@shoesnsocks.bsky.social
I’m here for the opposition but also for the connection, beauty and love that still exists
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Participate in ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ from 11/27 - 12/1! weaintbuyingit.com
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Participate in ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ from 11/27 - 12/1! weaintbuyingit.com
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Call and keep calling!!!!
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
TOMORROW: The House will vote to obtain the full Epstein Files. While this bill is likely to pass, the threat of a Trump veto is real. To secure a veto-proof majority, we need your GOP representative to hear from you.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Call and keep calling!!!!
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
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He’s losing it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
He’s losing it.
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President Donald Trump said he plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a controversial step that could alter the military balance in the Middle East. https://cnn.it/3LCJCpQ
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
President Donald Trump said he plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a controversial step that could alter the military balance in the Middle East. https://cnn.it/3LCJCpQ
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When power is used without transparency, public safety erodes, a well-documented tool of autocratic governments. Everyone wants violent offenders removed, but indiscriminate raids and unmarked paramilitary teams make communities less safe, as Gov. Stein warns in this video.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When power is used without transparency, public safety erodes, a well-documented tool of autocratic governments. Everyone wants violent offenders removed, but indiscriminate raids and unmarked paramilitary teams make communities less safe, as Gov. Stein warns in this video.
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The California National Guard was never yours to control.
Your takeover brought chaos to LA and diverted troops from firefighting, anti-drug trafficking, and public safety missions.
This has never been about "law and order" for Donald Trump. Just a sick power trip.
Your takeover brought chaos to LA and diverted troops from firefighting, anti-drug trafficking, and public safety missions.
This has never been about "law and order" for Donald Trump. Just a sick power trip.
Trump: "I love Los Angeles. If they want help during this, I would love to send in the National Guard or whoever is necessary to help them."
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The California National Guard was never yours to control.
Your takeover brought chaos to LA and diverted troops from firefighting, anti-drug trafficking, and public safety missions.
This has never been about "law and order" for Donald Trump. Just a sick power trip.
Your takeover brought chaos to LA and diverted troops from firefighting, anti-drug trafficking, and public safety missions.
This has never been about "law and order" for Donald Trump. Just a sick power trip.
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“There are calls with Miller, where everyone is being screamed at,” the official told The Beast. “The targets he is setting for them are ridiculous, and it is a case of them just spending any money they can to increase the number of officers and deportations.”
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers.
‘Everyone is being screamed at’: Insiders say Stephen Miller irate as deportations lagging
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers. A DHS source tol...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“There are calls with Miller, where everyone is being screamed at,” the official told The Beast. “The targets he is setting for them are ridiculous, and it is a case of them just spending any money they can to increase the number of officers and deportations.”
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"America First, American Only" white nationalist isolationism is the future of MAGA.
Also, Trump has again refused to condemn neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.
This is who they are, folks.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
Also, Trump has again refused to condemn neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.
This is who they are, folks.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
Trump defends Tucker Carlson as Nick Fuentes interview divides MAGA world
Trump's comments put him at odds with other Republicans like Ted Cruz.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"America First, American Only" white nationalist isolationism is the future of MAGA.
Also, Trump has again refused to condemn neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.
This is who they are, folks.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
Also, Trump has again refused to condemn neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.
This is who they are, folks.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
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This is How MAGA's House of Cards Will Crumble
The Epstein scandal and the terrible economy have ignited a growing civil war within MAGA that will only increase the fissures and further isolate Donald Trump and his weak Presidency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Epstein scandal and the terrible economy have ignited a growing civil war within MAGA that will only increase the fissures and further isolate Donald Trump and his weak Presidency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is How MAGA's House of Cards Will Crumble
The Epstein scandal and the terrible economy have ignited a growing civil war within MAGA that will only increase the fissures and further isolate Donald Trump and his weak Presidency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Epstein scandal and the terrible economy have ignited a growing civil war within MAGA that will only increase the fissures and further isolate Donald Trump and his weak Presidency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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JD Vance was a founding advisory board member of American Moment whose co-founder & CEO, Nick Solheim, recently told the Boston College Republicans that, “I want to start with a heavy exhortation—you need to be willing to be killed.” Heritage president Kevin Roberts defended his remarks. 10/22/25 1/
“They Will Kill You”: BC Republicans Speaker Urges Audience To Be Willing To Die for Conservative Beliefs
Nick Solheim, CEO of American Moment—a right-wing youth organization—delivered a speech to the Boston College Republicans Monday night, laced with inflammatory rhetoric and urging students to prepare ...
bcheights.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
JD Vance was a founding advisory board member of American Moment whose co-founder & CEO, Nick Solheim, recently told the Boston College Republicans that, “I want to start with a heavy exhortation—you need to be willing to be killed.” Heritage president Kevin Roberts defended his remarks. 10/22/25 1/
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"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..."
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel's girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk
Agents on a detail with the country singer would presumably be unable to respond or delayed in responding to other incidents, according to sources.
www.ms.now
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..."
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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I just want to make things clear for the non-lawyers among us: this DOES NOT allow them to hide everything under the guise of a random investigation.
If they are investigating Bill Clinton, they can withhold documents related to him, but they have to provide a log to Congress of every document
If they are investigating Bill Clinton, they can withhold documents related to him, but they have to provide a log to Congress of every document
Here's the actual text of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that will get a vote in the House tomorrow.
Note that while it does permit files to be withheld if release "would jeopardize an active federal in9 vestigation or ongoing prosecution," the withholding
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
Note that while it does permit files to be withheld if release "would jeopardize an active federal in9 vestigation or ongoing prosecution," the withholding
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
www.congress.gov
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I just want to make things clear for the non-lawyers among us: this DOES NOT allow them to hide everything under the guise of a random investigation.
If they are investigating Bill Clinton, they can withhold documents related to him, but they have to provide a log to Congress of every document
If they are investigating Bill Clinton, they can withhold documents related to him, but they have to provide a log to Congress of every document
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THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS.
They are not in paper format. They can't be shredded. They can't be attacked with magic marker or whiteout. This is not 1979 or even 1993.
They are electronically stored on hundreds of servers and thousands of backup tapes around the country, and possibly
They are not in paper format. They can't be shredded. They can't be attacked with magic marker or whiteout. This is not 1979 or even 1993.
They are electronically stored on hundreds of servers and thousands of backup tapes around the country, and possibly
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS.
They are not in paper format. They can't be shredded. They can't be attacked with magic marker or whiteout. This is not 1979 or even 1993.
They are electronically stored on hundreds of servers and thousands of backup tapes around the country, and possibly
They are not in paper format. They can't be shredded. They can't be attacked with magic marker or whiteout. This is not 1979 or even 1993.
They are electronically stored on hundreds of servers and thousands of backup tapes around the country, and possibly
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I'm at the point where I really wish one of the electronic discovery companies would do the nation a public service and put out a video explaining how metadata works so everyone would shut up about the prospect that Trump & Co can somehow "alter" the files and magically leave no trace.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm at the point where I really wish one of the electronic discovery companies would do the nation a public service and put out a video explaining how metadata works so everyone would shut up about the prospect that Trump & Co can somehow "alter" the files and magically leave no trace.
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If you’re furious, heartbroken, or just exhausted by leaders who were supposed to fight for us, you’re not alone.
I dive into why betrayal from our own hits much harder and how to process rage, grief, and disbelief without withdrawing from the fight against authoritarianism.
youtu.be/hILP7-mvT7w
I dive into why betrayal from our own hits much harder and how to process rage, grief, and disbelief without withdrawing from the fight against authoritarianism.
youtu.be/hILP7-mvT7w
Senate Dems Betrayed Us: What Do We Do Now?
YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you’re furious, heartbroken, or just exhausted by leaders who were supposed to fight for us, you’re not alone.
I dive into why betrayal from our own hits much harder and how to process rage, grief, and disbelief without withdrawing from the fight against authoritarianism.
youtu.be/hILP7-mvT7w
I dive into why betrayal from our own hits much harder and how to process rage, grief, and disbelief without withdrawing from the fight against authoritarianism.
youtu.be/hILP7-mvT7w
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Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
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“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
Demonstrations Blanket AT&T Storefronts Across Chicago and Illinois Due to Contracts with DHS, CBP, and ICE - The People's Lobby
Chicago, Illinois – Customers, churches and community organizations across Greater Chicago and Illinois, including The People’s Lobby, ONE People’s Campaign, People’s Action, and the Unitarian Univers...
thepeopleslobbyusa.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
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LOL. Why does he need to sign a bill to release the files when he can just RELEASE THE FILES?
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
LOL. Why does he need to sign a bill to release the files when he can just RELEASE THE FILES?
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But we know there's a veto-proof majority in the House, and the Senate is under enormous pressure in the same direction.
Imagine being a Senator voting to protect president p8dophile in this era with this much noise. NOPE.
Imagine being a Senator voting to protect president p8dophile in this era with this much noise. NOPE.
Trump on if he'll sign an Epstein files release bill: "We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, Clinton... all I want is I want for people to recognize the great job I've done on pricing, on affordability."
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
But we know there's a veto-proof majority in the House, and the Senate is under enormous pressure in the same direction.
Imagine being a Senator voting to protect president p8dophile in this era with this much noise. NOPE.
Imagine being a Senator voting to protect president p8dophile in this era with this much noise. NOPE.
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every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
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NICE.
For the next two weeks, visitors to Times Square will be greeted by a massive billboard highlighting Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released comments suggesting Trump knew about his child sex trafficking ring.
"Of Course He Knew About The Girls" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
"Of Course He Knew About The Girls" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Times Square Billboard Hits Trump On Epstein Ties: ‘Of Course He Knew About The Girls’
www.huffpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NICE.