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Julie

@hoping4peace.bsky.social
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I usually ignore chat, nothing personal. Proud mom & cat lady. Ex-Republican for so many reasons. P25 is dangerous. Freedom must be balanced with other human rights. #rankedchoicevoting #racialjustice #prisonreform #justicereform #peoplematter #factsmatter

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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
If you live in Georgia, please consider supporting and voting for Lindsay DeFranco. She's the Democrat running for State House District 47, and she's awesome! www.lindsayforga.com
Meet Lindsay

Lindsay DeFranco (known online as Linz) grew up in Fulton County, attending Barnwell Elementary, Haynes Bridge Middle, and Centennial High. After graduating early through one of the first accredited virtual high school programs, she followed a nontraditional path and built a career at the intersection of digital media, advocacy, and civic engagement.

She co-founded Not So Fast, a media literacy nonprofit, and serves as Vice President at Rogue Rocket, helping lead one of YouTube’s longest-running independent news shows. Her work has always focused on helping people think critically, engage with information responsibly, and hold systems and leaders accountable.

Lindsay returned to Fulton County with her family to raise her children where she grew up and invest in the community that helped shape her. Since returning, she has served as a poll watcher with the ACLU and Georgia Democrats, advised political campaigns, and used her platform to bring attention to healthcare, public safety, education, and government accountability.

She is also a CASA-trained volunteer, an artist, and a parent of two children in Fulton County Schools. She is running for State House to bring solutions-oriented, fiscally responsible leadership to the district, investing in healthcare, safer communities, and strong public systems so every family can thrive. Her leadership style is rooted in empathy, transparency, and practical problem-solving, always putting families and the community first.
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Eli Dye @eli-dye.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Donate to Lindsay DeFranco! 🍑 To see details and contribute now, please go to: secure.actblue.com/donate/linds...
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Donate to Lindsay DeFranco! 🍑
The ’burbs are ready to flip. Join us in supporting Lindsay DeFranco and help make it happen.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 09/04/2026
It’s Local News Day! Show your support for the journalists working in your community by sharing this post and subscribing to our daily newsletter, The Daily Lookout. tennesseelookout.com/subscribe/ #FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
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Now more than ever, tough and fair journalism is important. The Tennessee Lookout is your watchdog, telling the stories of politics and policy that affects the people of the Volunteer State. Sign up…
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Platashrmp @platashrmp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
These people are trying to help. welldonefoundation.org
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Plugging Abandoned Wells - The Well Done Foundation -
The Well Done Foundation plugs abandoned oil and gas wells, mitigating greenhouse gases including methane, CO2 and more. We find abandoned orphan wells and plug them, permanently.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2026
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods. Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how. (Published Dec. 2024)
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The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action
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Tłʼiish @sishtahollo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Travel Trump Air
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter under renewed bombing. His mother needs urgent treatment for retinal disease. The crossings are closed again & they desperately need help:
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Urgent appeal: Help Ahmed and his family in Gaza
Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Nabil Al-Madhoun, 25 years old, studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fourth level, at Al-Quds Open University. I was supposed to graduate, but unfortunately the w...
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LanguageNerd24601 (Can’t donate) @languagenerd24601.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Britt loses shelter again this morning and when I talked to them before they went to sleep they didn’t have enough to renew their stay. Please help them! #MutualAid #HelpSky linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
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We’d like to survive | Linktree
Two beings trying to survive long enough to thrive. 🌈
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Eddie Dolan @eddiedolan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Never a truer word.
Graph showing the zero humanitarian and military aid given by the USA to Ukraine in 2025
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David A. Welch @davidawelch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is interesting. American aerial-refueling tankers are broadcasting on ADS-B transponders, publicly revealing their locations in real time. Here are two that appear to have been refueling Israeli aircraft en route to attack Iran.
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Oftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My child Ahmad is in serious danger😢💔 His condition is worsening fast after the shelling and rockets destroyed our home, and the virus from chemical exposure is spreading rapidly.His fever keeps rising and he suffers terribly.We urgently need £100 for medicine and food 🙏💔 chuffed.org/project/mahm...
Young boy lying down, wearing a face mask and a black shirt, appearing distressed.
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Ginger Cat Dusty @gingercatdusty.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
It's been a day friends. Enjoy... youtu.be/IRLGFWjI1zE?...
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Mark Knopfler - Two Pairs Of Hands (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mark Knopfler
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
What a visionary, to know what you’re going to do, long before you actually do it, bigger & better than anyone else, exceptional!
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...
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Pentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities, not Lavish Dinners, After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It” September
Defense officials typically enter the end of each fiscal year with at least one goal in mind: spend the rest of the military’s budget by any means necessary.
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
WHO sent this message to Epstein and why is his name redacted? "As always..." so how many times did he stay at Epstein's place?? And why did he "wink" after saying he slept like a baby???
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Dark money groups are paying influencers to spread attacks about our campaign. Voters deserve to know who is trying to manipulate our election.
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
If this isn't already illegal, it should be. If it is, and if we aren't capable of enforcing our laws, we have some serious flaws in our system that need to be corrected ASAP. These bastards are literally killing people to make a profit and doing it IN OUR NAME. newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/trump-s...
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Trump’s sons seek to buy Ukrainian drone technologies: Details
Read more
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Abood Radwan @aboodradwan1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A reminder: we are verified by @RadioWatermelon ( on the X platform where I started posting years ago) Our campaign host and a handful of campaign posters have also verified us. We are real, we are really struggling every day to survive. The cold is relentless🥶💔😞 chuffed.org/project/1599...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A REGIONAL CONFLICT NOW‼️ #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp #EpsteinTrumpPedoFiles
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Awwww !
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I just discovered that it's impossible to search the ICE database for people who were born in the United States. That's F'd, since they've been known to not only detain but to deport US citizens.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“The 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.”
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U.S. May Have Committed War Crime In Sinking Of Iranian Ship
The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to “take all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
People ask me all the time how they can best help the campaign right now, and the answer is to help us knock doors and phone bank! We have opportunities to volunteer both in-person and remotely. Help us get through this final stretch!
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Also: aggregate consumer behavior often undermines GOP illusions of broad public support. That’s probably why MAGA reacts so strongly to celebrities, “cancellations,” & the rejection of shit like the Melania documentary: these acts exist in a sphere of democratic expression that they can’t control.
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🌻💙🌻Chrissy 🌻💙🌻 @chrissysnow207.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
PLEASE HELP SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GERMAN SHEPHERD!!!!!! Repost!!!!!!!!! REPOST!!!!!!!!! PLEASE 🙏🏼
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Cartoon by Tommy Siegel
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Mike Lynch. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇵🇷 ✌️ 💯 🐕 💪 @mymindisnotforrent.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-troo...
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US troops were told Iran war 'anointed by Jesus' to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says
Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it received widespread complaints about Christian-nationalist US commanders
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Fiercely Wired Jewelry @brendleboop.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
One of my favorite tree of life pendant designs that I just made... thanks to @perfectlytwistedjewelry . Antiqued copper with a natural pearl moon. #handmadejewelry #handmade #necklace #treeoflifenecklace #copper #art
handmade tree of life necklace with natural pearl moon
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The Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
An enslaved potter left messages for the future, inscribed in clay
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An enslaved potter left messages for the future, inscribed in clay
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
From June 21, 2025. bsky.app/profile/pahl...
English Translation of post I linked to:

Compatriots
Our country is in the hands of history.
Do not worry and cast out fear from your hearts. By accepting the role
of leadership of the transitional period, I assure my compatriots that
after Israel wins the war and I am given the role of leader, all the
damages will be compensated and Iran will be free and prosperous
again.
Long live Iran
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The author, Reza Pahlavi, posted this in January. This has, apparently, been planned for a while. bsky.app/profile/pahl...
(Translation of Reza Pahlavi's post via Google Translate)

President Trump,
I thank you for your decisive leadership and support for my fellow countrymen. Your warning to the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic gives the Iranian people more strength and hope. 

With your leadership in the free world, we can leave a lasting legacy of lasting peace.
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
youtu.be/S3o-3pL79O4
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We wouldn't happen to be invading Iran today, would we?
YouTube video by WKUK: Whitest Kids U’ Know
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prayingmantes.bsky.social @prayingmantes.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Americans need a process to recall underperforming representatives and senators.
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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska because he believed she was reading his mind: sister www.byteseu.com/1370165 CHARLOTTE — Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr. told his family he stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on board a train in Charlotte, …
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Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska because he believed she was reading his mind: sister - Bytes Europe
CHARLOTTE — Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr. told his family he stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on board a train in Charlotte, North
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
MAGA hasn't realized that once the DOJ is restored, and it doesn't matter if it's after the next election or 20 years from now, once it is restored, everyone involved with Trump in this period of time is going to face the consequences of their actions.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Israel saw Trump getting flip floppy on the US attacking Iran thing so pressure has been up for the last 48 hours, Israel initiating the attacks on Iran is the ultimate pressure as the US is now forced to shit or get off the pot.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The war with Iran has started; Israel fired the first shot and has now declared a state of emergency while it braces it self for a return fire. The US is also expected to join the war if it hasn’t already.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Israel declares that the attack on Iran was a joint strike with the United States. The US is now at war with Iran as well.
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 28/02/2026
Big corporations. Big influence. An EU law meant to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains (CS3D) has been heavily stripped back after pressure from a secret U.S. lobbying group of 11 multinationals, including ExxonMobil and Honeywell.
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‘Divide and conquer’: U.S. businesses bully Brussels into weakening supply chain rules
The EU’s flagship corporate sustainability law has been massively scaled back following industry pushback. Leaked documents shared with Follow the Money reveal how a secretive U.S. lobby piled pressur...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues. In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
2/27/26 🚨 bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So. Trump actually called it a war.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
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Julie @hoping4peace.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe what’s happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropic’s AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance. Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation.
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