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Laura

@dr-lauracan.bsky.social
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I am a retired educator—-high school English teacher, counselor, high school principal, and district office administrator. I served on a school board for sixteen years, retiring in 2020.

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Duh
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Okay. Start with the ones abducting and trafficking people, and denying their rights to freedom of speech and due process.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 09/06/2025
This is how you tell the truth: “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history. You took an oath to the constitution, not the fascist in the White House."
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
How y'all angry now... That man let 800,000+ people die of Covid complications. Like that wasn't enough to keep y'all from reelecting him in 2024?!!!
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Doug Crompton 💙🐕‍🦺🐶♉🦋🦝📻📡🎙️🎧 @dougwa3dsp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Sad but true.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/06/2025
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
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A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.
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Rosanna Landis Weaver @landisweaver.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Scripture read at my church today Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. Next verses good too
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"ThEyRe FlYiNg MeXiCaN FlAgS In ThE StREeTs" Give me a break Police were beat with American flags on January 6th Ohh not to mention the confederate flag being waved in the rotunda
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Pointing to protesters, but not ICE agents, Trump demands arrests of those in masks
The president wants protesters in masks to be taken into custody, but immigration enforcement agents in masks are apparently fine.
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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The show of unnecessary force in #LA conveniently distracts 🇺🇸 from the scariest headliner: The regime's trying to pass an unpopular bill that will negatively "transform our economy & ruin a lot of lives!" Our to-do 🗒️: 1. KEEP peacefully protesting 2. KEEP 📞 our Senators @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/06/2025
Trump just said Homan should arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom for opposing the federal militarization of L.A. This isn’t tough talk—it’s authoritarianism in plain sight. Arresting elected officials for defying a dictator’s will is how democracy dies. We must all stand up peacefully & firmly.
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LurchAddams👊🇺🇸🔥 @dvcondreay.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 09/06/2025
Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.
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Teela (Don't call me. Call your MoC 202-224-3121) @teela.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The felon isn't that smart. We know the architects who let's him sign his pitiful racist EO's are Leonard Leo, Russel Vought, Heritage Foundation, Conservative SCOTUS, Miller & other racists WE are the ones who will save us! NEVER VOTE 3rd Party only BLUE DEMS www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Trump LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn. Memo authorizing the military to be deployed against anticipated protests is pre-emptive act – a first for the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn
Memo authorising the military to be deployed against anticipated protests is pre-emptive act – a first for the US
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"I voted for lawless, anonymous, masked, and unchecked police" is one hell of a jump from "eggs cost too much."
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Trump administration falsely claims the protesters in Los Angeles are violent people but if you are on the ground in Los Angeles, you will see people from every walk of life. They are protesting the treatment of people being illegally detained by ICE.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Let this sink in. Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence. During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
George III’s power was limited by a constitution, established laws and conventions and in actuality, Parliament held significant power, controlling the budget & having the right to pass laws, which the King could not unilaterally override. So… congratulations, America. You’ve out-kinged yourself!
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
BBC on the ground as National Guard set up in Los Angeles: www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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BBC on the ground as National Guard set up outside LA federal building
The BBC's Regan Morris reports from outside a federal building, where there have been violent clashes over the past few nights.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What else was snuck into the GOP's Big, Ugly Budget? A provision barring health plans on the ACA marketplace from providing abortion coverage. Let's call it what it is: a back door to a national abortion ban. It won’t matter if you’re in a red or blue state. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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House Republicans Found a New Way to Go After Abortion Access in Blue States
A provision in the House reconciliation bill would give them a pathway to restrict access to abortion in states that legally protect it.
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Winnable Democratic Races 💙 @winnabledemraces.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Thought for the day: “We have to take back the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., period, end of sentence, If you’re not doing something to assist in that endeavor, you’re doing it wrong.” J. B. Pritzker
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M.A. Hamilton @hourofignorance.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Where was the National Guard on January 6th?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
As we resist Trump’s tyranny, America gains solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. As we weaken Trump and his regime, we have less to fear.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This stuff doesn’t look very protect-and-serve-y
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We see what they’re doing. They’re baiting us, trying to provoke violence to justify a crackdown. Don’t give them the footage they want. Every broken window becomes propaganda in their hands. Stay sharp. Stay united. We’re here to fight for justice, not feed their narrative.
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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Citizen shot at point blank range
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism. www.commondreams.org/news/david-hue…
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'This Is What Fascism Looks Like': Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested | Common Dreams
"This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Thoreau argues that individuals should prioritize their conscience over compliance with unjust laws, asserting that passive submission to government authority enables injustice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_D...
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Civil Disobedience (essay) - Wikipedia
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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I just have to say for those of you not in LA that in the days before the horrible raids started, there was no crisis or whatever they would let you believe. It wasn't like something was escalating out of control and somebody had to step in. THEY are creating the problems.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This administration needs to stop targeting international reporters, they’re the ones helping spread the truth. In multiple videos, officers are seen aiming directly at them, fully aware they’re members of the press. These so-called “non-lethal” rounds can absolutely be lethal.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
USA Today: Trump wants you to believe the second-largest city in America is in ruins, destroyed by “insurrectionist mobs.” That’s nonsense. Trump inhabits an imaginary, dystopian America spun from his opportunistic lies. #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ICEProtests #TheTurdReich #Resist
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Why would Musk delete this gem of a post?
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
So the guy who incited violence and chaos on January 6th and then withheld the National Guard is the same guy who is now manufacturing chaos and calling in the National Guard.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The reason ICE doesn’t want to show their faces is cause they were identified that way on January 6th
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🚨 For the federal government to take over the California National Guard, without the request of the governor, to put down protests is truly chilling. — Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law It's not just chilling. It's also highly illegal. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
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"For the federal government to take over the California National Guard… | Jon Hyman
"For the federal government to take over the California National Guard, without the request of the governor, to put down protests is truly chilling. It is using the military domestically to stop ...
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hello from LA 🧵
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Bryan Dawson @bryandawsonusa.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Perfectly good tomatoes are being plowed over — instead of picked — in South Florida as local farmers blame Trump tariffs, immigration crackdown for business losses and wasted crops. wsvn.com/news/investi...
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Local farmers blame tariffs, immigration crackdown for business losses, wasted crops - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
With tariff talks top of mind, South Florida farmers say they’re in trouble. Crops are rotting on the vine and they’re blaming the ongoing trade<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news...
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Robert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.bandcamp.com · 09/06/2025
LAPD when they think no one’s looking
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
@latimes.com Monday front page 👇
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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If there's one thing I've learned in my 44 years, it's that everything starts on the West Coast as the weirdest shit you've ever heard in your life--and within 15-20 years, it's just mainstream US culture. So, thank you, Los Angeles, you beautiful bastard. You are America.
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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Watching what is happening in Los Angeles from afar, I have never been more pissed off at the millions of people who simply didn't bother to vote.
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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Fascism sucks. 🤬 The entire globe is under attack—rights rolled back, dissent punished, and state violence on the rise. It’s okay to be outraged. We should be. But don’t lose your grounding. Stick together. Take care of each other. Solidarity is our strength. Love y'all 🫶🏾
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LoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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MWoodsky @rockhead52.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Stephen Miller's ancestors, specifically on his mother's side, immigrated to the United States from Antopol, in present-day Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire. They were fleeing the 1903-1906 anti-Jewish pogroms.
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This is very important! Listen to Adam Kinzinger!
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