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@annmarie17.bsky.social
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Progressive liberal living north of Detroit, south of heaven. 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans. Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I'm a city person and I'm proud of it. I like to visit international cities on vacation and people-watch. When I retire, I will likely retire to an urban area with lots of cool, multicultural things to do on my doorstep.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Hey folks. Mentors matter. SO much. If you’re lucky enough to find 1, let them kno what they mean to you. Now. Cuz someday you won’t be able to. In 1 case, I missed my chance. I hope I made it thru to someone days ago. Mentors are unselfish, generous, & think beyond themselves. Thank them for it
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Say what you will about people calling their Senators newly horrifed to demand action, that's at least a theory of politics with a clear mechanism for change and a clear way to organize neighbors, unlike smugly posting that the American project was always fascist & asking why anyone is surprised.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio. I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’. 😡
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If Chuck Schumer enjoys a single day in NYC for the rest of his life without being told to go fuck himself at least once, then NYC will have utterly failed as a society.
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One of the first steps the Pinochet dictatorship took in Chile was installing military rectors at the universities and eliminating entire departments — like art and philosophy and any humanity that might encourage people to form a thought or ask a question.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2025
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law: “It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@peters.senate.gov Vote NO.
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@slotkin.senate.gov Vote NO.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Meme in real life
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Great idea! @dananessel.bsky.social
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Gravesco | Rebecca Graves Prowse she/her @gravesco.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This is for the men. When you see women being dragged out of a town hall by men with no uniforms, no badges… THAT IS YOUR TIME TO STEP Tip chairs. Stick out a leg. Drop something in the way. Start a brawl. All day the men are online saying they are here to protect women. 1/
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Jana Morse (@jana_morse) on Threads
This is a scene straight out of the Handmaids Tale, brought to you by a “Town Hall” in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. Again, a woman with more courage than any man in that room. Disgusted.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
if nothing else I hope this era finally makes clear that government is a SERVICE, not a business. everything isn't designed to make money.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard.
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Ghoul Fleshman @glennf.com · 19/02/2025
I didn’t think the Democrats were going to save us, per se, but I did not expect them to lie down on the floor and mildly complain about the smart heels of the fascists trodding upon them.
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
A mock Golden Book called “How Big is this Shit Show?” A child and a dog play on the cover.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
From the bottom of my heart, I believe that we can be better than this. (Low bar, I realize, but still.) We can embrace diversity. We foster equity. We can be inclusive. As a historian, I believe in change. And as low as I sometimes feel right now, I —WE—are not defeated.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Educator @drannlopez.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
#BlackHistoryMonth
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Listen to Pink, kids. Always.
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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 03/02/2025
Elected officials, your posts should be: 1. Breaking info (we don’t need you to tell us what we already know) 2. Telling us concrete things we can do (not how to feel, that’s obvious) 3. Telling us what concrete things you’re doing (and why it’s helping) That’s it. Stop wasting our time.
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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 04/02/2025
Watching PBS News Hour is just stunning - what’s happening is crazy. Again, so many hopes I have are unreasonable, but I wish Americans would tune in and watch. They should also donate (this is crazy, it should be funded) to support it @pbsnews.bsky.social
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you’re a straight, cis person who has ever posted some version of a rainbow with “you’re safe with me” or similar, it’s time to back up the words with action— contact your reps and ask them what they’re going to do to protect trans people from this administration, particularly trans kids.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
One republican senator - the absolute dumbest one, in fact! - held up 400 military promotions for a year. On his own, from the Senate minority.
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Shannyn Moore @shannynmoore.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience." ~ Howard Zinn
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Emily's Curse @emkultra64.com · 29/01/2025
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last. Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you're with ICE or any other authority targeting innocent migrants, don't expect cooperation from me. Your failure is a blessing for humanity. I hope your job is soul-draining. I am actively rooting for your anxiety and frustration. I would rather gargle broken glass than make your life easier.
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Sara Lang @saralang.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A daily reminder: you are no good to others if you're not good to yourself. Drink a water, step outside, eat a meal (or a snack), take a moment to check in on a friend. The chaos will still be there in five minutes, but you'll be better able to handle it with some food and water in you.
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Vanessa Enriquez-Rios @pt007.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Find your members of Congress using your address www.congress.gov/members/find... Call daily, M - F What to say: Hi, I'm a constituent calling to urge my Senator/Representative to oppose/support the EO/Bill. Thank you. Full name and address. Call after 5pm to leave a voicemail
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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Call your representatives every single day. I know you don't think it does anything, but don't be the person who sits by and says nothing. That just gives them tacit approval.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/01/2025
Pete Hegseth’s confirmation will make our nation less safe. It is a sad and dangerous day when Republican Senators put loyalty to President Trump ahead of our national security.
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That Gay Guy 💬 @gayguycandleco.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, everyone.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Welcome to the next four years. Republicans do horribly rightwing things to hurt people and move the Overton window even further right, while rightwing Democrats say 'Hey, can you let us join in and do it in a bipartisan fashion'. Kill me now.
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Unvirtuous Abbey @unvirtuousabbey.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“Make good trouble.” ~ John Lewis
Stained glass art of Bishop Budde
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
An attempted coup with no consequences. Not for the leader, not for the people who carried it out. They tried to violently overthrow the lawfully elected government and were given the green light. That’s not something that happens in functional democracies.
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Troy Young (Andarius68) @cianaodh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Really informative post. Thank you @hahnscratch.bsky.social
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annmarie17.bsky.social @annmarie17.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is how you do it.
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