Amanda Smith
@amandizzle.bsky.social
A little blue dot in a big red state 💙 co-founder of The Middle TN Blue Dots League 🔵
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Literally happening as we speak
January 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Literally happening as we speak
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Engage Men's Health, a nonprofit organization in South Africa that offers testing and medications to prevent and manage HIV at three clinics throughout the country that is funded by the US initiative PEPFAR, has been shuttered thanks to Trump's order. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Trump's 'stop-work' order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients
As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Engage Men's Health, a nonprofit organization in South Africa that offers testing and medications to prevent and manage HIV at three clinics throughout the country that is funded by the US initiative PEPFAR, has been shuttered thanks to Trump's order. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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The truth from the California Department of Water Resources:
January 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The truth from the California Department of Water Resources:
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On our next show part 2, meet Students For Education founder Brendan West. Learn more at: www.studentsforeducation.org/about-us/
Wednesday, 5pm, WQKR AM/FM/.Com.
Wednesday, 5pm, WQKR AM/FM/.Com.
January 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
On our next show part 2, meet Students For Education founder Brendan West. Learn more at: www.studentsforeducation.org/about-us/
Wednesday, 5pm, WQKR AM/FM/.Com.
Wednesday, 5pm, WQKR AM/FM/.Com.
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Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇
Well, are you?!
Well, are you?!
January 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇
Well, are you?!
Well, are you?!
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Excellent post
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Excellent post
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👇 This. Right. Here. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.
We need you. 🫶🏽
We need you. 🫶🏽
January 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
👇 This. Right. Here. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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MAGA are happy that he's going to raise the price of prescription drugs for their sick children?
You stupid motherfuckers.
You stupid motherfuckers.
January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
MAGA are happy that he's going to raise the price of prescription drugs for their sick children?
You stupid motherfuckers.
You stupid motherfuckers.
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They will go after Wikipedia.
They will go after libraries.
They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.
They will go after archives.
Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.
Thinking is the enemy.
They will go after libraries.
They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.
They will go after archives.
Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.
Thinking is the enemy.
January 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
They will go after Wikipedia.
They will go after libraries.
They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.
They will go after archives.
Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.
Thinking is the enemy.
They will go after libraries.
They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.
They will go after archives.
Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.
Thinking is the enemy.
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WATCH: “We need resistance at the local and state levels.”
Rep. Jones tells @rolandsmartin.bsky.social folks need to show up — and calls on members of his own Democratic Party to “stop trying to play patty-cake with fascists”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFGPWMf...
Rep. Jones tells @rolandsmartin.bsky.social folks need to show up — and calls on members of his own Democratic Party to “stop trying to play patty-cake with fascists”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFGPWMf...
January 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
WATCH: “We need resistance at the local and state levels.”
Rep. Jones tells @rolandsmartin.bsky.social folks need to show up — and calls on members of his own Democratic Party to “stop trying to play patty-cake with fascists”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFGPWMf...
Rep. Jones tells @rolandsmartin.bsky.social folks need to show up — and calls on members of his own Democratic Party to “stop trying to play patty-cake with fascists”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFGPWMf...
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at this point you have to ask, what evidence is that the hegseth *isn’t* abusive to the women in his life, or even any woman who crosses his path www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife
A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His attorney denied her a...
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
at this point you have to ask, what evidence is that the hegseth *isn’t* abusive to the women in his life, or even any woman who crosses his path www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
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Trump has granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for running the underground market where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200m in trade using bitcoin.
Illicit drug users, unite! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Illicit drug users, unite! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace
Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by president
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump has granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for running the underground market where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200m in trade using bitcoin.
Illicit drug users, unite! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Illicit drug users, unite! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The criminals are free to influence our children now.
Enrique Tarrio, pardoned by the felon, is dangerous
Not only is he calling for retribution thru the felon and his DoJ, he's now free to recruit children
All I can say is - monitor your children in real life and on social media
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Not only is he calling for retribution thru the felon and his DoJ, he's now free to recruit children
All I can say is - monitor your children in real life and on social media
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Oath Keepers Are Back -- and Targeting America's Youth
Leaked documents and unreported podcasts unveil strategy of rebooted paramilitary group.
www.rollingstone.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The criminals are free to influence our children now.
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I never want to hear that the GOP is the party of law & order again… ever.
January 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I never want to hear that the GOP is the party of law & order again… ever.
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“The New York Times went with ‘Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture.’ The Washington Post opted for ‘Elon Musk gives exuberant speech at inauguration.’ Some local TV stations even cut their footage right before the first and most obvious salute.”
News Organizations Are Tiptoeing Around What We All Saw
How fear of litigation shapes coverage of influential figures
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“The New York Times went with ‘Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture.’ The Washington Post opted for ‘Elon Musk gives exuberant speech at inauguration.’ Some local TV stations even cut their footage right before the first and most obvious salute.”
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Safely here for now... download to keep handy
uscode.house.gov/static/const...
uscode.house.gov/static/const...
uscode.house.gov
January 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Safely here for now... download to keep handy
uscode.house.gov/static/const...
uscode.house.gov/static/const...
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It's very important to support the ACLU right now. They are on the front lines in this battle of Trump v. Democracy. Give if you can:
bit.ly/42uSTGy
bit.ly/42uSTGy
Donate to the ACLU
Fight back against bigotry, injustice and inequality. Make your donation to the ACLU today.
bit.ly
January 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It's very important to support the ACLU right now. They are on the front lines in this battle of Trump v. Democracy. Give if you can:
bit.ly/42uSTGy
bit.ly/42uSTGy
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For anyone who wants a written copy of the constitution, the ACLU will send you a small pocket-sized version which is handy. Support the ACLU, they will need donations fighting all all of this Nazi BS.
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
For anyone who wants a written copy of the constitution, the ACLU will send you a small pocket-sized version which is handy. Support the ACLU, they will need donations fighting all all of this Nazi BS.
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BBC not buying the gaslighting
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
BBC not buying the gaslighting