Wincey

Wincey

@wincey.bsky.social

ND, keeping an eye out for justice and joy.

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Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.

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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

propublica.orgThat Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election DenialA previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

Somehow I forgot about that.

Chris in SF@chrismsf.bsky.social

Remember after his first admin ended we found out the White House pharmacy was pumping out amphetamines and highly controlled substances like they were candy? Do we actually think things are better now? White House pharmacist whistleblower where you at.

Imagine you had a loved one with Alzheimer’s, who had serious cardiac issues and possibly only weeks to live, and the people who are in charge of his daily life were putting him in front of mikes & cameras etc. Now make him rich &powerful & cruel, and actually bereft of loved ones. It’s grotesque

How many massive formal dinners and balls does an average potus have time to throw? Is it going to be a rental space? Meanwhile, the WH has been short office space since, when? 1890?

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As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

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Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for this. He needs to be in prison. There’s absolutely no excuse for this.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted. These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.

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The very best people.

CREW@citizensforethics.org

With Colton's conviction, that makes FOUR pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have faced charges for solicitation of a minor or child sex abuse of some kind.

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Cops on horses hitting dudes in plaid shirts with sticks because the dudes are not walking quite fast enough? Anyway totally insurrectiony, very invasion.

Jeremy Lindenfeld@jeremotographs.bsky.social

Incredibly chaotic scene here in downtown Los Angeles where LAPD have just charged protesters with horses while others fire munitions.

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A reminder tonight: “Be reflective if you must be armed. If you carry a weapon in public service, God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.” Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny”

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My dear friends of Bluesky! This one has hit way too fing close to home for me. This young woman, Rumeysa Ozturk from Istanbul, Turkey wax detained by US Homeland Security today. One of her professors at Tufts University in Medford, MA just spent a week in my home in Charleston, SC.

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Replying to @rebel4ever.bsky.social

He said he has worked with her and she is a brilliant student and human being. She is here LEGALLY with Visa to study here in the USA. She has been sent somewhere to Louisiana. I'm begging you to share this information on your feeds!!!! If this doesn't stop ASAP, then we may as well pack it up!

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Every night @maddow.msnbc.com has a first segment that runs through protests and town halls held in last 24 hrs and if you are feeling like nobody is feeling like you feel or you don’t know what to do: start by watching these and then find your people in your area. They are everywhere.

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Replying to @angus.bsky.social

Agree. And Liberals with power in institutions failing to treat this like the problem that it is, only make full fascism more likely. Here’s the point from a thread i made earlier:

Dave Against The Machine🏴@johnbrownbread.bsky.social

In most cases, fascists taking power was a result of Liberals in institutions refusing or failing to act to stop it. Liberals, since they have more institutional power, have to take more responsibility for stopping fascism. History shows that if they fail to act, fascism will take full power.

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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain

Why is it always the old white guy? Yeah, but I remember Bernie’s 3rd-party candidacy that did no favors for Hilary, and he just didn’t want to give up. I’m glad he’s making noise and getting attention if nobody else is out there, but I’d rather hear from AOC and Jasmine Crockett and Pete B.

Those placards were as effective as a strongly-worded letter. When the chips are down, they wimp out. They should have each made enough noise, one by one, that they each were removed. A little disobedience, people! Did John Lewis teach you *nothing*?

@maddow.msnbc.com Thanks for trying with Leader Jeffries. But I don’t think he understands that the courts aren’t stopping these guys. Congressional Dems aren’t getting the worst case scenarios are here now. AND THANK YOU for saying the truth out loud about what’s happening at MSNBC!