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@persister1.bsky.social
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Working to leave the world a better place than I found it. ✡️ 🕎, 🏳️‍🌈ally, 🇺🇦 supporter, she/her, GVP warrior, NJ transplant- it’s now home.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Also, all you liberals who were humping Amy Coney Barrett last month really should have listened to me when I told you SHE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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Manuel @manuelofreire.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Not rapists Not drug dealers Not criminals Not murderers Just people who, if they don’t have their papers, have broken less laws than Trump.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
2/ These things are cultural, they are regional. California was part of Mexico until 1848! Nobody out here, excepting Santa Monica fascist Stephen Miller, is unnerved by a Mexican flag. Just like nobody in Boston or Chicago is like WHOA AN IRISH FLAG WHAT IS UP WITH THAT
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The California National Guard and Trump's ICE regime forces attacked unarmed US citizens, protestors and media, with tear gas, smoke grenades, and pellet rounds. They pushed them into the street and declared a 'unlawful assembly', a violation of people's first amendment. #StopICE (📹@JamesQueallyLAT)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/06/2025
Did you know that when Pam Bondi said "We presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant and they agreed to return him," she was admitting she failed to follow the extradition process, proving he could have been returned at any time? My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/abrego-gar...
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Abrego Garcia's Lawyers: "This Case is Not Over."
Lawyers for Abrego Garcia slam the government for trying to weasel their way out of contempt.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This...is...not...honest. This pic is from five years ago and not even in Los Angeles. Immoral opportunists like James Woods and Ted Cruz trade on lies to promote other lies.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/06/2025
Definitely need the National Guard to quell this... insurrection of... line dancing?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Oh, honey . . . You can’t even get your wife back.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Statement from former Vice-President Kamala Harris:
“Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city.

Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration's cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.

This Administration's actions are not about public safety - they're about stoking fear. Fear of a community demanding dignity and due process.

Protest is a powerful tool - essential in the fight for justice.

And as the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor have noted, demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful.

I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
All these patriots who signed up for the National Guard to protect America from Russia and China are being turned on their fellow Americans by a Russian-backed corrupt madman. Just as Putin would have scripted it, and just as Trump and Miller oblige.
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Tonys are my Super Bowl and World Series! #thetonys
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Rick Scott's company paid a $1.7 billion fine for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, then the largest health care fraud settlement in American history.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Update: I'm hearing the senate vote on this stupid crypto bill could come tonight. This week should be about the despicable GOP reconciliation bill. The few Dems on this crypto bill aren't just wrong on policy, they're fracturing the party at a time we should be unified against GOP corruption.
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oliviajulianna.bsky.social @oliviajulianna.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
How many of you could have spent your time going after the felon who’s been deporting kids with cancer instead of beating up on the former President who has an aggressive form of cancer himself? Absolutely sick. I will never trust you or your leadership again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
At 1:34 AM Trump called for DOJ to investigate Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Springsteen, Oprah and others for crimes, he then made another deranged post about it at 9:11 AM, and the lead story of the day on MSNBC and CNN continues to be Joe Biden in 2023.
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Excellent @apnews.com story shows why poor White House record-keeping & secrecy doesn’t just break laws or violate norms, but denies accountability, preventing Americans from ever knowing what a POTUS & Cabinet officials did in our name. It’s not OK, no matter who does it. apnews.com/article/trum...
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The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president
Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history. But it's taken even more drastic steps than his first to shield key documents and information from the public.
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The reality is the president was rage tweeting Walmart less than 48 hours ago after they announced price hikes due to Trump’s tariffs. Just constant lies from this White House.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/05/2025
Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2025
The number of assaults on law enforcement in ONE DAY on January 6th is higher than the number of assaults on ICE officers over a decade.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Vance is a genuine asshole, but I think he also sees assholery as a part of a winning political persona. What he misses is that lots of people see Trump as a *fun* asshole and that's why they like his schtick. But there's nothing fun about JD Vance and never will be.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Or...you could wish President Biden and his family well. That is also a choice.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What are we supposed to do with this? The deficit explodes under Trump’s bill. Explodes.
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Exactly!!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Updated this piece about how the Trump admin removed images of women and persons of color from websites. The good news is that the webpage about a NASA employee overcoming adversity was restored after she posted about it. The bad news? NASA then fired her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
NASA has removed “women in leadership” and “indigenous people” from its website. It also removed a website profile of Rose Ferreria, a student intern who became a full time employee. Ferreria is an immigrant who survived cancer and homelessness before becoming a student at Arizona State University. It is a savvy bit of marketing by NASA to broaden the pool of potential applicants: women of color playing a leading role in NASA is the stuff of movies (Hidden Figures) and TV shows (For All Mankind) precisely because it challenges us to rethink what the agency is. While in hospital Ferreria posted about the removal of the page telling her story. After adverse publicity, NASA restored the page. Then it fired her.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"They have put a complete chill." New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin tells Jen Psaki that this is the first administration "in decades" that has not established a working relationship between the U.S. attorney's office and the state attorney general's office.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We should be ashamed of ourselves for not appreciating him breaking the law. ✈️ 💰 🙏
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: We're suing ICE after the agency failed to share information related to their plans to expand immigrant detention in Colorado and Wyoming. The public has a right to know how their taxpayer dollars are being used to advance Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I'm attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Resched www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...
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No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Rescheduled! · Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect
No Kings – Then or Now: Fighting on All Fronts RESCHEDULED: Volunteer Blue and its 40-plus partner organizations are (re)inviting you to join us on Friday, May 9th, for this special event. We will ...
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
All over the country people are protesting this means two things- What Trump‘s doing is getting noticed What trumps doing is unpopular
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump’s firing of several seasoned national security officials at the behest of conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer may become a turning point. Senior GOP people are horrified that the move benefits Russia. Cyber ops expert Gen Timothy Haugh was sacked and no replacement has been installed.
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@repbonnie.bsky.social thanks for speaking at #handsoff in Princeton!! We know you are with us, but it’s always awesome to see you!
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If the Constitution is suspended anyway, let's call a snap election
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Princeton NJ today
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Where are you protesting today? I’m going to Princeton!
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Leia BlueSkywalker @blueskye2025.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Great news! @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social is running for U.S. Senate! This woman! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 She’s wicked smart, doesn’t back down to the bullies and has the tenacity to steward the changes we so desperately need. Can’t think of anyone more capable of meeting this moment. Let’s help her out!🔥 #ImWithHer
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This is a very alarming constitutional gray area and Trump is floating it because he’s taking it seriously. Ignoring the ambiguities in the 12th and 22nd Amendments won’t make them go away! slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump confirmed that one imagined "method" for | staying in power involves Vance running for prez, winning, and then passing the baton back to him.
Trump: "That's one. But there are others too.
There are others."
Welker: "There are others? Can you tell me another?"
Trump: "No."
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 28/03/2025
Another way the gap will grow between haves and have nots: the rich and educated will make sure their kids get fluoride and everyone else will grow up with cavities and suffer huge dental bills in their 40s. Fluoride was a cheap way to help out everyone. Evil goddamn idiots.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Elon Musk PACs have spent $17M on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. He’s also donated $3M, and giving voters $100. Elon is currently suing the state and would have cases ruled on by the winner. Billionaires are a direct threat to democracy.
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How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History
Ten years ago, Wisconsin approved unlimited political spending. Now, as spending for its Supreme Court race surpasses more than $80 million, some campaign reformers are wondering if the state is reach...
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Secret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
When the Republicans helped Donald Trump get away with stealing all of our national secrets it proved that they cannot be trusted with any classified information.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
So the Social Security Administration is crashing, because it has been dismantled illegally. Not next year. Right now. Pay attention. It isn't a joke, nor a lie. MAGA, this is on YOU. But you will be hurt along with the rest of us. You didn't plan on that, did you? #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say
Current and former employees, and advocates for retirees, have said the changes being made would strain an already struggling system.
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Persister @persister1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A really easy way for Musk to own the libs, show much of a genius he is, and that his companies would survive without help—would be to give back the $38 billion he’s received in government subsidies, and use his own money to run his companies. I hear he’s brilliant, it shouldn’t be difficult…
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