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Jade Ryder Erhard

@jaderydererhard.bsky.social

Senior female still figuring out life. Blue Vermonter. Politics nerd. Married, not looking. DM unsolicited=Block "I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to the hope." Jim Acosta

created November 14, 2024

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Profile picture dharmalee3❌👑 (@dharmalee3.bsky.social) reposted

We should have these here in America! Would help so many people! communityfridgesto.org

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31/8/2025, 10:48:52 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

3/3

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31/8/2025, 8:09:15 PM | 87 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Bad hair day....

31/8/2025, 10:51:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

What the f?

31/8/2025, 9:43:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Rendition

31/8/2025, 8:36:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Drones are the present and future.

31/8/2025, 12:36:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly so

31/8/2025, 12:32:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed. Other nations offer no more security than Ukraine was offered and accepted in 1984. Even now necessary weapons and resources are being withheld by these same nations. The USA abandonment and lack of European will to step up are sounding a dire warning for all on the Continent, and beyond.

31/8/2025, 12:27:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dom Ervolina (@dominicervolina.com) reposted

Martial law doesn't stop or prevent crime, it just allows those in control to escape accountability

30/8/2025, 11:38:54 PM | 160 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Cutting off its lips to spite its face

31/8/2025, 6:13:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laurie Loves Data (@laurelann.bsky.social) reposted

The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years That's not good news Tariffs are taxes on Americans That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...

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31/8/2025, 2:43:06 AM | 3923 1523 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian O (@proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 10:36:01 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wontlie.bsky.social (@wontlie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The Felon of 34 & his 🐔 💩 minions again like failed gun control show you America they don’t care about your family in anyway shape or form! They fail your kids & Grandkids at will every day!! POSITIVELY VILE🤮

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30/8/2025, 10:54:00 PM | 8 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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

If Missouri Republicans mid-cycle redistrict and break the law, they will be sued. That is a promise and I don't bluff. Just ask Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

30/8/2025, 10:35:02 PM | 8065 2008 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Robert (@mollygrub.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 10:36:50 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Catherine Subsisting in revolting times...Unbelievable (@glasscatty.bsky.social) reposted

Cleveland river on fire. Having to protest other government assaults on our constitutional rights...

30/8/2025, 10:40:10 PM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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

UPDATE: The firefighter Trump’s ICE goons arrested in Washington was on track for legal status. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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30/8/2025, 6:49:36 PM | 1097 462 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) reposted

Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics. RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.

29/8/2025, 2:14:17 AM | 3733 1430 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

www.axios.com/2025/08/29/c...

30/8/2025, 2:38:18 PM | 74 27 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

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30/8/2025, 11:56:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rhuta Bhayga (@rhutabhayga.bsky.social) reposted

• affordable housing • a stable, well-paying job • mental health support The very things Republicans are determined to eliminate.

29/8/2025, 3:14:58 PM | 76 47 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

🚨Now in D.C. 🚨 “Hey hey, ho ho, millionaires have got to go!”

28/8/2025, 11:00:32 PM | 3789 1404 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Pray in private. Act in public.

28/8/2025, 10:57:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Hilarious. Pitiful. Disgusting. You can't make this up.

28/8/2025, 10:55:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mack Butterfield (@mack2114.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this. ~Robert Reich

28/8/2025, 10:13:59 PM | 15 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Hilarious. Pitiful. Heaven help us.

28/8/2025, 10:48:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RM (@squireafd.bsky.social) reposted

🛑 How to Reduce Gun Violence in America 1/2 ✅ Background Checks for ALL sales – no loopholes. ✅ Red Flag Laws – keep guns out of dangerous hands. ✅ Licensing & Training – like driving a car, safety first. ✅ Safe Storage Laws – protect kids from accidental shootings.

28/8/2025, 5:09:21 PM | 605 264 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lorraine (@amstelori.bsky.social) reposted

If he is granted “emergency “ powers he will always have an emergency

28/8/2025, 10:03:42 PM | 2 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

28/8/2025, 6:01:11 PM | 2015 532 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.

28/8/2025, 8:37:36 PM | 14038 4322 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dmitry Grozoubinski (@explaintrade.com) reposted

If you honestly believe the Russians hit the EU delegation in Kyiv by accident, I don't think you should be allowed to operate heavy machinery and I frankly question if letting you dress and bathe yourself is a violation of our collective duty of care.

28/8/2025, 9:09:07 AM | 4053 947 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Corporate Dems fail the people. Get more Progressives in leadership!

28/8/2025, 2:22:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not interested in changing out the oligarchs. Corporatist Dems failed us. I want progressives!

28/8/2025, 2:21:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

August 27, 2025

28/8/2025, 5:47:20 AM | 1283 443 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Surely THAT won't impact services, our economy, our trust in the federal government

28/8/2025, 2:19:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.

28/8/2025, 12:02:27 PM | 30936 7178 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Sojourner (@aaronsojourner.org) reposted reply parent

Update: Appeals court overturns 90-years-settled law to make American employees' legal rights to speak up & act together to improve their jobs subject to presidential veto. Huge victory handed to Musk, Bezos, & other bosses. Big loss for labor. SCOTUS likely upholds prospect.org/justice/2025...

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28/8/2025, 9:57:52 AM | 279 171 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kaye Ross (@kaye.zone) reposted

It’s only been seven months and they’re well on their way to a full repeal of the 20th century.

28/8/2025, 11:52:34 AM | 46 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, he could use some history lessons

27/8/2025, 11:46:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Matthew Pate (@matthewpate.bsky.social) reposted

As it’s my wheelhouse, I feel obliged to comment on today’s school shooting. It boils down to two points: It’s the availability of guns to the public. It always will be. Either fix this or bleed;To invoke mental health in lieu of needed gun policy is counter-factual, disingenuous and disrespectful.

27/8/2025, 9:48:14 PM | 180 55 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

An unwell person

27/8/2025, 11:33:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BluesterB (@bluesterb.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

bsky.app/profile/blue...

27/8/2025, 11:09:03 PM | 20 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) reposted

It's time to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr from government before he kills us all

27/8/2025, 10:53:13 PM | 17421 3809 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Larry Hochman (@larryhochman.bsky.social) reposted

EPSTEIN Epstein Epstein Epstein Government buying stake in private companies: socialism Epstein Epstein Epstein President having stakes in those companies: corruption Epstein Epstein Epstein Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN

27/8/2025, 9:48:29 AM | 11817 4544 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social) reposted

The televised multi-hour "Dear Mr. President, are you a great president or the greatest president?" cabinet meetings are just such an embarrassment for everyone involved. All the bad politics aside, these people have no self-respect.

27/8/2025, 11:54:01 AM | 1143 218 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Interfaith Alliance (@interfaithalliance.org) reposted

“As Dr. King once said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ Humbly, I would add, it doesn't bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.” -Gov. JB Pritzker

26/8/2025, 5:15:04 PM | 375 114 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Linda D. (@oldfolkswhisper.bsky.social) reposted

'One of the scariest things I've seen’: Expert stunned by Trump’s new order www.rawstory.com/trump-execut...

26/8/2025, 11:46:43 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Delulu

26/8/2025, 11:57:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture memeorandum (@memeorandum.com) reposted

Lisa Cook vows to stay in her Federal Reserve position (NewsNation) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

26/8/2025, 1:35:45 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Military Religious Freedom Foundation asked me to make this video to raise awareness of their work and need for support. MRFF has helped almost 100,000 people serving in our nation’s military to stand up against Christian Nationalism in all branches. mrff.org/donate youtu.be/RY_oKI11iGw

25/8/2025, 8:09:10 PM | 3521 1295 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Harming people withholding medical care

25/8/2025, 11:04:57 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted

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25/8/2025, 8:45:01 PM | 298 150 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

6 months is fairly rapid. Congress, Supreme Court, and much of Judiciary capitulated. Federal bureaucracy dismantled or cowed. Civil Service, Attorney General and Justice, and military functions as professional, non-partisan destroyed.

25/8/2025, 10:37:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Trump has attacked and undermined vital nonpartisan data, including: -BLS monthly jobs numbers -DC crime statistics -EPA emissions database -NOAA & National Weather Service forecasting Like every dictator, Trump knows the major enemy of tyrants is an educated public.

25/8/2025, 12:00:09 AM | 1734 529 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

www.facebook.com/share/r/1YHZ...

25/8/2025, 6:38:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

True of any new to you organization

25/8/2025, 3:38:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Hilarious

25/8/2025, 3:37:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ruth Zakarin (@ruthz.bsky.social) reposted

The fact that this administration is hell bent on punishing Kilmar Abrego Garcia while rewarding Ghislane Maxwell tells you all you need to know about their violent racism and misogyny.

25/8/2025, 12:59:26 PM | 16085 5436 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted

"By moving convicted felon Maxwell to a minimum security, country club prison, the DOJ sends a disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded." The family of Virginia Giuffre

24/8/2025, 9:36:46 PM | 4483 1629 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wobbledance aka “Tony” (@wobbledance.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I’m late with the greetings today! Happy Sunday y’all! Here’s another earworm for your listening pleasure by the Piedmont Raging Grannies! Enjoy! 👋😊

24/8/2025, 1:28:13 PM | 9 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Oscar&Felix (@oscar-felix.bsky.social) reposted

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24/8/2025, 2:43:41 AM | 8503 2758 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture PinkNews (@pinknews.bsky.social) reposted

Stark report highlights harassment of trans, cis and intersex people since Supreme Court ruling https://bit.ly/41Sw7r9

24/8/2025, 3:20:01 PM | 67 31 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture skippyoz (@skippyoz.bsky.social) reposted

All Federal Agencies will be privatized, oligarchy Putins model..... Trump Is Breaking the Promise Our Nation Made to Military Veterans www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

24/8/2025, 7:59:18 PM | 16 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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

🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social

23/8/2025, 12:56:39 PM | 29945 8204 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jahojariaho.bsky.social (@jahojariaho.bsky.social) reposted

We need more politicians like this! Speak the truth and do not fear #fckptn nor #fcktrmp

24/8/2025, 11:02:56 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Such garbage victim narrative!

23/8/2025, 10:18:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leonardlloyd (@leonardlloyd.bsky.social) reposted

Every V.A. medical center in U.S. has severe staffing shortages: Report www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin... via @msnbc

23/8/2025, 4:49:50 AM | 388 233 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

He seems unwell.

23/8/2025, 10:22:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted

The New York Times, the Washington Post and the TV networks know Trump is building a dictatorship. It’s their duty to sound a loud and clear warning to the public. But because of their cowardice or complicity, they won’t.

23/8/2025, 3:00:07 AM | 443 152 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

F47 looks unwell.

23/8/2025, 10:19:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Binged "Endeavor" and then "Professor T, Season 4" for release of tension.

22/8/2025, 10:34:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

Authoritarianism

22/8/2025, 12:09:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary R Simonds (@garys79.bsky.social) reposted

@hcrichardson.bsky.social , of course. Please read her EVERY day. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-...

22/8/2025, 11:47:45 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

So is the next "wag the dog" move by F47 regime to invade Venezuela? Is that why 4,000 Marines are on board and headed there? Or is the better question about what videos are part of the Epstein files?

22/8/2025, 11:48:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Jasper (@arpeejaay1958.bsky.social) reposted

💯

22/8/2025, 2:17:36 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

15 to 16 million people have temporary and green card visas in the USA

22/8/2025, 2:35:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Meade (@mattaponi.bsky.social) reposted

It’s insanity to allow this lunatic to continue… abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/7...

21/8/2025, 12:52:14 PM | 394 134 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

There will be much more of this. Hope no rebuilding is done. Hope funds go into ameliorating global climate warming crisis.

21/8/2025, 5:20:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Rep. Vince Perez: Under this map, a Hispanic Texan's vote counts about one-third, and a Black Texan's just one-fifth, compared to a white Texan's.

20/8/2025, 11:17:50 PM | 4297 2251 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

To sign up for an absentee ballot. The ballots aren't available now.

21/8/2025, 5:18:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

This is unacceptable behavior

21/8/2025, 2:07:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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21/8/2025, 1:29:25 PM | 18 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Obviously not HIPPA approved until necessary to prosecute people. So we can see where this is going

21/8/2025, 2:02:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Wise moves

21/8/2025, 2:01:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, it is racism

21/8/2025, 1:58:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.

21/8/2025, 12:12:31 AM | 4969 2787 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social)

If another nation had done this, what would the Trump regime's retaliation be? kyivindependent.com/russian-atta...

21/8/2025, 1:36:10 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Saint Lawrence (@robertsaintlawrence.social) reposted

U.S. Army vet George Retes was tear-gassed, dragged from his car, and held by ICE for 3 days; no lawyer, no calls, no reason. He’s a citizen. #AbolishICE #StateViolence #ICEWatch #HumanRights #Fascism #4R

20/7/2025, 12:33:23 AM | 2110 1111 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

How authoritarians operate

20/8/2025, 7:09:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌈Super Gay Mom💙 (@hudsonbay2la.bsky.social) reposted

Whoa, so you're telling us immunologists and vaccinologists may know more about medical science than lawyers? What's next? Pedophiles make bad presidents? #resist #antifa #boycott

20/8/2025, 6:38:48 PM | 8 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture That Preppy Black Girl (@tmwillia.bsky.social) reposted

The backlash to the Civil Rights Era is here. We’re gonna keep fighting for it. Believe.

19/8/2025, 9:19:53 PM | 120 57 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

reality check: bsky.app/profile/iwil...

20/8/2025, 6:03:52 PM | 1638 335 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 (@chanda.bsky.social) reposted

What this means in practice is that 14K trans people will have to quit their federal employee jobs and find jobs that cover gender affirming care. In other words, this is a purge of trans people from the civil service. Lavender scare. Everyone who participates is responsible

20/8/2025, 2:09:31 PM | 1519 840 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angeline4democracy (@sandy-angeline.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social) reposted

Just 8 months in, and already: American cities have been turned into police states, Gestapo-esque gangs of masked thugs are kidnapping innocent people, our thriving economy has been intentionally sabotaged, our global standing in the world has plummeted... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fast-fasci...

20/8/2025, 5:37:00 PM | 739 312 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagiragrant.com) reposted

I try to be understanding, but jesus christ, the whole story is about how infiltration (which I’ve also covered for years) is not necessary when agencies are openly recruiting them, and they’ve volunteering, and their missions are now the same

20/8/2025, 12:06:43 PM | 2131 616 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jade Ryder Erhard (@jaderydererhard.bsky.social) reply parent

Evil seems to rot

20/8/2025, 12:28:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein.bsky.social) reposted

Erin McCanlies spent almost two decades at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals affects the chance that they will have a child with autism. This spring, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated her entire division.

20/8/2025, 12:08:15 PM | 1239 532 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted

Higher education is a full-dollar export. Weird for a president consumed by the trade gap to go after it, hmmmm?

20/8/2025, 12:14:05 PM | 840 148 | View on Bluesky | view