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Erica

@ericashar.bsky.social
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I am a pissed off Harris/Walz voter looking for my people. I also love listening to records, reading, and cooking. I have been a political activist for over 30 years.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Judicial Axis of Evil.
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It would never have happened otherwise. It's literally unheard of for any company based on maximizing profits at ALL costs to suddenly find a conscience.

WHEN AI CEOs
CALL FOR A SLOWDOWN IN
AI DEVELOPMENT,
YOU KNOW THAT
THERE IS SOMETHING
TERRIBLE THAT
THEY ARE HIDING 
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you believe ANY of this, then we just don't know how else to help you. #FlipCongressBlue
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/08/2026
We’ve seen too much cowardice from large law firms ahead of the 2026 midterms. “We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.” We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like you: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ukraine's Mother Ukraine in Kyiv had an evening light show for Flag Day (Aug 23) and Independence Day (Aug 24), projecting a giant glowing tryzub (trident) onto the statue. This builds on the physical tryzub installed on the shield in 2023, replacing the old Soviet emblem.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Can we just stay focused people?! We have a short time to hammer this election home, seize the house & senate, & impeach the hell out of Trump!
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is a James Bond supervillain quote in the first five minutes that lets you know just how bonkers the next hour and a half is going to be
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NEEDS MORE CAPITAL LETTERS THOUGH THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 05/06/2026
Kuwait Int Airport after the strike by Iran
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“To limit my War Powers.” The Constitution is not a restraining order against Congress. It’s a restraining order against presidents who think they’re a King.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@ashleystclair.bsky.social on racist Stephen Miller, who wanted "White Boy November - the Revenge of the Kens!" in 2024. Also, these freaks saw OPPENHEIMER as an aspirational movie for an AI nuke.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
No lies detected from Rep. Dan Goldman! 👇 "These are serious times with serious challenges. We have a fascist in the White House pulling strings with the secret police abducting our neighbors, and a system rigged by his billionaire buddies."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026
congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/05/2026
I am not kidding about making a cabinet-level position for tearing Trump’s name off everything in this country you write this shit into a movie script before Trump came on the scene and you get laughed out of the room
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/05/2026
1. 🧵"If you are taking seats from Black people...then you are a thief." Baton Rouge civil rights activist Gary Chambers said the quiet part out loud Friday as GOP lawmakers push to wipe out Louisiana’s majority-Black districts. See the heated exchange👇
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/05/2026
📍SC: House committee introduced new map and voted to push primary to August. Senate will reconvene Tuesday. 📍LA: Public hearing today, no votes.
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Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/05/2026
🗺️ P.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍VA: State supreme court threw out results of special election, rejecting voter-approved congressional map. Democrats say they intend to go to SCOTUS. 📍AL: Congressional and state senate maps signed into law. Federal courts must weigh in for maps to go into effect.
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Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states…
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
i have my own strong opinions about this but curious what you guys think this paragraph is doing in the Virginia Supreme Court's decision to nullify the will of the people
some bullshit
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
everything Donny's been telling us about his illegal war on Iran has been a lie, according a leaked CIA document. and yet, the lying fuck keeps on lying. thank you for your attention to today's post in which I lay it all out. link is here: bit.ly/4diDygp
Donny has been presenting us with a version of his merry little war that bears absolutely no resemblance to reality.

either Donny’s been lying to us, or someone like Piss-Drunk Pete has been lying to Donny — or, more likely, everyone is lying to everyone, because that’s all these shit-kazoos do all day long, tell one lie after another like it’s going out of style.

remember how Donny keeps telling us he holds all the cards? he never shuts the fuck up about holding all the cards, because like any toddler who’s been dropped on its head, Donny thinks a stupid joke gets funnier the more often he repeats it.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.
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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
this is a boring take but if we want this from a Dem President in 2029 we need to deliver the type of huge legislative majority Magyar just achieved and not the razor-thin one that Biden was forced to work with.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
royal ass-kisser Jesse Watters claims Iran *respects* Dear Leader. oh please, Tehran knows Donny is a buffoon. have you seen their mocking videos? I cover that and all the other dumbfuckery that happened in "this week in stupid," thank you for your attention. link is here: bit.ly/4tAMCDG
there’s no fucking way that Iran has any respect whatsoever for the diaper-crapping piss-baby in the Oval Bordello. has Jesse Watters not seen the videos they’ve been putting up on Elon’s Nazi Bar and Child Porn Emporium? they’re mercilessly mocking the shit out of Donny Dumbfuck.
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
OK, now do bribes.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
There’s a pretty good American Experience on disco sucks if memory serves. May not be an AE but it’s on PBS bsky.app/profile/utic...
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Karl Marx referenced Hegel in 1852, noting that great historical events appear twice: "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/04/2026
We are witnessing lying at levels the likes of which we have never seen
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canada-keith.bsky.social @canada-keith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Texans this very Fact of How Republicans Dumbed You and Your Child Down is a Travesty. Your Children are Clueless and in a number of Jobs Unemployable given their Poor Education System in Texas. Vote in All Elections, Vote Democratic for your Children where Education will thrive again 🗳️🗳️🗳️🌊🌊. REPOST
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/03/2026
Italy’s FM: For the first time, the Israeli police denied the leaders of the Catholic Church the possibility of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in one of the holiest places for millions of believers around the world [in Jerusalem].
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I wish to express my heartfelt solidarity to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, and to the Custodian of the Holy Land, Father Francesco lelpo,
It is unacceptable that they were prevented from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
For the first time, the Israeli police denied the leaders of the Catholic Church the possibility of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in one of the holiest places for millions of believers around the world.
I have given immediate instructions to our Ambassador in Israel to convey to the authorities in Tel Aviv the protest of the government and to confirm Italy's position in defense, always and in every circumstance, of freedom of religion.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Quiet. Part. Loud.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
New episode with @therickwilson.bsky.social youtu.be/LVtMqJ56bfg?...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Monday - Send more troops Tuesday - Say we’re ending war Wednesday - Send more troops Thursday - Say ending war Friday - Send more troops Saturday - Golf Sunday - Golf
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/03/2026
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Is it a good sign or a bad sign for a president when a popular sports figure is denouncing your immigration policies on a widely watched March Madness broadcast?
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hey Paul Ryan, where the hell are you? And come to think of it, where are all the other Republicans who just walked away bcuz they wouldn’t sell their souls to Trump? This weekend’s piece.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
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Hey, Paul Ryan…Where Are You?
And you too, Pat Toomey. And you too, Trey Gowdy. And you too, Jeff Flake. And you too…
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 29/03/2026
It’s always hard to say no to your supervisor.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So cool.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Erica @ericashar.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
JFC
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan is lying about the Immigration and Nationality Act.: Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan is lying about the Immigration and Nationality Act. We asked www.PAXIS.app: That’s not just misleading. It’s wrong. The INA authorizes arrest. It does not override the Fourth…
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Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan is lying about the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan is lying about the Immigration and Nationality Act. We asked http://www.PAXIS.app: That’s not just misleading. It’s wrong. The INA authorizes arrest. It does not override the Fourth Amendment. An ICE administrative warrant is signed by ICE. A judicial warrant is signed by a judge. Blurring “arrest authority” into “home-entry authority” isn’t legal analysis — it’s messaging. Statutes don’t erase the Fourth Amendment. FUCK ICE: http://www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
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Prof.Alex @profalex.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
That's not the way it works. Again, it's a political move with midterms not based on any sort of financial or legal reality. #propertytaxes
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