Emilia
@astersandcitrine.bsky.social
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
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Here's one side of the street of some of the protestors in Salem Oregon ❤️🐸
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Here's one side of the street of some of the protestors in Salem Oregon ❤️🐸
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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
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America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
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I was having a similar thought yesterday as I was reviewing the Supreme Court's racial profiling shadow docket order, which--like so many of the Court's orders, as @sifill.bsky.social has pointed out--just substitutes their own nonsense for all the diligent, real fact-finding the trial court did
If your worldview can't coexist with facts, the solution isn't to just change the facts.
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was having a similar thought yesterday as I was reviewing the Supreme Court's racial profiling shadow docket order, which--like so many of the Court's orders, as @sifill.bsky.social has pointed out--just substitutes their own nonsense for all the diligent, real fact-finding the trial court did
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Whatever you’ve been doing, STOP & LISTEN (read). This is happening on our soil in our name paid for with our tax dollars.
Every one of us should call our House members & Senators. 202-224-3121
And flood the call lines to Gov. DeSantis’ office: 850-717-9337
Whatever you’ve been doing, STOP & LISTEN (read). This is happening on our soil in our name paid for with our tax dollars.
Every one of us should call our House members & Senators. 202-224-3121
And flood the call lines to Gov. DeSantis’ office: 850-717-9337
August 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Whatever you’ve been doing, STOP & LISTEN (read). This is happening on our soil in our name paid for with our tax dollars.
Every one of us should call our House members & Senators. 202-224-3121
And flood the call lines to Gov. DeSantis’ office: 850-717-9337
Whatever you’ve been doing, STOP & LISTEN (read). This is happening on our soil in our name paid for with our tax dollars.
Every one of us should call our House members & Senators. 202-224-3121
And flood the call lines to Gov. DeSantis’ office: 850-717-9337
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The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system.
We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.
We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.
We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
August 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system.
We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.
We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.
We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
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Why?
Wasn't the whole point of DOGE to expose the waste, fraud, and abuse to the American public?
Wasn't the whole point of DOGE to expose the waste, fraud, and abuse to the American public?
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Why?
Wasn't the whole point of DOGE to expose the waste, fraud, and abuse to the American public?
Wasn't the whole point of DOGE to expose the waste, fraud, and abuse to the American public?
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Speaker Mike Johnson on the US credit downgrade: "Moody's is not incorrect, but that emphasizes the very need for the legislation we're talking about -- historic spending cuts."
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson on the US credit downgrade: "Moody's is not incorrect, but that emphasizes the very need for the legislation we're talking about -- historic spending cuts."
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
(Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt)
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Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one.
All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
May 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one.
All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
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“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
— RFK Jr.,
— RFK Jr.,
RFK Jr. Humiliated at Congressional Hearing
Omg, he admits it.
www.thegodpodcast.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
— RFK Jr.,
— RFK Jr.,
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In 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
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Whatever DOGE might hope, accessibility can’t be ignored. All of us will experience some form of disability in our lives, and following best practices for accessible design makes the experience of interacting with government better for everyone.
Accessibility as a core value
For 18F, accessibility wasn’t just a requirement for shipping but a core value in how we approached each project as well as working as a team.
18f.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Whatever DOGE might hope, accessibility can’t be ignored. All of us will experience some form of disability in our lives, and following best practices for accessible design makes the experience of interacting with government better for everyone.
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Trump’s trade deficit is growing—and so is the myth that Republicans are fiscally responsible. The media keeps letting GOP leaders lie unchecked, while Americans miss the basic facts they deserve to know. @joshlevs.bsky.social explains
The media keeps fueling the myth of a fiscally responsible GOP
When Republicans are allowed to lie freely in interviews, it’s no wonder so many Americans don’t know important facts.
open.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Trump’s trade deficit is growing—and so is the myth that Republicans are fiscally responsible. The media keeps letting GOP leaders lie unchecked, while Americans miss the basic facts they deserve to know. @joshlevs.bsky.social explains
May 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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It was always performative outrage.
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It was always performative outrage.
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1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
North Carolina Supreme Court throws out hundreds of ballots based on flawed data
This is a special collaboration between Popular Information and Anderson Alerts, a newsletter about North Carolina politics.
popular.info
April 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina
But that claim is false
We have receipts
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Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Every hundred years
April 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Every hundred years
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My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.
April 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.
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Another veterans against Trump video. More coming. If you can submit one, please do. Instructions in the description of video on YT (and FB)
youtu.be/bgY4gEiE6JM?...
youtu.be/bgY4gEiE6JM?...
VETERANS AGAINST FASCISTS
YouTube video by Cliff Cash Comedy
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Another veterans against Trump video. More coming. If you can submit one, please do. Instructions in the description of video on YT (and FB)
youtu.be/bgY4gEiE6JM?...
youtu.be/bgY4gEiE6JM?...
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"Democracy is not a spectator sport. It’s a participatory sport. Not only can you do it, but you must do it." @ezralevin.bsky.social spoke with Jen on the swell of collective action we're seeing nationwide & the upcoming ‘Keep Your Hands Off’ protest
Ezra Levin of Indivisible talks to Jen Rubin
On the swell of organized, collective action we're seeing nationwide and the upcoming Keep Your Hands Off protest on April 5
contrarian.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Democracy is not a spectator sport. It’s a participatory sport. Not only can you do it, but you must do it." @ezralevin.bsky.social spoke with Jen on the swell of collective action we're seeing nationwide & the upcoming ‘Keep Your Hands Off’ protest
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We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.
This is just fantastic.
This is just fantastic.
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.
This is just fantastic.
This is just fantastic.