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Amy

@asbutton.bsky.social
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I'm pro science, Pro union, and Pro democracy. Neurospicy, of the chronically curious variety. I also write. My Twitter handle was- randombutton

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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Who owns the fruit of human toil? True to Paine's warning, we continue to furnish the means by which we suffer. @indivisiblemocowi.bsky.social substack.com/@indivisible...
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​1776 Was a Workers' Uprising
250 years later, we still fight. Who owns the fruit of human toil? True to Paine's warning, we continue to furnish the means by which we suffer.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Divest from oligarchy. Protect your communities. And organize on policy. Pressure your reps to represent not rule. Never kick down, punch up.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Credibility, is the currency of diplomacy. War is a failure of diplomacy. Competent command is the bare minimum.
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I feel like, some may need some words of hope. For my own personal reasons, I've never trusted authority, for authorities sake. Because, the more power one appears to attain, the more it appears to me, that people with the proclivaties to abuse it, seem willing to do anything for more. .
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I keep wondering, how many victims were institutionalized globally because they were given drugs and tortured. How many were institutionalized because of how implausible their experiences were?
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
What does it feel like for a butterfly to emerge from is chrysalis? Is it the best stretch imaginable? Or is it slimy, itchy, and uncomfortable? Or maybe it's both. And as it dries it's new wings? Does it know what's possible? Does it know the threats, innately? Can it imagine flight?
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I know there's so much going on. Please if you can-
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy." (He means Greenland.)
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Please contact your reps. They are trying to sell our resources, destroy our public lands. They are stealing from generations to come. Speak up
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Coalitions are built for a shared objective. The group project has a goal. That goal means working with people you might not have picked. The objective, it's the priority. Stop thinking you're going to find ground on everything. And move towards completing the objective.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Here's the strategy, imho.... Psst. Register for your state primary. Vote for the least corrupt option you have in every race. But vote. Preferably in person. Send a message. Loud and clear.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The man with the nuclear football has a torture fetish. Release the files. Impeach remove and try every single person who abused, or facilitated the abuse of victims. All of them Divest from their companies. Stop propping up the oligarchy that dismantled our democracy for these monsters.
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JCBlueB8 @jcblue88.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
youtu.be/WCDf1KHyxY4?... Trump/Sasha Riley
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January 12, 2026
YouTube video by Christina Talks
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
it's so bad. The dude has a torture kink, and we gave this mfer the nuclear football. open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
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"Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2
Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/01/2026
This is the video.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is global corporate oligarchs playing risk. The world knows it. What are you going to do about it? You still investing? Giving them leases to your resources? What's the limit for global corporate oligarchs? oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
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What to Expect From Chevron’s Massive Guyana Investment | OilPrice.com
Chevron’s $53 billion acquisition of Hess gives it a major stake in Guyana’s booming Stabroek oil block, reshaping its global oil strategy amid production challenges.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This Venezuela offensive is about EXXONMOBIL. It's about a case they lost in July. They own our media. They own our reps. Divest. Push your pensions to divest. Push your employers to divest. Support anti corruption movements and candidates. Punch up, never down. Form uncomfortable coalitions.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Who was giving marching orders? There's people above them. GM and JE. Who??? Are they still trafficking children? Laundering money? why are his accounts still open? Who's profiting? Why would it not be frozen through litigation? Justice for the victims.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Wth these social studies and history high school teachers gonna to with- All this? Can you even imagine teaching this to teenagers? The same parents who don't wanna hear about black history? They gonna allow.... this? WE TEACH HISTORY SO WE DO NOT REPEAT ITS LESSONS.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Underaged women are children. Men who abuse their power are predators. And adults who are attracted to children are pedophiles. And some of y'all carrying water for pedos acting like we're taking about you? Are we?
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
@baldwin.senate.gov Hold the line! We're counting on you! This is lives on the line. Empty promises are not enough! You need tangible gains. This is absurd, why would you lose your leverage this way? No! As a long time supporter, this isn't a compromise worth your seat. And it will cost it.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I honestly can't believe we as a country, are going with prosecuting immigrants and letting pedophiles, child traffickers, corporate labor abusers, and tax cheats go as an actual policy.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is what we want. @baldwin.senate.gov @govevers.wisconsin.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Donald Trump to present minerals deal to Vladimir Putin in Alaska share.google/z4det6vzlg8x...
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
winning election policies imho- -Overturn Citizens United. -Federally Legalize Cannabis - Tax wealth not work. - fair wage for fair work - Limit reality investment by property management companies. - Campaign finance reform - Medicare for all. - Make college education affordable
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Look, I do not know how to reach democratic leadership but if you do? Tell them the story out of NYC? It's authenticity. And from backwoods wisco? You can sell progressive policy here, You can't fake authenticity. And we're all starving for it. Stand for something. Be authentic. Or retire. #dems
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/06/2025
Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans | Trump administration | The Guardian share.google/Noo1N4QHYZLw...
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Omg the aerial photos are even better 😭
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Rocky Flats Chimney Sweep 🇺🇸 @midlifesuezcrisis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Local media reporting that the victims appear to be two Democratic state lawmakers and a spouse. No word on injuries. This is really, really dark news to wake up to.
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Live updates: Brooklyn Park shelter-in-place after multiple shootings, suspect may be impersonating police
A shelter-in-place alert was sent out at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning by the Brooklyn Park Police Department after multiple shootings. A suspect in the shooting may be impersonating law enforcement and ...
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
To be clear, to the people who used to profess they were the small government conservatives- Medical boards determined ethics and best practices. Sports? Tournaments and leagues determined eligibility of Trans athletes. School boards determined curriculum, your community chose books.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
How should we as a country address declining faculties in politicians? I know there's a push for age and term limits, but i have an idea- A credentialing exam. We do this for teachers (praxis) and even the postal workers take a civil servants exam. You want to run for legislatures?
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
First, I think Biden should have stepped away and let Harris drive in 23. I thought this at the time. I think it would have likely helped. But, as we may recall, things were popping at that time and stability of leadership likely would have argued for him staying the course.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I suspect there's a serious issue with the neurodivergent:neuro typical conversation. Normal, is what is not disruptive to the systems built. Even if, the stats showed this was 50:50 distributed? What works for those who wanted to stagnate would be those prone to accept the systems they are
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 14/05/2025
Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
He feels entitled. He feels entitled to that fancy, gaudy gift from Qatar. Like he felt entitled to cameos, in home alone. He felt entitled to his reality show, and ratings. 1/7
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It's pretty wild he has such a poor grasp on history. youtu.be/Sm9am4T6NmU?...
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Let's talk about Trump renaming holidays: Veterans Day edition....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Tell me, how this person got a clearance? And don't BS me that there's no guilt by association when immediate family is involved in a foriegn adversarial battle scenario. And if they had held him for leverage??? This administration is.... a security risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane Gallina
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
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Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Vance seems to destroy everything he touches.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/04/2025
DOGE IS HACKING THE US GOVERNMENT—building a ‘master database’ of our sensitive info from the IRS, Social Security, HHS & voter rolls. No oversight. No safeguards. Just a surveillance machine waiting to be weaponized. They claim it’s about “efficiency” and tracking immigrants. It’s about control.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So, these prep school rich boys? They never stood for the Pledge of Allegiance? Like is public school serfs. Or, they're so entitled the phrase "liberty and justice for all" was just a trope for them? Serving themselves only. Oath breakers. Derelict. Greedy. Cruel. Putting the con in conservative...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off? They are laughing at us all. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The other big volatility spikes? The Bush recession, the pandemic in 2020(Trump), and Trump tariffs.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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NPR @npr.org · 04/04/2025
Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is leaving the market.
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Major deal wipes out $30 billion in medical debt. Even backers say it's not enough
Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is leaving the market.
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Amy @asbutton.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Did AI determine the tariff formula?
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AI misalignment on trade tariffs was not on my bingo card #ai #chatgpt #learnontiktok #learn #mentorship #economics #real #story #2025 #future
TikTok video by Nate
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