Mel
@auntymouse.bsky.social
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Mel
@auntymouse.bsky.social
· Jan 26
I genuinely don't care how you voted last November. What I care about is how we move forward. Opposing Trump's cruelty now is far more important.
I can't stay silent in the face of Trump's blatant fascism & oppression, and I hope, no matter who you voted for, that you won't stay silent either.
I can't stay silent in the face of Trump's blatant fascism & oppression, and I hope, no matter who you voted for, that you won't stay silent either.
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These are scare tactics and are not legal in the United States. We’d like to request that these texts be investigated. We encourage all Americans to make their voices heard—your vote counts!
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
These are scare tactics and are not legal in the United States. We’d like to request that these texts be investigated. We encourage all Americans to make their voices heard—your vote counts!
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Here is the last version of the text used in the presidential election: ‘WARNING: Violating WI Statutes 12.13 & 6.18 may result in fines up to $10,000 or 3.5 years in prison. Don’t vote in a state where you’re not eligible.’ Similar messages are circulating again now.
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here is the last version of the text used in the presidential election: ‘WARNING: Violating WI Statutes 12.13 & 6.18 may result in fines up to $10,000 or 3.5 years in prison. Don’t vote in a state where you’re not eligible.’ Similar messages are circulating again now.
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Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.
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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
Republicans are going to kill people.
Let's not use passive framing on budget choices like this.
Be upfront, like Ruth.
People will die.
Republican choices will kill them.
Let's not use passive framing on budget choices like this.
Be upfront, like Ruth.
People will die.
Republican choices will kill them.
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Republicans are going to kill people.
Let's not use passive framing on budget choices like this.
Be upfront, like Ruth.
People will die.
Republican choices will kill them.
Let's not use passive framing on budget choices like this.
Be upfront, like Ruth.
People will die.
Republican choices will kill them.
First they came for Trans people and z undocumented Immigrants...
Then they came for Black and Minority people...
Now they come for Disabled people...
You know the pattern, right? How long before they come for you?
Then they came for Black and Minority people...
Now they come for Disabled people...
You know the pattern, right? How long before they come for you?
Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
February 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
First they came for Trans people and z undocumented Immigrants...
Then they came for Black and Minority people...
Now they come for Disabled people...
You know the pattern, right? How long before they come for you?
Then they came for Black and Minority people...
Now they come for Disabled people...
You know the pattern, right? How long before they come for you?
No surprise Kennedy doesn't understand that antidepressants correct chemical malfunctions in the brains of people with depression & anxiety, or that ADHD meds help compensate for the different wiring in the brains of people with ADHD.
RFK Jr. Wants to Send People Addicted to Antidepressants to Government “Wellness Farms”
Sounds like a detention camp to me…
Sounds like a detention camp to me…
February 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No surprise Kennedy doesn't understand that antidepressants correct chemical malfunctions in the brains of people with depression & anxiety, or that ADHD meds help compensate for the different wiring in the brains of people with ADHD.
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We urge our international supporters to do the same. Some countries are already proposing tariffs on Musk-affiliated businesses(please do). Join us in taking a stand.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We urge our international supporters to do the same. Some countries are already proposing tariffs on Musk-affiliated businesses(please do). Join us in taking a stand.
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We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
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We as a country will save nothing. Federal employee salaries make up just 4% of the budget—roughly $271 billion. So even if every federal worker were fired, that’s the maximum you’d save. Meanwhile, the U.S. House GOP has released a budget that raises the debt limit by $4 trillion.
February 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We as a country will save nothing. Federal employee salaries make up just 4% of the budget—roughly $271 billion. So even if every federal worker were fired, that’s the maximum you’d save. Meanwhile, the U.S. House GOP has released a budget that raises the debt limit by $4 trillion.
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The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
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While the overt politicization is horrible, arguably the demand that lawyers must zealously enforce Trump's will, rather than exercising prosecutorial discretion, is even worse
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
While the overt politicization is horrible, arguably the demand that lawyers must zealously enforce Trump's will, rather than exercising prosecutorial discretion, is even worse
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Bondi is officially weaponizing the justice department to go after prosecutors and government officials for doing their jobs. They've gone full fascist.
abcnews.go.com/US/bondi-new...
abcnews.go.com/US/bondi-new...
Bondi, as new AG, launches 'Weaponization Working Group' to review officials who investigated Trump
Newly installed Attorney General Pam Bondi has established a "Weaponization Working Group" to review the "politicized" actions of those who investigated President Trump.
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Bondi is officially weaponizing the justice department to go after prosecutors and government officials for doing their jobs. They've gone full fascist.
abcnews.go.com/US/bondi-new...
abcnews.go.com/US/bondi-new...
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BREAKING: bird break, take a break, here's a bird
*photo by me*
*photo by me*
February 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BREAKING: bird break, take a break, here's a bird
*photo by me*
*photo by me*
Pallette cleansers area necessary during stressful times.
My favorite are nature photographers and their brilliant photos
My favorite are nature photographers and their brilliant photos
Cracking early morning birding run too, featuring (among others):
Woodland kingfisher, eight marabou stork and... my first ever martial eagle
😁🪶
Woodland kingfisher, eight marabou stork and... my first ever martial eagle
😁🪶
February 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Pallette cleansers area necessary during stressful times.
My favorite are nature photographers and their brilliant photos
My favorite are nature photographers and their brilliant photos
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dehumanize a segment of society. round them up. send them to prison camps out of sight, out of the country.
what does that sound like.
what does that sound like.
Trump on American citizens: "If we could these animals out of our country and put them in a different country under the supervision of somebody that made a relatively small fee to maintain these people ... we don't want these people in our country."
February 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
dehumanize a segment of society. round them up. send them to prison camps out of sight, out of the country.
what does that sound like.
what does that sound like.
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There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There is still beauty in this world
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I answer the critically important question, "HOW DO WE SLOW DOWN TRUMP?"
Here are 7 meaningful things we can do to fight back.
There's no quick fix, but with collective efforts, we can make progress. And yes, it requires Dem Leadership to Wake the ---- UP.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...
Here are 7 meaningful things we can do to fight back.
There's no quick fix, but with collective efforts, we can make progress. And yes, it requires Dem Leadership to Wake the ---- UP.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...
MAGAs 7 Deadly Sins—So Far—And How to Fight Back
How MAGAs are undermining every aspect of our Republic as they march the United States towards fascism—and the actions we must take to stop them
www.qasimrashid.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I answer the critically important question, "HOW DO WE SLOW DOWN TRUMP?"
Here are 7 meaningful things we can do to fight back.
There's no quick fix, but with collective efforts, we can make progress. And yes, it requires Dem Leadership to Wake the ---- UP.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...
Here are 7 meaningful things we can do to fight back.
There's no quick fix, but with collective efforts, we can make progress. And yes, it requires Dem Leadership to Wake the ---- UP.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...
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It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
February 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
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Trump says there must be "pain" for Americans in this idiotic trade war of his.
Ask yourself, what pain does TRUMP suffer?
What pain will the billionaire class suffer?
Why is it that when Republicans talk about pain and sacrifice, it's always YOU who suffers for their vision?
Ask yourself, what pain does TRUMP suffer?
What pain will the billionaire class suffer?
Why is it that when Republicans talk about pain and sacrifice, it's always YOU who suffers for their vision?
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump says there must be "pain" for Americans in this idiotic trade war of his.
Ask yourself, what pain does TRUMP suffer?
What pain will the billionaire class suffer?
Why is it that when Republicans talk about pain and sacrifice, it's always YOU who suffers for their vision?
Ask yourself, what pain does TRUMP suffer?
What pain will the billionaire class suffer?
Why is it that when Republicans talk about pain and sacrifice, it's always YOU who suffers for their vision?
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"