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Twitter refugee. Long life learner. Believe that we are all created equal. Anti-fascist. Be kind. No direct message, please.
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The artists responsible for last year's poop statue appear to have struck again. This time with a work called “Dictator Approved,” an 8-foot-tall sculpture showing a gold-painted hand with a thumbs-up quashing the sea foam green crown of the Statute of Liberty on the National Mall.

Victor Avila, a 66-year-old legal assistant — and a green card holder for 58 years — was detained after visiting his son, who is a member of the U.S. Air Force.

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WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE BOTH SIDES HERE

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

Always telling on himself.

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The conference center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that Trump spoke at today is right next door to the Ritz Carlton where Prince MBS (the "great guy" sitting and clapping for Trump) kidnapped over 400 of his rivals in 2017 and subjected them to extortion and torture.

@mlauriat.bsky.social @panetto.bsky.social True.. You don't have to open the door problem.Is most of the people they're taking right off the street.

1600 Afghan refugees all vetted are banned to come to our country. They helped fight us against the Taliban But trump bans them Infuriating

Mike Waltz was fired. Further, Waltz was caught using Signal in photos taken during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. Both before and after the Signalgate scandals, security experts at the Pentagon have warned government officials against the use of Signal — whether or not classified information is…

Today's march from the AZ Capitol to a rally outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. More than 3K demonstrators, from too many unions, organizations and grassroots communities to mention! Viva PHX! #RESIST #PERSIST @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social @azindivisible.bsky.social

Virginia Giuffre, the prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide. Giuffre, 41, died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living. Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A 2-year old US Citizen was deported Friday to Honduras. “The judge on Friday scheduled a hearing for May 16, which he said was ‘in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.’” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Here comes the arrests of journalists now.

Michael Alexander Gloss, son of a CIA deputy, betrayed his nation and fought for Russia. He has been eliminated. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Remember these words… “I will vote for you if you are brave…”

Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!

What would encourage you to add to the baby supply?

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

Cooper: Wow, his image is being shown on a monitor.. that's why you hear people actually applauding. They're applauding President Zelenskyy when he appeared on some of the Jumbotrons

This!!! 👇

One guy shows up in a blue suit to the Pope’s funeral. You will never guess who.

Holy shit. The FBI just arrested a SITTING WISCONSIN JUDGE for obstruction of judges because she stood up for the rule of law.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a policy that was designed to protect journalists from intrusive government efforts to identify and prosecute sources.

We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.

Interesting Reddit post. www.reddit.com/r/somethingi...

Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.

This !!! 👇👇👇

"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

Only one of these men has a criminal conviction—and his name isn’t Kilmar Garcia!

The Meidas Mighty showed up today 👏

We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19 Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one. #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

On this important day of mobilization, don't be scared off by self-appointed experts giving you a bunch of rules for how to protest or what not to do. The most important thing we need is more people in the streets, period. Our safety comes from numbers. As a criminal defense lawyer for decades...

Remember when the American government felt enough of a sense of shame to not want the public to know about Abu Ghraib? Now they're just like "Hell yeah!! Build me five more of those!"

Read this again!

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.