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Persistent Mom

@persistmom.bsky.social
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Wife, Mother, Clinical Psychologist, Devoted to Democracy, Doing my best to save what we can save and link arms with the most vulnerable, hate is the enemy, Rested and rejoining the fight (She/her)

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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legal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
re the cornell 7
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To the men in our lives- women are so upset about the Cornell 7 because there were 57 men on that group chat. 5% of them sexually assaulted her. And 0% did something to help her. And you tell us you want to protect us!!!
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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't have the raw data, but sounds about right.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 09/09/2026
The 400+ members of the Steady State are former national security and intelligence officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Please help us get the message out, and #holdfast linktr.ee/SteadyState
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The Steady State Official: TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads | Linktree
The Steady State brings together 425+ former national security and intelligence officials committed to defending the Constitution and protecting democracy.
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Arrest, charge, and prosecute the Cornell 7.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
THE SOUTH CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS You don’t get to profit off Black athletes on Saturday, then spend the rest of the week gerrymandering Black political power out of existence. We know what’s up! Hakeem Jeffries makes the connection perfectly.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Freedom of speech vs the world’s richest man: “The studio releasing Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk documentary Musk is finding itself unable to buy an ad on the biggest social platforms.” Via Hollywood Reporter
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There's an assumption that Trump represents a permanent shift in US foreign policy. But the polling tells a different story. On NATO, Ukraine, Iran, tariffs, and the importance of democratic allies, Trump is out of step with most Americans. Read more: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
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Trump's Foreign Policy Doesn’t Have to Be America’s New Normal
On Iran, alliances, trade, Ukraine, and democracy, the polls tell a consistent story: Trump is out of step with the American public.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 19/09/2026
Normally you'd think the first person to condemn Trump kicking CNN out of the White House would be the person trying to buy it. Has anyone heard from David Ellison?
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Trump targets more news outlets, saying he will ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
President Donald Trump says he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could fol...
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🇨🇦 👊 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 17/09/2026
Michiganders deserve a champion who has a history of fighting for equal rights for everyone. That’s why we’re proud to endorse abdulelsayed.bsky.social, who has:
On a grey and blue paper texture background with stars and a rainbow line, white and blue text reads, “Let’s get free. Vote Equality ‘26” next to the HRC logo. A light blue stamp texture reads, “HRC Endorsed 2026.” White and yellow text reads, “Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate” next to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s headshot.
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve been working with middle school kids long enough to remember explaining blow jobs and cigar sex to them because of Clinton. Trump and his minions now make me explain bestiality and sex trafficking. Ah, the good old days!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today, September 17th, is both Constitution Day & Citizenship Day, which celebrates the passage of the U.S. Constitution & the journey of every single person who has or will become a U.S. Citizen through naturalization!
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 There are so many heroes to thank for their help on 9/11. So many allies who stepped up. So many mistakes and betrayals then and since 9/11. Betraying our first responders and the great nation of Canada is heartbreaking. Most of us remember and value all you did for us! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian crews, and Canada took care of thousands of stranded US passengers. Not you Donald, and not your crew either. Everyone knows you’re a coward. This day is not about you, it’s about a memory for real heroes. REAL HEROES!!!!
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is…PERFECT. “This isn’t working for me.” Generations of women answered, “Me nether.” Thank you, Gloria. Rest in power.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.
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metal dot txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.

And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...
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He Waited For His Son To Return From The USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol Arrested Him.
Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/08/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"The decision by Trump to dissolve USAID — once the world’s largest humanitarian donor — gutted maternal and neonatal care, decimated nutrition programs for millions of pregnant women and children, and left scores of birthing centers devoid of equipment and medicine..." apnews.com/article/usai...
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026
"Ultimately, the gadflies don’t seem to actually understand how being a transgender athlete works. The idea that cisgender men like Enes and Royce would voluntarily undergo chemical castration to try to join the WNBA and make a minuscule rookie salary is farcical on its face."
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Transgender athletes are a red herring
It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I find it fascinating that everyone's idea of Heaven is untouched paradise with crystal clear waters, clean air full of birdsong, lush forests teeming with wildlife and a utopia classless society WITH enough food for everyone, where nobody goes hungry. a utopia of peace, unity and happiness. 
But if you suggest we try to do that here on Earth 
YOU'RE considered AN evil leftist ideologue, by the GOP!
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 11/08/2026
For decades, Dr. Anthony Fauci dedicated his career to protecting Americans through HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika & COVID-19 under presidents of both parties Science shouldn’t be the enemy when facts are inconvenient Public health is about protecting lives, not political loyalty #DrFauci #Science #SheShed
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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 11/08/2026
www.aclu.org/news/womens-... The Trump regime is undermining women’s economic freedom and security, strictly enforcing archaic gender roles, gutting reproductive freedom and women’s health, and pushing women back into the home. #Pinks 🌸
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How Trump is Trying to Keep Women at Home
The ACLU dives into the Trump administration’s attempts to reverse key strides in the women’s rights movement.
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Karen Anderson @karen3678.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is happening in america. What is wrong with us that we allow this to happen?
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I took my daughter to a pediatrician right after moving to a new city. First visit, the dr asked her if she was excited for Christmas. My daughter said yes. She had just seen Santa Claus and asked for a dollhouse. The doctor asked her if she had prayed to Jesus asking for that dollhouse.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is the party that wants you to believe that keeping trans women out of women's bathrooms is about protecting women from violence.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Republicans love using California as a punchline. The American economy keeps using California as its engine. More than 1 in 6 new U.S. jobs this year came from the Golden State.
Over 1 in every 6
new non-farm jobs created in the U.S. in 2026 came from California
Source: California Employment Development Department
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ronald Reagan ignored the AIDS crisis—and his “dear friend” from Hollywood, Rock Hudson, who asked for help. Dr. Fauci jumped in and helped. Guess which guy the homophobic ghouls in the Republican Party revere today.
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Our essential healthcare workers are heroes! I wonder if we could help her at off her loans?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/07/2026
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
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Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex's murder. No one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain?
Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the outreach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you've all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I'm here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don't forget to spend time with those you love...
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u... Even good news is bad.Will this embolden China or Russia? He made such a mess of things that any solution will end in major losses.Pay attention hawks. Diplomacy is more effective than war!
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Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns (Gift Article)
Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The White House posted on Facebook claiming that 198 Democrats voted against banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office. What they don’t tell you is that House Republicans attached the SAVE Act to the bill.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
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1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There will be time for everyone to comment and to cement Lindsey Graham’s place in the history books. It won’t be pretty. But I am mature enough to allow his loved ones and friends to grieve first. That’s not centrist. That’s human compassion.
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Persistent Mom @persistmom.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b... They violate the constitution every day!
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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