PottedCactus
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PottedCactus
@lj307.bsky.social
I feel like a little blue Gen X dragonfly born on a lake that is populated by red critters who consume right-wing propaganda all the live-long day and stubbornly recite talking points that are at odds with their own reality and values.
Pinned
Look what the wind did to my neighbor’s flag. Seems symbolic.
Keep up the pressure. Call, write, show up. They are starting to hate life.

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Furious House Republican Warns More ‘Explosive’ Resignations Are Coming After Marjorie Taylor Greene — The Daily Beast
“Morale has never been lower,” the senior lawmaker said.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Weird how people just overlooked the crimes. I want to know more about Ehud Barak and Epstein. He was named as a pedophile for sure, but what else was going on?

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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal — Guardian US
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The fear caused by ICE has given criminals new ideas for scams

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Church employee in Texas allegedly posed as ICE agent to extort woman — Guardian US
Man arrested in Houston is alleged to have used fake ID to demand $400 from woman who had given him massage
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November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Do not give into Fear. We are fearless. This is not the time to be afraid. This is a time to stand up & fight back, & resist any temptation for them to divide us. We’re in this together. We will not give in. Not give up. We will not capitulate. We will not bow or bend 🫡🇺🇸🗽✊🏻.
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Playing this on repeat to get us through.

Hours after Trump’s FBI opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, she appeared at a town hall with a powerful message for the resistance.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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On an election debate stage in 2016 we were warned by Hillary Clinton about Russia’s intervention in media and political manipulation. We’ve seen those warnings become real, before our eyes, just as we saw January 6, 2021 #PutinsPuppet #DefendTheConstitution🇺🇸#ProtectDemocracy🇺🇸

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on "Putin's puppet"
YouTube video by CBS News
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November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Help RefuseFascism.org make it a whole lot worse.
Join us in surrounding what's left of the People's House
Monday Nov 24 at 3 PM.

Can't make it? There will be other opportunities, we're not leaving until the fascist Trump regime is removed from power.
But tomorrow would be great, thanks.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Correct.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If lawmakers would work on the structural problems that make people feel helpless, fascism would be less attractive to vulnerable people.
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Labor Day
Near the end of the pandemic, American workers had enough leverage to mount nearly 400 strikes, marking the greatest number of labor…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
No surprise. Stand your ground, permit-less carry, open carry laws increase the homicide rate and magnify racial disparities.

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Florida’s new open carry ruling combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers
Evidence shows that 20 years on, Florida’s stand your ground law hasn’t made communities in the state any safer.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Maxwell needs to go back to the pedophile prison

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The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails — The Atlantic
Extra toilet paper is just one of the privileges the former Epstein associate is enjoying in prison.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.

This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
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November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM