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@ryabird.bsky.social
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Eugene, OR on Saturday, a bald eagle circled over us thousands of protesters
April 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’

Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Christian Cooper's life changed after a racial profiling incident in Central Park. He turned his fame into a platform for wildlife advocacy. Producing a book and graphic novel to hosting his Emmy-winning show Extraordinary Birder on Nat Geo, has shown how passion and resilience can lead to success.
February 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Dem leaders need to get organized, loud and say HELL NO to this!!!
February 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Despite Trump’s claims, DEI initiatives don’t uplift unqualified candidates – in fact, they make “sure no talent is left on the table,” says @profmmurray.bsky.social.

And w/ Trump scapegoating the DC plane crash, “we’re right back where we have always been,” says @esglaude.bsky.social. #Velshi
‘We’re right back where we have always been’: Trump scapegoats DEI in DCA plane crash
President Trump’s politicization of the plane crash outside of Reagan National Airport isn’t just deeply offensive – it’s reckless endangerment of the American public. This rhetoric is part of a broader right-wing campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government and private sector. “It is a decidedly racist, sexist, and masculinist agenda,” says Eddie Glaude, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. And it reinforces the false, racist claim that meritocracy and diversity cannot co-exist, says Melissa Murray. “When we didn't have DEI policies, when we prioritized the hiring of white men, we were effectively looking at only half of the talent pool.”
www.msnbc.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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You were warned
What comes next? Purges of the intelligence community.
February 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Nobody is paying attention to things like this because the CDC no longer communicates. The current occupant of the White House broke government. He broke the ability to keep America safe. This is spreading, and this administration plans to pretend it doesn't exist.
828newsnow.com/news/228822-...
Dead bird at Lake Julian Park tests positive for avian flu - Asheville's 828 News NOW
Preliminary tests show a bird at Lake Julian Park had avian influenza H5N1
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February 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Leah and Ezra explain how you can help stop the nomination of Russell Vought, the architect of Trump’s unconstitutional power grab that set off mass chaos: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Vote NO on Vought
YouTube video by Indivisible
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February 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@gallego.senate.gov
We need a giant push back against Musk locking up employee access to computer systems and him accessing payment systems
Exclusive: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@gallego.senate.gov super disappointed that you voted for the Lakin Riley act. It goes way too far!
January 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Too true
January 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Did you know all of the skeletons from Pete Hegseth’s past that have come to light? bit.ly/3PxbVVf

An approval would be reckless endangerment.

Our troops deserve better!

Find your Senator here:
bit.ly/4jgdR1V & ☎️

#Demcast
#BlueCrew
January 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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"This is an effort to invalidate votes, even though there is no indication that they’re fraudulent or that voters would have known they could be problematic..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | The gravity of a GOP election challenge in N.C.: ‘Invites incredible mischief’
Why the North Carolina Supreme Court allowing the case to proceed two months after the election is so extraordinary.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Zuckerberg had good reason to institute a fact checking and content moderation system.

Remember: In 2016, Facebook was used to execute an ethnic genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority by the military government of Myanmar. @chrislhayes.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.
January 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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As long as I live, I will never understand why America would rather elect a singularly worthless white rapist as president than an exceptionally impressive black woman.
December 28, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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I’m gonna post this everyday!
Just a reminder 👇👇👇👇

"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator ...we take an oath to the Constitution ... and we're willing to die to protect it".

- Mark Milley (2023)
December 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Good one.
December 20, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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We will never be able to defeat MAGA if we only show up during elections. The grassroots organizing that happens after November is also important. It’s how we defeat GOP legislation and get Democrats from Congress on down to local school boards to fight back against the MAGA agenda.
December 7, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?

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People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!

Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
Click to Visit #ASafeChoice Network
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December 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
As we move forward
November 24, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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This podcast is what you need to today to make a plan and keep it moving...
Are you sort of frozen and not sure how to move forward following this latest election catastrophe? My latest podcast discusses this and ways you can start to dig yourself out of this funk. shero.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
It's Time to Make a List
We are two weeks out from this stunning election result and this feeling of helplessness as we wait for January is overwhelming, so here are some suggestions for moving forward.
shero.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM