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He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.

From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation

chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

10.11.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10

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€” πŸ‘ 13072    πŸ” 2232    πŸ’¬ 343    πŸ“Œ 180
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This 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€” πŸ‘ 23070    πŸ” 6027    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 229
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Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social - Democratic TN-7 nominee - pulls out the mechanical bull πŸ‚ 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€” πŸ‘ 558    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

I just bought whistles to hand out.

05.11.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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.

05.11.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.

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.

05.11.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2122    πŸ” 1062    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 66

Tax. The. Rich!! And FTR. πŸ–•πŸΌ

05.11.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work

"... Rockwell’s son and other descendants wrote that the paintings had been used without the family’s authorization and that the artist would be β€œdevastated” to see his work β€œmarshalled for the cause of persecution toward immigrant communities and people of color.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

04.11.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

U.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. …

"It has really become a prison."

04.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1331    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 14
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CHICAGO: β€œMy uncle was on his way home from getting groceries on his bike β€” they grabbed him and choked him and punched him… he’s a kind hardworking man. They’re racially profiling people.”

Trump’s ICE goons put an elderly man in the hospital and nearly choked him to death.

04.11.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3326    πŸ” 1677    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 112

"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€” πŸ‘ 1283    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

Just 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€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes please

03.11.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red 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

Red 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.

03.11.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30767    πŸ” 5579    πŸ’¬ 924    πŸ“Œ 664
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Running against @RepTimBurchett πŸ‘‡πŸ½ 🎯

31.10.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2610    πŸ” 1032    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 31

I see you Virginia.

31.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: 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.

29.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4969    πŸ” 2362    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 127

Congratulations to Lewis! This is such a good and useful book. I recommend it highly.

28.10.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #PublicationDay, @lewispants.bsky.social!🧠

RADICAL UNLEARNING is an accessible exploration into how we can use trauma psychology to unravel and transform our harmful beliefs. β€œGive this book to everyone you love who is stuck in a heartbreaking worldview.” β€” @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social

28.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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WATCH: β€œWhy won’t 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?”

Trump-backed TN-7 special election nominee Matt Van Epps refused to answer our Q’s in Nashville today 🀐

28.10.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1212    πŸ” 407    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 17
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The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

29.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1354    πŸ” 542    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 17

Over 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, don’t shame them.

Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.

29.10.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3606    πŸ” 1215    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 62

#kavanaughstop

29.10.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts

The 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.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

28.10.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3057    πŸ” 1063    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 29
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Feds Tear Gas Northwest Side Street, Disrupting Halloween Parade For Kids Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration agents, neighbors said. Agents also threw a woman, 67, to the ground.

They have tear gassed a parade of trick or treating children. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...

27.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 455    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 39

Nora has raised very little- her friend Mohammed was worried about her so helped her make a fundraiser but she didn’t know how to promote it at all. Even a little donation can help her ❀️

27.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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