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Amelia Stinson-Wesley

@astinsonwesley.bsky.social
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United Methodist pastor. Mayor of a small municipality. Democrat in a non-partisan role. writer. dancer. artist. advocate for justice. world traveler (50+ countries). optimist.

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I wish the press were as interested in Trump’s health as they were in Biden’s
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/08/2025
I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
TODAY: 11:30/PST ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT'S LIFE?😱 I AM ONE OF MANY CALLING IT "LIBERATION DAY" & I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!! 😍 THANK YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM @governor.ca.gov.🙏YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR MY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!-❤️,MAR🐫 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
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GoogeliArt 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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CNN @cnn.com · 13/08/2025
The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power. He has bulldozed the obstacles that often stood in his way in his first term and constantly tested boundaries, in an almost single-minded pursuit of more authority. | Analysis
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Analysis: Trump’s 7 most authoritarian moves so far | CNN Politics
The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2025
UPDATE: A group of 20 states, including North Carolina, sued the Trump administration for abruptly canceling grants that local governments were planning on to help them reduce natural hazard risks.
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States Fear Uncertain Future of FEMA Grants Under Trump
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
She was right. About everything.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Vote-a-rama for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is pushed to 9am tomorrow, per a new whip notice from Senate Republican leaders. This is later than they had expected to get the process going.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🔥 GOP SEN. THOM TILLIS torches Trump’s big bill in a fiery Senate floor speech: “So what do I tell 663,000 people in 2-3 years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off Medicaid?” He says “amateurs” advising Trump are conflating health care policy with “waste, fraud and abuse.”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/06/2025
BREAKING: Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't seek reelection after saying he'll oppose Trump's tax bill.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't seek reelection after opposing Trump's bill
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won't seek reelection. That news Sunday comes one day after he announced his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package because of its reductions to health care programs.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 26/06/2025
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Beautiful!
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Bumper sticker from my childhood
It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the air for e has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/06/2025
BREAKING: The U.S. attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.
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US has struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
12.1 M people marched yesterday, more than the “3.5% rule.” I hope that is enough people who oppose the Administration and who are willing to engage in changing the course of our country. It will take sustained interest and action. But I now believe it to be possible.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/06/2025
The assassination of State Representative Melissa Hortman in Minnesota is causing some state legislators to rethink home security and how much personal information they make public.
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Many Lawmakers Share Their Home Addresses. Political Violence Is Changing That.
The Minnesota assassination is causing some state legislators to rethink home security and how much personal information they make public.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Hope is the message. Hope, hope is here, hope is possible. Take heart and have hope.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/06/2025
Stephen Miller is deliberately choosing to focus more resources on non-criminals—and thus away from dangerous criminals. Law enforcement insiders have leaked word of their anger over exactly this. trib.al/XxEuHPU
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Trump Accidentally Reveals a Dark MAGA Truth—and Hands Dems an Opening
A little-noticed letter from vulnerable House Republicans acknowledges the flaw at the heart of Trump’s mass deportations. Democrats: Seize on this!
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Horrific!
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A favorite!
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
HAPPY “OBAMA APPRECIATION DAY!!” Enjoy. 😎🇺🇸✨
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Canuckflyer @canuckflyer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
more of this energy whatever it is 😂
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/06/2025
Federal judge rules Trump illegally deployed national guard troops to Los Angeles
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Federal judge rules Trump illegally deployed national guard troops to Los Angeles
Temporary restraining order issued by judge said president overstepped authority and to hand over control to state governor * LA protests – live updates A federal judge ruled that Donald Trump illegally deployed the national guard against protesters in Los Angeles and ordered the US government to return control of the troops to California. The US district judge, Charles Breyer, issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration on Thursday, saying the president had overstepped his authority by taking control of the national guard to quell demonstrations against immigration raids in LA. Continue reading...
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Call upon Republican Senators to demand that this be denounced and that it cease.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We who are pastors are preparing for more such incidents.
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Protest is Patriotism.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 10/06/2025
New Jersey's gubernatorial primary Tuesday represents an early test of President Trump's handling of the economy, immigration and other key issues.
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Trump's second-term agenda faces early test in New Jersey primaries
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Jeremy Lindenfeld @jeremotographs.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
For the disbelievers and those who scoff, you don't have to listen to me. Listen to Tom Holman. "WH border czar Tom Homan said he would not rule out arresting CA Gov. Gavin Newsom or Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass if they stood in the way of federal agents carrying out immigration raids in the city."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump can’t stand to be humiliated. This is what's driving his dictatorial moves. But he will overreach. He already has. And this overreach will ultimately be his undoing. As long as we keep our heads — and engage in peaceful civil disobedience. Be strong. Be safe.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump wants to deliberately escalate tensions. Don’t fall into his trap. Please do not give him what he wants. We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial moves. But we must not succumb to violence. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-time-f…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This amazing post by ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran is 💯 spot on! Thank you for speaking the truth, Terry!!!
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Happy Pentecost! We released butterflies at church today to celebrate!
Wearing a red stole with butterflies on it and holding a butterfly on an envelope.Red envelope with butterfly.Rred envelopes with Pentecost 2025 printed on them.One of the butterflies we released, sitting on nearby leaves.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/06/2025
Make no mistake: This is a total war on science in America. If an enemy power wished to demolish one of the pillars of American economic, military, and political strength over the past century, this might be what they would do. trib.al/sI2gmRp
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The MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started
The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last.
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/06/2025
For a second consecutive day, tear gas and flash bangs have been used to disperse protests over immigration activity in the Los Angeles area: cnn.it/3FMIOfg
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Officers throw flash bangs to disperse crowd protesting immigration enforcement in Los Angeles | CNN
Tear gas and flash bangs were deployed to disperse crowds protesting immigration raids in downtown Los Angeles after dozens of people were arrested by federal immigration agents Friday, including a pr...
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented. (Photo from a colleague in DC)
Photograph of dozens of tanks on a train, next to I-295 in Washington, DC.
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 06/06/2025
1) what Trump allowed Elon to do to the government will be catastrophic for generations 2) a highly predictable and very public divorce is happening between these two narcissistic losers, and it is far more hilarious than any of us ever predicted it would be
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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The 40 Elections to Watch This June - Bolts
New Jersey, New York, and Virginia—three populous states that are electing hundreds of state and local officials this year—are holding their primaries over a busy 15-day period in June.  In... Read Mo...
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michelethistle.bsky.social @michelethistle.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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The real cover-up is of Trump's disordered mental state
Sanewashing didn't end with the 2024 campaign.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Dear LGBTQ Allies, Today we are again reminded why PRIDE isn't about rainbows and parades. It's about standing with the LGBTQ human beings and pushing back against the bigots and the bullies, no matter what it costs us. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-lgbtq-a... Jonathan Joss
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To LGBTQ Allies on a Very Different Kind of PRIDE Month: It's Time to Fight
Allyship is now an act of war
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Amelia Stinson-Wesley @astinsonwesley.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Honor them always
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Trump is taking a $400 million luxury jet bribe from Qatar while denying North Carolina $200 million in disaster relief funding.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
Tired D.W. meme
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