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Rosanne Foley
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You take the lies out of him, and he’ll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he’ll disappear. - Mark Twain

A historian who is very proud of my Canadian heritage. 🇨🇦
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americanfietser.bsky.social
Imagine if we directed the same relentless energy toward building better cities that we currently waste on making excuses for why we can't.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9d
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”

The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
People enjoying riding bikes along a canal in Utrecht, Netherlands. #Dutch
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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lincolnsquare.media
Don't let them gaslight you. It's all on the GOP to end the shutdown. It's easy. Just make healthcare affordable for Americans instead of giving huge tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Repost to send a message to Speaker Johnson.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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reptedlieu.bsky.social
Covering up the Epstein files. Giving tax breaks for YACHTS. Trying to rewrite January 6.

That’s what Republicans are up to. Not lowering costs. Not prioritizing public health. Not focused on you.
September 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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eos.org
Day 4 of the public hearing on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding is beginning now. It is the final scheduled day of the public hearing. 🧪

We'll be following along with some of the testimony here: 👇🧵
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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atrupar.com
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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timmytwoshirts.bsky.social
Letter by Thom Ryder

Although a bit lengthy, well worth a read. Trust me
A Letter to the People: On Trump, Tyranny, and the Cowardice That Brought Us Here By Thom Ryder Dear fellow Americans, Let me start with a confession. I’ve known the dark parts of myself. I’ve lied. I’ve manipulated. I’ve hurt people I loved and let my ego drive the car off more than a few cliffs. I’m not writing this from some mountaintop of moral purity—I’ve screwed up, I’ve self-sabotaged, and I’ve stared in the mirror long enough to see the wreckage I’ve caused. So no, I’m not better than you. But I am done pretending that we can survive another round of polite silence and strategic compromise. Because we’re not in a policy disagreement anymore. We are in a war. A war on truth. A war on the poor. A war on decency. A war on reality. And Donald J. Trump isn’t just some “controversial” figure in that war—he’s its bloated, bigoted, brain-dead general. Let’s be clear: Trump is a rapist. A con man. A lifelong liar with the emotional depth of a lunch tray. He’s a coward, a pedophile, and a parasite who’s been running scams since cocaine was sold in briefcases and disco balls hung from the ceiling. He's not “fighting for the working man.” He’s a narcissistic gold-plated toilet with a spray tan, a permanent scowl, and a God complex the size of his Mar-a-Lago. He is Roy Cohn’s final legacy. Roy Cohn was Trump’s mentor, fixer, and spiritual father. A closeted gay man who spent his career destroying other gay men. He fueled McCarthyism. He helped send the Rosenbergs to the electric chair. He made cruelty into currency. And he died of AIDS, alone, still lying about who he was—even on his deathbed. That’s who Donald Trump studied. That’s who he learned from. Cohn taught him to deny everything, attack constantly, and treat truth like a weakness. A man who weaponized shame. And Trump turned that lesson into a brand. That same self-hatred lives on in Senator Lindsey Graham and every other closeted bootlicker who pretends to stand for “morality” while stabbing their own community in the back. These aren’t conservatives. These are cowards in tailored suits, trading dignity for power and calling it patriotism. They could’ve been bridges. They chose to be hammers. And what banner do they march under? Christian Nationalism. Let’s rip that fucking mask off. Christian Nationalism is not faith. It's not love. It’s not Jesus flipping tables and feeding the poor. It’s a bloodthirsty, flag-wrapped cult built on white grievance and sanctified ignorance. It’s Old Testament vengeance with an AR-15 and a lifted Ford truck. It’s a gospel of fear, control, punishment, and performance disguised as “family values.” And it has wormed its way into every American institution—from school boards to Senate hearings. They scream about “protecting the children” while handing those same kids over to poverty, school shootings, climate disaster, and opioid hellscapes. They call themselves pro-life, but they wouldn’t cross the street to help a hungry child unless that kid was pledging allegiance to ExxonMobil. This isn’t "Christianity". It’s cosplay fascism in a church pew. And here’s the part that burns like battery acid: Trump is their messiah. Three wives. Dozens of assault allegations. Porn stars, hush money, stolen charity funds, draft dodging, Bible held upside down for a photo op—and still they whisper, “He was chosen by God.”.... "Our imperfect vessel." No. He was chosen by white fear. By white resentment. By rural rage that would rather see the whole country burn than admit that Black, brown, queer, immigrant, and poor lives matter too. And yes, I live out here. I know these folks. I hear them at gas stations, in bowling alley parking lots, and at bar counters with flags on the wall. Many of them would vote for a serial killer if he promised to make “the libs cry.” Trump did. And they do. But don’t for one second think the Democrats get a pass. Fuck no. Because while Republicans went full fascist, Democrats clinked wine glasses and chased donor dollars. They preached “Hope and Change”—then rubber-stamped drones, propped up banks, and let Wall Street write the rules. They watched the GOP light the Constitution on fire and responded with think tank reports and brunch. They fundraised off Roe v. Wade for years—then let it fall without a fight. They hand-wrung while pipelines were built, cages filled, and Gaza burned. And the liberal base? Too often, soft. Fragile. Addicted to optics and curated suffering. Comfortable white progressives who tweet solidarity while stepping over the homeless man outside Whole Foods. They know the language, but not the pain. They retweet Black Lives Matter but panic when the protest hits their neighborhood. They quote MLK but haven’t raised a fist or raised hell in years. This is the vacuum. This is the lie. This is how fascism wins—with silence, with selfies, and with “well-meaning” liberals who mistake performative wokeness for actual resistance. Bonhoeffer saw it. He lived it. He fought it. He didn’t ask fascists to “do better.” He didn’t wait for permission. He resisted with everything he had. Because he knew what we seem to have forgotten: stupidity is more dangerous than malice—because it greets you with a handshake and a flag. It smiles while it marches. It sings hymns while it loads the go'damm guns. And right now, America is choking on it. So here’s the truth, and it might sting: If you still support Trump, you’re not a patriot. You’re not “real America.” You’re a mark. A rube. A pawn who got played by a bloated con man who’d sooner throw you in front of a limo than let you sit at his dinner table. He’s not “one of you.” He’s your executioner—wrapped in the same colors you think you’re defending. If you’re a Democrat still waiting for someone else to fix it—wake the fuck up. No one’s coming. You are the cavalry. And if you’re still undecided? Then history will decide for you. Because this isn’t about left or right. This is a moral reckoning.
July 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
rafoley.bsky.social
Thanks for including me! #Resisters
July 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
WTF CBS Paramount ?!

Another company grifting with the MAGA cult of Trump.

Bend the knee, kiss the swollen, orange hand.

Boycott the b*stards.

I stand with Stephen Colbert ✊🏻✊🏾✊

Watch. Share. Raise hell. 👇
July 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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boilerkitten.bsky.social
Now it's on record who opposed releasing the Epstein Files of child sexual abusers. What are you hiding?

#ReleaseEpsteinFiles
gxldsociety.bsky.social Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Jul 15
BREAKING: Republicans just said NO to unsealing the Epstein files.

Ask yourself why the same party obsessed with “child trafficking” suddenly doesn’t want to expose actual pedophiles.

It’s not hypocrisy.
It’s complicity.
July 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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July 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
rafoley.bsky.social
Rule No. 1: No protesting unless it's something Trump wants you to protest
For those who engage in liberal activities like reading and “seeing things with your own eyes and believing they’re real,” it might seem odd that the man who praised Jan. 6 insurrectionists as "great patriots" and then…
June 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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thegodpodcast.com
Donald is deploying 700 marines to LA because he desperately wants something awful to happen so he can declare martial law in time for his birthday military parade which cost taxpayers $45 million.
June 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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ohpleeznotagain.bsky.social
#ProudBlue

The chaos, confusion and conflict taking place in #LosAngeles is all the #convictedfelon’s doing. This country will continue to see this happening while he is office.

I hope @governor.ca.gov sues the shit out of him 😡

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'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat — MSNBC
In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump
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June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
rafoley.bsky.social
I’m thinking t Rump embraced this ideology to ensure he’d be a king. He doesn’t care one bit about what it all actually means.
June 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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ashmont.bsky.social
Abigail Adams of Weymouth, Massachusetts collaborated with @silencedogoodbos.bsky.social this week.
May 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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ossoff.senate.gov
Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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amysiskind.com
When this is over, no forgiveness for those involved. There will be trials. There will be consequences. 😡😡😡
April 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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50501movement.bsky.social
We’re shipping off to #Boston!! 🤘Don’t miss the acoustic set by #DropkickMurphys at our April 5th event in Boston, MA.

FIND a local April 5 event: FiftyFifty.one

Washington D.C.: SeeYouInTheStreets.com

#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #massachusetts @polrev.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
rafoley.bsky.social
Friends! Find your local united resistance gathering and be there! #handsoff h/t @ashmont.bsky.social
Giant public poster for April 5 2025 resistance rally at Boston Common, projected onto historic Old South Meeting House the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM