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Mercedes Von Pichl

@mercyvp.bsky.social
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Musician, music educator, wife, and mother. Outdoor enthusiast in colorful Colorado. Liberal and woke af!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Big Oil and Corporate monopolies need to die.
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As We Choke and Sweat, Big Oil Is Trying to Buy Its Way Out of Accountability | Common Dreams
Fossil fuel-funded lawmakers have introduced legislation that would dismiss ongoing climate damages lawsuits, shield the industry from similar future cases, pre-empt state Climate Superfund laws, and ...
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Dirk Gently @ktc2.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The president of the United States is a rapist, and a liar.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Bees are tiny creatures with a huge impact on our planet. Protecting pollinators means protecting our food, our flowers, and our future.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Bernie's Correct, Again......
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/07/2026
They deserve to do hard time for rape and human trafficking. But this shot is also destined for the Fashion Police archives. ☠️
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
And yet, here we are…👇 What the fuck is wrong with America?! MAGA. Did. All. This. 😎✨
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart.
“That is a lie,” wrote Jose Trinidad Rojas, 51, in a handwritten statement. “It is impossible for them to say that they were going to get run over … there were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.”

Balderas-Ibarra spoke to Rojas, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, 43, and the shooting victim’s brother, Victor Salgado, 44, and said he heard the same story from each as he interviewed them separately. The men are not being housed together, the attorney said. All three are undocumented Mexican immigrants who are now facing removal proceedings.

“All of them reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van,” Balderas-Ibarra said. “They came in and started shooting from the sides.”
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 01/07/2026
Jon Ossoff is out with a new ad targeting sex trafficking. Ossoff passed a bill that saved countless young girls from the foster system. electjon.com
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Mercedes Von Pichl @mercyvp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Say it again people, HYPOCRITES! Every single one of them!! 😡
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Mercedes Von Pichl @mercyvp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So many people! 😆
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This man makes me wish I lived in Georgia so I could vote to reelect him to the Senate. I guess I'll just have to wait to vote for Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social when, hopefully, the Dems draft him to run for President! 🇺🇸 #AwesomeOssoff2028
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“.. a rejection of his most aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2026
NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Heinrich Himmler: "If we lose the war, the Allies will turn every committee of the occupation into an investigative body. They will go after the Reich leadership, the cabinet, the donors, and friends."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“If you zoom in on the guitarist’s sunglasses you can see a crowd of less than a dozen people… the organizers appear to have recently deleted that image.” 😬 🕶️
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It seems the USA's 'manifest destiny' is to elect the very worst people among them and destroy the democracy they swore to defend.
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Maized&Confused 🇺🇦 @maizedandconfused.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our president is officially a rapist today. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our independent federal regulatory agencies were created to protect the public from corporate harms. The only reason to end these protections is to give corporate America even higher profits by shifting the risks of harms to individual people. The shame of the John Roberts court.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court holds that federal Election Day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterwards A huge victory for our clients and the Elias Law Group team. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to throw out mail ballots received after Election Day, in win for voters
Read more here.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Four years ago, SCOTUS stripped away protection of the fundamental right of women to make decisions about their own bodies in the Dobbs Decision. Since then, millions have faced barriers to care—some paying that cost with their lives.  We will continue fighting to restore these rights into law.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 25/06/2026
Just your occasional reminder that the average Democrat likes all of Zohran, AOC, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. The media really makes factional conflict seem more widespread than it is.
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Viktoriay Yakimush @viktoriay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Aren't they cute bumblebee pollinators !? 🤗 #PollinatorWeek #Insect #macro #macrophotography #MacroMonday #InsectThursday #nature #mobilephotography
 This photo shows a bumblebee collecting nectar in the center of a large hollyhock flower, better known as Alcea rosea. It is a popular garden plant from the Malvaceae family. 
Key Elements 
Bumblebee: Located at the very center of the flower. Its body is covered with dense hairs of black, yellow, and white colors. You can see that the insect is heavily stained with yellow pollen. 
Flower: 
It has large, delicate petals of a white or slightly cream shade with a slight folded texture. The petals are softly shadowed by the flower itself and the bumblebee. 
Core: 
The center of the flower has a smooth gradient. It transitions from pinkish-burgundy veins to a greenish-yellow base, where the pollen is concentrated. 
Lighting and Composition 
Light: Bright, natural, and sunny. It falls from the side, emphasizing the volume of the insect and the texture of the petals. 
Angle: 
The photo is taken from above, close-up, allowing for a detailed examination of the pollination process.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Corporate Welfare Needs to End! And the Corporations Must Be Required to Pay a Minimum Tax on Profits…. “Amazon received $17.5 billion in tax subsidies last year and made $78 billion in profit. If they're so successful, why do taxpayers have to give them subsidies?”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ossoff: I don’t think many people are tuning in because he’s lost it. But more importantly, what we’re seeing is how destabilized he is by his global humiliation in the Middle East, which he cannot deny or lie away. He has cemented his place in history in disgrace.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
South Dakota’s No. 2 GOP Sen. Tom Pischke faces 2 felony charges tied to party positions. He forged 16 documents; 13 people filed affidavits saying signatures were forged. The state GOP chair said he will step away from party duties, calling it a bad look. www.argusleader.com/story/news/p...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Investigate Todd Blanche. He refuses to do his job.👇🏽
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For those that haven’t noticed, our so-called “president” is an embarrassment and a disgrace.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On the fourth anniversary of Dobbs, we must continue to fight back to protect everyone's right to get the reproductive healthcare they need, when and where they need it—including safe and legal abortions. I introduced the HER Agenda to expand reproductive healthcare.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on my show: Todd Blanche should not be confirmed as Attorney General. He should be disbarred and jailed. Glenn detailed the misconduct and crimes that Blanche--who is a terrible lawyer-- committed in the service of Trump: youtu.be/yudCdl7_Q7k?...
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Glenn Kirschner: Todd Blanche should not be confirmed as Attorney General. He should be disbarred!
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
America should be building homes NOT data centers
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 25/06/2026
I talked with Loren Piretra about reproductive freedom and why your rights shouldn't change at a state line.
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Ho'okipa Honu @hookipahonu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I hope Dem party leadership is paying attention. We are done with politics as usual.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/06/2026
I don’t say this often these days, but Congress actually passed something good. My bipartisan housing bill to build more housing, lower costs, and stop private equity's housing grab is becoming law.
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WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?!!!! @the13thpanther.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Instigating fear. Non-Citizens can't vote.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please keep hammering this. It's an obvious and effective message that plays widely, especially with low-info voters.
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Mercedes Von Pichl @mercyvp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We need to focus on state races NOT federal. We CAN implement change more effectively at the state level. It’s what the GOP has been doing for 40+ years.
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Donald Trump is a failure.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just moments ago the President was supposed to sign a bipartisan housing bill here in the capital. Except, in a bizarre chapter, he didn’t and is a no show—because he says he’s mad at the Senate. Here’s what’s happening ⬇️👀
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CommonSense @comminsense.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It’s been 186 days of the DOJ violating the law in not releasing the Epstein files.
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Michael Bennet @bennet.senate.gov · 25/06/2026
Twenty-seven years after Olmstead, the Trump Administration is trying to make it easier for states and insurers to force Americans with disabilities into institutions just to receive the services and support they need.
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DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A tree is like a human being. It breathes, it lives, it takes in water. It protects us from all sorts of things
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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Here’s is the first ever photo I posted to BlueSky, perfect for #PollinatorWeek I believe it got 2 likes. 😂🤣😂 I’d really appreciate 3 if you don’t mind. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #bee #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #macro #photography #ECK
A close-up macro photograph of a buff-tailed bumblebee clinging sideways to a green flower spike covered in tiny yellow-tipped florets. The bee’s dense black, golden-yellow and white fur is sharply detailed, with individual hairs catching the sunlight. One antenna is raised while its translucent amber wing rests folded along its body. The bright flower and richly textured bee stand out against a smooth, dark green background, creating a vivid portrait of a pollinator at work.
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