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@tlyczko

#BlackLivesMatter #DisabledLivesMatter #CripTheVote #DisabilityRights #HearingPrivilege #DefundThePolice #ACAB Autodidact. Tsundoku FTW. Aboish ICE.

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Administration: It's unfair to criticize members of ICE because there are good people working for them.

Me: The fact that they're willingly working for ICE is prima facie evidence that their status as "good people" is questionable.

09.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 4357 πŸ” 711 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 43
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β€œDON’T KNOW, DON’T CARE.β€πŸ€”

Lamberth tells McKenzie how many kids getting @GovBillLee’s vouchers were already in private schools doesn’t matter. (ALMOST ALL)

They won’t track it, yet he makes many claims about themβ€” doubling an expensive unproven handout🀷🏼

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DVuj4Uy...

11.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 361 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

A lot of what's happening in this country, specifically the GOP, makes sense, when you consider that politicians only behave differently when their voters demand it.

All of these assholes would vote differently, speak differently, etc. if their voters wanted it.

It's all on the voters. All of it.

10.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 892 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 29
A large-scale outdoor mural on a building wall in Longmont, Colorado, depicting four women of different ages in a sequence where each is braiding the next person's hair, painted in realistic tones of brown and gold. Artist: Gamma Acosta.

A large-scale outdoor mural on a building wall in Longmont, Colorado, depicting four women of different ages in a sequence where each is braiding the next person's hair, painted in realistic tones of brown and gold. Artist: Gamma Acosta.

Mural by Gamma Acosta in Longmont β€” four women braiding each other's hair across generations. Scale and meaning that stops you cold.

Thanks for taking a moment to look.

#Photography #ScottKissPhoto #MuralArt

09.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 1115 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7
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11.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 3076 πŸ” 872 πŸ’¬ 300 πŸ“Œ 80

Difficult times call for cooperation and dialogue. But our voting system keeps giving total power to parties that only a fraction of voters support.

On 30% of the vote, one party could win full control of our economy, health, foreign policy and defence.

We can't take that risk.

10.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 1543 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 28
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WAR will NOT make Pedophilia go away!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

10.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 9454 πŸ” 3464 πŸ’¬ 293 πŸ“Œ 125
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NY Prison Guard Under Scrutiny Over Epstein's Death: Everything We Know Prosecutors eventually dropped charges against the two guards on duty the night Epstein died in jail.

Prosecutors eventually dropped charges against the two guards on duty the night Epstein died in jail.

09.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 1120 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 32
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy accuses Hungary of β€˜banditry’ over $82m of seized gold Hungary PM Viktor OrbΓ‘n orders cash and gold shipment be held for up to 60 days. Moscow and Kyiv both claim battlefield gains. What we know on day 1,476

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy accuses Hungary of β€˜banditry’ over $82m of seized gold

11.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Video suggests Trump’s ICE lied about its first known killing of a US citizen Materials released over the weekend by the Texas Department of Public Safety regarding a homeland security officer’s killing of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez last March in Texas appeared to provide t...

Materials released over the weekend by the Texas DPS regarding a homeland security officer’s killing of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez last March in Texas appeared to provide the latest evidence that federal agents have misled the public about the circumstances surrounding fatal shootings.

#SheShed

10.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 499 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 8

JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.

Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.

(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)

This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 3912 πŸ” 845 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 51

'Pentagon officials said in recent closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill that the military used up $5.6 billion of munitions in the first two days of the war alone, according to three congressional officials.'
5.6 Billion with a B. In TWO days!

11.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

NEW: Before the Iran War, Trump ignored warnings that Iran could retaliate across the region and stop oil shipments. Now, with energy markets in chaos, some aides are pessimistic about the lack of a strategy to end the war. But they haven't told Trump. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

11.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 956 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 127

The world is being set on fire by a 79 year old with a ten year old’s vocabulary whose adult advisors interact with him like he’s a hangry toddler who skipped his nap.

11.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

The ICE detention center purchases appear to be money laundering:

11.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 665 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 10
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Fuck yes.
But where's Ivanka and Jared?

11.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Yellow and orange sunrise. A building with a white steeple in front of the sunrise. Two naked trees in the foreground.

Yellow and orange sunrise. A building with a white steeple in front of the sunrise. Two naked trees in the foreground.

I took this picture 6yrs ago today. I was walking to the train and caught this sunrise over my town hall in suburban NJ.

It also happened to be the last day I would commute into the city, as I decided to stop coming in bc of covid.

WHO declared covid a pandemic the next day, March 11.

11.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 1174 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 1
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Kingston, NY, Rally & Food Drive,

Saturday, March 14
3-4, Post Office Park. Bring your voices, your musical instruments, your signs, and non-perishable food items (no glass), for donation to local food pantries. Sign up on Mobilize: [https://mobilize.us/s/ozgFKF](mobilize.us/s/ozgFKF)

11.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.

The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets β€” more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

10.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 3838 πŸ” 1551 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 71
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More intensification in Auckland? Yes Please - Greater Auckland The following is an op-ed I wrote which

Total housing capacity "is like a supermarket: no matter how many items on the shelves, your budget & trolley are the same. The problem comes when whole aisles of healthy options (in this case, neighbourhoods with ample infrastructure & good transport access) are removed to please a noisy few." πŸ›’πŸ—οΈπŸ˜οΈ

11.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH β€” @jamestalarico.bsky.social : β€œEvery dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

10.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 7399 πŸ” 2484 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 109

Note:
Our counterterrorism apparatus has been totally hollowed out.

Now we're at war with a country that has a history of terrorist attacks across much of the world.

We're going to have a terrorist attack.
THIS TIME, we cannot allow a PATRIOT act 2.0.

11.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 1254 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 16
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Mockler: The neocon boomers surrounding Trump are mortgaging my generation's future for another very expensive Middle Eastern war. We tried this with Iraq. We tried this with Afghanistan. It left us in trillions and trillions of dollars in debt.

11.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 2330 πŸ” 612 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 30

MOT day. Awake since 0430h fretting. It's always a bit stressful with an older 2nd hand vehicle & on a low income & a single woman, but even more so when living in it with elderly dog.

10.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

10.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 5666 πŸ” 2049 πŸ’¬ 253 πŸ“Œ 91
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A vast % of Americans don't understand history. government; federal or state. They don't understand our economic system. They don't understand geopolitics or history or the law. They are meek and powerless in a sea of confusion. This is a revolution of truth for all not meek and powerless.

09.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 57

An enterprising citizen reporter could make a habit of contacting every warehouse for sale and commercial renting agent in town asking them if it was true they were planning on selling to ICE.

09.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single company involved should be publicised, and since concentration camps that murder folk and don't keep the required documentation are illegal (not to mention evil), they should be warned that they will be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
Mere logistics shouldn't enter into it.

09.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is "extremely unpopular" in the same way that terminal cancer is "extremely unpopular". ICE is a breeding ground for right-wing death squads willing to take out civilians, anyone not politically aligned with the ultra-right fascist party now in government.

10.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's why they are and ICE are everywhere. We can be all rounded up more easily. Hitler had nothing on trump.

10.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0