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Air (she/her)

@madmaymermaid.bsky.social
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Government gal. MPA. Loves nature, animals (mostly cats), and preserving the American experiment. Supporter of good trouble!

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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ellison is a pedo protector like so many millions in America. Here is a real headline in case CBS wants to learn something:
Reuters Article ‘Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House Speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84.’
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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Olaf Pijl @trav3lguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Similar to Freedom House's analysis. Lack of transparency, equality, and judicial protection unless you're a wealthy white guy. And that was before 2026's shitshow. freedomhouse.org/country/unit...
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United States: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report | Freedom House
See the Freedom in the World 2025 score and learn about democracy and freedom in United States.
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This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And there’s more to it. We wrote all about the corruption in this article: thiswillhold.substack.com/p/what-do-te...
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What Do Ted Cruz, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett Have In Common? A Stolen Election.
And why are Dominion, Pro V&V, and the EAC sharing office space, with employees on-site around unsecured voting equipment?
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...
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MayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
x.com/HunterBiden/... I hate GOP it's no secret. But sometimes they do the stupidest shit that I love. 🤪😂😂😂😂
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Evening giggles 🤣🤔
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This scene in the Handmaid’s Tale - before America became Gilead, but after Christian Nationalism had taken hold of power. When he won re-election, this scene played in my head. It’s going to happen here.
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The Handmaid's Tale | Protest Scene
YouTube video by The Handmaid's Tale Brasil
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wildlife populations have declined 69% on average since 1970. Forests cover 31% of Earth but house 80% of terrestrial species. When we cut forests, we cut life itself. Source: WWF Living Planet Report + UN
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I always try to mention Melissa Barrera the past two years because she was the first celebrity casualty for simply speaking out against genocide. She shared an article by a scholar and that was enough to cancel her. I hope people give her the spotlight and some love. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Melissa Barrera Says Support for Macklemore After He Was Dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Tour Is ‘Beautiful’ and ‘I Didn’t Get That’ After Being Fired From ‘Scream’
Melissa Barrera is voicing her respect for the musicians who have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour following Macklemore’s dismissal over his support for Palestine.
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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Both the military AND the corporation NEED to face accountability for war crimes. Yes, that means their entire c-suite. Peter Thiel is a mass murderer and war criminal. He needs to dealt with accordingly.
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Madison @madison8.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thank you Jack! This is a military coup trump is planning. These are not “remodel jobs” but military installations surrounding the White House to kill uprisers.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Statement from @freedom.press bsky.app/profile/altn...
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TheEnder @theender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration has moved to build at least 12 data centers on 17,600 acres of public land.
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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mitch wasn’t seen for 13 weeks, made $48,000, kept his job and healthcare! Meanwhile the turtle has spent his career ensuring working Americans are fucked over.
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McConnell, out sick for two months, voted against medical leave 23 times since 1985
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"We now know that there never can be a free humanity until woman is freed from ignorance, & we know, too, that woman can never call herself free until she is mistress of her own body." ~Margaret Sanger, 1918. Birth control advocate/nurse/author Sanger was born OTD in 1879. Image: LA Times/UCLA.
This black and white photo shows a woman, Margaret Sanger, wearing a white hat, white shirt, and dark coat.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good news! We have more time to fight for our national forests. The Forest Service has extended the public comment period on the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The new deadline is October 6.
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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 10/09/2026
Suicide is a major public health challenge, claiming the lives of more than 720 000 people every year. Each life lost has profound social, emotional, and economic consequences, deeply affecting families, friends, workplaces, and entire communities around the world. www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Those in power define what violence is. Don’t forget the most prolific serial killers in America are healthcare CEOs.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Federal corporate political spending has already reached nearly $650 MILLION ahead of the midterms, according to Public Citizen. That’s an all-time high — and we’re still months away from Election Day. Big Money is the real threat to “election integrity.”
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Never forget how it started.☠️
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you to the USPS whistleblower. May your courage be contagious.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
UN warns: Strong El Niño to intensify from August to October. Translation: More floods, droughts, wildfires around Indian Ocean basin. We are not ready. #ElNino #ClimateCrisis
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John Scott G @johnscottg.com · 29/08/2026
The filth of the GOP must be eradicated from every part of society, including the media.
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
not a single person has wondered whether dolly's life had any meaning because she didn't have any kids. it's almost like your legacy is about what YOU do with your time here.
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Mind Blown Reaction
ALT: Mind Blown Reaction
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Hanna Blue 🏴‍☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️‍🔥🎃🎭🍁 @blueberrypoison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The horse-riding librarians of the Pack Horse Library Project in Hindman, Kentucky, around 1940. This was a genuine New Deal initiative established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On this date in 1917, ten suffragists are arrested while picketing the White House.
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Jesus H Christ @jhchrist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
LOL, a clever editor can fix that with a simple correction!!!
Text changed from IRANIAN to AMERICAN--"As the AMERICAN people struggle to afford basic necessities, the corrupt regime continues to squander enormous sums abroad...:
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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#GulfOfMexico #FDT
Gulf of Mexico sticker on the beach at the Gulf of Mexico. Not Gulf of America. Mexico.
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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Indigenous leaders stopped a mining project in South Dakota. Now we need to do that in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
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A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
At the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drilling
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Lynda D @mumshoes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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☕ Jenni Lou @jenniloumack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.
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itsmab.bsky.social @itsmab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Republicans love taking credit for shit they didn’t do.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you’re looking for a way to show up for our national parks, Tuesday, August 25 is the day. The NPCA is organizing a nationwide Day of Action on the National Park Service’s 110th birthday, with events and advocacy stations happening at parks around the country.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Where are all the four star Generals? Where is former FBI Director Wray? Where are all the people who know it’s a disaster? Tell them they can make their money later but we have a national crisis now!
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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
USDA to rescind Roadless Rule. Outdoorsmen &conservationists, please sign! Roadless areas where Americans hike, climb, bike, paddle, ski, &explore — rolling back the Rule would allow new roads & large-scale logging in our most wild backcountry areas. action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d...
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Defend The Roadless Rule
The USDA is moving ahead with plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, putting 45 million acres of backcountry forests at risk. Tell the USDA to protect backcountry recreation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.
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Loreli📚💙☮️⚛️🐕🐈🌊🦋❌️👑 @chewie71.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Trump advanced plan to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to road construction & logging, removing protections in place for a quarter century. Would repeal 2001 “roadless rule" enacted during Bill Clinton to preserve forest land" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Seeks to Lift Development Ban in National Forests (Gift Article)
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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stricxl.bsky.social @stricxl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.alternet.org/trump-mainst...
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'Start doing your damn jobs': Editor issues furious letter to the press
"Please sit down and shut up, while I have a word with you."
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