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Brigitta Straub
@bristra.bsky.social
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"Have the courage to use your own mind. Kant, Immanuel."
Swiss married cat/dog lady. Science, politics, human and animal rights, environmental protection. Monochrom & Coffee lover.
Recovering from the stupidity of humanity through scuba diving.
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mack2114.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE in Italy: When American Border Politics Hit European Streets
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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wihorne.bsky.social
Seems clear that the regime is using counter-insurgency tactics to punish cities for their legal & institutional opposition to the fascists.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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sci-ffert.bsky.social
„Wo sind eure Beweise?“ Immer wieder ist das unter Beiträgen mit Klima-Bezug zu lesen. Hierzu heute mal eine Einordnung.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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cathygellis.bsky.social
Absolutely reprehensible and potentially actionable, I'd think.
broadwaybabyto.bsky.social Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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kackbro.bsky.social
Agree 💯% With Rick Wilson.......
February 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Yesterday, a Trump supporter dropped a lengthy, rambling, profanity-laden diatribe into my comments section, lecturing me for implying that MAGA is inherently a white supremacist movement...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-white-p...
To White People Tired of Being Called Racist, From Another White Guy,
Yesterday, a Trump supporter dropped a lengthy, rambling, profanity-laden diatribe into my comments section, lecturing me for implying that MAGA is inherently a white supremacist movement.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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trumpsamoron.bsky.social
Careful Nancy, you may break your pearls with that clutch. Sue is 100% right.
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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pguist.bsky.social
Oh FFS! Don’t make 🇺🇸 a rogue Country where people are getting killed on the streets or sent to concentration camps & then cry about patriotism!
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."

kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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softtail65.bsky.social
I'll admit, my Spanish isn't great. I can understand a lot of it, but I never did take to it beyond basic words.
For anyone interested, I found this website that has Bad Bunny song lyrics translated to English:
lyricstranslate.com/en/bad-bunny...
Bad Bunny lyrics with translations
Bad Bunny lyrics with translations: DtMF, BAILE INoLVIDABLE, NUEVAYoL, EoO, LA
lyricstranslate.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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patti3333.bsky.social
WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS
ALL OF US ...

WE LONG FOR PEACE

STOP ANTISEMITISM
STOP THE HATE
NOT ALL PALESTINIANS ARE HAMAS

This is heartwarming 🕊🙏
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Everywhere he goes he causes problems.
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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dianaresists.bsky.social
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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nslayton.bsky.social
Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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forwardblue.bsky.social
There was a time when the office of the President of the United States stood as a symbol of integrity.

Leaders like President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reminded the country what that standard looks like at its best.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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claasgefroi.bsky.social
Man könnte ja stattdessen den Eigentümer des Hauses, der nicht räumen ließ, kritisieren, aber das wäre ja nicht wutbürgerich genug.
Schlagzeile Berliner Zeitung: Der Moderator Jan Hofer ist vor einer Woche auf einem vereisten Berliner Fußgängerweg auf den Kopf gefallen und wurde ohnmächtig. Jetzt kritisiert er den Nabu scharf.
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
Patriotism is about striving for a righteous country, not parroting empty slogans and waving a flag.

Our athletes get it.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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spreeguerkchen.bsky.social
Jeden Tag daran erinnern:
im Iran findet gerade eine Revolution statt. Bei der Revolutionär*innen erschossen, geprügelt, vergewaltigt werden.
Bei der für die Iraner*innen alles auf dem Spiel steht.
Wir dürfen nicht wegsehen bei diesem mutigen Kampf um alles!
#IranRevolution
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
bristra.bsky.social
Yay, J.D. Vance and his wife were just booed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games...
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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rotterdamvvg.bsky.social
No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.

The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.

Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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rebelwithacause2.bsky.social
IT'S COMING ...
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...

tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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portlandken.bsky.social
As they say, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."

It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver- "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood KKK" 1966 [RITY Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM