Alba Machado
@albamachado.bsky.social
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This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried.
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True leaders.
JB Pritzker And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Clap Back Hard After Trump Calls For Their Arrests
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October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
True leaders.
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We can’t out-Republican Republicans, nor should we want to.
Democrats need to say what they believe — and actually believe in something.
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Democrats need to say what they believe — and actually believe in something.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We can’t out-Republican Republicans, nor should we want to.
Democrats need to say what they believe — and actually believe in something.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Democrats need to say what they believe — and actually believe in something.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
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Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
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Democrats don’t understand their job isn’t to explain to turn and explain to the audience why they’re the good guy, it’s to be the good guys and let the audience cheer for them
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Democrats don’t understand their job isn’t to explain to turn and explain to the audience why they’re the good guy, it’s to be the good guys and let the audience cheer for them
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What's not happening systemically: Cis men posing as trans women to assault women in bathrooms. What IS happening systemically: www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What's not happening systemically: Cis men posing as trans women to assault women in bathrooms. What IS happening systemically: www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
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ICE continues to assault us.
We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.
We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.
September 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
ICE continues to assault us.
We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.
We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.
I don't want us to be the "hottest" country. I'd rather we were free, just, and happy. And most of all, kind.
September 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I don't want us to be the "hottest" country. I'd rather we were free, just, and happy. And most of all, kind.
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
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Trans artist Sasha Allen performs tribute to Charlie Kirk:
"bullets dont descriminate like people do."
WATCH:
#TransRights #GunControl
"bullets dont descriminate like people do."
WATCH:
#TransRights #GunControl
September 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trans artist Sasha Allen performs tribute to Charlie Kirk:
"bullets dont descriminate like people do."
WATCH:
#TransRights #GunControl
"bullets dont descriminate like people do."
WATCH:
#TransRights #GunControl
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
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This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
As a Latina U.S. citizen now forced to shell out $165 for a passport despite zero plans (or money) to travel in the foreseeable future, I agree. And I'm horrified it's come to this.
Yes, do this.
"You cannot arrest someone because they are Hispanic" is worth fighting for. It's worth shutting down the government for. And it's worth attracting attention to.
"You cannot arrest someone because they are Hispanic" is worth fighting for. It's worth shutting down the government for. And it's worth attracting attention to.
A provision banning racial profiling of Hispanics by ICE in reaction to yesterday's SCotUs action should immediately be added as a non-negotiable position for any kind of CR.
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
September 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As a Latina U.S. citizen now forced to shell out $165 for a passport despite zero plans (or money) to travel in the foreseeable future, I agree. And I'm horrified it's come to this.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Chicago is and remains so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning
And Pilsen, unbowed
And Pilsen, unbowed
September 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Chicago is and remains so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning
And Pilsen, unbowed
And Pilsen, unbowed
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The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
September 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
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NEW — Mayor Brandon Johnson took the stage at the “Workers Over Billionaires” rally and march in Chicago.
He ended his speech with a rallying cry: “No troops in Chicago. Invest in Chicago”
Video here ⬇️
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He ended his speech with a rallying cry: “No troops in Chicago. Invest in Chicago”
Video here ⬇️
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Live: 'No troops in Chicago," Mayor Brandon Johnson says at 'Workers Over Billionaires' march • The TRiiBE
LIVE: Chicago hits the streets today for anti-Trump protests ahead of feds deployment.
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September 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW — Mayor Brandon Johnson took the stage at the “Workers Over Billionaires” rally and march in Chicago.
He ended his speech with a rallying cry: “No troops in Chicago. Invest in Chicago”
Video here ⬇️
thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...
He ended his speech with a rallying cry: “No troops in Chicago. Invest in Chicago”
Video here ⬇️
thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...
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In addition to creating a joyous event, Zohran Mamdani just showed the stupidity of Fox News's "Crime is so bad in New York City, people are afraid to go out in the street or take the subway!!!"
August 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In addition to creating a joyous event, Zohran Mamdani just showed the stupidity of Fox News's "Crime is so bad in New York City, people are afraid to go out in the street or take the subway!!!"
