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Dr. Deb Pierce

@deborahcompass.bsky.social
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Worked hard for my PhD in Linguistics from Michigan. Retired international educator, now worn-out Dem volunteer who worked really hard to turn Florida blue. Childless dog lady without a dog.

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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just heard @kendallscudder.bsky.social on The @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social . He must have read This is Tte Plan by @benwikler.bsky.social ! It was a great segment. I just wish @nikkifried.bsky.social had read the book, too . . .
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@peterralexander.bsky.social , totally inappropriate for you to call the November Florida governor's election tonight on @theweeknightmsnbc.bsky.social . It's 75 days away, and way too close to call now in favor of the Dreadful Donalds. Show us Florida voters a little respect, please.
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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Donald Trump feels inferior when a woman asks him a question. He hates women, and it’s been evident for decades. The way he berated and degraded Kristen Holmes, who works for CNN today, was just his latest attempt to look like a “big man.” In reality, he’s a weak, obnoxious creature.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
CNN has put out a statement defending its Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes after Trump verbally attacked her in a White House briefing and has continued a vicious attack online with the WH Rapid Response account.
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"Kristen Holmes is one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House. This afternoon, she did her job and asked the President of the United States a tough, relevant, and newsworthy question on behalf of the American people. Public officials are free to challenge reporting they disagree with, but personal attacks on journalists for asking questions are beneath the office and inconsistent with the principles of a free press. We stand firmly behind Kristen and reject these attacks in the strongest possible terms."
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good for @maddow.bsky.social for covering the despicable treatment of Haitian immigrants by the dreadful T**** regime. Ankle bracelets? Really? We have completely lost our way, and I'm ashamed.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@chrislhayes.bsky.social is wrong when he says the people who voted for mass deportation in the 2024 election didn't understand what that would look like. I believe they knew it would mean deporting any and all Black and brown people, and that made them happy. Ugh. Wake up, Chris!
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I'm attending Black Voters Matter's event, “All Roads Lead to the South Rally” - sign up now to join me! #BlackVotersMatter www.mobilize.us/blackvotersm...
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All Roads Lead to the South Rally · Black Voters Matter
All Roads Lead to the South. This national day of action — taking place on Saturday, May 16, 2026 — is intended to bring communities together through peaceful, nonpartisan civic engagement activities ...
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Best comment yet on the shooting at the WHCD tonight.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Oh -- if only!! open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Zelenskyy Offers to be Temp US President While Trump Undergoes Psychiatric Evaluation
The Ukrainian called Trump's recent utterances "a cry for help."
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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“all states ‘shall’ submit their voter registration lists to the DHS's ‘SAVE’ voter purge program”
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The SAVE America Act puts millions of American citizens, not undocumented immigrants, at risk of losing access to the ballot, all in the name of solving a problem that doesn't exist. Demand your senators keep it off the floor. #SaveActTaxesVoters
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
this is correct. credit to the dems who rode noem for filth in the hearings. more please.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What could possibly go wtong?
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Uncle David, Fella of Oz (🇺🇸) @dosnoe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
You know what’s really messed up about the shenanigans at the polls in Texas? Now I can’t even trust that Rep Crockett lost “fair and square.” Yeah I know, Texas chose the white man why am I surprised, that’s not my point here. Any election related tomfoolery casts DOUBT on the process!
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A VA nurse who dedicated his life to helping others, murdered by a man who has dedicated his life to hurting others.
A PHOTO OF ALEX PRETTI
WITH THE WORDS:
MURDERED FOR STANDING 
UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/12/2025
Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply. This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable. The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion. Release the files. Immediately.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
It's the guns.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I’ve seen two kids post that the Brown University shooting is the second school shooting they’ve survived. This should enrage and radicalize everyone. Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two. No more thoughts and prayers. It’s time to address the guns.
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paws4justice.bsky.social @paws4justice.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Another mass shooting—this time at Brown University. When Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban was in place, mass shooting deaths dropped by 43%. After George W. Bush and Republicans let it expire, deaths skyrocketed by 239%. It’s the guns. No more thoughts and prayers.” They don’t stop bullets.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
"The problem is the guns . . . " Absolutely!
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MKSongbird @mksongbird.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
High school shooting survivor (now Brown University survivor) Mia Tretta is amazing: "All gun violence is 100% preventable." And she's absolutely 💯 right. #BrownStrong #GunReformNow
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/10/2025
The president of the United States has said *multiole times* that he hates Americans who are democrats. That is a FUCKING HUGE SCANDAL. Nobody will treat it as one.
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RoseyRoseamund - VOTE, OR FUCK OFF! @roseyroseamund.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Man, I'm so worried about this country that I signed up for voter registration. Did it for PRESIDENT Obama in '08. Gonna wear a Halloween costume or goofy hat, break the ice. I'm BEGGING you, PLEASE GET INVOLVED. We are in deep fuckin shit, people.
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Evelyn "Cheeky Ginger" @cheekyginger.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If America dies, her epitaph will read, "They wanted whiteness more than they wanted a country." No wonder so many of you still socialize with your GOP families and friends: you think they sort of have a point. You tell Black people to set race aside while clinging desperately to it yourselves.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I'm so proud of my hometown of #Chicago tonight! Folks are standing up and fighting back against the T**** regime and DHS, as we can see on MSNBC. If we still lived there (instead of in red SW Florida), I would absolutely be down on Michigan Avenue tonight.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com just showed video of horrid CBP agents in Desert Storm fatigues walking down State Street carrying assault weapons. It made me physically ill, and furious. They don't belong there; they say Lake Michigan is our border with Canada. #CBPOutOfChicago #AbolishICE
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: #AbolishICE. open.substack.com/pub/dissenti...
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
@crockett.house.gov is *awesome* on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social , laying out exactly why we all need to support the Democrats' position during the #TrumpShutdown. This is gonna hurt all of us, because the Rs are pulling $1 trillion out of the Healthcare ecosystem.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
@aoc.bsky.social is absolutely 💯 right tonight on @allinwithchris.bsky.social . The T**** regime is indeed weaker than they look, and they are completely relying on our complying in advance. I just wish The University of Michigan understood this vital point. #UMichAlum
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Oh, I really hope so!!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
What’s at stake here is free speech. Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel. We need to all stand up and speak out.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@govpritzker.illinois.gov was amazing on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social tonight, talking about how this is the moment when we must speak up for our democracy. I'm so proud that we volunteered for JB in 2018 before we moved to this godforsaken state of Florida.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Is free speech only for the white-wing? Asking for a friend. "Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting
Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies. No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 10/09/2025
Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has died from the injuries he sustained in a shooting at Utah Valley University today. Gun violence doesn’t care about ideology. No one is truly safe on our campuses, in our elementary or high schools— anywhere—in a country awash in easily accessible guns.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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🦋 B34RS GYRL 💙 @b34rsgirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨 The fact that the media is silent on the President disrupting the Epstein Victims' conference with flyovers and calling them liars before the presser even ended goes to show you how much Trump's shittiness has become expected at this point. #JusticeForVictims #MediaBias
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Bob Fine and I are attending Indivisible Manatee's event, “Workers Over Billionaires - UTC Area” - sign up now to join us! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblem...
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Workers Over Billionaires - UTC Area · Indivisible Manatee
Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover. Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush fund ...
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
So happy to be ending the day with #OneMillionRising !
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Under the DC Home Rule act, Trump is allowed to federalize DC police during an emergency (which doesn’t exist right now), but only for 48 hours. This can possibly be extended to 30 days with notice to Congress, but it’s also subject to judicial review.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Kind of a weird thing to announce while you’re attempting a federal takeover of DC
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The most important thing to know about Trump’s manufactured crisis in DC is that his administration is still covering up what’s in the Epstein files.
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Dr. Deb Pierce @deborahcompass.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com on 🔥 tonight about the Orange Monster being so "tough on crime" -- which of course, he isn't, as she demonstrates. The T**** regime is completely disgusting.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 01/08/2025
Healthcare workers are distressed and scared to speak up. We have to find a way out of this, together.
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Bryan Behar @bryanbehar.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I’m sure the guy who cheated at golf, marriage, business, taxes, insurance claims, and elections will provide us with 100% accurate jobs’ numbers after handpicking a new crony.
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