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Komala Hayes

@komalaahayes.bsky.social
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Proud Auntie, Sociology professor / Chicago Nerd about town. LGBTQIA Ally / Food Geek and lover of books. Stephanie Miller show " Mook." A Twisted Little Cruller" 😊

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Komala Hayes @komalaahayes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
@bib cesca About new RUSH DRUMMER youtube.com/watch?v=4S2c...
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Rush | Lewis Black's Rantcast clips
YouTube video by Lewis Black
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NPR @npr.org · 12/05/2025
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Lilith Goddess of Rebellion @elo-cin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In case no one has mentioned it in a while.... Tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off for no reason and our institutions are collapsing.
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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I heard the day after Mother's Day is Dog-Mom's day.... so here's this.
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FrankTaylor24 @dock75.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Yup
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
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Fuck trumps regime @heisonthelist.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"A backlog of more than 3,000 requests has built up on Lutnick’s desk as of last week..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/05/2025
If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Celebrated US photographer Vivian Maier (1926-2009) known for her social documentary and candid street portraits #WomensArt
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/05/2025
“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.” Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
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"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Aww, thanks, John!
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John Mulaney Wants Weird Al in the Rock Hall Yesterday
Because the curly-haired legend “brought more people to music than is recognized at all.”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Aaaand there it is.
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We the North @toguy99.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Saying the quiet part out loud. Deputy SOS Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 113 is out! The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 113
May 12, 2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.
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MAGA Cult Escapee @girlwithagun.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
So now we learn that Pam Bondi was paid over $100,000 A MONTH as a Qatar lobbyist prior to joining the administration. I don’t remember hearing about that before her appointment.
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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
WHO DID THIS?!?!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/05/2025
So House Republicans are fighting about the Medicaid cuts in the tax bill for the rich - not because it kicks nearly 9 million people off Medicaid - but because it doesn't kick *enough* people off Medicaid. Vote accordingly.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffair...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
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Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics
The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Cloven Hooved Horned Satan sitting in a library reading books to kids   since we can't do drag storytime anymore....i thought we'd try something else
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/05/2025
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Noémie Ann @anylu77.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Deja Vu of other shameful Era. #TrumpGestapo
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P2Water2 - IYKYK @p2water2.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
it IS their point. remember it was foretold …
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
My painting LONE JUNIPER
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/05/2025
Tariff exemptions aren’t trade deals, they’re shakedowns.
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That Anonymous Coward @thatac.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Does someone want to explain to her that their biggest fear is being kept here in a private prison & they aren't staying away because of a time limit on visiting they are staying away because they don't want to be snatched off the street. www.joemygod.com/2025/05/stef...
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Stefanik-Backed Bill Would Let Snowbirds Stay Longer - Joe.My.God.
Canada’s CTV News reports: U.S. lawmakers are proposing a bill that would allow some Canadian snowbirds to stay in the United States longer, in hopes of rebuilding cross-border tourism and supporting ...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Your School House Rock moment......
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Little did I know that seven long years later, I would be back on tour making people laugh…
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The work of Maud Lewis, (1903 – 1970), Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia #WomensArt #Spring
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It’s Amazing What White Evangelicals Are Willing To Ignore….
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
My parents were already divorced when my dad died. We three kids received survivor's benefits. My sister, who has Down Syndrome, also receives disability. I wrote about family's experiences with Social Security here: michaelianblack.substack.com/p/safe-footing
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Safe Footing
My mom worked at the Social Security Administration for years.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The president of the United States and his cronies LAUGHING over the million$ they made off the backs of financially devastated hard working Americans due to market manipulation. Hearings, NOW. 😡 @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Good morning America....🌞
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Relentless @relentlesspursuit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Unions repping more than 3 million workers have demanded the release of detained immigrant workers. That's 3 MILLION union members standing up for decency and their fellow human beings. This is what America should be. Union strong! inthesetimes.com/article/nati...
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National Unions Demand Release of Detained Immigrant Workers
“We have to take actions where we can show that we can win and that help overcome people’s fear.”
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I used to interview candidates for office jobs. I would do a practical test where they had 10 minutes to fix a broken spreadsheet and populate it with data. This was actually a test to see how tidy they kept the desk after. Did they take their cup to the kitchen afterwards, etc?
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Special Ed @edwardlachica3.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@dangaristo.bsky.social recently shared that the NSF graduate research fellowship program got wacked by 50% @standupforscience.bsky.social @phlscienceaction.bsky.social I took a deeper dive here - call your senator, 202-224-3121. Revive and expand the NSFGRFP open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.
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SuzyQ @suzyqfit4u.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I love this! 👇🏻
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Patsy @trishka53.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2025
My 10 year old sister and I got Social Security payments after my father died from exposure to Agent Orange. It helped my widowed mom when the family lost his income. He paid into it his whole life. They even took it from his check while he was serving in Vietnam. Jeanine can go fuck herself.
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Luke Zwanziger @lukezwan.com · 10/04/2025
Reminder: Use your libraries. It helps them advocate for continued funding. Check out DVDS Use their printers Check out Books Use their digital services (Kanopy, Hoopla, Libby) See if they have a library of things (tools, electronics, games) Take classes Libraries help everyone, including you!
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LGBTQ+ Legislation Alerts @legialerts.org · 10/04/2025
🌈NEW GOOD BILL 🏳️‍ ------------------------ 📜Bill: Massachusetts H1893 📑Title: To stop profiling transgender people and low-income women 🏷️Bill Type: Broad Nondiscrimination 🏛Status: Senate concurred 🔗Bill Text: legiscan.com/MA/bill/H1893/2025
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10/04/2025
I want to say thank you to all of our local officials, emergency management teams, and volunteers who have acted quickly to help families recover from the damage.
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Tornado damage confirmed across Southern Illinois
The National Weather Service office in Paducah has issued a number of warnings over the past five weeks — the most recorded for March and the third most for any
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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/04/2025
Karan Soni once played My assistant on ‘Miracle Workers.’ Now instead of pretending with Steve Buscemi, he gets to talk to the real thing.
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Karan Soni Talks To God About Playing His Assistant
We talked about his film 'A Nice Indian Boy' and the end times.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
So we can’t guarantee our own citizens health care but we can pay everyone in Greenland $10,000/year? How is this “America First”, exactly? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 11/04/2025
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
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