didnβt know how to promote it at all. Even a little donation can help her β€οΈ
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