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Some of my favorite things: living in the Bay, fighting for social justice, Warriors, hiking, world's cutest niece & nephew, & my new kittens.

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lexapot.bsky.social @lexapot.bsky.social · 1h
Cruel and unusual.
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🖊️Victory! AB 1981, the True Cost of Care Act by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry has been signed into law. Thousands of us traveled to Sacramento and legislator district offices, made calls, sent emails, and posted on social media and it WORKED!
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama which took the lives of Addie Mae Collins, 14, Carol Denise McNair, 11, Carole Robertson, 14 and Cynthia Wesley, 14. The men who killed these girls lived freely for years.
The "Four Spirits" portrays four girls on a park bench reaching for doves in the air above them. It was created as a memorial to the four little girls that died in the 16th Street Church bombing in 1963: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carolyn Robertson and Cynthia Wesley..
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/08/2026
Barber says a church that doesn’t stand with immigrants “being terrorized” should “take church off the sign and put ‘club’ up instead.”
Rev. Barber standing next to a group of activists and clergy.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours.
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lexapot.bsky.social @lexapot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you need a pick me up about people organizing to make the world a better place, read this & support workers and others organizing to right historic wrongs. www.ccputrainingfund.org/news/bernice
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At 82, She Finally Walked Across the Stage. — CCPU Training Fund
At 82, Bernice Jimmons graduated college. She's also a 50-year family child care provider who helped win California providers their first-ever retirement benefit.
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Court packing is the moderate solution.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed. “As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Our costs aren't 50% off, and our COLA in this year's budget shouldn't be either! We're in Sacramento making sure #CALeg hears us loud and clear: we deserve the same 4.31% increase offered to other educators. We also advocated for our priority bills, #AB1981 and #AB2379
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“We’re not here for trouble… we’re just here to see our family members.” Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark on Day 4 of the hunger strike, a 10-year-old whose father is detained inside confronts masked guards, asking why they won’t show their faces. WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.
Senator Andy Kim runs into the street as an ICE armored vehicle behind him prepares to deploy chemical agents against protestors in front of Delaney Hall concentration camp in Newark, NJ. His hands are outstretched and he appears to be shouting.
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California Immigrant Policy Center @caimmigrant.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We stand in unwavering solidarity with the Muslim American community following the horrific attack on the Islamic Center.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.
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Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama Reflector
Speakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A memorial for those we've lost to state violence #maydaystrong
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 02/05/2026
Let May Day be a reminder of the courage of workers across the world demanding peace, fair wages, and better working conditions. History demands more than standing with workers in spirit. We must fight alongside them in Congress every day.
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
California’s providers and families deserve a system that truly works, and we won’t stop fighting until we get there. Today's Senate budget blueprint is a direct reflection on the decades of hard work from providers and parents to ensure child care investments are prioritized by the state.
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lexapot.bsky.social @lexapot.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
When you ask if Curry is the GOAT
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Child care providers are proud to partner with Assemblymember Solache to ensure the state broadens its training offerings for providers with a focus on the safety and wellbeing of us and the families and communities we serve.
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Zach Harper @talkhoops.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
There are people who have dedicated careers or even just their personalities to downgrading Steph Curry as a basketball player. What a bunch of dorks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Priorities.
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today on #EqualPayDay, we’re reflecting on the generations of women led workforces who have faced intentionally low pay. Domestic workers have been fighting just to catch up since Emancipation. Our economy doesn’t work without us — it’s time for #CALeg to unite behind #AB1981.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"
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March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Simmons’ grandmother, Bernice Smith, echoed the same sentiment to NBC4. “Families are suffering right now,” she said. “Just to create a war because you want to create a war is not right.” In a statement, the Simmons family encouraged the public to take their grief to the ballot box in November.
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Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 13/03/2026
Six years ago, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed after officers executed a “No Knock” warrant for a suspect who didn’t live there & had already been arrested. Breonna was killed in her sleep. We remember Breonna Taylor. #EndGunViolence
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Steve Postman 🇨🇦 @steve1970peng.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Eisenhower
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 25/02/2026
Hilary Knight got the question re: that phone call and the laughter at the Torrent presser. Her answer:
"I thought the joke was distasteful & unfortunate, & I think the way women are represented, it's a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats. Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior? It's not my responsibility."
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BART @bart.gov · 19/02/2026
Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Child care providers are united against hate. Our members stand in unity with our Somali sisters facing baseless attacks. Fear-mongering has no place in our communities.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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lexapot.bsky.social @lexapot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Awed by his courage.
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Child care providers are standing together to call on our courts to REJECT the federal government's threats to freeze child care funding. This unlawful funding freeze will cause severe harm to the communities we serve, including low-income and single-parents!
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Jon Krawczynski @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24/01/2026
It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Politico @politico.com · 19/01/2026
Why Bernice King sees MLK Day as a ‘saving grace’ in today’s political climate
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Why Bernice King sees MLK Day as a ‘saving grace’ in today’s political climate
“With everything going on, the one thing that I think Dr. King reminds people of is hope and the ability to challenge injustice and inhumanity.”
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Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸 @gaykwon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This dude is intense and correct
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair.” - John Lewis #RIP
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We’ll continue fighting to protect access to care for working families — no politically, racist fueled attacks can stop us. ✊
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
America First (TM) means paying 30,000 Danish citizens $100,000 bonuses EACH while Americans can’t afford health insurance.
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Threatening to freeze federal child care funding and overturning stabilization policies, along with harassment of providers of Somali descent in Minnesota and beyond, are direct threats on working families of all backgrounds who rely on access to quality, affordable child care.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline: www.atg.wa.gov/report-hate
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in Seattle, we believe in solidarity, and our city will not tolerate anyone who is trying to intimidate, harass, or film Somali child care providers. providers. such behavior is unacceptable and puts children and families at risk. family home. child care programs are places of care, safety, and trust. they are privately operated businesses, not public spaces. and they are regulated by the government, not private individuals or groups.
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as mayor, I will work with the office of immigrant and refugee affairs, the department of education and early learning, the Seattle Police department, and other City departments to ensure child care providers in our city are safe, secure, and protected.
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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 24/12/2025
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Child care providers are a lifeline for our communities, making it possible for parents with unpredictable schedules to keep their jobs by offering door-to-door transportation & connecting them to resources. www.latimes.com/california/story/20…
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These South L.A. women built a child-care haven on their block. It's a lifeline for families
On a block in South L.A., four child-care providers lean on one another as they navigate the challenges of the industry, including competition with transitional kindergarten and the high cost of care.
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 16/12/2025
Faith leaders have chained themselves to the doors of San Francisco's immigration courthouse, blockading the building in the predawn hours. missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...
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Faith leaders chain themselves to S.F. immigration court doors
Predawn action draws 100 or more interfaith leaders to blockade San Francisco's main immigration courthouse
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lexapot.bsky.social @lexapot.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Congrats to PSU faculty taking a momentous step today in winning their union!
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Minnesota AFL-CIO @mnaflcio.org · 03/12/2025
"In the Labor Movement, an injury to one is an injury to all. By vilifying our Somali American co-workers and neighbors and threatening military-style raids in Minnesota’s communities, President Trump is attacking our state’s entire Labor Movement." aflcio.mn/49VgXGv
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We refuse to let Trump break our solidarity
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement in response to President Trump’s threats to Minnesota’s Somali American community:“In the Labor Movement, an injury to one is…
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