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Alyssa

@banned-book-reader.bsky.social
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I like to read dystopian novels, not live in them. 22 Year Educator - UConn grad - She/her #resist

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Now we know Vice-President Vance has been helping lead the Epstein cover-up from the Situation Room. The VP owes the survivors and the American people answers.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Fewer than 150 days until the midterm elections
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newark police punch ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE prison as chaos ensues on Day 13 of prisoner strike. WE'RE LIVE ⬇️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can’t be repeated enough👇🏽 Just so insane
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Murray: “Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate?” Dahl: Yes Murray: “And the rate for someone making $1,000,000? “ Dahl: 2.2% Murray: “So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184,000, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.”
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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Follow the money. #TrumpCorruption
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Paul Gundlach @paulsgundlach.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This may be the most powerful 85 seconds I've ever seen on television.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Holy shit. It’s time to subpoena Trump! 😡
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 02/03/2026
I don’t agree with MTG much, but this part. 👇🏽 #SheShed #V4V
Graphic showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking at a podium with an American flag in the background. Overlaid text quotes her criticizing President Trump, saying he is a billionaire while many Americans are struggling with debt and cannot afford basic needs. The quote mentions generational frustration, rising national debt, concerns about Social Security, and says “We campaigned on America First. And this is NOT it.” Her name appears at the bottom.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/02/2026
Narrator: Barbara Pilling was a young model in New York. She first saw Donald Trump at a party in the late 80s. She's never spoken publicly about it before. Pilling: He said, how old are you? And I said, 17. He goes, oh, great. So you're not too old, not too young. That's just great.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
😕🇺🇸💰
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
While the rest of us suffer under the weight of having to pay to keep the gov't running, large corporations are paying up to 86% less in taxes. Amazon's tax bill went from $9 billion to $ 1.2 billion, META from $9.6 billion to $2.8 billion, Google $21.1 billion to $13.8 billion. #TaxTheRich
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Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet report plunging tax bills thanks to AI investment and new rules in Washington
The build-out of artificial intelligence data centers along with business-friendly provisions in President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" are combining to make 2025 a banner tax year for Big Tech.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History
axios.com
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
this is pretty incredible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pkL...
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Cities Under Siege: Inside a Violent Immigration Chase and a Shattered Family
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
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ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..." Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨 We need just 23 Republicans to stop this madman from starting a World War. Three in the House and 20 in the Senate to join Democrats and impeach, convict, and remove Donald Trump. Here are their names. Call them if you are a constituent.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
At a time when multiple federal departments run by Donald Trump have posted Nazi slogans or imagery or songs in the last week—with the total number of incidents being impossible to count just on one hand—Trump is now demanding lists of Jews from U.S. institutions. Time to wake the fuck up, all.
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UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A U.S. citizen legally observed ICE activity from a distance. He didn’t interfere, block agents, or make contact. An ICE agent still threatened lethal force and referenced a recent killing. That’s retaliation for protected speech—and it’s illegal. Caught on video. #sheshed
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“Stop kneeing him in the face!” Trump’s goons brutalize an unhoused legal U.S. resident in Minneapolis. His go fund me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
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Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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🦋Julie M., MD (ER)🦋🩺🇺🇦 @drjuliamoonwall.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
MASSIVE BREAKING: : We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files. No Joke! krassencast.com/p/breaking-w...
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BREAKING: We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files
We’ve figured out how to unredact some of the Epstein Files:
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Together, w/ help from Pam Bondi, the Epstein files redaction conspiracy is the greatest cover-up in U.S. history. Instead of being like Elliot Richardson and refusing to commit crimes for a president, Bondi has chosen to be like John Mitchell. Like Mitchell, prison awaits Bondi.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This is gold....😅🤣🤣
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/12/2025
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out. See for yourself.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The American government is killing people.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Major fail. Trump never should have been able to run for public office—any public office—ever again.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge’s order today while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention on judge's order
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This happened late this afternoon Please take a moment to listen He is totally unfit He is getting worse by the day ENOUGH HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Alyssa @banned-book-reader.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Another terrible story of a man detained at a green card interview. Please share. www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-...
newsweek.com
ICE detains man at green card interview after missing piece of mail—Husband
Allan Marrero was arrested by federal agents at his green card interview at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Everyone keeps asking how to confront the President’s attacks on democratic norms. Here’s how the strongman playbook becomes the democracy defender’s shield.👇🔥 www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I want to apologize to the rest of the world, because electing this guy didn’t just harm us, it sent shockwaves through global democracy. Thanks to this incompetent government, we’ve managed to export our chaos far beyond our own borders. Sharing a video of others who feel similarly.👇
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Let’s check in on the MAGA ‘patriots’ from Russia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Iran - spreading their ‘patriotism’ worldwide.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/11/2025
Past is prologue. In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests. And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now. This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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We Rise Up Again @weriseupagain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I agree with everything she said 100%! Thought it all along. She nails this in my opinion. He is not above killing someone to hide his secrets! youtu.be/u4mw5Cb7MCE?...
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Ivana died the day before she was to be deposed in the Trump Org case. Epstein's death is sus, too.
YouTube video by Cheri Jacobus
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Amy Tidd @amytidd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Epstein Brother EXPOSES M*RDER SECRET As Trump Posts ADMISSION! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Cu...
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Epstein Brother EXPOSES M*RDER SECRET As Trump Posts ADMISSION!
YouTube video by Jack Cocchiarella
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