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@billvb.bsky.social
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Blue dot in a very Blue spot Producer, alum of Valve and Guitar Craft. Currently involved with Music, Seattle Circle, guitar, the Salish Sea. Nurturing hope for “Making America America Again” #Indivisible Ringo has it right: “Peace and Love”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.
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Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting
Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"The goal of this regime is to scare us out of resisting.... Our job is to show up and be brave anyway." Great article from Daniella Jiménez, Renée Bartlett-Webber, and Ellie Prickett-Morgan at Mother Jones. Worth your time: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The architecture of resistance: America’s year of mobilizing against ICE
Ordinary people launched a movement against Trump’s secret police. They’re still at it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/07/2026
Wow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 19/07/2026
Trump wants to destroy endangered species' habitats in WA and decimate their populations along with it.   Endangered species of salmon and other PNW animals are the heartbeat of our native cultures and coastal economies.   I will do everything I can to stop this dangerous rule.
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WA tribes, conservation groups sue over Trump endangered species rule
Northwest tribal nations and conservation groups sued the Trump administration over a new rule that aims to eliminate habitat protections for imperiled species.
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Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · 10/07/2026
Atoms For Peace live From The Basement. 20 years of The Eraser waste.lnk.to/theeraserBS
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
And it’s a total RED sweep for CNBC’s annual list of “The 10 Worst States to Live in for 2026” www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/w...
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These are America’s 10 worst states to live in for 2026
Some states may have low costs and light regulation, but high crime and lack of healthcare are among important factors when people choose where to live.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Recommended reading for this 250th anniversary
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wow. This is great
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Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · 26/06/2026
The Live from Electric Lady Studios EP is now available on all streaming services waste.lnk.to/ty.lfelsBS
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Saw this last summer in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It’s amazing - a wonderfully cathartic experience in these dark times!
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Please consider supporting the Minnesota 15! Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers chuffed.org/project/1865...
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Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/06/2026
Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 30/05/2026
This Republican Party is a cult party, completely handing over Congress’s Article I powers to Trump at every turn.
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Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social · 14/05/2026
Scotch Mist has been added to the BFI National Archive waste.lnk.to/bfi.scotchmi...
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Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social · 08/05/2026
Ful Stop at Lollapalooza Berlin. A Moon Shaped Pool is 10 waste.lnk.to/amoonshapedp...
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 08/05/2026
A federal court just declared Trump’s latest tariffs illegal thanks to a lawsuit by our office. This is a win for both affordability and the rule of law. Read more ⬇️ www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
China is dominating solar, batteries, and EVs because they made a national commitment, while we keep stalling. Every day we delay on clean energy is a day we fall further behind. This is an economic and national security fight we can't lose.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day: Solidarity in Action” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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May Day: Solidarity in Action · May Day Strong
Join us for our **final mass call before May Day 2026**. Hear from the incredible people who are building actions across the country and how you can join us in taking a stand. Together we are demand...
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We saw this inspiring film last night - go see it! Amy Goodman and her team are heroes and innovators and Carl Deal and Tia Lessin do a remarkable job of presenting decades of their fearless and groundbreaking reporting in this film.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 18/04/2026
Imagine if we invested in childcare and health care like we do in war and weapons.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I just recorded a new episode of my podcast on what we should learn from Orban's defeat and how it will be different in the US in 2026 and 2028. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch when it posts. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I didn't know there was an audience, i.e., me, for the global fail tour (GFT) that Donald Trump has sent JD Vance on.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other. in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"
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Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law defends fortune as Hungary’s elite face backlash
Prime minister has been accused of favouring family and friends, but István Tiborcz insists he does not benefit
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Chakrabarti: We’ve basically created a federal jobs program to terrorize people through ICE. What if we used that instead to actually develop things — to build things people want? It’s the same with foreign policy. We’re spending all this money dropping bombs in other countries—no one wants that.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...
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Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Yeah, I pray the day will come when we no longer have to apologize to the world for our shitty leaders.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This sh*t has got to stop: ‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
So. A globally disruptive, economically unsound, and whim-driven tariff policy turns out to be unconstitutional. Huh.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/02/2026
THE SEAHAWKS ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!! What an AMAZING game!! 💙🏆💚
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#ICE TN House House bill would impel its workforce to become involuntary ICE minions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... theguardian.com Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement
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Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement
Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional lines
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I asked @governorwalz.mn.gov what it was like to hear @brucespringsteen.net’s new song about Trump’s masked agents killing Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thank you, @marcelias.bsky.social !
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am once again asking for wealthy, powerful CEOs to display a fraction of the courage that regular people are showing every day in Minnesota
Indivisible press release slamming Minnesota Chamber of Commerce statement as week
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point | Opinion www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point | Opinion
Alex Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse who cared for veterans. Federal agents shot and killed him on a Minneapolis street and none of it makes sense.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is an abomination - it’s a straight up execution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
What sublime music. Love the PTA short film as well!
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Uh, this rules.
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billvb @billvb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Hands off our elections!
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Some scam PACs are bilking people with No Kings branding. I strongly advise you prioritize organizing with your community over donating online to anyone (us included). But if you want to donate, you can go to Indivisible.org or pick your favorite real No Kings partner at NoKings.org/partners
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
And then call your Senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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CALL NOW: Demand Your Senator to Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
You know what to do folks, flood the phones: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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CALL NOW: Tell your Representative to Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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