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BERTA

@breitbert.bsky.social
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Canadian as possible, given the circumstances (in America lol). Politics and news junkie writing to you from bed. #MECFS she/her

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1h
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have been diagnosed with CFS but idk how real that is despite being very sick. I had a doctors appt yesterday and despite being a good doctor who was trying their best, I am left again with no real diagnosis or interest in treating my symptoms or really figure out what’s going on.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
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FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Former Canada Prime Minister Jean Chrétien: "I have message for American friends...never mistake our generosity for weakness. Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness...We bow to no one."
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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Again, I gently encourage more women to stand with sex workers. Many SWs are women who have been targeted, surveilled, stalked, abused by the criminal justice system. All things that are rapidly happening to more and more women as AI abuse increases, flock cameras are abused, ICE budgets increase.
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Jacquelantyrn Rhys 🍂 @fuliginflipflops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Liz Lemon saying “What a struggle to be born into the new world, huh?” and Jack Donaghy replying “Lemon, it's the time of monsters.”
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#LaborDay reminder: labor rights are immigrant rights. Immigrants are essential to our workforce and our communities. They build our homes, grow our food, care for our families, and keep our economy moving. They deserve the same protections, dignity, and the right to organize.
Labor Rights are Immigrants Rights
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A cat like that @onesparkfire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The amount of our culture and history that they are destroying right now probably goes much deeper than we know because of their access.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
town in Newfoundland clothed and fed thousands of Americans after 9/11 when they were stranded there today Trump has pissed them off so much that officials are calling for calm when US ambassador visits for the anniversary
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Gander, N.L., defends invitation to U.S. ambassador Hoekstra to 9/11 commemoration
The Town of Gander, N.L., says its invitation to United States Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to attend a 9/11 ceremony this month was protocol, not an endorsement.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As our president tries to paint Canada as an enemy during the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it might be a good time to see "Come From Away," the story of a small Canadians town embrace of Americans stuck there after the terror attack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af77...
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Come From Away — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
He literally bankrolled your entire political career
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
These stories should be headline news everywhere. We are not just in a political crises but a dangerously immoral one.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/08/2026
Pre-tax earnings in the US have hit the highest level since the aftermath of the second world war, while workers’ slice of the pie has sunk to historic lows, fuelling discontent and a widening political backlash. ft.trib.al/ThPVQhN
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
HAHAHAHAHAH pays to be a bitch Bovino
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When you appoint reality TV people to the most important positions of the government running massive federal agencies, don’t be surprised when they treat the job like a reality TV show starring themselves while we pay them and the expenses.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The pearls are being clutched so hard they're turning into dust.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 18/08/2026
Apparently Brandi Kruse figures that since Donald Trump is doing it, it'll work for her: "I will be tireless in my pursuit of retribution" A truly unhinged rant... Note: Video edited, captions added in case you don't want to turn the volume on, and soundtrack added in case you do, 'cause why not?
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is especially insane when you take into account, I think, that the Omani government is known as being good partners who try to intervene for peace. Goodness gracious, I want off this ride.
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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do you know what to do if you see ICE in your community? BE READY Aug 16, Aug 20 Free Training. It’s like taking CPR training: you hope you’ll never need it, but it’s good to know what to do in case of an emergency. This 1-hour basic class will show you what to do if you happen to see ICE
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@carahburrell.bsky.social new Timmy news drop bsky.app/profile/npr.... …unfortunately
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The New York Times en Español @nytimeses.nytimes.com · 12/08/2026
Tripulaciones ecuatorianas que trabajan en aguas del Pacífico han sido blanco de un misterioso grupo equipado con drones. Los ataques han sido realizados por personas que hablaban inglés con acento estadounidense. Esto es lo que sabemos.
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Barcos pesqueros de Ecuador son blanco de misteriosos atacantes
Las tripulaciones ecuatorianas que trabajan en aguas del Pacífico han sido blanco de un misterioso grupo equipado con drones. Al parecer, algunos marineros han perdido la vida.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning
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zeet (irrigation engineer) @zeet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is an amazing descriptor
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
As I do keep saying, the solution to what ails men is just feminism
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 03/08/2026
I think people have been taught to interpret "preexisting condition" as "someone who decided not to take care of themselves" rather than three-quarters of the US population
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Jonathon M. Floyd @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Legal immigration as most Americans conceive of it does not meaningfully exist in the United States. "Just come here the right way" is one of the most pernicious lies in contemporary US politics, accepted across the aisle as the goal of the immigration debate when it's impossible in reality.
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Mikayla 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🦀 @rad.gendervibes.online · 03/08/2026
Our people’s bravery astounds me every day
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Would-be future American leaders who ... think all will be forgiven when the White House has a new occupant need to appreciate the depth of the damage being done by its current resident." Former Canadian Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland spells it out for Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Opinion | Remember When ‘Blame Canada’ Was a ‘South Park’ Joke? (Gift Article)
It would be a grave mistake for Americans to treat their place in the world as an afterthought.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Scroll through this 🧵 to see ways YOU can fight back against the criminalization of migrants in the US. #AbolishICE
Fight back against the crimmigration complex here's how
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Infynyty @infynyty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lots of talk about Lindsey Graham this week but here’s an obit worthy of our attention. A life of service vs Lindsey’s life of self serving. chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
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Mary Morello, Libertyville native, activist and mother of Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, dies at 102
In 1990, Ms. Morello founded Parents for Rock and Rap, a group that sought to protect the free speech of musicians in the face of a censorship movement.
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 05/07/2026
Republicans in Tennessee have taken control over the Memphis airport, taken its control over its schools, taken its control over its police, sicced the military on Memphians, taken its representative in Congress, and taken its state lawmakers’ committee seats. This is the result.
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
@livagar.bsky.social the eugenicist couple were on the guest list for Thiels thing!!
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 26/06/2026
we need more education about how the long-term punishment of Haitians is crucial to the white supremacist project a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 24/06/2026
got mad and spent a bunch of money at a bookstore about it
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The Government Doesn't Want You To Read These Zines
We sold out of the first print run! Please expect a short delay for reprinting. These packets of zines are a fundraiser for the Prairieland Defendants! Each packet comes...
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Frankendarling @futurehasbeen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Adam Miller @ajm6792.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yes, do not become a theologian executed by the regime at a concentration camp after a sham trial
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The thing is you gotta be obsessed with the Nazi regime to even reach for a Bonhoeffer reference here and you gotta be an incredibly twisted soul to think Bonhoeffer’s nonviolent heroism is the tragedy we can’t repeat in that story.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
its another great day to eat food, urinate, breathe with mouth and nose, and strut around on this planet
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 08/06/2026
Forcing immigrant detainees to work for their captors isn’t just exploitative It’s unconstitutional Trump's policies are dramatically expanding both the immigration detention population and the nation’s Thirteenth Amendment crisis ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Forcing immigrant detainees to work for their captors isn’t just exploitative. It’s unconstitutional. The Thirteenth Amendment explicitly prohibits slavery and indentured servitude, except “as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” But immigration detention is a form of civil confinement. People held in detention centers are simply waiting—behind bars—for the resolution of their immigration cases. This is punitive in practice, but not in law, as they are incarcerated, but not in prison. Only 12 percent of the people who have been detained at Delaney Hall since it opened have ever been convicted of anything.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A real page on the White House website
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The richest assholes told the government to cripple the agency that collects taxes so they don’t have to pay anything, and they did it
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Ash Preston @theashpreston.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!
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BERTA @breitbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
@superstructurepod.bsky.social great ep about Hondurasgate! The first American mentions I’ve seen of the latest iteration of this scandal.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Read the letter from hunger strikers inside Delaney Hall. Heartbreaking. www.lahuelga.com/sos
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SOS: A Letter from Delaney Hall
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