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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 23h

#AlexAlott was charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer with an umbrella. Yesterday, she was exonerated because VIDEO disproved the accusation. But Daniel, who attended the trial to support her, was detained the same day that the trial finished.

THIS IS FASCISM. FILM EVERYTHING.

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Sybil Schwartzbach, LMT @greathands4you.bsky.social · 20h

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov

👇👇👇

Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 1d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h

🚨🚨🚨Hunger strike at concentration camp in El Paso because a staff member told detainees that the food may have been responsible for the camps most recent death. 1/2

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ApplesHardcoreYo @appleshardcoreyo.bsky.social · 15h

Not the best but…

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nahnopenada.bsky.social @nahnopenada.bsky.social · 13h

THIS is how they try to turn us against each other. Plainclothes ICE agents dressed as civilians in the crowd. Makes us afraid to trust anyone and concerned about assembly.
Don't let them win.

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stingleword @stingleword.bsky.social · 15h

Trump is close friends with the McMahon family and just adores WWE... this isn't unrealistic at all

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armadillo13.bsky.social @armadillo13.bsky.social · 16h

I'm imagining there will be some sort of pro wrestling-like theater with ICE agents in on being "attacked" by these guys, making a show of arresting them, and using all that as a reason to escalate things.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 17h

Crime Syndicate. No Justice, History Repeats

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stingleword @stingleword.bsky.social · 17h

Be on the lookout for false flag plants on the 18th. Shame them, call them out, do not allow instigators to disrupt the peace.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 7h

I’m going to keep repeating that one reason why they are escalating violence is because they know they are wildly outnumbered.

It is a sign of weakness, not strength, that they are tear gassing and pepper ball shooting and slamming protestors to the ground and dragging them into facilities.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 8h

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NurseGenius @nursegenius1019.bsky.social · 17h

PDX is refusing to play Kristi’s Propaganda video required at airports. Portland says F off

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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 18h

Now ICE is attacking Chicago PD! Gassed them, why aren't these "federal agents" being held accountable for THEIR reckless violence⁉️
youtube.com/shorts/onCvj...

ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

youtube.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h

Our new program, PowerLab: A Seven Week Course for Emerging Organizers to Overcome Outrage and Build Community Power, starts in a little over two weeks.

Join us, and learn everything you need to know about how to meet the moment.

gaialeadershipproject.com/power-lab

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

“Originalism”. Have you heard of it? It’s the white supremos’ response to the Warren Court’s expansion of civil rights in the 1960’s. COMPLETELY MADE UP BULLSHIT that rewrote history AND the Constitution.

This COUP was a 55 year process. Their project is almost complete. It’s called Project 2025.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10h

we need to abolish this shit

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15h

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism doesn’t arrive with fanfare or sudden violence. It creeps in quietly, through lies, fear, & apathy, eroding rights, silencing dissent, & consolidating power until resistance seems impossible. History's shown what happens when people wait too long to act. The cost of silence is always freedom

📢 The Courage of Ordinary People Stops Fascism — and It Starts with Us

Fascism rises when people stay silent. Join the movement for democracy—organize, speak out, and build people-powered resistance before it’s too late.

open.substack.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 14h

Citizens demanding transparency and lawfulness from their public servants.

📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

After 10 long days, the hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandering ended. By the end, all of legacy media had vanished. But Democracy Docket stayed to keep you informed about just how far Republicans went to manipulate the state’s maps.

Support its vital work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 15h

A fair, and damning, indictment of the SCOTUS majority.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

Their opinions are poorly written, when they even bother. Their rationales fail to hide their overt partisan bias even when ways of doing so are available. Their oral arguments are cringe-inducing. They might seem sober adults compared to the freak show in the White House, but only by that low bar.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Vickie @vsiefker.bsky.social · 14h

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. The states Desantis and Abbott sent migrants too. Imagine that.

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th1ngsfallapart.bsky.social @th1ngsfallapart.bsky.social · 14h

Occam's Razor:

Are they ALL lying, or is one lady with Mar-a-Lago face lying?

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