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Merle222

@merle222.bsky.social
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Retired reading specialist and classroom teacher, cat lover, climate and social justice activist, wife, mother and grandmother

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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
What if Black athletes from southern gerrymandering states refused to play for their teams until they stop! Also, if Dems ever get a trifecta again, they should make gerrymandering illegal!!!! (Also, codify legal abortion, the ERA, and outlaw congressional clawbacks!)
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
One solution: If us Dems ever get a trifecta in Washington again, we need to pass a law that outlaws gerrymandering, codifies abortion, and puts term limits on the Supreme Court, amid other things!
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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Demand term limits for Supreme Court justices NOW!
Trump & MAGA Republicans packed the Supreme Court with far-right judges who serve lifetime appointments & keep stripping away our rights, freedoms, & bodily autonomy. The Supreme Court i...
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mtylerwrites.bsky.social @mtylerwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Please get rid of the junk on Bluesky! We need a place for thoughtful and informative posts, not more garbage!
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
substack.com/@borowitzrep...
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)
Kim Jong Un Calls on U.S. Government to Invoke 25th Amendment
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “What’s Next After No Kings 3?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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What’s Next After No Kings 3? · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “What’s Next After No Kings 3?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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What’s Next After No Kings 3? · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “What’s Next After No Kings 3?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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What’s Next After No Kings 3? · Mobilize
On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “What’s Next After No Kings 3?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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What’s Next After No Kings 3? · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings 3 Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings 3 Kickoff Call · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us are rising again to show the world: the power belongs to the people. We don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. Join our March 19 Kickoff Call...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings 3 Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings 3 Kickoff Call · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us are rising again to show the world: the power belongs to the people. We don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. Join our March 19 Kickoff Call...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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Stop New ICE Detention Centers in Pennsylvania
The Department of Homeland Security has plans to open 23 detention centers nationwide. We recently learned that two of them would be in warehouses DHS purchased in Pennsylvania, in Berks and Schuylkil...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Tell Congress: No War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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Tell Congress: No War with Iran
Trump has launched unauthorized military strikes on Iran, dragging the United States into yet another war without approval from Congress. This reckless escalation is putting U.S. servicemembers, Ameri...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I'm attending MoveOn's event, “[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union · MoveOn
At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and t...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The NYT just published an article saying that all social media companies have been subpoenaed to produce the account info (names, emails, etc) of anyone who is criticizing ICE and warning others about their activities! Wait to they come to Philly: I have a ton of senior friends with whistles!
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · Mobilize
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is: In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.
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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026
Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.
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SayItToMyFace💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They released the video from the video in the pink jacket. They murdered him. He was trying to help another person.
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✠ 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It would be a shame.👇🏼
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Fight The Right… 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Copenhagen witnessed a huge gathering today as protesters voiced opposition to Trump's plan for the U.S. to obtain Greenland from Denmark… 🇩🇰
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ChaserBaybe 💙🌊🦋🇺🇸 @chaserbaybe.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I’m moving to Cali! 🙌🙌
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is the way
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 12/01/2026
An explicit threat of murder.
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Kim Cobb @kimcobb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
As Hanukkah approaches, as an American senior Jew who has loved and loved my faith all my life, I am appalled at the actions of the corrupt and cruel current government of Israel and the settlers who maim and kill mothers and babies! STOP!
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Support Crucial Pediatric Cancer Legislation www.congressweb.com/PBTF/4?frame...
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Support Crucial Pediatric Cancer Legislation
Act Now for Our Kids' Health! Join us in supporting the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act and the Give Kids A Chance Act—critical pieces of legislation that pave the way for timely access to ca...
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 17/11/2025
they're going after holocaust survivors
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Third party anyone?
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
If the Dems cave tonight without getting an extension on the Obamacare subsidies and instead agree to the Republican plan to let them have a vote a YEAR FROM NOW I think we should start a new political party and get behind Zohran!
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
@marcelias.bsky.social Thanks so much for your post about 60 Minutes this morning! I watched only the first 5 minutes and got so nauseous I had to turn it off. We have lost another gem to the bloated oligarchs who now run all the major networks. Mike Wallace must be turning in his grave!
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
McDonald’s Roiling Inside?
Screenshot of a tweet by The Lincoln Project reading, “What the MRI scanner saw.” Below is a photo of McDonald’s Big Mac boxes and wrappers covered in ketchup. Underneath is another tweet from user Acyn quoting Trump saying he got an MRI.
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The Man Who Wants You Dead open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
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The Man Who Wants You Dead
Trump’s Golem Stephen Miller Wants to See Your Blood in the Streets. Can We Stop Him?
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...
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Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today!
Send a virtual postacrd to Congress: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, must go!
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NPR @npr.org · 19/09/2025
BREAKING NEWS: The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
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CDC advisers vote to add new COVID vaccines rules that could discourage uptake
The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air. This comes after Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast licenses over Kimmel's monologue on Charlie Kirk.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2025
Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/08/2025
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
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Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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Merle222 @merle222.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert should move their shows to YouTube!
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