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Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. If we do not stand up for justice & truth for all now, we won't be able to later.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I actually have a meme for that 🤔💥
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Never, never, never give up. -- Winston Churchill #Persistence #Resilience
If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "First attempt in Learning".
End is not the end, in fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies".
If you get no for an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".
So let's be positive.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Hobbit Day!!!
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Hobbit Adventure: I'm Going On An Adventure!
Alt: Hobbit Adventure: I'm Going On An Adventure!
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy Caturday! The blue wave is coming. @markwarner.bsky.social @repsuhas.bsky.social
A black and white cat with a sticker that says, "I voted!  Did you? Manassas "
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RetiredFed @rp198.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Below is my "I voted sticker," displayed on Winky. The country is on fire and our vote is a bucket of water. No one bucket will out the fire out, but millions will. Each vote counts.
Winky, a brown lab/pit bull mix with white blazer, displays an I voted sticker that belongs to one of her guardians.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Early voting has started! Let's have a blue tsunami! #IVoted #BlueWave
A sticker that says, "I voted!  Did you? Manassas"
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
From @tnsteve.com alt text added
Trump translator:
Fake news = This is true and I hate it.
Low IQ=  Their intelligence intimidates me.
Horrible Person = They tell the truth about me.
Witch Hunt = I did it and hoped no one would find out. 
Hoax = This is a damning indictment of me and my illegal activities. 
Many people are saying = I just made this up.
Believe me = What I'm saying is not true.
Nobody knows more about X than I do = I just learned sbout X (usually something most first graders would know).
Very unfair = I'm being treated the same as everyone else. 
Total loser = They criticized me or stopped supporting me. 
Great guy = They are loyal to me and willing to lie on my behalf.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Do NOT use votesafe dot org to check your voter registration. It is run by Elon Musk to collect information on voters. (Snopes verified) (Side note: it's in the long Republican tradition of giving political organizations misleading names.) www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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Elon Musk's VoteSafe.org shares users' personal information. Here's how we know
Musk's America PAC funds the online voter registration hub.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why is this not the lead story on every media outlet? He is openly advocating election fraud and wants people to swear personal loyalty to him. He must be removed from office immediately! #ImpeachRemoveConvict #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #25thAmendment #CorruptionInPlainSight youtu.be/cdUhhTwiDtk?...
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Trump leads GOP convention crowd in pledge to vote and 'cheat like hell'
YouTube video by CNN
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
US AID use to help contain outbreaks like this. But Musk shut it down. His motto essentially is - move fast, break things, and build back what you miss. It might work for a modeling concert not so great fod medicine, existing buildings, or infrastructure.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From @ebisback.bsky.social (alt text added) an excellent question (Felons lose their right to vote and must apply to have that right restored.)
Everyone (is) talking about how Trump voted by mail, but I'm over here wondering how he voted at all!  He's a convicted felon.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From @jennifershin.bsky.social alt text added
A collage of 4 AI pictures of Mitch McConnell. 

In the upper left:  Mitch McConnell is having ice cream wirh Joe Biden.  McConnell is wearing a t-shirt that says," Vote blue no matter who."

In the upper right:
Mitch McConnell is standing between AOC and Mandami holding a sign that says, "AOC/Zohran for President 2028" and wearing a t-shirt that says, "Democratic Socialists of America"

In the bottom left, Obama is visiting Mitch McConnell.  McConnell is wearing a t-shirt that says, "I was wrong about the Affordable Care Act.  Thanks Obama."

In the bottom right, Bernie Sanders is visiting Mitch McConnell.   McConnell is holding a rainbow flag and a sign that says, "Health care is a human right." McConnell is wearing a t-shirt that says, "Black Lives Matter."
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From @chrisa327.bsky.social alt text added
Photograph of Barbara Ehrenreich 

Quote:

Please, no more talk of companies "giving" people jobs.  In reality,  the gift relationship goes in the opposite direction.   Workers give their blood, sweat, and tears, and sometimes their lives, and in return companies pay them the minimum they can get away with.

Barbara Ehrenreich 
American author and political activitst
(1941-2022)
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From @darren32359.bsky.social alt text added
A ship named MAGA is approaching an iceberg.   They people on the ship are thinking "It's not that bad?"

An arrow to the top of the iceberg says, "The Trump corruption that we already know about."

Ninety percent or more of the iceberg is below the surface of the water.  It is labeled, "Corruption we haven't even seen yet."
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From @producrgrl.bsky.social alt text added
If billionaires can't afford a 3% wealth tax...
Maybe they should:
Get a second job 
Make coffee at home
Stop buying avocado toast
Cancel a few subscriptions 
Learn to live within their means
Pull themselves up by their bootstraps 
You know - the advice they've been giving the working people for decades.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Goodbye to summer!
A black and white cat sitting on a deck looking out between two blueberry bushes.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Music for today: Feckin Trump by the Sligo Bandits music.youtube.com/watch?v=S5mE...
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Feckin Trump
YouTube video by Sligo Bandits - Topic
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Man wearing a t-shirt that says, "Our best hope is that Trump is taking medical advice from Rovert Fm Kennedy,  Jr."
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Remembering all those affected by overdoses both the fatal ones and the non-fatal ones. #InternationalOverdoseDay #25YearsAndStillNeeded #IOAD
Purple heart outline with a hash tag that reads End Overdose 

Purple ribbon next to International Overdose Awareness Dat 31 August
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#HappyCaturday
Happy Caturday! A black and white cat lies on a cat scratcher behind a lectern with an American flag in the background.  The star on the flag have been replaced by paw prints.
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RetiredFed @rp198.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Its National Dog Day. In honor of that event, Winkyproudky displays her favorite toy.
Winky, a Pit Bull/Lab/Shitsoo mix  with brown fur and white blaze and paw tips  proudly displays her favorite toy while lying  on her couch in honor of National Dog Day.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump’s racism and ego are in full display in this latest endeavor to get rid of all things Obama. State Department wants to sell ‘woke’ Kehinde Wiley painting - The Washington Post share.google/lcB8IzmGHpeB...
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State Department wants to sell ‘woke’ painting by Obama portrait artist
The painting, “Young Artists After Siamesas 1960,” features four models in front of a floral backdrop.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He's always on the wrong side of every door,..." Rum Tum Tum Tiger by T.S. Eliot Happy Caturday!
Black and white cat stranding up to full height trying to get in a house via a glass door on the deck.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One less UFO (unfinished object). It is a knitted rebozo (Mexican style shawl) for a family member's birthday.
Knitted rebozo shawl in 5 colors: black, pink, lilac, purple, and green.  It is stretched out on a wood floor and has a black tassle on each corner.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.
Children’s immunization schedule
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happy International Cat Day! Teddy is about to address the nation on the importance of regular feeding times for cats. #Caturday #InternationalCatDay
A black and white cat standoff behind a podium with flags on either side.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Aug. 4, 1964 | Missing Civil Rights Workers Found Dead in Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
On the chalkboard in a bookstore: Please note: We've moved a few books around Travel is mowing the fantasy section,sci-fi in current affairs and epidemiology is in self help.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Rix2K...
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This is going mega viral…
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Group urges Congress to adopt proportional representation to end redistricting battles
As high-profile battles over redistricting have become a fixture in political headlines, a group of scholars is sounding the alarm on the consequences of gerrymandering. In an open letter to Congress,...
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
youtube.com/shorts/wpoEh... #DataCenters #Accountability
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Ohio man questions why normal people are footing the bill for data center growth
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Please share.
The Big Beautiful Delay
Why you're not feeling the bill -- yet
H.R.1 ("The Big Beautiful Bill") was designed to delay the damage until after the 2026 midterms.

Here's what's coming...but not just yet:
- Medicaid work rules December 2026
- Food aid restrictions crate 2026
- Clean energy credits end Mid to late 2026
- Student loan changes Gradually by 2026
- Affordable housing cuts Ohased in post2026
- Rural hospital funding declined Statts 2026

Why It's Delayed:
- Politicians want your vote before you feel the impact.
- The harshest parts are hidden until after the ballots are cast.
- By then, it's harder to stop.

STAY ALERT. SPREAD THE WORD. KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
Watch what's delayed -- Not just what's announced. 
Share.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Proof of Life photo for Senator Mitch McConnell honoring the invention of the ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair. #ProofOfLife ##MitchMcConnell
Mitch McConnell holding a vanilla ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair where the ice cream cone was invented on July 23rd. AI generated.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It is crazy but not surprising. This administration actively destroyed DEI. In the DoD, women and people of color are pulled from promotion lists. The only refugees allowed are white South Africans. They have worked to destroy the VRA. See a pattern yet?
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In honor of the 21st anniversary of the release of The March of the Penguins, I give you today's (July 22, 2026) Proof of Life photo for Mitch McConnell. #ProofOfLife #MitchMcConnell
Mitch McConnell wearing a tuxedo surrounded by emperor penguins in Antarctica.  AI generated.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Proof of Life Photo for Mitch McConnell at the Battle of Bull Run (The first major land battle of the Civil War started on July 21, 1861.) #ProofOfLifePhoto #MitchMcConnell
Mitch McConnell dressed as a Confederate reenactor at the Manassas National Battlefield.  AI generated.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In honor of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon OTD (July 20th) 1969, I give you today's Mitch McConnell proof of life photo. #MitchMcC9nnell #ProofOfLife
Mitch McConnell in  spacesuit walking on the moon with the lunar module in the background and the American flag.  AI generated with Canva.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Proof of life photo for Mitch McConnell off to see the Wizard with Toto.
Mitch McConnell walking on a yellow brick road wearing a shiny purple shirt, black capris, and black slide on shoes with a black terrier dog.  AI generated using Canva.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In light of Rep. Kean's extended absence & now Sen. McConnell's extended absence, it is clear that we need greater transparency & accountability from our Members of Congress regarding their attendance. The Renewal Papers drafted a plan. It's a start. renewalpapers.org/papers/1-8-w...
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Work & Attendance Requirements for Congress
Congressional service is a public trust. Members of Congress are elected and paid by taxpayers to deliberate, legislate, and represent their constituents. Yet the current system lacks enforceable stan...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/07/2026
Internal documents from the National Park Service obtained by the Washington Post say that people in the area should “remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show” and “wear an N95 mask when outdoors” to prevent “irritation symptoms.”
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Trump is using your money to pollute our air this July 4th
The National Park Service said that people should “remain indoors as much as possible” during and after the fireworks show.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
You can either be a patriot or you can be a grifter. You cannot be both. #TruePatriotism #Independence #July4th
Top image:  A photo of Air Force Major Watson in uniform on the steps of the United States Capitol holding a sign that says, "Impeach Convict Remove"

Bottom image:  A political cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social of Trump jumping out of a cake that has "Happy 250th America!" written on it.  Trump is wearing a read bikini with white lettering that says, "Me me me" all over it.  Uncle Sam is screaming "Aaaaah!" As his hat rises off of his head.
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Crocheted canopy for shade in public space, created by 40 local women of Cartaya, Spain #WomensArt
Three photos of a crocheted canopy stretched over a street in many circular patterns and colours
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wishing a peace filled Father's Day to all the Father's of children who struggle with fitting in, with addiction, with mental health issues, with troubles known only to them. May all the fathers whose children have lost their struggles find blessing in the memories of their children. #FathersDay
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Draft Barron @silverknitter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Happy Caturday! From a real cat to AI. It leaves my cat wondering what happened to his dignity.
The images.   In the top left is a real cat sitting on a dining table looking over his shoulder.  In the top right, the background has been removed and the cat dressed to look like the woman in the Girl with the Pearl Earring.  Finally, in the bottom image the background is replaced with the step from the Art Institute of Chicago.
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