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Amy Roat

@felsroat.bsky.social
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Mom. Teacher. Advocate for justice. Politico.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 19/12/2025
David Brooks being in the Epstein pics reminded me he got divorced from his wife of 28 years for sleeping with his 20 year old research assistant, but I'd forgotten *this* was the book she assisted him with lol
The Road to Character by David Brooks 

from Goodreads:

The Road to Character by David Brooks (2015) is a non-fiction book that argues for building inner moral depth over external success, contrasting "résumé virtues" (wealth, fame) with "eulogy virtues" (kindness, bravery, honesty).


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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
@thenogoodcrowd.bsky.social I needed some Rock 'N Roll tonight! Great sets @Philadelphia Brewing Co.
Rock band performing live.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Call me Ismael. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
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a humpback whale is breaching out of the water
Alt: a humpback whale is breaching out of the water
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
When Republicans say the quiet part out loud..... For once, Mike Lee actually told the truth about their agenda. #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
Andry Hernandez, one of the detainees who was also released just over a week ago, told NPR that guards routinely beat prisoners with batons in the hallway — or dragged them to a small, windowless cell known as "La Isla," or "The Island," where the abuse was even more brutal.

According to Hernandez, 32, the prisoners would be dragged out of their cells for complaining about their conditions, taking a bath outside designated hours, or even for making too much noise.

Hernandez, who is openly gay, said he was once taken by the guards to "La Isla" after guards noticed him bathing with a bucket outside designated hours.

He said that he was beaten by three guards wearing masks. And forced to perform oral sex on one of the guards. After a couple of hours, he was dragged back to his cell.

"CECOT was hell on Earth," Hernandez told NPR from Capacho, Venezuela, where he's now back with his family.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Hey, Philly Socialists
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
How soon until Trump gets SCOTUS to agree to defund themselves?
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Brown is the bravest Justice. She's not waiting years to speak up. She is a fully qualified justice and has a right and a duty to speak now. Brown knows she is not on SCOTUS to be collegial, but to serve the best interests of the American people. Clearly, she is not on the payroll.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I should be asleep, but can’t stop thinking about a striking sanitation worker I met today. He told me about the time a trash bag full of human shit burst in his face, and he had to spend two days in the hospital to ensure he hadn’t contracted any dangerous diseases. He makes $19 an hour.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Keep in mind: are helping break the strike by dropping off your trash at the centers. DC33 literally does the dirty work of our city.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@bradlander.bsky.social If you run again @schumer.senate.gov I will leave Philly and return to my hometown of Staten Island and vote for you.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Please share this. Friends of the Everglades are organizing a protest to stop Alligator Alcatraz. Join us we have coalition members traveling overnight to be there by morning. Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🚨BREAKING: #MitchMcConnell was just publicly confronted in the Senate hallway by young people for GUTTING #Medicaid and green jobs while accepting $3M from Big Oil. He looks like a deer in headlights! We need more of this‼️
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Th US is on life- support, but at least the Eagles won the Superbowl.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This admin will not stop here. Will T appoint the next President of UVA? The funding will probably still be taken away anyway.
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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Jen Higgins @galprogressist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
"growing consensus among experts [is] that the more money we spend on schools, the better off children are, not simply academically, but in later-life outcomes like higher wages and fewer encounters with the criminal justice system." www.aft.org/ae/summer202... @aft.org @aftnewjersey.bsky.social
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Ideology Over Evidence
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
All women and now all Trans kids need to rely on their states to decide what is good for them. Bodily Autonomy is a human right and this decision is a disgrace.
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US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender transition care for minors
The justices rejected the argument that restrictions in a Tennessee law amounted to discrimination.
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Martin Longman @booman23.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Trump's shitty birthday parade vs. awesome No Kings protest, tragedy in Minnesota, naming military bases after Confederates again, slap-fight over Iran between Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin, and why the war reminds us of the Bay of Pigs. Tune In! www.youtube.com/watch?v=557z...
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The Progess Pondcast Episode 25: Lots To Talk About!
YouTube video by The Progress Pondcast
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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The new Progress Pondcast with my buddies @booman23.bsky.social and @brendancalling.bsky.social is up. Find it in all the best podzones in the realms, but here's my link: pca.st/episode/1d6e...
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
@fetterman.senate.gov you had an awful lot to say about CA protesters, but crickets on the murdered politician in MN?
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 13/06/2025
A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!
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Arthur Steinberg @artsteinberg-pft.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congratulations to our students, families, & members on finishing out another school year! We're here by choice because we love our city 🥨🗽 Now, let's win a contract that makes working conditions less challenging & helps the District draw the staff needed to fill vacancies next school year! #PhlEd
a photo collage of Philadelphia Federation of Teachers members with the words: Happy last day of school! Congratulations to graduation and rising students and a big THANK YOU to PFT members and especially to retiring members!
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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
My Olney office will be holding evening office hours on Tues 6/24 from 4:30pm to 7pm (by appointment only). If you can't make it during regular hours for help with a federal issue, this is a great chance to ask questions, share concerns, or just check in — we’re here to help!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2025
ATTN: If you’re a member of the National Guard or you work for ICE and you’re asked to violate the law or your oath, contact Whistleblower Aid to safely, securely, and legally blow the whistle. You can support Whistleblower Aid HERE: whistlebloweraid.org/beans
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Daily Beans Fundraiser - Whistleblower Aid
Daily Beans Listeners Fundraiser for Whistleblower Aid The American rule of law has survived many challenges, but now faces one of the most serious threats in our history. Checks and balances within o...
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Joanna Gardner @joannagardner.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Fascinating, illuminating, eye-popping conversation between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com about the unholy stew of techbro-fascist-religious delusions bubbling behind the current attacks on democracy
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American Conversations: Technology Reporter Gil Duran
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
@seiuca.bsky.social I am with you, President Huerta #pft3 #aft
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
*EVERYONE EXCEPT FETTERMAN HAS SIGNED ON* Over 30 Dems have signed onto Welch’s resolution to bring aid in immediately. 10 haven’t. If you can’t even stand up for not starving kids, you are utterly useless. You belong in a war tribunal, not in the halls of Congress.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Can we start a discussion: Let's stop saying "Trump" and say "Republicans." Trump can accomplish little without the action / inaction of his Republican enablers.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Philly is PRO Union, ANTI Fascist, and ANTI Trump.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
@septa-social.bsky.social Is L stopping g at City Hall right now?
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thanks, Republicans!
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Trump Live Updates: Stock Market Plunges and the Latest on Tariffs
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
King Leopold.
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U.S. Pressing Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals
The Trump administration wants revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources, according to a draft obtained by The New York Times, with no security guarantee in exchange.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Abhorrent order. Who let their little girls near that man? Examine the look on his face. How would you describe it?
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Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports
The president said schools that violated the order would jeopardize their federal funding.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@schumer.senate.gov Stop pontificating and dithering. Use every tool at your disposal to block EVERY SINGLE Republican appointee. Have a coffee with @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and get him to do the same. Please remind him that Jesus is NOT at the wheel. Get out of the backseat and drive.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hi. We haven't met, but I thought you would want to know: Your son dropped out of college and is hanging out with a much older man- a meth head who gives the Nazi Salute. Go down to DC and collect him.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Federal workers: Do you trust that Republicans will honor your deal?
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Trump offers incentives to federal workers to quit jobs - BBC News
The offer is part of the president's plan to shrink and reform the US government.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Republicans are all in on this. "These are people who followed all the rules and who are now left in danger,” said Ms. Plummer. “It’s heartbreaking.”
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Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel
The decision leaves refugees who have completed a lengthy process stranded abroad and facing extended separation from loved ones already in the U.S.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
On Capitol Hill, Only a Handful of Republicans Object to Jan. 6 Pardons I guess Blue Lives (don't actually) Matter to Republicans.
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Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Unsurprising news of the day: Pete Hegseth beat his wife and Republicans are unmoved.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Let's push Dem Senators to fight against the most egregious nominees. If they don't, it underscores the argument that "both parties / all politicians are same." Please share with your networks: we need to help US senators find their scruples and backbone.
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Nix the Noms
Trump’s nominees aren’t just bad picks—they’re a direct threat to democracy and public safety. It's time to fight back.
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Regarding Hegseth: I choose the bear.
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
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Amy Roat @felsroat.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
McConnell, you knew this was coming, right?
Really old, turt-like US SENATOR, looking mystified.
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