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Esther

@esthersmith9.bsky.social
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Happy ex-pat from Seattle living in New Zealand 🇳🇿💙. Retired teacher. Critical thinking skills. Never missed an election; never voted Republican 💙🌊💙. No DMs please.

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chercat208.bsky.social @chercat208.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The current presidency in a nutshell.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Why was a convicted felon allowed to vote in Florida elections when desantis made such a big deal about arresting felons who voted in past elections?
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Cori @aheadofstrange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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KAMALA NATION @kamalanation.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Trump is going to be represented in his district by two things he hates the most: women and Democrats.
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Al Gore. Hillary Clinton. Kamala Harris. Just think where our country - and the world - would be today if the people who’d won their elections had been allowed to win their elections.
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Lady Foxglove @ladyfoxglove93.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Abolish ICE and prosecute every single “agent” for crimes against humanity.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Legacy media is failing democracy. Rather than complain, I did something about. Six years ago I started Democracy Docket from scratch. Now it has more than 400,000 subscribers. But to help protect democracy, it needs to grow and scale. Subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
When I think about American boots on the ground, I think about how Project 2025 calls for all public school kids to take the military entrance exam, but not the private school kids.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Trump now has three options: 1) Retreat from Iran and lose the middle east forever, Israel destroyed 2) Put boots on the ground and lose thousands and thousands of U.S. troops 3) Bomb Iran with nukes and risk global destruction Nice going you stupid MAGAts
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Jess💙🩵🔥🌍🌈🪢🦀🐋🇺🇲wokeAF @makora33.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The United States murdered defenseless Iranians at Sea and left them to drown, which is a war crime. We seem to be doing a lot of war crimes nowadays. Maybe Pete hegseth needs to stand trial of The Hague
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Esther @esthersmith9.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
100%😔
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I was at first shocked that more people weren’t talking about how the US bombed a school full of girls in Iran, but then I remembered how little they pretend to care when American kids are killed in schools.
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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Iranian president apologizes to the neighboring states - and is immediately attacked by the hardliners of the regime. Apparently there are power struggles after the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. Sueddeutsche Zeitung
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This could get ugly quickly.
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Oma-Rox6474.bksy.social @rox64-74.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Every republican accusation is a confession.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/03/2026
Reuters: Germany has pulled additional Bundeswehr troops out of the Middle East, ​per military spokesman. Soldiers deployed ​with the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon ​are being withdrawn due to the security ⁠situation after the ​Bundeswehr already sharply reduced its presence in Erbil ​in northern Iraq.
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King Leo @nywiseass.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Iranian hackers threatening to hack into the top 3 credit bureaus and wiping Americans debt… and I just wanna know who I gotta speak to in order to expedite this.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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OliverRupert @olivierrupert.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO STOP UNLESS WE MAKE IT STOP. #FightFascism #FascismInAmerica
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Deni 🦋💙🦋🩵🦋💙🦋 @denipop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Just think where we would be on her 100th day in office 😫 #IHateHumans
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/04/2025
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/04/2025
The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 15/04/2025
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2025
From the 2024 presidential immunity oral arguments: "But the liberal justices voiced concern that by offering presidents a shield from prosecution, the court could turn the Oval Office into a “seat of criminality,” as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson described it."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2025
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
See you again, on April 19th…👇 Be there, and bring a friend this time. 😎 Hands. Off. Continues. ✨
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Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
By the way, both women who ran for president were right. They predicted this moment would happen. Says something very disturbing about our country that many still think they’re unrealistic or dramatic, when they were and are, in fact, correct.
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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The real reason we're in a national emergency Trump is creating national emergencies to gain more power. In the process, he’s subjecting millions to real harm. robertreich.substack.com/p/america-is...
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The real reason we're in a national emergency
Trump is creating national emergencies to gain more power. In the process, he’s subjecting millions to real harm.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We could have had a decent, rational human being leading us into a future of possibility where everyone could have a seat at the table but now we don’t. It didn’t have to be this way. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
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We Could Have Had a President Right Now
America could really use a President right now.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOffProtests
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Will🇺🇸📎✌️☮️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Patricia💟☮️☯️ @patricianns.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Americans had better speak up now before it’s too late.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
America destroyed itself due to greed and racism. It tracks. The two original sins the country was unable or unwilling to ever confront and conquer.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/03/2025
Do NOT drop this story. Keep hitting it hard. They could have killed our pilots.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Hillary Clinton in a new NYT op-ed: “As a businessman, he bankrupted his Atlantic City casinos. Now he’s gambling with the national security of the United States. If this continues, a group chat foul will be the least of our concerns, and all the fist and flag emojis in the world won’t save us.” 🍿
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law
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olderthandirt1.bsky.social @olderthandirt1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The elephant in the room.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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