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Annette Smith

@annettesmith.bsky.social
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Lawyer/Family Defender representing kids and parents in dependency cases, national advocate against abuse and neglect in the Troubled Teen Industry. Democratic socialist.💙 She/Her

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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
They better stop eating all those horses because we’re gunna need them after these gas prices keep going up.
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Pioneers Driving Horse and Buggy in 1883
ALT: Pioneers Driving Horse and Buggy in 1883
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SteveOh! ❌👑 Pretti Good & Pissed-Off 😢🤬 @steveohm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey #Kentucky ‼️ Where’s Mitch ⁉️
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
he wasn’t even on the old Airforce 1 after all, because he was hiding in a food cart? What if he wanted them to blow up Airforce 1 and not his big special gift from Qatar?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I have a theory. Remember when Trump said he wouldn’t be taking the Qatari plane back from Turkey and was “showing it off to the military” and was instead going to take Airforce 1? Then people speculated it was because Airforce 1 had different or better technology? Then it turns out
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m going to start referring to having diarrhea as “visiting Taylor Farms.”
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I feel robbed of the opportunity to properly celebrate Mitch McConnell’s death at the time it happened. It’s like when you celebrate Christmas late with your other grandparents, and it’s still great, but just not the same as doing it on the real day. #EternityLeave #Turtle
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’m not kink shaming. I’m just kink asking why.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’ve been a public defender going on 14 years this summer!
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s good to step your feet into political activism at a young age. And it’s an even stronger lesson when it is hard or scary or uncomfortable. Because it’s not a playdate. It’s an important civic action. 3/3
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You can tell her it’s ok to stand up for what you believe in even if it disappoints people because it is always right to do the right thing. And kids are protesting ICE because it is powerful when people of all ages stand up. Like the young people who protested the Vietnam War. 2/3
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A friend asked for advice re: middle school daughter wanting to join an ICE protest but the dad was making her feel guilty about it. Here was my response: You can tell her it’s ok to stand up for what you believe in even if it disappoints people because it is always right to do the right thing. 1/3
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Do you think Markwayne Mullin will have to use Kristi Noem’s special sex plane, or will he be issued his own? 🤔
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
But let’s encourage folks to remember the trouble part in making good trouble. Reframing this is valuable. These protests should be important enough to sacrifice for, be it a perfect attendance record or having to do make up work. Just my two cents. #FuckICE
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I don’t think kids should face MORE consequences for protesting than what they’d receive for just missing school. They should not miss out on prom, or lose the right to walk at graduation, or extra punishment because of what they are protesting or that they are protesting versus skipping for fun.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I think it would be awesome if schools didn’t punish children for exercising their first amendment rights to protest, but it actually is part of the good trouble that they accept a bit of sacrifice for their participation. “I’m willing to give up my perfect attendance for this important cause.”
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
People forget the “trouble” in making good trouble. I am so proud of all of the school children who are protesting. And I think it is appropriate that they face some level of consequence for missing school, such as being marked for an unexcused absence.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
If they weren’t classy, it would be funny if the Obamas posted a video with Trump’s and Epstein’s faces on little dogs that run around humping everything.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If a dirty wet cigarette butt found at the bottom of a greasy puddle in the parking lot of a truckstop adult shop was a person, it would be Kid Rock.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Too many people are mad about kids attending protests, and not enough people are mad about kids appearing in the Epstein files.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
of allegations and civil judgments against him wants us to believe the files “lack credibility” when they actually don’t. Trump is a sexual predator and anyone doubting that most likely is too.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If someone accused Tom Hanks or Bill Nye of rape or child SA, most people would severely question it because their character doesn’t align with that perception. But the man who brags of grabbing women by the pussy, brags about seen undressed teens at a pageant he owns, and who has decades
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m just going to start referring to Trump as the future corpse to give myself hope.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The shame of the Troubled Teen Industry continues. The credibility for professionals who continue to justify these placements is absolutely lacking given everything we know now.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Nigh nigh, Donnie. Lie down now.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
wtf
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If we’re all getting paid to protest today, shouldn’t the pro-capitalist party be celebrating the boost to the economy? 🤔
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I recommend everyone (but especially women) read The Bonobo Sisterhood by Diane Rosenfeld. She explains how we change this.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @valhoyle.bsky.social Please take a stand against Israel’s detention of the Global Sumud Flotilla which is trying to bring food, water and medicine to civilians in Gaza.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
#DogsOfBluesky #GoldenRetriever #EnglishCream
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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Imagine growing up next to a nice family but ur parents keep talking about how much better than them ur family is. Ur parents say “we’re the best family on earth,” meanwhile ur neighbors seem happy and have universal healthcare and affordable college and they like eachother, and your family sucks.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I know it’s none of my business, but I’d really like an update on Stephen Miller’s wife leaving him for Elon Musk to cheer me up in these dark times.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
When you get your summer cut as it’s heating up outside! #DogsOfBluesky #Labradoodle
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ftp-coward.bsky.social @ftp-coward.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It’s important to note that they aren’t banning puberty blockers. They are only banning them for the treatment of gender dysphoria. For any other condition they can still be prescribed. I think there is a word for this? Discrimin-something?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Is this the crunchwrap supreme?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
He got in the way of gunfire? I’m sorry, he did what?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
He wouldn’t even look sad. Not take responsibility.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It’s the only plantation tour that focuses exclusively on the lived experience of the enslaved, and is an important and impactful place. ❤️
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Yep! Amazing and educational experience. Have you been?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thanks!
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
You got it!
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What kind of #flowers are these?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I still prefer Aftershokz to AirPods, except on airplanes.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
No. He was convicted and his sentence was nothing. He is not on bail or even on probation.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Where am I?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Oregon lawmakers should VOTE NO on HB 3835 which loosens protections for foster youth, and reopens the floodgates to sending vulnerable kids to abusive residential programs out of state again. Kids deserve better! #ORPOL #TTI #FosterYouth #FosterCare #ChildAbusePrevention #Oregon #ChildrensRights
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Any guesses where I was today?
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
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The brief life of Cornelius Frederick: Warning signs missed before teen's fatal restraint
A Michigan youth facility had an extensive pattern of violations, raising questions about why the state didn't act before a 16-year-old died.
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Annette Smith @annettesmith.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#CorneliusFrederick would be turning 22 this year, free from the foster care system. Staff killed him for throwing a sandwich while his peers watched. 5/1 is the anniversary of his death. This is what the #TTI looks like. Look at this beautiful boy who was killed by his “treatment providers.” RIP
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