AstroMancer5G (she/her)<p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/Bolivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolivia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/EvoMorales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvoMorales</span></a> had something great with <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAS</span></a>, but he chose to tear it apart rather than pass the torch when the time came.</p><p>This <a href="https://spore.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> disillusioned a lot of people with <a href="https://spore.social/tags/electoralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralism</span></a>, but the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> is still a strong <a href="https://spore.social/tags/movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movement</span></a> outside of electoralism.</p><p>I expect it to be a long time with a lot of work before the left can consistently win elections again. I also expect strong resistance to the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/AntiIndigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIndigenous</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a> of the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> while it's in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>.</p>
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Verdant Square Network<p>Trans Texans face yet another attempt to ban them from bathrooms <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/texas-bathroom-bill-trans-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/texas-bat</span><span class="invisible">hroom-bill-trans-protests/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Day Laborer Dies Fleeing ICE: Family Mourns, Community Demands Answers <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/carlos_roberto_montoya" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/22/car</span><span class="invisible">los_roberto_montoya</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Headlines for August 22, 2025 <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/headlines" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/22/hea</span><span class="invisible">dlines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>EXCLUSIVE: Fired State Dept. Official Speaks Out, Suggested Condolences for Killed Gaza Journalists <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/state_dept" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/22/sta</span><span class="invisible">te_dept</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"Commander-in-Cheat": After Texas, Trump's Redistricting Push Goes National <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/texas_democrats" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/22/tex</span><span class="invisible">as_democrats</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Planned Parenthood is getting involved in the redistricting battle <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/planned-parenthood-redistricting-california-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/planned-p</span><span class="invisible">arenthood-redistricting-california-texas/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Cities led by Black women are the first targets of Trump’s political power grab <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/black-women-mayors-cities-trump-militarized-takeover/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/black-wom</span><span class="invisible">en-mayors-cities-trump-militarized-takeover/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling "Unvarnished" History, Meeting Trump & More <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/lonnie_bunch_smithsonian_2020_interview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/21/lon</span><span class="invisible">nie_bunch_smithsonian_2020_interview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"The West Bank Is the Prize": Israel Approves New Settlements to "Bury" Palestinian State <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/mariam_barghouti_west_bank_israel_palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/21/mar</span><span class="invisible">iam_barghouti_west_bank_israel_palestine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Headlines for August 21, 2025 <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/headlines" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/21/hea</span><span class="invisible">dlines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"I Just Want to Die": Desperate Med Student in Gaza Sends Messages to Doctor Denied Entry <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/dr_mimi_syed_gaza_israel_medicine" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/21/dr_</span><span class="invisible">mimi_syed_gaza_israel_medicine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>He graduated early to to get gender-affirming care before college. Then his hospital cut him off. <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/transgender-teen-gender-affirming-care-cuts-pittsburgh/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/transgend</span><span class="invisible">er-teen-gender-affirming-care-cuts-pittsburgh/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>What it means to have a woman in a wheelchair featured on U.S. currency <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/stacey-park-milbern-us-quarter-disability-representation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/stacey-pa</span><span class="invisible">rk-milbern-us-quarter-disability-representation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Texas classrooms won’t have to display the Ten Commandments — for now <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/texas-ten-commandments-law-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/texas-ten</span><span class="invisible">-commandments-law-schools/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>How Rep. Nicole Collier’s Capitol protest sparked solidarity among these Texas women <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/08/nicole-collier-texas-house-protest-women-solidarity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/08/nicole-co</span><span class="invisible">llier-texas-house-protest-women-solidarity/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Occupied D.C.? Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/dc_takeover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/20/dc_</span><span class="invisible">takeover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"Unprecedented and Not Normal": ACLU Sues over Legal Black Hole at "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE Jail <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/aclu_alligator_alcatraz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/20/acl</span><span class="invisible">u_alligator_alcatraz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Headlines for August 20, 2025 <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/headlines" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/20/hea</span><span class="invisible">dlines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>For-Profit Presidency: New Yorker Mag Reveals Trump Family's Frenzy to Cash In on the White House <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/8/20/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp_profit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
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