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Joan Ballas

@jballas.bsky.social
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Life long activist and defender of peoples marginalized by white christian greedy little men. And I have this overwhelmingly need to keep repeating FUCK. 🌈🤠

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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Shame on the democrats who voted for this. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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9 Democrats vote to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for evading Epstein testimony
The House will now have to decide on whether to refer contempt charges against the former president, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to the Justice Department.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
There is a problem with this headline from NPR. “A report claims left-wing terrorism is rising. The data paints a complicated picture.” This lets Fox News use this to validate the left wing violence is on part with white wing violence. Which is false.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Every elected congressperson should be in Portland to show support.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Michele Morrow, the Republican candidate for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction, is the politician who said former President Barack Obama deserves death by a firing squad. In a tweet from May 2020, she wrote, "I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad".
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
NO KING Northampton MA
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Maybe one day journalists who speak truth will be honored not silenced. ABC’s Terry Moran dropped for calling Trump a world-class hater www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
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ABC drops Terry Moran after he calls Trump a 'world-class hater'
In dropping veteran correspondent Terry Moran, ABC News said his post calling President Trump "a world-class hater" was "a clear violation of ABC News policies."
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Rumor has it Waze is being used to report Icy conditions. Any truth to this?
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Can we stop using this phrase. “BREAKING NEWS”. It’s all breaking news.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Levette on DOJ hypocrite “It’s been clear since day one of this administration that we are not going to tolerate individuals who leaked to the mainstream media particularly when it comes to sensitive information,” she said Tuesday at a press briefing.”
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MisterBritt @misterb20.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I think this is one of the most irresponsible headlines from @npr.org “The 'world’s coolest dictator' heads to the White House www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
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The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/04/2025
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Montana has just passed Indiginous People's Day! The sponsor—Senator Shane Morigeau—has been working on this for a long time. Glad to see bipartisan support for this wonderful bill!
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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It’s moments like this I still have hope republicans will wake up from their zombie state.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Capitulation to Trump must now be considered one of the deadly sins.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It’s the republicans in Congress who are responsible for the tyranny take over in our country now. Trump voters gave him the presidency, McConnell the courts and maga congress the third and final nail in the democratic casket.
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today! It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
Republicans just blocked my resolution to reaffirm the 22nd and 12th Amendments and make clear that Donald Trump is not eligible for a third term. Here's my question. If Trump's only joking, then why block me?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
Public schools change students’ lives every single day, but Donald Trump is trying to dismantle our public education system. I asked, and you shared. Here are a few stories about America’s incredible public school teachers.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
DOGE is firing Social Security workers, closing offices, and pulling the plug on phone services, and it's hurting seniors like Ned. There’s nothing efficient about any of this — and it needs to stop.
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DOGE is firing Social Security workers, closing offices, and pulling the plug on phone services.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
Trump’s Liberation Day was really Obliteration Day. Trump is only concerned with his billionaire tax cuts, not American workers and families.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"My message to the rest of the Democratic Party is if you are not willing to meet that bar, then step aside for somebody who will. Because we're at a moment right now where we do need people who are willing to fight, willing to show some spine, willing to break through in this media environment."
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
Putting Oz in charge of Medicare and Medicaid for millions of Americans is a grave mistake.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Note to Columbia University: This is how you do it. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/03/2025
The arrest and detention of Rumeysa Ozturk is deeply disturbing. The Trump admin is ripping students like Rumeysa out of their communities without due process. We will not stay silent. @pressley.house.gov, @markey.senate.gov, and I led over 30 of our colleagues in demanding answers.
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Led by Elizabeth Warren, New England lawmakers demand release of detained Tufts University grad student - The Boston Globe
Senator Warren is demanding answers about Rumeysa Ozturk's “disturbing” arrest and detainment by ICE officials.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 27/03/2025
Let's be clear: Public media is a public good. It keeps our communities informed about local news, helps educate our kids, and ensures the public receives life-saving emergency alerts. Cutting federal funding for these stations would deal a serious blow to communities across the country.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I had legit completely forgotten this.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 26/03/2025
Pete Hegseth is a liar. These are war plans. End of story. Hegseth is unfit for the job and should resign or be fired immediately.
Screenshot of signal message from Pete Hegseth reading:

TEAM UPDATE:
TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is
FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/ CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.
1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)
1345: "Trigger Based" F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his
Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME) - also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)
1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)
1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier
"Trigger Based" targets)
1536: F-18 2nd Strike Starts - also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If I was the Atlantic, would have demanded verbal apology from trump and sign statement agreeing to never target or seeking retribution www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Bondi “we’re going to fight to protect all of the Tesla owners throughout this country,” What about gun violence in schools?
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What’s inaccurate in this quote? ,” Roberts wrote in his year-end report. “Within the past few years, however, elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings. These dangerous suggestions…”Hint attacking judges is one sided.
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Joan Ballas @jballas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Every past democratic White House senior staff and Secretaries should be blasting the media with why trumps’s policies are breaking down democratic structures .
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Just a friendly reminder that while voters won't have another chance to remove Schumer until 2028, the Dem senators can remove him at any time if they just get together. He may be able to stay in the senate, but he doesn't have to remain leader. It's time for something new.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/03/2025
It's clear Chuck Schumer is not cut out to lead the senate Democrats. There needs to be a vote of no confidence and he needs to be replaced with someone willing to fight. Trump and Elon are dismantling democracy while Schumer whines and capitulates.
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ImMaryB @itsmaryb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Nothing HAS stopped them from doing just that, where ya been? They are doing what they please ALREADY. Federal employees fired by the thousands; Programs you don't want to 'shut down' are being gutted or no longer exist RIGHT NOW, exactly WHAT & WHO do you people think you're 'helping', it's NOT US!
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Sick_of_it_all 🤘 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @sickofitallyall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A shutdown would show you are standing up to the GOP!!!You need to step down as leader. You caved in to Trump and Musk. People were begging Dems to stand up to them and you didn’t.
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Amalie❌👑 @tuffstuff.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
You are SO FUCKING WRONG. And too chicken to fight for us. Do you not understand the growing fury?
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Ra's Al Ghoul @uwes98.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Are you familiar with the enabling act of 1933? that's what we're looking at. NO is the only moral vote.
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PxlJedi @pxljedi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yeah, tired of the feckless Dems. I lost my job at SSA due to DOGE.
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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Chuck, they’re destroying them now. Signed, a federal worker, married to another federal worker. You have no idea how angry we all are. I will not vote for Democrats again as long as the likes of YOU are in charge.
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Alexia Koulaxes Anas @alexia4.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Allowing this to go through makes you all look weak and pathetic! I have been a staunch democrat all my life and I am telling you your party wants YOU to fight this amd let the Rebublicans own the shutdown because they don't have the votes on their own!!!!!
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Oh no oh wow @ohnowow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
And if they wanted it they could just have a few Republican senators vote no, Chucks argument makes no sense
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Paul @someofthejuice.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
That's not the argument you think it is. He's already got carte blanche because no one has been standing up to stop him. Doing this is the internal equivalent of a policy of appeasement.
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