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Proud Mainer, "The Way Life Should Be". Done with 'X'. Seeking hopeful signs within the chaos. 💙 🇺🇲 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦, 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, 🌊 💯!

created November 17, 2024

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youtu.be/5e0D_B0tdc0?...

24/8/2025, 9:02:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted

I speak pretty good Spanish!

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23/8/2025, 12:19:24 AM | 344 108 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jackie Sentenne Pettit (@sentenne.bsky.social) reposted

Nicole’s been in my home since Trump arose from the belly of the beast. She has railed against him non-stop. I fear for her and her family because she will never bend a knee.

20/8/2025, 8:54:34 PM | 115 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GrandmaDeb (@deebee54.bsky.social) reposted

Good Question!

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16/8/2025, 11:44:28 PM | 661 261 | View on Bluesky | view

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gofund.me/fd6dc64f

17/8/2025, 6:49:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/8/2025, 5:28:31 AM | 6090 1409 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted

The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office. 🔴 LIVE updates:

11/8/2025, 12:00:53 AM | 838 591 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social)

No surprise here, Wired has always rocked it. With minimal exception, most alphabet soup reporters are incapable of producing this level of analysis.

16/7/2025, 12:43:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social)

John Oliver is in a league of his own and apart from the nonsensical rubes who claim to be journalists. Tip of the hat!

15/7/2025, 11:19:50 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Gongloff (@markgongloff.bsky.social) reposted

I take a day off and the Constitution is gone

15/7/2025, 1:58:11 AM | 19 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/7/2025, 3:26:18 PM | 175 53 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MadGreek 🧿 (@madgreek2024.bsky.social) reposted

More accurate. Superpedo. No where to hide.

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15/7/2025, 12:31:37 AM | 36 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kourt17 (@kourt17.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

He is a disgrace

5/7/2025, 3:01:49 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jeff Turner 🦋 @loveneverhate 🌈 (@loveneverhate.bsky.social) reposted

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3/5/2025, 1:27:56 AM | 318 104 | View on Bluesky | view

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Brilliant!

4/7/2025, 8:00:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/6/2025, 3:52:05 AM | 33 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

"Something really BAD gonna happen..OK? Shit's about to hit the fan!" Nicolle Wallace EXPLODES (on National TV)

28/6/2025, 4:48:32 PM | 3087 1261 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

Evil incarnate.

27/6/2025, 2:56:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's all about the cruelty for them. This hits close to home - Hawkes is just cross town from me.

26/6/2025, 2:02:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stand your ground case anyone?

18/6/2025, 5:21:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Portland Maine” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

14/6/2025, 1:06:14 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

“No! Mis hijos estan en La escuela! (My kids are in school!) Por favor!” Tennessee’s @davidwontshutup.bsky.social on a very difficult video to watch of ICE grabbing a mother outside immigration court in Texas.

31/5/2025, 2:39:08 AM | 5782 3212 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!

31/5/2025, 2:56:19 AM | 12196 5302 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

Find the Achilles heel. It's certainly there. Reporters are in the tank because they crave access - but, there's a motivated citizenry that will in time shred, (fill in your favorite guitar lead).

27/5/2025, 1:03:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've been thinking about this all day .. would be a baller move not just by Harvard, but if the Ivies announced the revocations en masse.

24/5/2025, 1:42:04 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely hot

18/5/2025, 2:40:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angela 🐿️ McEwen (@angelamcewen.bsky.social) reposted

This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them. They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps. Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.

10/5/2025, 1:44:38 AM | 10873 4255 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another step closer... And no coverage from the corporate media oligarchy as they're bought and paid for.

9/5/2025, 11:17:56 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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youtu.be/2aP4GaAruws?...

8/5/2025, 2:48:49 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Live of course...

8/5/2025, 2:39:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've got you babe... UB40 & Chrissy.

8/5/2025, 2:34:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don't mess around...

4/5/2025, 10:18:36 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted

How can anyone with a conscience be okay with this?

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26/4/2025, 2:20:16 AM | 8105 2932 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Casey (@mamasissiesays.bsky.social) reposted

Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you… …seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are. Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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16/4/2025, 2:14:27 AM | 15183 3672 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

True that!

16/4/2025, 2:45:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The US GDP is 70% consumption driven, meaning people need to buy lots of shite, or the economy folds. If the GOP, MAGA, Oligarchs are so f*ck'n biz-smart, why are they destroying their consumers (Americans), and the US dollar?

13/4/2025, 2:30:11 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted

Having a nice cup of Georgian black tea from the Caucasus Mountains. Spring harvest arrives in May.

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13/4/2025, 1:20:03 AM | 276 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted reply parent

In fact, he has said he would follow a Supreme Court order, but not a District Court order. So why doesn’t he just call Bukele and bring Abrego Garcia home? I think he wants to defy this order and see if the Supreme Court will let him get away with it. 7/

12/4/2025, 4:15:51 PM | 1624 241 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, unfortunately, this is the case.

11/4/2025, 10:50:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice to meet you! Formerly Portland, now Westbrook 🌊💙‼️

11/4/2025, 10:00:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social)

Nauseating - innocent people will mean all of us unless we stand up! #handsoff

9/4/2025, 2:55:17 AM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'll give it a try... thank you!

7/4/2025, 1:40:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As I was driving home from the Portland, ME #handsoff gathering at Monument Square... I was listening to DJ Ice, Caribbean Flava on WMPG, and community radio at USM... And Ice played this, one of my favs and an anthem: youtu.be/SkSvcXQorqY?...

7/4/2025, 1:39:23 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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That looks so good!

7/4/2025, 12:07:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture And here we are (@herewestand.bsky.social) reply parent

Perfectly stated, thank you!

6/4/2025, 11:51:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Really nice bracelets, and messages are classic! 📌😁💯

6/4/2025, 11:40:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looking forward to spring 🌱🌼🌱 and starting the garden here - excited to check out the seedlings at the farm!

6/4/2025, 11:30:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It was awesome 💯!

5/4/2025, 7:07:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Oliver Griswold (@oliverinmaine.bsky.social) reposted

Proud of Portland, Maine. #handsoff #maine

5/4/2025, 4:53:55 PM | 685 146 | View on Bluesky | view

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It was great being there!

5/4/2025, 6:53:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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See you all tomorrow in Monument Square, Portland! Be seen, heard, and Safe!

5/4/2025, 2:13:18 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rick (@rickylongthread.bsky.social) reposted

Look around!

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4/4/2025, 11:34:52 AM | 10596 2696 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right on brand - cruelty and lack of any empathy.

5/4/2025, 1:56:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A true ally, thank you.

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5/4/2025, 1:41:02 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We need to listen.

5/4/2025, 1:24:54 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen 🦋. I Despise Trump !! (@jensdad4biden.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Sadly he doesn’t care ! He said so himself . He couldn’t even show up for our fallen soldiers . He’s a loser !!

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4/4/2025, 7:37:18 PM | 76 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joanie (@joaniebc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

OMG - this guy is such a putz, the more I listen to him the more I loathe him. He is clueless and totally out of his depth. He is uniquely unqualified for his position, but we already knew this, he doesn't though and continues to double down on his own stupidity.

4/4/2025, 10:36:24 AM | 23 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right on!

4/4/2025, 3:32:03 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When a country is so ignorant to not understand what it means to be the reserve currency for the world. But, ask what's trending on Insta and they're gushing!

4/4/2025, 3:30:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who thinks Larry Kudlow is as stupid as Trump. Geesh....

4/4/2025, 3:17:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does it matter what the anchors say? It's all performative BS. The media owners, from whom the anchors draw their pay and parrot their masters' daily drivel, are in total lock-step with the Trump, Musk, Project 2025 wealth transfer plan. Got it?

4/4/2025, 3:15:53 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I know that routine, 😂! Btw, meet Buster, our 2nd Boston rescue. He's the boss, at least he believes so.

4/4/2025, 1:52:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They absolutely do!

4/4/2025, 1:47:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Our man is starting to show the greys...

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4/4/2025, 1:23:06 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah remember, he was too old and she just didn't fit the right "profile" to hold the top office. History rhymes, but not always in a good way.

4/4/2025, 12:52:44 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you, well said! I was thinking exactly about this point today. Trump using the tariff 'on/off switch' to manipulate the markets to the benefit of himself and his gangsta miscrients.

4/4/2025, 12:38:19 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BadRobotLinda (@lms2025.bsky.social) reposted

Before income taxes, there were tariffs. Tariffs basically forced ordinary Americans to fund the treasury. Income taxes shifted that burden to wealthy Americans, forcing them to pay their fair share. Now ordinary Americans have given the Felon permission to burden them once again. #ProudBlue

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3/4/2025, 1:08:19 PM | 229 129 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unfortunately, here we are.

4/4/2025, 12:10:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indeed, this tells the story. And he told us he was going to do it.

4/4/2025, 12:03:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mallory McMorrow (@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social) reposted

The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it. Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate. Because we don't have a minute to wait.

2/4/2025, 3:36:49 PM | 34768 5691 | View on Bluesky | view

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Most definitely!

3/4/2025, 12:13:52 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Beks (@antifaoperative.bsky.social) reposted

There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week.

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31/3/2025, 12:49:38 AM | 12582 6104 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah, ya... this, over and over again.

31/3/2025, 1:42:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Honest and Unfiltered (@momazonrises.bsky.social) reposted

#ProudBlue #MomSky This is powerful & it makes me sick to my stomach. How do people not see the parallels? We CANNOT be silent. We MUST fight & resist. If you wondered why people were silent in 1903s Germany, look at many in the US right now. Share the truths. Call out lies. IT’S UP TO US!

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30/3/2025, 9:46:37 PM | 871 487 | View on Bluesky | view

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And then there's this, truth matters. Where's the f*free press? Corporate media laughing as it dies on the vine.

31/3/2025, 1:33:01 AM | 4 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah, yeah... what's in store for months 3 thru 6?

30/3/2025, 10:22:43 PM | 8 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hahaha... spot on comment! #MEpolitics

28/3/2025, 1:50:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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closertotheedge.substack.com/p/jessica-ab...

28/3/2025, 1:48:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

27/3/2025, 10:04:11 PM | 40095 11104 | View on Bluesky | view

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If only this, yes this, wasn't reality. 🫤‼️

27/3/2025, 2:25:57 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely, perfect! 😄

27/3/2025, 2:17:24 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wtf, as a former Mass-hole resident, I find this absolutely terrifying.

27/3/2025, 1:24:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

27/3/2025, 12:36:13 AM | 65355 20746 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Noelle (@noelle.ison.blue) reposted

Women will end up saving this country. Start following them. Thanks Patti 💕

25/3/2025, 10:54:44 PM | 41 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Rick (@rickylongthread.bsky.social) reposted

🚨🚨: Greenland’s Prime Minister, Múte B. Egede: ‘Until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working closely … But that time is over.’ GO HOME...

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24/3/2025, 11:08:40 PM | 1632 598 | View on Bluesky | view

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Perfectly stated - 📌

25/3/2025, 1:43:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And it's just starting 🫤‼️

24/3/2025, 4:00:43 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well?

24/3/2025, 3:53:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indeed jarring, and moreover, emblematic of how MAGA males view women.

24/3/2025, 1:07:43 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah, yeah. How surprising 😧!

24/3/2025, 1:00:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Womp, womp.

22/3/2025, 7:40:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted

Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space: “There are 450 million Europeans. We should not be crying out for 340 million Americans to defend us against 140 million Russians, who are not even able to defeat 38 million Ukrainians.

22/3/2025, 10:10:50 AM | 12252 4125 | View on Bluesky | view

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So true. Ctrl-Alt-Delete, time for this little fascist to go home. Shut Down.

22/3/2025, 12:44:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here, here - right on! 🔥

22/3/2025, 12:37:48 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Outspoken™️ (@out5p0ken.bsky.social) reposted

Do NOT look away!!

21/3/2025, 10:47:48 PM | 160 74 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nate O (@nateo.bsky.social) reposted

This is the logic behind historical Jewish quotas, trans-exclusionary rules in sports, the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, and the anti-DEI (read: anti-Black) push in workplaces: life is zero-sum, white Christian men deserve it all, and anyone else succeeding is a failure of the natural order

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⬇️⬇️⬇️ This ‼️💯‼️

20/3/2025, 11:51:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

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