Cassandra Bates
cassandrabates.bsky.social
Cassandra Bates
@cassandrabates.bsky.social
Plant diagnostician, mom, wife, animal lover, seeker of all that is good, kind, and just.
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Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Soldiers were carefully curated for this photo op. Internal memos state “no fat soldiers” and instructed those with views in opposition to Trump should ask to be swapped out.
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...

NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This bitch right here never fucking left his office during the RIF’s yesterday. What he did fucking do is get sworn in as commissioner in a fucking private meeting away from those being forced out. If you want to protest this piece of shit, here is your time and place.
April 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🦬🚨 Lots of Western districts still need representation in Operation Anti-King.

This is your #HomeworkForDemocracy this week.

Learn more about the initiative here and volunteer before April 7th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Boycott any company that sponsors. Let make sure it’s just Balance of nature, my pillow and relief factor and whatever else Foxnews one
March 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@alttaxpro.altgov.info so what's up with taxes if we have no programs/departments left that our taxes go towards. I certainly do not want to pay for some *insert colorful phrase here* to play golf all day.
March 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
Noncompliance is a powerful weapon!

Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution, after Soviet invasion in ‘68
When a Soviet comes to you

1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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And follow up on the 15th!!! Add
Edolf, Vance, and Johnson to the list of recipients!!
March 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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March 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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US Brain Drain?

Some countries are rolling out the welcome mat:

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence

National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.

This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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In an early sign of dissent, Democratic Rep. Al Green was removed from the House chamber after disrupting President Trump's address to Congress. Follow AP for live updates.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
March 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.
Follow NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress
As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Sitting there quietly and normalizing this fucking bullshit isn’t what this fucking country needs either. The Dems better fucking do something and not sit there like fucking lumps of shit.
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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This is today, March 4, the year or our Lord 2025. He’s threatening to remove federal funding and arrest people for exercising 1A rights (speaking against *him*) and to “expel” *Americans* … from what? The colleges he doesn’t run or the country he thinks he does? Impeach/convict/remove @resist.bot
"I'm burning America down and making it illegal for you to complain about it."
March 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We need more of this!
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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During the US governors ball, the US Army Choir surrounded the MAGA leadership and sang: "Do
You Hear The People Sing"

The oligarchs didn’t even realize they were being protested. #3E #USprotest #EndOligarchy
February 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM