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“The best way to ‘listen to black women’ is to elect them.”—Dittmar & Carr. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 JVP. Univ. of WA faculty emeritus. Assessment as Democracy. Pop fiction. Seattle. Dogs. Crows. No D.M.s.
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I liked the part where the president suddenly sang, "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good."
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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this is objectively hilarious
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Oct. 27, 1:00 p.m. (registration below):

events.uw.edu/event/c97a1c...

Event: THE HIDDEN HEART OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Date: October 27, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Husky Union Building Room 337, 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, 98195
Registration - THE HIDDEN HEART OF HUMAN RIGHTS
events.uw.edu
October 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Your health care bill is about to explode.

The notices will start arriving next month.

A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000.

Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up.

We need to fix this. Now.
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The SEATTLE STORM HAVE CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT!!!
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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#16
September 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Going to end my night with a single monarch, the only kind we should have here in the USA.
August 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The 8 states with the highest homicide rates are all red.

Mississippi leads the nation with a homicide rate of 20.5 closely followed by Louisiana at 19.9. California ranks 30th with a rate of 6.1. Massachusetts ranks 47th with a homicide rate of 2.7.

@governor.ca.gov
August 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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On this day in 1988, the Civil Liberties Act was signed into law—issuing a formal apology and reparations to Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated during WWII.

Yet nearly 40 years later, our government is once again incarcerating individuals without due process.
August 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
Opinion | Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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To celebrate Juneteenth, support Black businesses. These folks have links in bio 🛍️
@brat2381.bsky.social @deardean22.bsky.social @leciamichelle.bsky.social @bluecrabdiva.com @tastytin.com and @gofetchgretch.bsky.social owns Octavia’s Bookshelf (google it to order)
Anyone have others to add?
June 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Stunning work, honoring history.
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Happy Juneteenth.

We survived the Confederacy once. We'll survive the Nazifederacy too.

None of us is free until ALL of us are free.
an illustration of a woman holding a fist in the air with the words juneteenth written around her
ALT: an illustration of a woman holding a fist in the air with the words juneteenth written around her
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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In case you still had any doubts about those claims of racism.
June 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Barack Obama is not your emotional support president
June 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.
June 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We’ve uncovered fraud, waste, and abuse! ICE has now exceeded its congressionally approved budget. ICE is violating the Antideficiency Act by spending beyond Congressional authorization.
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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You know who didn't identify themselves? The thugs who assaulted Senator Padilla.
June 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Because of them, we could. Thank you Mildred and RIchard Loving. The SCOTUS decision came 58 years ago, four years after I was born. I don't take it for granted, especially NOW. #LovingDay
June 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Waiting for the big outlets to put two and two together and realize that police whose identities are secret and facilities are secret are secret police.
June 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM