flor
@florae05.bsky.social
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SHAW! on the opps
SHAW! on the opps
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this people have jumped the shark on self-parody
Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
this people have jumped the shark on self-parody
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In the situation room?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In the situation room?
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Mad about this reported deal on the shutdown and I’m terrified to think how mad the real BlueSky super users are
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mad about this reported deal on the shutdown and I’m terrified to think how mad the real BlueSky super users are
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Quick question @kaine.senate.gov - what the fuck is WRONG with you? You’re selling out the suffering, grit, and determination of every American having healthcare stolen from them for nothing! Where is your backbone? You are the last line of defense!
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Quick question @kaine.senate.gov - what the fuck is WRONG with you? You’re selling out the suffering, grit, and determination of every American having healthcare stolen from them for nothing! Where is your backbone? You are the last line of defense!
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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Said resistance was often a bit more emphatic than chucking some bread at a fed, too.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Said resistance was often a bit more emphatic than chucking some bread at a fed, too.
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small talk makes the world go round and it is in fact incumbent upon you to at least make an *effort* to be pleasant to other people in your community
there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins
i say thank you to the bus driver when i get on and yell thank you when i get off every day i ride the bus, and i take two buses to and from work, being nice and friendly costs you nothing and should be your default expectation for yourself because it improves your day and everyone else’s day
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
small talk makes the world go round and it is in fact incumbent upon you to at least make an *effort* to be pleasant to other people in your community
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The judge DENIES the government a stay.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The judge DENIES the government a stay.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
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Ellis says she will certify a class for the case including now and future peaceful protestors and observers, with subclasses for press and religious practitioners.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ellis says she will certify a class for the case including now and future peaceful protestors and observers, with subclasses for press and religious practitioners.
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Protect RP, a rapid response immigrant support network started in 2017 by a group of Rogers Park neighbors, has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for families in the neighborhood impacted by ICE / CBP abductions and presence in Chicago:
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
docs.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Protect RP, a rapid response immigrant support network started in 2017 by a group of Rogers Park neighbors, has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for families in the neighborhood impacted by ICE / CBP abductions and presence in Chicago:
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Dick Cheney Was Doing War Crimes in Exactly the Right Way, by Ezra Klein.
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dick Cheney Was Doing War Crimes in Exactly the Right Way, by Ezra Klein.
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genuinely seems like this administration is hell bent on radicalizing normal people against them in a truly unprecedented manner
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
genuinely seems like this administration is hell bent on radicalizing normal people against them in a truly unprecedented manner
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The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
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A lot of Americans would love to talk about kitchen table issues, unfortunately the kitchen table is being used to barricade the front door because ICE is trying to illegally enter private property to arrest and detain them.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A lot of Americans would love to talk about kitchen table issues, unfortunately the kitchen table is being used to barricade the front door because ICE is trying to illegally enter private property to arrest and detain them.
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Seeing some people think this references Friday Lakeview / Saturday Old Irving gas attacks. Nope, Thursday's rampage in Little Village.
Attorneys are working as fast as they can, just emphasizing that feds have attacked Chicago neighborhoods almost every day since the TRO was entered.
Attorneys are working as fast as they can, just emphasizing that feds have attacked Chicago neighborhoods almost every day since the TRO was entered.
Lawyers in the case before Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago respond today to this DHS statement about Greg Bovino’s use of tear gas:
“The statement is a lie,” they say.
“The statement is a lie,” they say.
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Seeing some people think this references Friday Lakeview / Saturday Old Irving gas attacks. Nope, Thursday's rampage in Little Village.
Attorneys are working as fast as they can, just emphasizing that feds have attacked Chicago neighborhoods almost every day since the TRO was entered.
Attorneys are working as fast as they can, just emphasizing that feds have attacked Chicago neighborhoods almost every day since the TRO was entered.
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death warrants signed in crayon ass government
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
death warrants signed in crayon ass government
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Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighbors! If you’re mad as hell about ICE rolling through your neighborhood and abducting people, come to Beermiscuous on Wednesday at 6 and assemble some whistle kits about it!
www.instagram.com/p/DQMrtxBEcX...
www.instagram.com/p/DQMrtxBEcX...
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighbors! If you’re mad as hell about ICE rolling through your neighborhood and abducting people, come to Beermiscuous on Wednesday at 6 and assemble some whistle kits about it!
www.instagram.com/p/DQMrtxBEcX...
www.instagram.com/p/DQMrtxBEcX...
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Graphics from one north side rapid response group; they’ve asked to share far & wide.
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Graphics from one north side rapid response group; they’ve asked to share far & wide.
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ICE & CPB need to ousted from Chicago and abolished. The abductions and attacks must be stopped.
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICE & CPB need to ousted from Chicago and abolished. The abductions and attacks must be stopped.
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I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
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West Ridge this morning, 11:37am—
Neighbors witnessed Border Patrol agents arresting a man who's been building a new staircase on their building.
"Wait, this is private property," the woman recording says.
"No, it's not," the agent replies, covering his face with his jacket.
Neighbors witnessed Border Patrol agents arresting a man who's been building a new staircase on their building.
"Wait, this is private property," the woman recording says.
"No, it's not," the agent replies, covering his face with his jacket.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
West Ridge this morning, 11:37am—
Neighbors witnessed Border Patrol agents arresting a man who's been building a new staircase on their building.
"Wait, this is private property," the woman recording says.
"No, it's not," the agent replies, covering his face with his jacket.
Neighbors witnessed Border Patrol agents arresting a man who's been building a new staircase on their building.
"Wait, this is private property," the woman recording says.
"No, it's not," the agent replies, covering his face with his jacket.
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POTUS lives in a house, not a palace. No fancy hats or costumes, no sashes or uniforms. He's not the fount of honor. He's a citizen holding a temporary office, not sovereignty personified. Our civic ceremonies are modest and practical, not extravagant. There's real substance behind these things.
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
POTUS lives in a house, not a palace. No fancy hats or costumes, no sashes or uniforms. He's not the fount of honor. He's a citizen holding a temporary office, not sovereignty personified. Our civic ceremonies are modest and practical, not extravagant. There's real substance behind these things.
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the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster