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Amanda

@amandasaltzer.bsky.social
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Former emergency dispatcher. Currently writing about my experience with protests, misinformation, militias, radicalization and policing in Portland, Oregon. Exvangelical, lesbian, mother, bookworm.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My hotter take is that I think these already staggering numbers still tell an incomplete picture. I think they’re actually higher. I think we’re all harmed by the cycle of abuse, but it keeps white supremacist patriarchy in place. That’s what they’re actually defending.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Not only that, but approximately 1 out of 6 men will experience abuse in their lifetime, too. Men are exponentially more likely to be victimized than to face false allegations, yet it’s viewed as in their best interests to undermine victim credibility.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public
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thepinkmonkey.bsky.social @thepinkmonkey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Food banks are not part of a safety net. they are proof we do not have a safety net.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
he's counting on people not knowing what a doctor looks like because they don't have healthcare
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:
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FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical'
The FBI is teaching its agents that ordinary American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that Islamic charity is no more than a “fundin...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
With Cesar Chavez being outed as a serial abuser of women and girls, we can add to the list that men can imagine a world where there are rights for all workers, but not human rights for women.
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our tax dollars are hard at work murdering Iranian school girls. Three American soldiers dead. This administration, full of rot and filth, can produce nothing but death. It will be their legacy.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
All y'all going to jail
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
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DGM @notredale.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Whoever decries, in a frothing rage, that they will not rest until every single member of this regime is rotting in a jail cell gets my vote and money.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 09/02/2026
Google servers overloaded from angry queries like “Puerto Rico part of America true”
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Attending with thousands of others across America tonight #abolishICE
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Image of a modified “don’t tread on me” flag - this one has a porcupine and says: “Don’t Tread On Anyone”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement. It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement. It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Political cartoon from cover of French mag “Charlie Hebdo” - depicting an ICE agent dragging a murdered protestor to a stack of dead bodies. The dead bodies are clad in blue, their blood leaving streaks on white ground. The red, white & blue make the image of our flag.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Trials for every ICE member.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 13/01/2026
how could your reaction, in mid-January '26, with people dying by the fucking thousands in Iran and protesting anyway, and people making ICE's lives a living hell in Minneapolis, be "nobody can stop evil and it's not worth it to try"
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I don't know what her religious views were and of course that's not the point, but this is what actual Christian martyrdom looks like.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/01/2026
DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist…
DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Violent thugs, each and every one of them. US Border Patrol and Customs shooting people in Portland now. komonews.com/news/local/i...
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US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors.The shooting occurred near Ea
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
…it should break your heart to kill.
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by Brian Turner

It should make you shake and sweat, nightmare you, strand you in a desert of irrevocable desolation, the consequences seared into the vein, no matter what adrenaline feeds the muscle its courage, no matter what god shines down on you, no matter what crackling pain and anger you carry in your fists, my friend, it should break your heart to kill.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.
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Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Really excited to hear what Derek, the menswear guy, has to say about Stephen Miller’s NYE getup
Eva Braun and Goebbels (Katie & Stephen Miller) stand side by side in shiny black duds - she looks evil but lovely, he looks evil and frumpy. The suit is badly fitted and pulls like cheap rayon
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Thomas Benner @thomasbenner.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Cartoon by Clay Jones | Claytoonz
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
mark cuban waking up on christmas tomorrow fully a communist. in response to confused bluesky users inquiring about his change of heart, he merely gives a cryptic answer about 3 ghosts
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
They're calling him "GLASSJAW" Andrew Tate. "Glassjaw Tate," that's what everyone's calling him. Someone came up to me, big boxer, strong boxer, tears streaming down his face, he says, "Sir, we need a nickname for that sex criminal Andrew Tate?" I say, are you ready? "GLASSJAW TATE." Incredible. A++
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🦇 bat 🦇 millman @mpoltonsimon.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/12/2025
If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
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Chaireth, but if she were a Leinth @catsharkchaireth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
#ai #mozilla #firefox #fuckAI #genAI #fuckGenAI
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/12/2025
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/12/2025
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In a dramatic legal turn, a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. 👉 Because the statute of limitations in Comey’s case has expired, this prevents any future charging.
Photo of James Comey with text overlay that reads: INDICTMENT
AGAINST FORMER FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES
COMEY DISMISSED BY FEDERAL COURT

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