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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 9h

Fascism thrives on fear, but it is starved by joy. Starve the beast. ✊

The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 9h

Dereliction of duty. Not only is his inaction undemocratic, it's also preventing the entire House from doing theirs. If one of us peons kept our whole department home for a month because I didn't want to work on a certain project, WE'D BE FIRED.

Do your effing job, Johnson.

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 10h

CALL TO ACTION TODAY

Illinois State Senator Mike Simmons is out with the community in and around Rogers Park calling on others to join if possible.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 13h

Me, looking for all the jobs Trump brought to America:

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 13h

Fascism hates seeing their enemies having fun. They know that without fear, they have no power. So don a costume and dance, laugh and sing. It's a lot harder to spin the narrative of violent insurrection when all you have is footage of dancing inflatable animals. 😂

They can't take our joy.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 14h

What do you want to bet Kash is the supplier?

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 14h

It also seemed like the "doctor" who wrote up the report exaggerated the soundness of his health with suspiciously fervent specificity. Ex. "14 years younger" in heart health. Judging by the cankles alone, that man does NOT have a 65yo heart... Also the suspected IV bruise on his hand.

The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 17h

When the demon spews his lies in a week's time about violence, and tries to use our free speech to justify flooding the whole country with boots and weapons, pull out this footage and show it around the world. THIS is what violent insurrection looks like.

Be peaceful and stay safe, friends.

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 19h

⬇️ DAILY REMINDER ⬇️
I post this every day so we never forget January 6, 2021. We saw the traitors in action. Never forget that Trump was their leader. Never forget that Trump could’ve stopped it but he didn’t. The world watched. History remembers. NEVER FORGET.

#Pinks 🌸

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 17h

The parallels with nazi Germany have now merged into a single line - a scar on our history, on our bodies, that we will never be able to fully remove. How many will live to trace that scar with old fingertips and tell its story? 😞

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 18h

Why do they want to reduce women to baby machines? It's not the "birth rate" - it's because they know many won't survive until adulthood, but they still need the next generation of mindless slaves that they fantasize to be "stronger than the rest".

Livestock. That's all we are to them. 😡

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 18h

We need mutual aid to ensure our kids get what they need to function. That may involve therapists donating services or others donating mobility aids, etc, when those things become unattainable by other means. Consider subscribing to this substack. Fabulous writing, even more fabulous connections.

Mutual Aid

I would have posted this as a blank page— symbol for the promise of what it might grow into.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

The libs are fine on messaging. It's the ones we sent to Washington that are too scared/haughty/uncreative to do this that have an issue.

Fascism hates fun. Fear feeds it, fun starves it.

Inflatables are selling out all over the place, BTW. Gonna be a kickin' party next weekend. 😂

The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I've got names for most of his brainless cronies now. This one is Steve Whackjob.

The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I've only had two jury summonses in my life, and both times they told me I wasn't needed the day of. I would gladly have sat for one but it's kinda hard when you don't get called for it and have no power to request it. :/

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

Not a damn thing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

"America First", amirite?

This guy hates America to his fucking core.

Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

Such a piece of shit propaganda rag.

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 1d

TikTok added to the boycott guide. The new TikTok deal doesn’t protect us—it just swaps one surveillance empire for another. Oracle, Ellison, Thiel, Musk. The MAGA media machine is consolidating power, and TikTok is now part of it. Read and share.
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Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Menace

The beast eats money. Don't feed it with yours.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I sang songs of democracy and unity in the presence of war heroes, both living and dead. These were the people who fought for our right to speak, protest, assemble, vote. Fought and DIED for what the regime wants to strip from us. We will fight - not with violence but with the spirit of heroes past.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I had the honor and privilege to travel to Normandy in 2022 to sing for D-day ceremonies at both Normandy and Brittany American cemeteries. Seeing row upon row of soldiers who died for democracy and freedom on the soil not their own being honored by the French decades later set my soul on fire.

Rows of cross and star headstones at the Normandy American Cemetery stretching into the distance, against an ocean backdrop. Large trees stand at the edge of the green grass where soil meets sea. Here lie the heroes of the war.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not really sure. My kids get speech and OT from specialists, so I'm not even sure how to translate that to home care. It's overwhelming to me, as I have my own health issues as well.

Please let your reps/senators know how much kids rely on SPED, and how little they deserve this devastation.

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly used to post this spite, but when it comes to resistance, the more the better. People breaking away and realizing just how big a mistake they made, while not at all absolving their complicity in installing a dictator, is still something to be encouraged. Breaking from a cult is not easy.

The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 1d

I've got two kids on IEPs. I'm now frantically gathering as much info as I can about how to support them if SPED disappears. It's bullshit. Heartbreaking, unnecessary bullshit.

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