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Laverne Shirley

@leepricejohnson.bsky.social
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“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it.” - Zora Neale Hurston. Artist, Author, Bookworm, Cat lover, Music Lover, Photographer, Advocate, Activist, Parent, Teacher, Helper, Gamer, Editor, Gen Xr with an attitude. ♍

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
#KeepItWoke !!
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!
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Michele B Kelly @meknowhu.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
If YOU "support" this bullshit, you deserve EVERYTHING bad that EVER happens to YOU AND YOURS.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
LOOK This backwards ass shit is the FIRST STEP in making sure citizens CAN NOT LEAVE this shit hole, JUST LIKE I SAID they want to do. Now, it's "no dual citizenship. Then it'll be citizens can't live abroad. Then NOBODY can leave as they make EVERYBODY wage slaves. thehill.com/policy/inter...
thehill.com
Ohio senator introduces measure to eliminate dual citizenship
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill to establish that citizens of the United States “must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the U.S.”
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
WELCOME TO THE POLICE STATE, MURICA! apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
'If you walk into' a "less lethal" crowd control device, he says, (even when the uniforms have been COURT ORDERED not to use them), "that's on you". "DON'T PROTEST" : h-i-s words www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bor...
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Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino says agents' use of force in Chicago "has been exemplary"
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, that's on them," CBP Chief of Patrol Gregory Bovino told CBS News.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
ALWAYS money for WAR, never any help for the POOR. MURICA!
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
There's absolutely no reason TikTok - a site built ORGANICALLY and by word of mouth - should need COMMERCIALS, except that it's now a government controlled propaganda machine. Follow The Money.
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Winged Dagger 🇬🇧🦬💙 @dgboro.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is the real reason Jimmy Kimmel is being taken off the air. Brian Stelter: "Nexstar already owns lots of TV stations. It wants to merge with Tegna, which owns lots of other stations. In order to do that, it needs Brandon Carr, the FCC Chair's, permission."
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We. Are. NOT. Shutting. Up.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Sharing because FUCK those fascists.
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This is just goddamn ridiculous. www.ktnv.com/news/big-cha...
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Big changes coming to SNAP benefits could impact thousands of Nevada families
Right now, Nevada has a temporary waiver that eases some of those requirements, but once it expires, many Nevadans may have to work more to keep their benefits or risk losing them.
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Workers' Rights just "fell" out the window. prospect.org/justice/2025...
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A Federal Appellate Court Finds the NLRB to Be Unconstitutional
And just like that, it frees Elon Musk—and any fellow employers—to violate whatever rights their workers thought they enjoyed.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Here's the NEXT step in returning "back" to the country THEY want: Stay at this job or PAY US BACK FOR YOUR TRAINING. jacobin.com/2025/08/corp...
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Corporations Want to Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs
As regulators crack down on noncompete agreements that bar workers from finding better jobs, employees across the country are increasingly bound by a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts th...
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Because, Of Fucking Course. I swear these dicks can't be thumped out of office fast enough for me. Murica, this IS who you ARE. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination
Agency will no longer use ‘socially disadvantaged’, which describes people subjected to discrimination, including Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian groups
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
MEANWHILE!! The NEXT fucking step these fucking Troglodytes are taking! Further proof this administration is ALL fucking GHOULS hell-bent on causing as MUCH suffering as they can before they're kicked out! FUCK 47. www.npr.org/2025/07/19/n...
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The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July
The USDA has set a deadline of July 30 for states to hand over the sensitive data of tens of millions of people who applied for federal food assistance, while a lawsuit is trying to stop the collectio...
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: ICE has detained hundreds of U.S. citizens by “mistake.” And now they want 100,000 beds and more planes to scale up? They’re not deporting “illegals”—they’re running a kidnapping ring with government contracts.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Maurene Comey’s farewell note to the SDNY after being fired by the Trump administration. Yet another warning.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I'd pay my streaming service an extra $1 for the ability to FF commercials. Not even skip, just FF like I can do with the rest of the program. There's ONE I'd pay just to FF past the boy talking at the start. Ugh.
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
If you read one thing today… jasongarcia.substack.com/p/alligator-...
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Alligator Alcatraz: A legal black hole, hidden in a swamp
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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Critical Rationalist @noncynic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Homan's BS, translated into plain English: "I don't give a damn about the law. This administration is all about bigotry. And so am I."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “A shameful day in the history of our nation, on the day before 4th of July. What are people supposed to celebrate? The lack of liberty and justice in this land? The funding of secret police and concentration camps? A sad day.” 🇺🇸
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Raffie1 @raffie1.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
In 487 days WE ARE COMING FOR REPUBLICAN SEATS IN CONGRESS. What we don't get in 2026, we WILL get in 2028. Traitors to the people & our constitution have NO PLACE in government ANYWHERE in this country.
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This has ALWAYS been the Truth
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Important to know that these cuts kick in right after the 2026 midterms. That’s how you know they know it’s bad.
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Russ Stefanovich @rizzlerhoads.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
CORRECT!
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Redbeez @redbeez.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Folks, I hate to spoil your fun, but... there's no such thing as rights. They're imaginary. We made 'em up. Like the boogie man. Like the Three Little Pigs. Pinocchio. Mother Goose. Shit like that. Rights are an idea. They're just imaginary. They're a cute idea. Cute. But that's all. Cute... and fictional.
Now - if you think you do have rights, I've got one last assignment for ya. Next time you're at the computer, get on the internet. Go to Wikipedia. Search: "Japanese Americans 1942."
You'll find out all about your precious fuckin' rights.
In 1942, there were 110,000 Japanese-American citizens - in good standing, law-abiding people - who were thrown into internment camps simply because their parents were born in the wrong country. That's all they did wrong. They had no right to a lawyer. No right to a fair trial. No right to a jury of their peers. No right to due process of any kind. The only right they had was: "Right this way!" — into the internment camps.
Just when these American citizens needed their rights the most... their government took them away. And rights aren't rights if someone can take 'em away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country: a bill of temporary privileges.
If you read the news - even badly - you know the list gets shorter... and shorter... and shorter.
Yup - sooner or later, the people in this country are gonna realize the government doesn't give a fuck about them. It doesn't care about you. Or your children. Or your rights. Or your welfare. Or your safety. It simply doesn't give a fuck about you.
It's interested in its own power. That's the only thing - keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.
GEORGE CARLIN
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
IMAGE OF 2 GRAVESTONES. ONE SAYS 'LIBERTY'. ONE SAYS 'JUSTICE'. WITH THE WORDS: ' MOURN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY'
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow? Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy? Our new concentration camps? Our dying economy? Our ditching due process? Our corruption? Our broken legislature? Our corrupt SCOTUS? Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
THIS is what they INTEND to remind US of. They're taking plays directly from their slave owning ancestors!
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Tj. @tjeerd001.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Laverne Shirley @leepricejohnson.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The latest (Last?) Jurassic is about to drop. Looks like we've reached the "Nah, these things gotta die" stage.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
NECESSARY TROUBLE! ✊💙
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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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Good Trouble 🇺🇸 @nativenewyorker77.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And you know that!
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Michele B Kelly @meknowhu.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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