BJS
maudellen.bsky.social
BJS
@maudellen.bsky.social
Mediator, pacifist, alive in nature.
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What happens to our government if the House of Representatives is never called back into session?
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Advice to military personnel to resist unlawful orders.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Lancaster, PA #SolidaritySeptember Labor Day Kickoff” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event...
Lancaster, PA #SolidaritySeptember Labor Day Kickoff · AFL-CIO
The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand st...
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August 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
August 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “Roses of Resistance: A Twin City Vigil for Good Trouble” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
Roses of Resistance: A Twin City Vigil for Good Trouble · John Lewis Actions
This candlelight vigil in downtown Lancaster, PA (The Red Rose City) will be held simultaneously and in solidarity with one in York, PA (The White Rose City) to call out injustice in the spirit of Joh...
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July 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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No one who claimed things merited troop deployment will acknowledge that thousands gathered safely together in Kansas City and many other places today, using their rights to voice constitutionally protected dissent.

I appreciate y’all and your voices. Keep speaking up.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times. https://n.pr/3Zw0tPg
Journalists dodge rubber bullets in covering L.A. immigration protests
The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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NEW: A court-appointed federal monitor has found that an NYPD unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams has been unjustly stopping and searching New Yorkers, almost all of them Black and Hispanic men, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed
A report from a court-appointed watchdog details “troubling” conduct and “unconstitutional” stops by the Police Department’s Community Response Team — a unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams.
www.propublica.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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From a miltiary post on Reddt..... 80 year old vet arrested at the capitol today for protesting against military force used on US citizens.
June 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.

“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
June 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.

Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.

(Published Aug. 2024)
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
📣Announcing the South Central Pennsylvania Rapid Response Team! 📣
PIRC has joined community organizations and community volunteers to create a hotline for those impacted by ICE activity! If you have been affected by ICE enforcement, call or text the hotline at 717-229-7452.
June 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ukraine has lessons for beating bullies
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Ukraine has lessons for beating bullies
Domestically, lawsuits are democratic advocates’ armed drones
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June 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Police killings rose in the five years after George Floyd's murder
An analysis shows how little has changed for Black victims of police violence in America.
www.motherjones.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rep. Smucker (PA-11) Congressional Office Visit - Lancaster, PA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rep. Smucker (PA-11) Congressional Office Visit - Lancaster, PA · Indivisible
Sign up! Every day is Clucker...err...Smuckerday! Every day is a good day to visit our Representative Smucker's (PA-11) office. This month we are organizing several small group visits to his local ...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal.

On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.

bit.ly/4cXcPFj via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
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May 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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@repdexteror.bsky.social and other Dems, please stop telling us your GOP colleagues are "good people" who are afraid of Trump. They are fascists. They vocally, enthusiastically support fascism.

These GOP are ok w/
exiling American citizen children for no reason. No justice. All cruelty.
May 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Bill 536, which would have abolished the Arkansas State Library and eliminated the State Library Board, was defeated in a House committee last week.

bit.ly/4jtW9aq via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Together, We Stopped a Dangerous Bill in Arkansas
Senate Bill 536, which would have abolished the Arkansas State Library and eliminated the State Library Board, was defeated in a House committee last week
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April 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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fb.watch/yXlXoQVDhS/?No fin wales hunted this summer in Iceland! Great!
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April 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM