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Plant and pet enthusiast. She/Her

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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope all your overlords are as comfortable as Mal! I swear he’s enjoying his nap harder for seeing me sitting here working 😄 #UglyDogs
Malone is stretched out completely flat on a fluffy grey sheepskin rug in the middle of the turf in our backyard, surrounded by scattered sticks and fallen leaves, fast asleep in the dappled sunlight under the spreading branches of our oak tree. Sigh… why can’t I be a dog…
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
4 days left to vote in the MN Primary! I voted early this week and if you haven’t done so yet, this is a reminder to help get @peggyflanagan.bsky.social to our U.S. Senate 🙂 Let’s go!
A campaign graphic for Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate, showing her in a striped top and glasses shaking hands and greeting supporters at a campaign event. Bold text overlaid on the image reads “4 DAYS — VOTE BY AUG. 11.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Selfie of me smiling, holding up a red “I Voted” sticker in front of a decorative embroidered quilt map of Eden Prairie Township, Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, 1858. I am, as usual, wearing a gray ball cap over my pink highlighted hair.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It’s the weekend or as pet stewards everywhere know, it’s time for… an emergency! [he’s fine] He’s been off since he got back from boarding, and it all culminated in a scary looking seizure today. Good news, nothing wrong otherwise, just old age. He was given a fluid lump and sent home 🙂 #UglyDogs
Malone, viewed from directly above, stands facing a baseboard heater, wearing his floral collar and leather leash.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​. His tail is tucked in and he is generally not a happy camper right now.Malone stands in profile on a tiled floor wearing his floral collar, head lowered. A notable fluid lump is visible on his upper back/shoulder where subcutaneous fluids were administered.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#PlantSky need help identifying these plants I saw at the Cambo Gardens near St Andrews, Scotland. I didn’t get their labels and image searches are not very conclusive. I’m including best guess in description. Pano of walled garden below. 1/7 www.cambogardens.org.uk
A panoramic view of a large naturalistic garden in full summer bloom under a bright blue sky with dramatic white clouds. Gravel paths wind through densely planted borders featuring a rich mix of perennials including lavender, salvia, pink campion, and ornamental grasses in soft purples, pinks, and whites. A mass of deep burgundy-red shrubs, possibly dark-leaved cotinus or similar, forms a dramatic focal point in the center background. A glasshouse is visible on the right edge, and a stone wall with climbing plants frames the left. The overall style is informal and meadow-like, consistent with a British walled or kitchen garden designed in the naturalistic tradition.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I had no idea juvenile gulls looked or sounded this way 😂 (sound up)
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th to my US friends! 🇺🇸 It’s hot but still a lot of fun at the Taste of Minnesota today 🙂
It is the Fourth of July and I am a short woman with pink highlighted hair wearing red tall boots, a white buttoned vest, and blue denim shorts standing holding a plate of food and a canned drink. In the background you can see the main stage of Taste of Minnesota with a food truck or two, and people relaxing. It is a hot sunny day. I also have on sunglasses and an olive distressed ball cap that says Minnesota on the front in larger letters with United States of America in smaller font under it.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
DFLers, at the convention today to endorse county attorney and sheriff, Witt withdrew her name from consideration after the delegates failed to reach a 60% majority for endorsement after 5 rounds of voting. Cedrick Frazier secured the endorsement for county attorney. Solid choice! 1/ #MNDFL
A blurry photo of a stage at a Minnesota DFL event, showing a large projector screen displaying the Minnesota DFL logo with the text “Welcome, 2026 Endorsing Event.” Below the screen, two blue-draped tables hold laptops and water bottles, with several people seated at and in front of them.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ahh Minnesota always throwing white stuff at us (I like trees, love them even, but cottonwood… cottonwood can go to Tartarus and stay there)
A yellow Shar Pei mix in a red harness stands on a suburban sidewalk, surveying a landscape blanketed in cottonwood fluff that has settled on every surface like a deeply committed, allergy-inducing imitation of snow.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This dog hates my Mini so I got one that doesn’t
Yellow Shar Pei pit mix is doing the “stop mom you’re embarrassing me and your car is so lame” face at daycare pickup. He hates riding in this car, poor ignorant baby!A little great and white corduroy plush toy of the Mini Cooper’s English Bulldog mascot is sitting perched on the backseat of the car, wedged between a headrest and the side of the car. He is facing backwards towards the trunk. The pic was taken with the trunk open, showing part of a messy interior.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just saying hi!
A blue-eyed calico cat, wearing a red harness and leash, perches regally on a concrete stair/ step in a sunny backyard and stares into the camera with the quiet confidence of someone who has fully assessed the situation and found it acceptable. Out of focus in the background is a yellow dog lounging on the artificial turf, soaking up the sun.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Riding season is finally here for me 🎉 (it’s been a minute since I was on a bike) #StartSeeingMotorcycles
I am walking towards my black cruiser parked in a sunny suburban driveway, wearing a dark blue leather jacket with white stars on the back and subtle red collar accents inspired by the Stars and Stripes. I have my back to the camera and am looking at my orange Mini Cooper S parked on the driveway, throwing it a reassuring glance that says “don’t worry, I still love you, I just need to take this old friend out for a spin first.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Starting on my surprisingly convoluted journey back home. I am hanging out at Hamburg waiting for the counters to open at 3am (about 4 hours away)… trying not to fall asleep… not sure this glass of Prosecco was a good idea 😄🥂
A small bottle of Scavi & Ray Prosecco Frizzante sits on an airport desk beside a tangle of cables and a European power outlet, the kind of single-serving wine that says “I have four hours until check-in, absolutely no regrets, and a very flexible definition of breakfast.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
One of my regular stops these days is r/liberalgunowners on Reddit. Does bluesky has something similar??? libgunsky?? And if you are a current or future Dem pol, I absolutely urge you to visit the sub to understand a fast growing cohort of voters right here in MN that can help educate you #2A
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Jonathon Livingston Seagull contemplating life and parallel universes… or maybe just fish who knows
A juvenile seagull stands defiantly in the surf, beak raised skyward, as a wave crashes directly into it, either an act of supreme confidence or extremely poor planning. It was a cloudy day at Travemünde Strand, I admired this gull from afar-ish but did not join them in wading through the cold waters of the Baltic.The same soggy juvenile seagull strides purposefully along the waterline, head held high, having apparently decided that getting soaked was exactly what they meant to do.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy #MayDay all the #UnionStrong communities of the world! 📍Lübeck, Germany P.S. The banner is just perfection! “Erst unsere Jobs, dann eure Profite” (Our jobs first, then your profits)
A live band performs on an outdoor stage under a metal truss arch on a sunny day. A red DGB banner reads “1. Mai 2026 – Erst unsere Jobs, dann eure Profite” (Our jobs first, then your profits). The stage front reads “SHARPTONES Finest Music.” Five musicians in black clothing play guitar, saxophone, keyboards, and bass while the vocalist sings energetically; a person with pink hair dances in the foreground. A banner for cover band “Boi’s in town” is visible on the left.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Moin moin from our friends in Lübeck, Germany where also ACAB! 🤷🏽‍♀️
A large green-patinated bronze equestrian statue of a uniformed Wilhelm I  wearing a spiked helmet, mounted on a stone pedestal with graffiti reading “ACAB,” set against a clear blue sky in an urban plaza with trees and modern buildings in the background.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Y’all I wanted to make my new all black helmet look less larpy with some stickers and I think I may have gone overboard… #StartSeeingMotocycles
You can see my left hand holding a matte black motorcycle helmet with humorous stickers including “You Can’t Take the Sky from Me,” “If Found Without Towel Please Return to Nearest Pub,” “Mood: Detritus with Hangover,” a T-rex, and a Hitchhiker’s Guide reference.Back of the helmet covered in stickers including “On a Scale of 1 to 42, Today Is a Solid Why Even Bother?”, “Death Spoke in All Caps So I Listened,” a cartoon T-rex, and a “Leaf on the Wind” sticker.The right side with stickers referencing Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Firefly, Discworld, and Doctor Who, including “My Moral Compass Points to Ankh-Morpork,” “Planet Demolished? Still Better Than Mondays,” “Time Is an Illusion, Lunchtime Doubly So,” and “I Swear by My Pretty Floral Bonnet.”A top-down view showing stickers including “Don’t Panic,” “No Power in the Verse Can Stop Me,” “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish,” “Don’t Bother Me I’m Calculating Thaumic Drift,” and “I Love Deadlines, I Love the Whooshing Noise They Make as They Go By.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Mal hopes everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring day! #UglyDogs
A yellow Shar-Pei mix wearing a red harness and leather leash is sniffing the ground near the edge of a small lake on a sunny day, with dry reeds, calm blue water, and bare early-spring trees in the background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ You can just about see a duck on the water in the background.
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Passing Strange At Present @chimaera.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Re mobility assistance, it looks like you can get access to a track chair if you are a veteran. Track chairs have traction that wheelchairs don't, and are motorized. Lots of sources for them for vets. You don't have to be a vet to use David's Chair, at a handful of free sites. davidschair.org
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David's Chair - Davids Chair
OUR MISSION Our mission is to enrich the lives of mobility impaired people with independence and freedom by empowering them to engage in outdoor activities they previously were unable to, free of char...
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Hi Twin Cities folks! I just realized @bridgingmn.bsky.social, our local nonprofit is on here! Check them out and give them a follow 🙂 (also donate or volunteer, if you can!) #TwinCities #Minnesota bridging.org/about-us/
bridging.org
Bridging | Giving Hope to Families in Need Since 1987
Bridging has been giving hope to families since 1987 by effectively reusing household goods donated by generous Minnesotans.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 pm (PST), Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled: "The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World." 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬 #bayarea
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
For more Naomi Novik, check out her amazing 9-book Temeraire series. I’ve read this entire series at least three times and could always read it again! Globe trotting alternate history featuring dragons as aerial corps in warfare, highly recommend if you like fantasy.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Please admire my pretty kitty!
Tortimese cat lounging on the backrest of a stuffed leather couch, looking directly at the camera. Her coat is flecked with lighter brown fur like a tortoiseshell and her eyes are a light blue. I don’t know all the various “points” and other cat type notations, so I’m just going to say her face has darker fur radiating from her nose till it lightens towards her neck. She is pretty 😍
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
**Date change for Klondike Dog Derby postponed to Mar 6th and 7th** Reason being not enough snow cover on Lake Minnetonka. I’m signed up for my usual shift on race day. Anyone else here for the race weekend, #UglyDogs? P.S. I could do with a big group hug these days! www.klondikedogderby.com
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Klondike Dog Derby
8-dog, 40-mile sled dog race around Lake Minnetonka starting and finishing in Excelsior, Minnesota
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
If you need a good laugh (check the replies!)
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Pam Bondi refused to give a 4-year old his dog back **when he was grieving both parents** and losing his home in Hurricane Katrina. if we really are in a simulation, we need to fire the writers, what an ott cartoonishly evil character www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2...
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Cerabino: Dog gone! It's the scariest political ad yet
In the annals of political attack ads there may not be a more cutting line than the one a Louisiana woman says about Florida attorney general candidate Pam Bondi. In the ad, the woman, Dorreen Cout…
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Tina E @tina-eden.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Rebel Loon of Minnesota. No AI. Permission of artist. Please share far and wide. Other states are making their own state bird rebels in solidarity.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
2017 vs. 2026… I’m tired, boss (fuck all you fuckers who said we were fear mongering, over reacting, emotional, or any other bullshit) #IceOut #AbolishIce
Picture of me at the Jan 2017 women’s march in D.C. holding a sign that says “Eternal Vigilance is the price of Liberty” with Free Speech, Free Press, Equal Rights, Gov’t for ALL people, Private Profit not equal to Public Good written in smaller letters, with the tag #WhyIMarch. You can see the Capitol behind me in the picture. I’m wearing my Nasty Woman tee with one long black glove (lost the other) and a scarf printed with the US flag in violation of the Flag Code (sorry!)It’s nine years later. I’m indoors holding up the same sign, with a wooden wall hanging in the shape of the state of Minnesota on the wall next to me. I’m also wearing a black baseball cap from The Walker with the words “closed mondays” on it.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I’ve been thinking about Norton lately, and today I donated to this local charity in his memory. If you can spare some change, please check them out. They do good work in the community. #UglyDogs www.missionah.org
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Home | Mission Animal Hospital
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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
At the Target HQ, calling for the new CEO to call for ICE out of MN, out of their stores, and to protect their employers and customers. ICE OUT NOW.
paper sign reads Mike, Make MN Proud...ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
While there is a lot of attention now being paid to ELITE, this ice app from Palantir being used to terrorize America, what I want to know is which of the major cloud providers are hosting this particular evil? AWS? Azure? Google? Oracle? Anyone know? #IceOut #TechSky
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kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
To those of you outside Minnesota thinking things are ramping down: No. and it’s all over, not relegated to just one city.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hey @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov how are you all caving to Schumer when you have so much support from your Dem colleagues??? SHAME ON YOU! Protect the constitutional rights of your constituents. #IceOut #AbolishIce
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The new uniforms and badges that @schumer.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov are insisting ICE wear will make him better in no time, don’t you worry! #AbolishICE #FuckSchumer
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It is crystal clear to me that the Democratic Party no longer represents me. When we are literally dying in prison and in the streets because of ice, they want to play their fucking milquetoast politics. My vote for the candidate who runs on prosecuting the entire regime. #FuckSchumer #AbolishIce
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
Photo by Ingrid Taylar of an Americn Robin with a beak full of worms. A thought bubble above the bird's head shows blue eggs and says: Martha laid some mighty blue eggs! Those babies are worth some extra worms! Text on the graphic says: Unsolicited Bird Fact: In a 2010 study, scientists found that male American Robins brought more food to their offspring if they hatched out of bluer eggs. The sexually selected egg color hypothesis proposes that egg shell color may signal the quality of a female, & males may adjust their parental effort in response. The blue pigment in Robin's eggs comes from biliverdin, a valuable antioxidant.
Presumably healthier females can put more biliverdin in their egg shells &
since healthier mom = healthier babies, they are worth more of the male's investment. A cold calculus for sure but nature is rough sometimes.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#Minnesota, ICE is evolving tactics to blend in with us. They are starting to spin a narrative that we must be a paid and well trained insurgency. These sick assholes cannot imagine a community that takes care of its people without profit because they don’t. #IceOut www.reddit.com/r/politicsin...
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From the politicsinthewild community on Reddit: PSA on ICE Tactics
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
If you can spare a few, please donate to the families of ICE victims in Minnesota, #UglyDogs (links in quoted thread) Victor Manuel Diaz’s fund raiser is on facebook and is not reaching enough people, so please consider that first if you are on fb. Thank you all for your support!
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Y’all who’s this bitch and who’s voting for her in Minnesota? #IceOut
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Secretary Simon calling it like it is. #IceOut “It is deeply disturbing that the U.S. Attorney General would make this unlawful request a part of an apparent ransom to pay for our state’s peace and security.”
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MNehlsta @mnehlsta.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Damn! Run her against @amyklobuchar.com who has said NONE OF THIS much less with her full chest!
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Becca @bekaboomn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I worked at this agency for one year. I cannot overstate how fucking crazy it is they put this together. Famously uncharacteristic.
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
From my second favorite of these United States of America… I ❤️ Alaska! #IceOut www.reddit.com/r/alaska/s/z...
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From the alaska community on Reddit
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
…cough cough… @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov you will be eternally shamed at home if you don’t at least follow #IceOut
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 24/01/2026
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“ICE > MN” is the clearest, most honest statement of policy we have gotten from this fascist administration about this awful endless occupation. We are the enemy. Their invading army is allowed to do whatever it wants to us. The idea that they’re here to protect us is FICTION
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meencat @meencat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you follow me and are not in Minnesota, please show some support for us by calling your elected officials or protesting in your own neighborhoods and cities. We need all of US capable of rational thought to recognize the danger here and fight back now before this is your state. #MNStrong #IceOut
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