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Holding A Candle

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I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. Don’t expect me to know what I’m doing here.

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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Dying a traitor is worth $30 million of our tax dollars apparently
reddit.com
From the Military community on Reddit: Jan 6 rioter Ashley Babbitt estate given 30 million for storming capital building.
Posted by OddSkillSet - 1,943 votes and 208 comments
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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What You Need to Know About the New Autism Data Registry (and How to Stay Safe)
YouTube video by Mom on the Spectrum
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
wagingnonviolence.org
What to do if the Insurrection Act is invoked
With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Keep that momentum up
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
They didn’t care about seniors when they were dying of COVID, what makes anyone think they’d care about this?
nbcnews.com
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire aren’t worried about ‘day-to-day’ market fluctuations
President Donald Trump warned that the "economic revolution" won't "be easy" in a social media post.
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Faux news knows
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
If you aren’t starting your day with a fistful of antidepressants can you really call yourself an American?
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The best thing about The Simpsons has always been the writers’ uncanny ability to predict the future. (This episode is from 2003)
A scene from the animated television series “The Simpsons” shows a Fox News anchor saying “welcome to Fox News - your voice for evil”
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Plenty of sins around here “He is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins” - Frederick Douglass
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Maverick @isellmpls.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
How rich that Congressman Pete Stauber returns to Minnesota to wine and dine with his wealthy donors while ghosting the people he represents. #WheresPete No mainstream media here to hold him accountable. @meidastouch.com please help us amplify this message. #ProudBlue
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
media.tenor.com
a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@50501movement.bsky.social and @womensmarch.bsky.social are embodying COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE. Pledge with us to stop the assault on our country and Constitution. And stay tuned for the May Day 2025 day of action for MORE collective resistance work! #RESIST #3E act.womensmarch.com/survey/April....
act.womensmarch.com
April 5th: Pledge to Mobilize Everywhere
PEOPLE'S VETO DAY! On April 5, 2025, we’re mobilizing to stop the MAGA assault on our country and Constitution. Across the nation, we’re taking to the streets to defend our freedoms, our rights, and o...
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
When all they care about is squeezing every last cent out of the working class, we stop working! #generalstrike portside.org/2025-03-15/r...
portside.org
Rep. McGovern and a National Strike
It’s not a lot of laughs being a Congressional Democrat these days. Their party is a mess. Partisan loathing is on high boil. If you’re a veteran liberal like Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Second District), ev...
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
If he was at home in Grand Rapids he drove nearly 200 miles to rape a child. 🤮 www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
mprnews.org
GOP leaders call on Sen. Eichorn to resign after arrest for allegedly soliciting a minor
Bloomington police say state Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was arrested around 6 p.m. Monday for allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution. House and Senate Republican leaders called for Ei...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
Rep. Jasmine CrockettRep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezGov. JB PritzkerGov. Tim Walz
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Duluth 50501 @duluth50501.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
REMOVE - Remove corrupt politicians from office. REVERSE - Fix the damage. RECLAIM - Take back our democracy. Saturday, April 5th 4:00 - 6:00 pm Join us in Duluth on the corners of Superior Street & Lake Avenue. linktr.ee/duluth50501 #Duluth #Duluth50501 #50501 events.pol-rev.com/events/f8bfc...
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It’s a small blessing that Jimmy Carter isn’t around to see this 😔 amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
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Education Department: Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle education agency | CNN Politics
The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Pete Stauber doesn’t want to hold a town hall, so we’re doing it for him. Join us on March 29th at 2pm. UMD campus, Bohannon Hall room 90, Duluth, MN. @startribune.com @duluthnewstribune.com @educationmn.bsky.social @mnaflcio.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov
MISSING
FROM DUTY TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION:
• Refusing to commit to a public town hall.
• Allowing cancer research money to be cut.
• Failing to ensure USAID funding meant for American farmers.
• Allowing Congress' Constitutional powers to be stolen by oligarch Elon Musk.
• Failure to stop civilians without security clearance from downloading national secrets to private servers.
• Plans to raise YOUR Taxes and cut Medicaid and SNAP to pay for $4 TRILLION in Billionaire Tax Cuts.
Bring your friends & your concerns to a public
TOWN HALL
Saturday, 29 March, 2pm
UMD Bohannon Hall, Room 90
Duluth MN
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
POSTCARD PROTEST
MARCH 15!
SEND A POSTCARD TO TRUMP TO LET HIM KNOW HOW WE REALLY FEEL ABOUT HIM.
IF WE ALL SEND AT LEAST ONE POSTCARD, WE CAN FLOOD THE ZONE.
MAIL TO: FELON DONALD J TRUMP
1100 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD
PALM BEACH FL 33480
#IdesOfTrump
@theogced
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If gender identity were a choice I’d choose to be a man so I could play life on easy mode too.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Did you know… Testes begin their development inside the body, then slowly descend outside of the body because balls can’t stand the pressure of being a woman.
Anatomical diagram showing the descent of testes. Development begins inside the body at 7 weeks, begins descending at 12 weeks, and fully descended at 9 months.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I made a decision earlier this week to take a break from our dystopian world for my mental health (I’ve been playing a lot of video games). In those few days, this happened. Literally 4 days from introduction to law. This is devastating. What it’s taught me is that we can’t rest on anything, ever.
desmoinesregister.com
Reynolds signs law ending trans civil rights protections; Iowa 1st state to repeal rights
The bill signing by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has previously protected.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
ECONOMIC BOYCOTT
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DON'T BUY STUFF
FRIDAY FEB 28
WE HAVE
POWER
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AMAZON WALMART TARGET
FAST-FOOD
GAS
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SMALL BUSINESS
USE
CASH
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Well this aged like a glass of milk. Even if he’d been telling the truth, we’d be happy with $4/doz just 5 months later.
JD Vance says on Twitter •@JDVance: "Eggs when Kamala Harris took office, were short of a $1.50 a dozen. Now, a dozen eggs will cost you around $4 thanks to Kamala Harris' inflationary policies -- It's because she cast the deciding vote on the Inflation Explosion Act." While standing in front of a display showing eggs price at $2.99. The post was made to Twitter at 15:55 on 9/21/24 and had 1.5M views.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Heartland Hits in the Trump Budget
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Cuts the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE by 21 percent, slashing job-training and other vital programs throughout Midwestern farm states.
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Eliminates RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS to improve drinking water and sewer systems on the heels of the disaster in Flint, Michigan.
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Cuts RURAL HEALTH initiatives that fund telehealth programs, rural senior services, and rural hospitals.
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Eliminates the GREAT LAKES Restoration Initiative, a program with bipartisan support that helps protect the Great Lakes - so important to Midwestern states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan.
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Cuts CRITICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH happening at NIH, many great Midwestern universities, and Midwestern medical research gems from Rochester, Minnesota to Cleveland, Ohio.
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Eliminates funding to support RURAL AIRPORTS in North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, lowa, Minnesota, and every other Heartland state.
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Cuts the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, which is needed for WARNING OF EXTREME WEATHER.
Note to the Administration: We have a lot of extreme weather in the Midwest.
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Cuts state and local FEMA grants, which have helped Midwestern communities from the Dakotas to lowa to Illinois prepare for floods.
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Eliminates the Manufacturing Extension Program that helps
SMALL MANUFACTURING companies create jobs.
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Cuts a critical HEATING ASSISTANCE program that helps 339,000 Minnesotans and so many other midwesterners in cold weather states stay warm during the winter.
Note to the White House: It gets really cold in the Midwest and most people can't get to Florida every weekend.
HEARTLAND HITS IN THE TRUMP BUDGET
- Amy Klobuchar
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
From a friend who is a social worker in Illinois , they received this email from IASSW A 🧵
Illinois Association of School Social Workers. Attention, call to action
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𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 @virginiahall32.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The #Wisconsin Supreme Court has a 4-3 progressive ideological majority—meaning many cases involving important issues like abortion rights are decided by one #justice. On April 1st, voters will decide the balance of the court. Vote for Judge Susan Crawford at myvote.wi.gov‼️
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auntsmeepy.bsky.social @auntsmeepy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Good. Fucking. Question. Anyone have answers?
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
texasobserver.org
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Soooo… the entire Department of Commerce website is down. 🤨 www.commerce.gov
Www.commerce.gov website shows error message 503: service unavailable on Feb 20, 2025 at 08:42
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
He fancies himself a king, when he’s actually just a pawn.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
They’re killing the dogs, they’re killing the cats… www.npr.org/sections/sho...
npr.org
FDA staff handling drug safety for pets and livestock lost jobs in Trump firings
The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Never forgit’r done
usatoday.com
9/11 health program cuts to cause 'life and death' delays, fired worker says
Up to 20% of staff at the WTC Health Program were impacted by cuts of probationary workers and buyouts, U.S. senators said in a letter.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
BREAKING: Trump and Musk just CUT funding for 9/11 survivors -- and firefighters, police, and first responders The World Trade Center Health Program was just cut by 20% and forced to lay off staff -- and slash critical care So much for NEVER FORGET.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The real question is, had Ukraine been drinking that night? What were they wearing? Maybe they gave mixed signals.
nbcnews.com
Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started it' in comments about war with Russia
Trump made the remark while deriding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Hey, cool. They want to get rid of the ATF too. Guns and booze for everyone! 🥳 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
congress.gov
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/02/2025
Congressmen when they are asked if they will cut THEIR budgets and lay off staff as well:
media.tenor.com
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I’m a small business owner and just saw this post in an industry group. Pigeons are coming home to roost quicker than I think a lot of people imagined. Our economy is in big BIG trouble.
This is the first time I haven't really felt secure in earning enough with a business. My clients are getting laid off quickly and just by surprise/ no real warning. It's been at least 17 clients in just the last two weeks that have told me. I have lost an incredible amount of money in just people unable to come in. So far I'm trying to cut back on expenses (personal) and will try putting extra away just in case. It's nice to have our usual local meetup to kinda discuss our challenges and plans. Seems like most of us are in the "hold" no expansions, no new gear, buy only the basics,  one *redacted* isn't buying a new van as planned this March. I highly recommend if possible to make friends with your local *redacted* as a support system or just to talk when things are good or bad.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“The prefrontal cortex matures last, not finishing until after age 25. That means that executive functions such as reason, long-range planning and impulse control aren’t fully operational during adolescence.” That would explain why #doge employs so many adolescents.
hms.harvard.edu
Under the Hood of the Adolescent Brain
The brain science behind adolescent violence, suicide, mental illness and concussions
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hey millennials, Which once in a lifetime crisis has been your favorite so far?
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Them: “We can’t be spending all of this money overseas, we have poor people at home” Me, a poor person: “Hello” 👋🏻 Them: “GTFO, lazy scum”
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ah, yes. All government officials should ride in computerized vehicles known for spontaneous combustion that President Musk himself has admitted that he can control or shutdown as he pleases.
nytimes.com
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
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Holding A Candle @holdingacandle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“He’s doing just the greatest job ever” says tv personality, and lackey, Pete Hegseth.
bbc.com
Trump says 'good possibility' of ending war as Ukraine tells Nato allies 'we're strong' - live updates
The US president spoke with Vladimir Putin for over an hour before announcing they had agreed peace talks could start
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