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@kiamm.bsky.social
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Economic & Public Policy Researcher. Unyielding advocate for progressive left political economics and humanist policy. Affordable housing & urbanism nerd. Queer. Cat parent. City Councilor.

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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Vote Yes for #Easthampton! Stand with our public service #unions. These workers educate our children, and keep our facilities and communities safe. @massteacher.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social www.wwlp.com/news/local-n...
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Easthampton Municipal Unions urge support for override, warn of service cuts
Leaders in Easthampton are urging residents to support the city’s June 9 override vote, warning that proposed budget cuts could have significant impacts on public safety, education, and munic…
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Following us on Bluesky? Thank you💜🗽! Do you live in #Easthampton? #Pioneer Valley? #Massachusetts? How can we best connect 🚙 ☎️ 🚵‍♂️with you? Provide information 📚🗳️? Hear from you📱📬? Let us know: info@indivisibleeasthampton.org
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Emergency Protest. Emergency Protest. Emergency Protest. Wednesday, April 8 at 5pm, Nashawannuck Pond, Easthampton Angry, Scared? Had Enough? Make a Sign. Grab a friend. Come together to say: No More War. US out of everywhere. No Boots on the Ground, No Bombs in the Air. Stop Trump & the GOP.
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This is what #NoKings looked like yesterday in #Easthampton #MA! And these were just the folks standing around the rotary! There were even more at the rally. Hundreds! @maddow.bsky.social @arliek.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @thetnholler.bsky.social @kiamm.bsky.social Video by Fran Ryan
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ready to get ready for #NoKings3? Join your #Easthampton community 2 make signs a week before the rally! Sat, Mar 21, 10:00am-12:00pm, Library Annex, 52 Main St, Easthampton 01027 Never made a protest sign? This is 4 you! Made lots of signs? Show us how it's done. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblee...
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No Kings Sign-Making Party! · Indivisible Easthampton
Join Indivisible Easthampton to get ready for the next No Kings! Here’s your chance to share your inspiration and imagination with other community members as you prepare for No Kings 3! Bring your i...
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I'm attending Indivisible Northampton-Swing Left Western MA, Citizens Bank: Stop Financing ICE Prisons - a Silent Vigil on Jan 24. Do you want to carpool from Easthampton? info@indivisibleeasthampton.org. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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Citizens Bank: Stop Financing ICE Prisons - a Silent Vigil · Indivisible Northampton-Swing Left Western MA
Please come for a silent vigil to honor the memory of Renee Good and amplify awareness of more than 4,000 people in Massachusetts who have been abducted by ICE since January 2025. Wear black or dark c...
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Bring your energy, resolve & love to Community Vigil this evening, 6 to 7 p.m. at Holyoke City Hall. Join our community in mourning & solidarity for Renee Nicole Good. #Justice #Peace #Resist An injury to one is a injury to all. @in-slwm.bsky.social @remajorityholyoke.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good should be alive today. Public safety does not come from ICE agents terrorizing our communities.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it? HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people. CNN: But you didn't get what you want. JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Jeffries’ response to Van Hollen rightly calling him out as “spineless” for not endorsing Mamdani is typically lame, weak, and unfunny. Dude isn’t qualified to run a school board let alone the Dem caucus in the House. Sheesh.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
"But nearly three years later, it’s becoming clearer and clearer — the Massachusetts millionaires tax has been a total success, and an incredible benefit for our state’s businesses. " #mapoli commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
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The Fair Share Amendment is delivering - CommonWealth Beacon
Nearly three years after its passage, it’s becoming clear that the millionaires tax has been a total success, and an incredible benefit for our state’s businesses.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
When Hasan Piker bought a $2.7 million house in LA for him and his family to live in, critics said he wasn’t a real socialist because it’s too expensive. When Zohran Mamdani rents a $2,300 a month apartment in NYC, critics say it’s too cheap for him and he’s not a real socialist. It’s all bad faith
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
My 'The Weekly' podcast interview this week with Jon Stewart on Trump, fascism, feckless Dems, Merrick Garland's role, Gaza, Israel, the corporate media, and more, has been getting a lot of love online, and positive feedback, and just crossed 1 million views on YouTube. Have you watched it yet?
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Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
is this good
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic No such luck
Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 UNACCEPTABLE & FRIGHTENING 🚨 Today, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander—an elected official and U.S. citizen—was arrested by masked ICE agents at Federal Plaza while accompanying an immigrant whose case had been dismissed. This is an attack on democracy, civic duty, and New Yorkers’ fundamental rights.
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They Call Me Doctor Mae @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
-nods sagely- the modern capitalist is far richer and more dangerous than any past king ever was.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Greta Thunberg and other human rights defenders have been kidnapped by Israel on international waters. The aid they were delivering to Gaza that includes baby formula & medical supplies has been stolen. The ship Madleen was attacked with drones & will be forced to port at Ashdod Port. #3E #FreeGaza
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Thinking of Greta Thunberg and the other brave people aboard the relief ship Madleen. And of course the starving kids they’re trying to help Justice is justice is justice
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Trump’s tesla:
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Activist Greta Thunburg explains why she and her crewmates on the Madleen Freedom Flotilla are willing to go this far to break the siege on Gaza. We are ALL behind you 💪💪💪
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The problem with a conservative economy built entirely on rent-seeking, scams, and "hustling" is that you need someone somewhere doing productive economic activity for it to work and this administration is doing everything it can to find them and stop them.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/05/2025
if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 19/05/2025
When I say things are part of “the liberal agenda” do I mean everyone is sitting in a room making explicit decisions to make peoples lives worse? Not alway though that is literally sometimes how it works. What I actually mean is they are following the agenda of protecting US hegemony and US capital
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/05/2025
Tens of thousands of protesters wearing red staged a march in the Netherlands to demand an end to the government’s support for Israel. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen was there.
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kiam 🪴 @kiamm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 15/05/2025
Capitalism is so fucking stupid we are literally setting the planet on fire and spending tons of money mitigating climate disasters and recovering from them because a couple oil capitalists decided we should all die for money 😀
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15/05/2025
Twitter: Would you like more information about white genocide Bluesky: We live in a failed state Nextdoor: I eated a bug 🫣
This is very distressing, but I swallowed a bug 🦟  today. 
It flew in my mouth when I was talking while walking around a property looking at trees. I swear I can still feel the bug inside me. No idea what kind of bug it was. The tree man was nice and tried not to laugh. Any recommendations for a good bug killing dinner? 🤢
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Rümeysa Öztürk is home in Massachusetts! She can now return to her studies and community in Somerville while her case proceeds. This is cause for celebration, but our fight for Rümeysa is not over. The First Amendment is for everyone – we will not back down.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/05/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student whose arrest by plainclothed immigration agents in Massachusetts led to a public outcry.
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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 08/05/2025
man i gotta say i think it's bad that a thin-skinned conspiracy theorist now runs the fbi
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/05/2025
we now have raw milk influencers and faux doctors rampent in every level of the US government so i don’t have too much imposter syndrome or think my beliefs are too far anymore
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 08/05/2025
marx rotating in his grave like a rotisserie chicken upon the utterance of the phrase "marxist pope"
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/05/2025
Me citing my own law review article in a policy paper for a course I'm taking.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/05/2025
another illegal executive order
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 01/05/2025
“The USSR lagged behind in tech in the 80s because of communism” Insofar as the west put an embargo on them they made semiconductors cost 20x as much in Eastern Europe than the rest of the world, sure, it was the communism.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Gerry Connolly asked 70 year old Rep. Stephen Lynch to take up his Oversight responsibilities until the next election. Lynch’s background is…colorful: “Lynch was arrested for drunkenly attacking a group of Iranian students protesting U.S. intervention abroad”
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 24/04/2025
Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 23/04/2025
Actor and producer Gabrielle Union on what it means to elicit change and attain true equality in Hollywood
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 22/04/2025
If I ratio you and you have a PhD it’s my PhD now that’s how it works
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Hobo Joe @hobojoe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Makes me feel legit insane that all the focus is on the "leak" itself, rather than the content. Which is pure murder and terror by the most violent and unaccountable state in the world.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/04/2025
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
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