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El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara, brutally murdered by the Pinochet regime. His music lives on in Chile and around the world- youtu.be/V_xRSfjCyrg?si=i3p4LM7PlFX…

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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
8PM today, In 15 minutes, American Civil Liberties Union's event, “Organizing to Protect Democracy: Protecting the Outcome of the Election” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/aclu/event/9...
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Organizing to Protect Democracy: Protecting the Outcome of the Election · American Civil Liberties Union
#### Our work doesn’t stop after the polls close. As the threat of authoritarianism rises across the US, attempts to undermine the legitimate outcome of our elections have become an increasingly used ...
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"“The entire election security scare is to indulge President Trump and assuage Democrats, all of whom fear interference and shenanigans, but not from foreign shores,” Exclusive: How the Military Will Hack the Election open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...
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Exclusive: How the Military Will Hack the Election
Task Force Raider’s role in 2026 elections has military officers uneasy
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ex-Google Insider | Why AI CEOs & Whistleblowers Are Both Warning You About AI
YouTube video by Dr Myriam François
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elite universities- corporate training grounds for immoral behavior. youtu.be/Yo-mUPnI_jc?...
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Chris Hedges: My Thoughts on the Cornell Incident
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Health Care Workers in Cleveland and also the Cleveland Orchestra win new contracts. www.workers.org/2026/10/9530...
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Cleveland healthcare workers make strike gains
Workers at Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital began striking over health benefits, wages, staffing levels and other issues on Sept. 23. After 16 days on the picket line, the caregivers ratified a ne...
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler" Here is a beautiful song that reflects the Christian point of view on immigrants, weary travelers if ever there were such- youtu.be/J8QuxUwpKnU?...
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Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
YouTube video by Victor Labenske
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Joyce Pieritt 🍀🎃🧶🐎🪴🐸 @joycepieritt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
State Celebrated Murder in the United States: “Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?"
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Abolition Teapot by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, 1760-80 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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50+ Music @fiftymusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Unforgettable 🪬🫧🫶🏻🤍 #NatalieCole #NatKingCole
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hegseth is one sick dude! #ImpeachHegseth
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The Lever @levernews.com · 10/10/2026
In Tuesday's Maine Senate debate, Senator Susan Collins said she once couldn't afford health insurance. What she left out: after she lost a campaign in 1994, an assault-rifle maker who’d donated to her campaign helped land her next job. She later backed a bill shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.
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Susan Collins’ Hard-Luck Story Has An Assault-Rifle Twist
An assault-rifle manufacturer helped Collins land a job after a failed gubernatorial campaign. She later backed legislation shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder truthout.org/articles/we-...
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We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder
Let’s build a world in which the torture of Christa Pike — or anyone — is unthinkable.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“...the brief defense of civil rights under Earl Warren, the crypto white supremacy of William Rehnquist, and the open white supremacy and corrupt authoritarianism of John Roberts." prospect.org/2026/10/05/o...
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The Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy - The American Prospect
The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Any nation that live streams executions is a shithole country.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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CAIR Calls for Termination of U.S. Diplomat David Milstein After Suppressing Reports Revealing Israeli Crimes
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the immediate termination of David Milstein, an aide at the U.S. ...
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
2026’s October Surprise Has Arrived—and It’s a Treason Conspiracy Involving Trump and Israel sethabramson.substack.com/p/2026s-octo...
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2026’s October Surprise Has Arrived—and It’s a Treason Conspiracy Involving Trump and Israel
On both sides of the partisan divide, voters are angrier about the Iran War than anything—as reporting suggests Israel forced us into it. Now the issue is about to become a political atomic bomb.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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His Mother Has Alzheimer’s. He Came to Cuba for a Breakthrough Treatment
YouTube video by Belly of the Beast
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 08/10/2026
A teacher earning $60k pays 20 to 30% in federal income and payroll taxes. The 25 richest Americans paid a true rate of 3.4% from 2014 to 2018. The tax code is not failing. It is working exactly as designed, for those who designed it.
A teacher earning $60k pays 20 to 30% in federal income and payroll taxes. The 25 richest Americans paid a true rate of 3.4% from 2014 to 2018. The tax code is not failing. It is working exactly as designed, for those who designed it.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The entire MAGA project is about blaming the problems created by billionaires on anyone but the billionaires.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨UPDATE: NJ Dpt of Labor confirmed to Status Coup they certified a U-Visa application for Delaney Hall Hunger Strike leader Martin Soto—which led to his release. U-Visa is "set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse." MORE 🔽 bsky.app/profile/stat...
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Immigrant rights organizer tell us "this is unprecedented" & opens door for thousands of other detainees—with similar crimes committed against them—to try and apply for U-Visa. WATCH our EXCLUSIVE interview with Martin Soto, his wife, and lawyer www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Delaney Hall Hunger Strike Leader Martin Soto RELEASED, First Interview with Status Coup
Watch now (1 min) | Soto reveals he was ILLEGALLY thrown in solitary confinement for 4 months as retaliation for helping launch hunger strike at Delaney Hall ICE prison; he also lost 40 pounds over 9 ...
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Police rammed a bicycle into Jill Stein at a peaceful student protest, then charged HER with assault. Charges against roughly 100 others were dropped. Hers were not. Sign the petition: jillstein.net?page_id=196
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Sign the Petition
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Police rammed a bicycle into Jill Stein at a peaceful student protest, then charged HER with assault. Charges against roughly 100 others were dropped. Hers were not. Sign the petition: jillstein.net?page_id=196
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Sign the Petition
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@pbs.org Sad when NOVA repeats Pentagon propaganda in its program on space and readiness for a war in space.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests
A public policy expert described the move as “the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history.”…
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
" involving the military in elections is a greater threat to democracy than all foreign influence operations combined. Both the Constitution & federal law make...clear that the military has no role here, & for good reason." Military Mobilizes for Upcoming Elections open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...
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Military Mobilizes for Upcoming Elections
Hegseth’s war on “foreign” threats to our election is dangerous
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin was on-site last week at a new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids that’s about to open at an airport in Louisiana. Mullin reiterated the Trump regime’s “worst of the worst” baloney. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A timely reminder: KNOW YOUR PARASITES! TICKS: External parasites: Remove with tweezers. WORMS: Internal parasites: Remove with medication. ➡️ BILLIONAIRES: Economic parasites: Remove with wealth tax. ➡️ Immediate intervention is crucial for your health and the health of our communities. (NHS)
A poster on a bulletin board:

KNOW YOUR PARASITES

TICKS: External parasites: Remove with tweezers.

WORMS: Internal parasites: Remove with medication.

➡️ BILLIONAIRES: Economic parasites: Remove with wealth tax.

➡️ Immediate intervention is crucial for your health and the health of our communities. (NHS)
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
the inevitable consequence of blocking people from ending their pregnancies is that pregnancy ends people’s lives ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October 3, 2026, Tom Morello and Friends 10 hr. rage against the machine: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...
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October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/10/2026
We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, "No Land to Stand On." It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targeted for arrest and deportation by the Trump administration over his pro-Palestine campus advocacy at Columbia University.
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“No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia
We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention. It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targete...
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"that’s exactly what the authoritarian right is waiting for and needs, because they are not trying to just win the count. They’re trying to make the count something a board can refuse to certify and a court can be asked to set aside."
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What To Do During A Coup by Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson medium.com/@ashleewooda...
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What To Do During A Coup
“Are we solving this or admiring it?” — @hardhatsandheels_ on Instagram.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Activists Are Preparing to Defend Elections This November truthout.org/audio/activi...
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Activists Are Preparing to Defend Elections This November
“It’s about relational organizing,” says organizer Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson.
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Dr. Fledermaus @animus45.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Senate election in Ohio: 14 times Jon Husted (R) voted for the war in Iran that’s led to rising prices on diesel, fertilizer, gas, and food; he voted to cut taxes for billionaires, and in favor of big banks, insurance companies, drug companies, and big corporations. Trump lackey all the way.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think she’s got it!
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Under Jayapal Bill, Every AI Company Would Need a Public Charter to Operate in the US www.commondreams.org/news/jaypal-...
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Under Jayapal Bill, Every AI Company Would Need a Public Charter to Operate in the US | Common Dreams
Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces bill to regulate AI industry with public charters, aiming to protect public interest and prevent harmful practices.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (w/ Susan Neiman) | TCHR
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Nine American citizens have been killed in the West Bank since 2022, ... none of their killers have been held to account by either the Israeli or U.S. government.” Drop Site News
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pagers Attack: What You Didn’t Know calla.substack.com/p/pagers-att...
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Pagers Attack: What You Didn’t Know
Behind the Zionists’ public narrative of total victory is an overcompensation for operational failure.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Iran War Spreads - Could Israel Fall?
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📌 Read the full report ↓ www.americansagainstice.org/p/ice-wasted...
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Chef Chuck @crazylunchguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nobody voted for Miller. We will remove him. ✊🏼💙⚖️
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Freedom Campaign: From Launch to Action
YouTube video by Doctors Against Genocide
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
YES! Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption truthout.org/articles/dem...
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Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption
“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured,” Rep. Steve Cohen said.
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crankyactivist @rkean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We must remove Stephen Miller from office ASAP and hold him responsible for all the damage done to so many individuals and families because of his cruel, racist, and anti-immigrant policies.
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Jail Trump @jailtrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope more people treat these goddamned fascists the way my grandfathers did.
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