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action.consumerreports.org/nb-20250609-...
Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events
Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events
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August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
salamanderd.bsky.social
The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
NO Taxpayer money for Proud Boys
The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition!
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June 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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US Trans Survey
The  U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey devoted to the lives and experiences of transgender people across the United States. The USTS was created by trans people, for trans people.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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jerasikehorn.bsky.social
Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇

Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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jamellebouie.net
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Apr 20
Sunday morning April 20, 2025

Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen

NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen

CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen

CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen

ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen

@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"

Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
salamanderd.bsky.social
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
May Day Strong: We are the Many · May Day Strong
Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...
www.mobilize.us
April 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
salamanderd.bsky.social
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “APRIL 19th Sequim Sign Waving” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
APRIL 19th Sequim Sign Waving · Indivisible Santa Cruz County
***April 19th Sequim Peaceful Action (sign waving only) *** This is no time to be silent. We need to stay visible! The time to act is now! We will have a PEACEFUL sign-waving at the intersections...
www.mobilize.us
April 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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nywolforg.bsky.social
Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
April 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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50501movement.bsky.social
You’ve probably seen people mention the 3.5% Rule. But do you know what it really means? 1/
White text on black background with a big 50501 logo at the bottom. The 50501 logo is a blue circle within a white circle within a red circle. The blue circle has "50" over another "50" and a big "1" to the right of those 50's. The blue circle also has a ring of white start near its outer edge. Text at the top reads: "What really is the 3.5% Rule?" White text on black background with a small 50501 logo at the bottom. Text reads: What is the 3.5% Rule? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth (they/them) studied over 300 violent and nonviolent campaigns. They found that when 3.5% of a population joins in a “peak” action, movements have been highly likely to succeed at “maximalist” goals, such as removing a national leader. The 3.5% rule helps us imagine what’s possible. In the U.S. that’s about 11.7 million people or about 107 people in every city and town. We don’t need everyone. We just need enough. Source: Erica Chenoweth, “Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule” (2020) White text on black background with a small 50501 logo at the bottom. Text reads: The 3.5% Rule; Maximalist Goals; Historically, when 3.5% of a population has joined together in non-violent action, success at achieving “maximalist” goals has often followed. Maximalist goals are the most ambitious demands a movement can make such as removing a national leader from office, ending an occupying force, or achieving territorial independence. These goals seek to change who holds power or control, rather than making policy reforms within the existing system. Source: Erica Chenoweth, “Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule” (2020) White text on black background with a small 50501 logo at the bottom. Text reads: The 3.5% Rule; 3.5% is based on peak participation, not cumulative participation; Many people mistakenly think the rule refers to everyone who ever joined the movement. Chenoweth’s statistic is about how many people were involved at the movement’s largest moment of visible, act of resistance. The rule is descriptive, not prescriptive; Chenoweth only noticed the 3.5% pattern after the fact, when asked how many people it takes to win. The number was not part of the original hypothesis or a forecast; it emerged from the data. Source: Erica Chenoweth, “Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule” (2020)
April 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
salamanderd.bsky.social
Tell Congress to say NO to a Republican-led budget that fuels human rights abuses and mass detention, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and other programs that lift families and the economy! #ProtectImmigrantFamilies action.momsrising.org/sign/budget-...
Tell Congress to say NO to a Republican-led budget that fuels human rights abuses and mass detention, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and other programs that lift families and the economy!
Join us today in telling the Republican-led Congress they must not cut Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for families to pay for horrific and cruel policies.
action.momsrising.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
salamanderd.bsky.social
The SAVE Act would make registering to vote difficult for millions of eligible voters including 69 million women whose birth certificate doesn’t match their married names. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/TheSave... via @momsrising.org #StoptheSaveAct action.momsrising.org/survey/SAVEA...
The SAVE Act would silence the voices of tens of millions of eligible voters
21.3 million people don’t have easy access to documents that prove citizenship like a U.S. birth certificate. The SAVE Act will make it harder for citizens to register to vote including millions of ma...
action.momsrising.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Over 3 million people today & the #PeoplesMovement has an account on Bluesky!🤩💙🦋
Since the American mainstream media mainly has not been reporting accordingly about the protests we need to share infos about the next big #HandsOff demonstrations against Trump, Musk & DOGE far & wide!🇺🇸 #50501movement
April 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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theunionthug.bsky.social
NYC brings its A-game! #HandsOff2025 #Organize
April 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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heatherr411.bsky.social
This is how we make America great.

#HandsOff2025 #Democracy #Vote
April 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
From the Diary of Anne Frank 😞
July 15th 1944: “It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too will end, that peace and tranquillity will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I’ll be able to realise them.”
April 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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#HANDSOFF #NYC
informor.bsky.social Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · Apr 5
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥
April 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
Fragmentation Threatens Redwood Forest Pumas
As more and more people and businesses call Silicon Valley and the Bay Area their home, the threat of habitat fragmentation and deforestation have increased rapidly. Where there were once hundreds of ...
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March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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womensmarch.com
“Feminism is the political theory and practice that struggles to free all women.” Today, and every day, we are guided by trailblazer, scholar, and author Barbara Smith in our fight for ALL women. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Calling all 50501 family! This Saturday 3/8 is the #WomensMarch for #InternationalWomensDay. Join us as we take to the streets to demand gender equity, reproductive freedom, and justice for all. Progress happens when we raise our voices together.

@womensmarch.bsky.social @polrev.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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That would be another guardrail compromised.
Attorney General’s Brother Seeks to Lead D.C. Bar Association
Bradley Bondi, brother of Pam Bondi, is running for president of Washington’s bar association, which may consider complaints against political appointees in the Justice Department.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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erininthemorning.com
If you are in Montana and your rep voted against these bills, message and thank them. It’s one of the best things you can do.
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 7
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.

While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.

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Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
salamanderd.bsky.social
We no longer have a representative government.
March 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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ezralevin.bsky.social
If you're wondering why you haven't seen more organized disruptive action from Democrats at the speech tonight, I've heard from multiple people on Capitol Hill that House Dem leadership actively organized against any strong actions tonight. They are leading, but in the wrong direction.
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM