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Paul Newland

@epiousios.bsky.social

Old teacher, Socratic classroom proponent, advocate for deceased parents who lived in occupied Holland or watched Sheffield burn. I only have one prejudice - fascism. "The difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan

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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I will be the first to admit: I am scared. I am scared of what Trump is doing to our country, our communities, and our neighbors. But just because I am scared does not mean I am helpless. Instead, I will stand up and speak out, Marc Elias writes.

08.10.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1038    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 16
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08.10.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Love Manchester (for the music) and admire Gary Neville for his guts to speak out about nationalism and the stupidity of Brexit.
Ex-footballers seem to be more straight-thinking and outspoken than many politicians. Why?

08.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done. You can’t force her to answer, but you can draw attention to her repeated refusal and let anyone with more than two neurons draw their own conclusions.

08.10.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We make it seem like we want to give the future to oppressive autocracies.

08.10.2025 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump orders FBI to search for Earhart files and publish them. A distraction from the fact that he is a registered child sex offender, pedophile and pervert.

Trump orders FBI to search for Earhart files and publish them. A distraction from the fact that he is a registered child sex offender, pedophile and pervert.

Why Earhart?
Because trump rapes little girls.
Focus.

08.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Americans hate Americans.
If you can’t kill people in other countries, you will happily kill each other.
What a pathetic situation.

08.10.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The battle with ICE and DHS is optics. They fall for any resistance and claim it is assault while recording doesn't support it. We must do the same but allow recordings to show it. If it hurts like a 4 on a scale to 10 we shout like it is 100. Soccer rules.

08.10.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWhere there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.”

β€” Albert Camus, 1913-1960.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony performing Allegro con fuoco, the stirring, emotive fourth movement from Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, composed in 1885.

May peace, and hope, prevail.

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07.10.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

07.10.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15566    πŸ” 3758    πŸ’¬ 2881    πŸ“Œ 743
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It’s Banned Book Week. A time to call out the real enemies of freedom.Β 

Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.
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Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.

Join us now.

06.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This strikes me as pretty bad

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22469    πŸ” 9123    πŸ’¬ 2084    πŸ“Œ 760
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

07.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10788    πŸ” 2790    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 124

lol it’s this guy

07.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4609    πŸ” 1403    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 59
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Sally Field wants to see you in the streets on October 18 for the biggest day of political protest in modern American history. Make your plan to join a local event today, and then invite a few folks to join you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings

06.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1441    πŸ” 536    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 37

@bluebuoy1.bsky.social

That’s on you.
Orange rapist delivers.
And he rapes little girls.
You voted for both.
That’s on you too.

07.10.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

icymi - β€œDeloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

06.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13362    πŸ” 5887    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 104

Yes - he promised and delivered.
Citizens suffer and he is polling farther south than any president in modern times.
It was never about the eaten cats and dogs, the price of eggs, the women he would personally protect.
It’s about Epstein and Dictatorship and troops turned on their own people

07.10.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re essential.
Red States are about to suffer because blue-state funded programs delivered by the feds will no longer be there.
Sick people.
Hungry kids.
A dearth of supplies in schools.
Old people without services.
Congrats - you are death.

07.10.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every year in England the same number of people are murdered as occurs in America - IN 6 HOURS.
whatever, fascist.

07.10.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@tizzyent.bsky.social

07.10.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this guy's fun!

y'all know what to do- and his follower/following is a great block list.

07.10.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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