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Charlene

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Mom, grandmom, social worker, old time revolutionary. No dms, pls.

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forget political parties for 10 seconds- watching Curtis Sliwa tough guy beret and all, sheepishly holding Mayor Mamdani’s hand through a flu shot is the purest thing on the internet today. We really are all just human.💙🥹
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When I wake up and think I've missed the bus to school but it's Saturday and I'm 60.
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Travis Miller @travismillerx13.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sha'Carri Richardson runs 10.77 (+0.9) to win 100m national title! 🇺🇸🥇 #USATFOutdoors
Sha'Carri Richardson runs 10.77 (+0.9) to win 100m national title! 🇺🇸🥇 #USATFOutdoors
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Kÿle @kbeatt.com · 24/07/2026
First LeBron, now this??!! Is this the greatest day in Philly sports history that didn't involve a championship?
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
White patrols murder Black people who resist being shackled. Is it 1826 or 2026?
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just more horrors. Cops kill another dog while searching for someone not even at the home they were at. A highly trained service dog was not a threat to police but that doesn't matter, they killed her anyway. Why do cops do this? Less paperwork then killing people? www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...
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Man says deputy shot, killed his service dog while serving arrest warrant
You killed my best friend. You killed my child."
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“It’s a disaster World Cup” - Medhi Taremi, Iran captain. Good for him to speak up, his body language says a lot more than his words. 😕
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
There's a documentary on HBOMax that chronicles the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team's winning 2014 season, being the first all Black team to win the national title..... And then having all their accomplishments stripped from them the next year. it's called "One Golden Summer."
a screenshot of the HBOMAX documentary "One Golden Summer."
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today is Ona Judge Day. While the United States gears up for its 250th celebration, which inevitably includes the likes of George Washington, Ona Judge made her escape on May 21, 1796. The Washington household attempted her capture several times, but she was never caught. Forever free
In 1796, Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George Washington's household. Despite two determined attempts but the president  to forcibly recapture her, she evaded capture each time and spent the rest of her life impoverished - yet freeA marker for THE ESCAPE OF ONA JUDGE

Judge (c.1773-1848) was brought to Philadelphia in 1790 as ths enslaved house servant of First Lady Martha Washington. She escaped from the President's House on May 21, 1796 to New Hampshire with the assistance of the city's African American community. President Washington's attempts to recapture her were unsuccessful, as he met resistance from federal officials who would not comply with the Fugitive Slave Act. Judge lived as a free woman for the rest of her life.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 13/05/2026
New York subway rule: dogs can only travel if they go "in a bag." New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶
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NPR @npr.org · 23/04/2026
The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA
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World Press Photo announces Photo of the Year 2026
The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies.
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The cultural creations of the Empress of America's classical music, singing those St Louis Blues. Blues legend, Bessie Smith, born 132 years ago today
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs. Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026. This is what corporate greed looks like.
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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Exactly 💯
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings is worth attending for the entertaining signs.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
“The Phoenix Police Department will not discipline any officers for their roles in a massive city scandal where officials invented a fake gang and then falsely charged protesters as members back in 2020”
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No Phoenix officers will be disciplined after protesters falsely charged as gang members
Phoenix police will not discipline any officers for their roles in a massive city scandal where officials invented a fake gang and then falsely charged protesters as members back in 2020.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die ​in ICE detention this year.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
this sets a very dangerous precedent for all of us
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Charlene @charstars.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Black power. I Am Somebody. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_zev...
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Procession for Rev. Jesse Jackson leaves Rainbow PUSH to Oakwood Cemetery
YouTube video by CBS Chicago
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Brock Nelson, Jackson LaCombe, Jake Oettinger, Kyle Connor, & Jake Guentzel chose not to attend the U.S. men’s hockey team White House event today Hard to remember a championship moment that lost its shine faster than this U.S. men’s hockey team win
FBI Director Kash Patel partying with the victorious U.S. men’s hockey team at the Olympics
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/02/2026
Four Palestinians wounded in settler attack, while several others shot in raid by Israeli military south of Hebron.
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Israeli army, settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron area of West Bank
Four Palestinians wounded in settler attack, while several others shot in raid by Israeli military south of Hebron.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
NFL franchise owners in the EPSTEIN e-mails & assorted docs Partial list: *Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots *Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants *Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins *Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings *Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
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The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Dilley family detention center is run by CoreCivic, a major Trump donor who has raked in millions from federal contracts already. Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about t
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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A truly #unrivaled crowd got to watch Marina Mabrey put on a clinic last night! So much fun. And yes, that means yesterday for me was Minneapolis —> NYC —> Philadelphia. Three cities that love women’s basketball … and hate ICE.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/01/2026
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/01/2026
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop. (Published Nov. 2025)
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
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Charlene @charstars.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
45 is falling asleep at this cabinet mtg
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Charlene @charstars.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/11/2025
Palestinians face renewed killings, raids and settler attacks as Israel pushes past agreed ceasefire lines.
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Israel kills four Palestinians as attacks continue despite Gaza ceasefire
Palestinians face renewed killings, raids and settler attacks as Israel pushes past agreed ceasefire lines.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE
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sassafrasgirl @sassafrasgirl.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
For the people. Zohran Mamadani for NYC Mayor. For more information follow @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social WATCH: #LoveIsLove
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
People are not paying enough attention to what the govt is testing in Chicago. “A federal agent pointed a gun at a combat veteran’s face & said “bang, bang” and “you’re dead, liberal”… the agents, including Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino [also threw] tear gas” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/f...
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Federal Agent Told Combat Veteran 'You're Dead, Liberal' At Little Village Encounter, Attorneys Say
The allegation comes as ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly facing pushback for using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures against peaceful protesters and bystanders.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
ICE followed the mother into a school and aggressively detained her along with her children. This is so heartbreaking 💔
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
So in western Alaska, thousands of people are homeless due to flooding rains, one person is dead & two people are missing. But yet, the regime hasn't said a word, no thoughts or prayers, nothing. Once again, they could care less about Americans, it's about enriching themselves through GREED.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
A 200-person homeless encampment in Gainesville, GA, is being cleared this week. Many of those living in tents have jobs but can't afford rent. One woman estimated she's been forced to move 20 times. "There's a lot of people who get checks that don't have enough money to get places," she said.
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200-person homeless camp on community soccer field to be cleared
Many work full time but still can't afford housing.
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Charlene @charstars.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Fight the power. Mt. Airy Philly Philly
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
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