Willowbranch.bsky.social
@willowbranch.bsky.social
Bisexual Feminist Killjoy. Intersectional feminist. BLM. LGBTQA. Free Palestine. ACAB. Anti-capitalist. Abolitionist. Long Covid. She/her.
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www.systemicpeace.org
The Center for Systemic Peace has declared: “The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score).” www.systemicpeace.org
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score).” www.systemicpeace.org
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"Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really normally and didn’t say anything weird or worrying at all."
Texts You Should Send Me After We Hang Out
Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really norma...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really normally and didn’t say anything weird or worrying at all."
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🧑🌾 ICYMI — “When are you gonna stand up for us instead of kissing Trump’s ass for these trade deals?”
A MISSOURI FARMER to repmarkalford (R) about Trump’s policies raising prices and crushing farmers. (H/T @corybooker )
A MISSOURI FARMER to repmarkalford (R) about Trump’s policies raising prices and crushing farmers. (H/T @corybooker )
September 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧑🌾 ICYMI — “When are you gonna stand up for us instead of kissing Trump’s ass for these trade deals?”
A MISSOURI FARMER to repmarkalford (R) about Trump’s policies raising prices and crushing farmers. (H/T @corybooker )
A MISSOURI FARMER to repmarkalford (R) about Trump’s policies raising prices and crushing farmers. (H/T @corybooker )
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My office is reaching out to the White House and Homeland Security for more information. We have been provided no information on the reason or purpose of any military mission. There is no national security threat in Portland. Our communities are safe and calm.
September 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My office is reaching out to the White House and Homeland Security for more information. We have been provided no information on the reason or purpose of any military mission. There is no national security threat in Portland. Our communities are safe and calm.
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“They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time,” said the ICE agent, according to body cam footage. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Man detained in Cato ICE raid wrongfully deported, separated from his family
Body camera footage released from the raid shows agents referring to immigrants as 'animals.'
spectrumlocalnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time,” said the ICE agent, according to body cam footage. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
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ICE brutally detains U.S. citizen just for filming—knocking her unconscious.
"Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said.
"Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."
"Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said.
"Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ICE brutally detains U.S. citizen just for filming—knocking her unconscious.
"Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said.
"Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."
"Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said.
"Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."
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Supe que me gustaba la poesía cuando leí:
"Quiero escarbar la tierra con los dientes,
quiero apartar la tierra parte a parte
a dentelladas secas y calientes.
Quiero minar la tierra hasta encontrarte
y besarte la noble calavera
y desamordazarte y regresarte."
"Quiero escarbar la tierra con los dientes,
quiero apartar la tierra parte a parte
a dentelladas secas y calientes.
Quiero minar la tierra hasta encontrarte
y besarte la noble calavera
y desamordazarte y regresarte."
September 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Supe que me gustaba la poesía cuando leí:
"Quiero escarbar la tierra con los dientes,
quiero apartar la tierra parte a parte
a dentelladas secas y calientes.
Quiero minar la tierra hasta encontrarte
y besarte la noble calavera
y desamordazarte y regresarte."
"Quiero escarbar la tierra con los dientes,
quiero apartar la tierra parte a parte
a dentelladas secas y calientes.
Quiero minar la tierra hasta encontrarte
y besarte la noble calavera
y desamordazarte y regresarte."
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at what point does a government lose all legitimacy
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
at what point does a government lose all legitimacy
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That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.
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We know viruses can do this! Measles does!
“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We know viruses can do this! Measles does!
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the daily caller published a call to violence of the left yesterday, a news organization that has connections to the heritage foundation
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
the daily caller published a call to violence of the left yesterday, a news organization that has connections to the heritage foundation
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This is, after all, the original and authentic meaning of "stay woke." In fact, the perversion of "woke" into an epithet is perhaps the defining metaphor of our moment: Historical victims are not only being revictimized, but also mocked for never forgetting this is always a possibility in the US.
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is, after all, the original and authentic meaning of "stay woke." In fact, the perversion of "woke" into an epithet is perhaps the defining metaphor of our moment: Historical victims are not only being revictimized, but also mocked for never forgetting this is always a possibility in the US.
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Ezra is right to call attention to his own struggle over how best to respond to that. But I think it also reflects a certain lack of preparation that, as TNC points out, Black Americans and other marginalized and vulnerable groups have never been able to afford.
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ezra is right to call attention to his own struggle over how best to respond to that. But I think it also reflects a certain lack of preparation that, as TNC points out, Black Americans and other marginalized and vulnerable groups have never been able to afford.
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The problem w/ Ezra Klein—& *some* White progressives in the Democratic Party—is that he REFUSES to understand there is a difference b/t “political” beliefs & White supremacy.
Some of this is foundational hatred that White progressives have renamed “political backlash.”
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Some of this is foundational hatred that White progressives have renamed “political backlash.”
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September 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The problem w/ Ezra Klein—& *some* White progressives in the Democratic Party—is that he REFUSES to understand there is a difference b/t “political” beliefs & White supremacy.
Some of this is foundational hatred that White progressives have renamed “political backlash.”
1/3 🧵
Some of this is foundational hatred that White progressives have renamed “political backlash.”
1/3 🧵
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There is this attitude that had Democrats won, the White supremacy we see wouldn’t have arisen. But that White supremacy was already here. Black people understand that.
The problem is Ezra Klein—& some other White progressives—believe Democrats failed voters & caused this White supremacy.
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The problem is Ezra Klein—& some other White progressives—believe Democrats failed voters & caused this White supremacy.
2/3
September 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There is this attitude that had Democrats won, the White supremacy we see wouldn’t have arisen. But that White supremacy was already here. Black people understand that.
The problem is Ezra Klein—& some other White progressives—believe Democrats failed voters & caused this White supremacy.
2/3
The problem is Ezra Klein—& some other White progressives—believe Democrats failed voters & caused this White supremacy.
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So, we’re almost at the end of this podcast w/ Ezra Klein & Ta-Nehisi Coates & here’s my conclusion:
Coates has kindly been gentle parenting Klein all through this, but the problem is, Coates is having a moral conversation while Klein thinks this is politics bc he has run out of moral imagination.
Coates has kindly been gentle parenting Klein all through this, but the problem is, Coates is having a moral conversation while Klein thinks this is politics bc he has run out of moral imagination.
September 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So, we’re almost at the end of this podcast w/ Ezra Klein & Ta-Nehisi Coates & here’s my conclusion:
Coates has kindly been gentle parenting Klein all through this, but the problem is, Coates is having a moral conversation while Klein thinks this is politics bc he has run out of moral imagination.
Coates has kindly been gentle parenting Klein all through this, but the problem is, Coates is having a moral conversation while Klein thinks this is politics bc he has run out of moral imagination.
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Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.
September 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.
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Andy McCarthy: "The indictment almost fails as an indictment in that it doesn't give you notice of what Comey has actually done. But factually there's nothing there. So this smacks of wanting to put Comey through the process, which is what lawfare is."
September 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Andy McCarthy: "The indictment almost fails as an indictment in that it doesn't give you notice of what Comey has actually done. But factually there's nothing there. So this smacks of wanting to put Comey through the process, which is what lawfare is."
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No one’s saying she can’t be criticized.
We’re asking:
When has any white man in her position held responsible for policy?
When has any white man been so fervently and consistently held accountable for the devastation and destruction that this country has caused abroad for centuries?
Name him
We’re asking:
When has any white man in her position held responsible for policy?
When has any white man been so fervently and consistently held accountable for the devastation and destruction that this country has caused abroad for centuries?
Name him
September 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
No one’s saying she can’t be criticized.
We’re asking:
When has any white man in her position held responsible for policy?
When has any white man been so fervently and consistently held accountable for the devastation and destruction that this country has caused abroad for centuries?
Name him
We’re asking:
When has any white man in her position held responsible for policy?
When has any white man been so fervently and consistently held accountable for the devastation and destruction that this country has caused abroad for centuries?
Name him
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The Michigan Mormon attack was perpetrated by a White, Conservative, Christian, Male, Veteran. Don’t let anyone spin this that’s what it is.
September 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Michigan Mormon attack was perpetrated by a White, Conservative, Christian, Male, Veteran. Don’t let anyone spin this that’s what it is.
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VOTERS: Democrats are spineless wimps who don't believe in anything.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: *lips on mic* thats right
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: *lips on mic* thats right
NEW: Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement, saying he has "served courageously and authentically for decades" and that "meaningful progress has been made" during his mayoralty.
Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”
Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
VOTERS: Democrats are spineless wimps who don't believe in anything.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: *lips on mic* thats right
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: *lips on mic* thats right
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it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
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Ultimately, Jeffries is lavishing praise on someone who *left* the Democratic Party—the party Jeffries belongs to—while refusing to support the person who won his party's nomination.
Hakeem Jeffries’ statement following Adams’ departure: “I will publicly weigh in with respect to the remaining candidates in the Mayor’s race well before the start of early voting.”
Early voting starts Oct. 25.
Early voting starts Oct. 25.
September 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ultimately, Jeffries is lavishing praise on someone who *left* the Democratic Party—the party Jeffries belongs to—while refusing to support the person who won his party's nomination.