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Skye Barkschat

@skyebright.bsky.social
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44 year old SJW Earth firster who is a deeply committed Social Justice activist. Lived in Costa Rica, where i learned an INCREDIBLE amount that i would NEVER trade, for anything!

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING:🚨 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children.” The brave woman continued to walk around wearing a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Netanyahu.
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Support @KazMurphy.bsky.social and his mission to #RegisterDemocrats! By downloading his new album Making Noise, you're donating to @FieldTeam6.org. Half of all proceeds go toward the cause. Musical activism in action! Win win! #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/1XSpKEcH
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let's see "skies of blue" as we RISE to the challenge of creating a truly @JUSTICEdemocrat society while continuing to create a @MorePerfectUnion ✨🩵🌟
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to death
The family of a pregnant woman who died sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others on Tuesday, claiming she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Massie exposes the hypocrisy: Some members get to vote against bills they know will pass, giving them a convenient campaign talking point without changing the outcome.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm seeing some people ask why the Democratic Party and congressional leaders aren't doing more to challenge Trump's anti-voting executive order. They were literally the first to seek a new injunction after SCOTUS ruled. I know, because I am their lawyer. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
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🚨DSCC v. Trump
Learn more here.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon. My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"The goal of this regime is to scare us out of resisting.... Our job is to show up and be brave anyway." Great article from Daniella Jiménez, Renée Bartlett-Webber, and Ellie Prickett-Morgan at Mother Jones. Worth your time: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The architecture of resistance: America’s year of mobilizing against ICE
Ordinary people launched a movement against Trump’s secret police. They’re still at it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Happy 1st Birthday Blue!💙
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
AOC Makes A Great Point 👉.......
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...
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Don’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!
In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DaZfiwo.... We ALL @LOVEBERNIE ✨🩵
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DaZfiwo.... We ALL @LOVEBERNIE ✨🩵
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
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DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money
Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Thank you, @TomBonesMalone for this lil' giggle, which has become a bare necessity, on these dark and dangerous days! 😉
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026
Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you a lawyer looking to help in the fight for free and fair elections, Democracy Docket is hiring for a Legal Research Director. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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Legal Research Director | Work With Us
Job Overview  Tracking key voting and election cases is at the heart of Democracy Docket’s mission. The Legal Research Director leads ...
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Margaret Forsyth @margaretforsyth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
At the Democratic Blue Wave function in Portland over the winter with wife Amy Gertner.
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❌👑🐸 Deb Verla 💙 Register Democrats 🌎 Save the world ❌👑🐸 @villaverla.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Thanks for including me in this new Starter Pack @hopeful66.bsky.social! Check it out. Follow them all. Then take a look at her other Starter Packs - you'll find good activist accounts to follow! go.bsky.app/TBhX5pi
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...
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Don’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!
In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Frustrated by a city council that has refused to oppose the opening of an immigration detention center, community activists in Surprise, Arizona are hoping residents will agree to disincorporate the city, stripping away the council’s power...." azmirror.com/2026/06/17/f...
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Frustrated by inaction on ICE warehouse, activists move to dissolve Surprise altogether
Surprise ICE warehouse facility opposition fuels a petition to disincorporate the Arizona city entirely, but it's a big challenge to do so
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump, Yer Trying Too Hard #PolitiZoom
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump has nominated Todd Blanche — a staunch loyalist who has aggressively targeted the president’s enemies for prosecution and backed the idea of sending federal agents to the polls —to be attorney general. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump nominates Todd Blanche, loyalist targeting his political foes, for attorney general
Blanche, one of Trump's former personal lawyers, has outraged both Democrats and Republicans while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.
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✊💙D to the R to the R💙✊ @daleroy1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Trans people, & kids(!), are just the latest targets of Republican bullying. 💙 Join @FieldTeam6.org to #RegisterDemocrat to fight back. We need to elect a blue Congress to protect their rights – all minority rights. 🌈 Your voice saves lives! #Voterizer #LoveWins social.fieldteam6.org/s/mTglHBR7
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
OpenAI files to go public as IPO race heats up #TheHill
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OpenAI files to go public as IPO race heats up
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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Don't get me wrong, I hate pamela jo, lara, tulsi, the agriculture chick, ms maxwell, Linda the man, et al., but of all the bizarre females in the krasnov orbit, this bitch makes my skin crawl! She's creepy AF! 😬
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OMG: Ivanka Trump reveals her family is developing a massive off-grid private island
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Pearl River Police will not silence us. Cases against the Pearl River Three, arrested for their Fuck ICE signs and represented by @buddyspell.bsky.social and friends were dismissed this morning in 22nd Judicial District Court, Covington, Louisiana
June 8, 2026 Photo in front of 22nd Judicial District Court, Covington, Louisiana of four (4) individuals with their arms raised in fists. Three (3) of the four (4) are former defendants whose criminal charges for protesting the government were dismissed on June 8, 2026 and the second (2nd) from the right is their attorney, Buddy Spell.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Airline fuel costs jump 78 percent in past year amid war with Iran #TheHill
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Airline fuel costs jump 78 percent in past year amid war with Iran
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to pay $18,000 detaining him anyway.
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ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional
Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to pay $18,000 detaining him anyway.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
We know Trump doesn’t care about free and fair elections… ex: the January 6th insurrection. We are going to win BIG in the Midterms, and Trump knows it. He’s scared, and that is why he’s making these claims about “cheating” now.
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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I DELETED THE STARBUCKS APP
#DeleteTheApp to show Starbucks that you stand with baristas, not billion-dollar companies.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We're All Standing With Ted Lieu....
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/04/2026
Hegseth: "We're always on the lookout for CI threats, and internal threats, anyone talking out of school about things they should not." (Hegseth last year shared war plans in a Signal group that included a reporter.)
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fuck him
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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Al Jazeera English on Instagram: "Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the five permanent members of the UN Security Council as “Lords of War.” He called on them to stop acting ...
213K likes, 7,427 comments - aljazeeraenglish on April 18, 2026: "Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the five permanent members of the UN Security Council as “Lords of War.” H...
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Top military officials kept Trump out of the situation room during the rescue of downed soldiers bc of his erratic behavior. This is more proof that he isn’t fit to be president and is a threat to national security. This needs to be top news.
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
www.youtube.com/live/f-T3r-e... And the @JUSTICEdemocrats are WINNING, EVERYWHERE ✨🩵🌎 🇺🇸
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LIVE: Pete Buttigieg BRINGS DOWN The House in RED STATE!!
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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Republicans lost big again in New Jersey. November is coming. More in today’s post:
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
substack.com/@scottdworki.... ✨🩵🌟. This is exactly why we NEED #AOC2028 ✨🩵
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Scott Dworkin (@scottdworkin)
Republicans lost big again in New Jersey. November is coming. More in today’s post:
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 16/04/2026
Trump wants to rob American families to pay for war. That is what his budget for next year boils down to.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
apnews.com/article/new-... THIS is how the @JUSTICEdemocrats do it!! Anybody who wants to try on our sized shoes can feel free to step on over and give it ashot, and see how #Equality feels!✨🩵😉
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Progressive Analilia Mejía takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win
New Jersey Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the U.S. House seat that was vacated by Democratic Gov.
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thank you, Miss @KelliTennison 🌟🩵
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thank you for your sensible LOGIC #BruceWNelson ✨🩵🩵
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Skye Barkschat @skyebright.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thank you for your sensible LOGIC #BruceWNelson ✨🩵🩵
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other. in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"
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Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law defends fortune as Hungary’s elite face backlash
Prime minister has been accused of favouring family and friends, but István Tiborcz insists he does not benefit
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A Trump endorsement is the kiss of death! #Magyar #Hungary #Orbán
From BBC, image of crowded streets of people celebrating the defeat of Viktor Orbán.
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