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spetersen666

@spetersen666.bsky.social
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Atheist, secular, non-religious, secular humanist, science, progressive.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2025
JOHNSON: How many air traffic controllers have left the FAA since January 20? And don't tell me you don't know DUFFY: I don't know that JOHNSON: Are you trying to tell us you don't know how many air traffic controllers are in the building? DUFFY: They're in towers
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
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Denise (she/her) ~ 🏳️‍🌈🔵🧙🏼‍♀️😻📸🖖🏽☕️🇨🇷 @denisedenisedenise.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Another red county business shutters due to Trump’s tariffs www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Another red county business shutters due to Trump’s tariffs
A 100-year-old furniture manufacturer in western Michigan has shut its doors , citing President Donald Trump’s tariffs as the final blow. The company, Howard Miller, employed 195 people. “In ...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Why Did ICE Agents Arrest and Detain a 71-Year-Old U.S. Citizen? newrepublic.com/post/197895/...
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Why Did ICE Agents Arrest and Detain a 71-Year-Old U.S. Citizen?
Barbara Stone, a grandmother and U.S. citizen, says she was traumatized after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
They want to rule by fear. We will respond with power, people, and purpose. We are not spectators to history. We are the makers of it. This is OUR moment and we will carry the torch of John Lewis and show the world that #GoodTroubleLivesOn Join us on July 17 in Mpls: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 09/07/2025
🚨 Trump says he loves that churches can now endorse political candidates. Houses of worship should not be turned into tax-exempt campaign arms. If churches want to get involved in politics, the solution is simple: Pay taxes.
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Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
@governorwalz.mn.gov‬ @governor.ca.gov‬ @govpritzker.illinois.gov‬ @joesegal.bsky.social Every Red State recipient of Medicaid should be informed how to contact their Governor and Congressmembers about the vote on Medicaid funding. And include a place for them to post their stories for the public.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/06/2025
Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday. Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast? Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 01/07/2025
Now it’s up to all of us to continue the fight. As this bill returns to the House, make your voices heard. We say no to the largest role back in health care in our nation’s history, and the biggest transfer of wealth in modern times.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/07/2025
This fight isn't over. Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 01/07/2025
17 million people will lose their healthcare if Trump’s budget bill passes the House. All to pay for a tax cut for Trump and Vance’s billionaire donors.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
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CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I've never been more embarrassed to be an American. We're the laughing stock of the world, even Russia, China & North Korea are loving this train-wreck try to become more like them. If you're OK with what this bill will do to Americans living at or below the poverty line, you're heartless.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Republicans want 1.1 *trillion* dollars in cuts to Americans' health care. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
We are living in precarious times.
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
#trumpsamerica
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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This pic is recent. I checked! 🤗
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/06/2025
Mark and Melissa saw the humanity in everyone. Let’s honor them by doing the same.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The guy who got fired wasn’t the problem.
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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/06/2025
“Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from lawabiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.” “Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way,” she wrote. trib.al/GaP26Gk
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Sotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship Ruling
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched the Supreme Court for siding with Trump on birthright citizenship—and putting every civil right under attack.
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
On the Minnesota Atheists Meet Up page there is a link to sign up for a two-hour shift at the Twin Cities Pride Festival. www.meetup.com/minnesotaath...
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Staff Our Booth! Represent Atheists at the Pride Festival, Sat, Jun 28, 2025, 10:00 AM | Meetup
Represent Atheists at the Pride Festival! We have a booth and **we need volunteers!** Sign up for a shift at: [https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084EABA92AA3FD0-57272040-
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 26/06/2025
Pete Hegseth will make any excuse to avoid accountability - just like Trump. Not only is Pete the worst SecDef in history, he can’t even have a presser without melting down.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/06/2025
Giving the biggest corporations giant tax breaks, paid for by kicking Americans off their health insurance and taking their food assistance, will not make us great. Those tax savings aren’t going to trickle down to workers. They’re going to pay for stock buybacks.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/06/2025
If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
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Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy
Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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Dave Wellstone: The grief of the Minnesota lawmaker shootings is one I know all too well
"Grief like this is disorienting. It punches you in the gut and steals your bearings. But eventually, for me, I learned that movement is the only way forward. When I lost my family, I drove straight t...
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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Boo fucking Hoo, little Donny Dictator didn’t get his parade he wanted!
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The AP identifies the suspect in the Minnesota shootings as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. apnews.com/article/minn...
Vance Boelter, a white man in his 50s with gray hair in a suit.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose. This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. DEFIANCE. 👏 #NoKings #50501Movement (📸 Daviss)
Thousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on XThousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on XA woman protestor holds up a sign that reads “In honor of our beloved Melissa”
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@minnesotaatheists.bsky.social mnatheists.org/2025/06/the-...
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The Frosty Atheist - Minnesota Atheists
By Ross Meisner I’m torn between desperately wanting to change the world, and happily hiding in my corner as the world passes by. As a Pisces (atheists all believe in astrology, right?) this has alway...
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
@minnesotaatheists.bsky.social mnatheists.org/2025/06/news...
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News and Notes: Secularists Getting Schooled - Minnesota Atheists
By George Francis Kane This term the Supreme Court will decide on the validity of the decision by the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to approve a state charter for St. Isidore of Seville, a p...
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Politico @politico.com · 12/06/2025
Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper.
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Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts
The nonpartisan analysis is based on the House-passed GOP legislation.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is a goddamn outrage. Krisiti Noem and her coterie of goons are going to get people—and maybe even elected officials—killed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
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Minnesota Atheists @minnesotaatheists.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This Sunday is our June Freethought Picnic! We are celebrating Pride Month. For every attendee, we will donate $5 to an organization called RECLAIM whose mission is to increase access to mental health care for queer and trans youth. Hope to see you there! Details: www.meetup.com/minnesotaath...
Members attending the 2024 June Picnic pose for a photo. Steve P., Shirley, Matthew, Caroline, someone with a hat who is obscured, Laurie, and Nancy H.
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spetersen666 @spetersen666.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I am trying to understand even why? Kennedy JR would want t exchange with Bill Nye after all he is the science guy, and Kennedy JR is the anti science guy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
MADDOW: “What is this country going to allow him to do? This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow of the 🇺🇸 Constitution and Government… imposition of a dictatorial regime. The strength of the movement against him is what will determine our fate as a country.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/06/2025
“We’re requiring all men to head to their doctors and have them undo these terrible, terrible procedures,” the president said in an address from the Oval Office theonion.com/trump-i...
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Trump Issues Executive Order Reversing All Vasectomies
WASHINGTON—Telling reporters that the move would do much to combat low U.S. fertility rates, President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday reversing vasectomies nationwide. “We’re requiring all men to head to their doctors and have them undo these terrible, terrible procedures,” the president said in an address from the Oval Office in which he clarified […]
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Newsom: I told the president, just get it over with. Arrest me. Move on. If you need someone’s head to scalp, then do it with me. But stop messing with these kids. Stop messing with four-year-olds. Kids in elementary school
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Join us on Saturday as we PEACEFULLY and POWERFULLY reclaim our democracy! America has #NoKings www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet... tinyurl.com/3mv55yan
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We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About
Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: “The President's federal deployment of the National Guard over the official wishes of a governor is bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states rights. The governor has the authority and ability to respond to the civil disturbances with law enforcement capabilities within his state, augmented as necessary by requesting law enforcement assistance from other governors. There are over a million badged and trained members of law enforcement in this country for the governor to ask for help if he needs it. While this is presently a legal order, it tramples the governor’s rights and obligations to protect his people. This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
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