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(Image credit: Marian Kamensky) Identity & humanity are non-negotiable. No Doomers. No deflections. No excuses. I block if I suspect a bot. #regnatpopulus #ARpx #democracy "We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 25d

If that 27% can lead the 49%, we'll be unstoppable, ushering in a new reform age rivaling Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Great Society by restoring them all better than ever. Industrious @democrats.org need to write their own project plan that does this. Call a panel right now. #restoration

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 26d

Regarding political change in the United States:

System needs major reform - But not confident it can change: 49%

System needs major reform - Confident it can change: 27%

System needs minor or no changes: 23%

Pew Research / May 2025

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19m

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18m

I personally know some Trump voters who will be very furious at anything that touches their special needs children. These people don't understand that what they're doing that did not happen Trump's first term is to target groups of people represented in their coalition who will be like MTG about it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 32m

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 38m

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

They like what Trump is doing, this really isn't hard. It's not both-sideism, it's running cover for the regime by choice in order to reach a desired outcome. Can we please stop cutting this institution slack it does not deserve?

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1h

When they figure out that he's too senile for them to get their end of the bargain, then what?

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 3h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1h

I hope there's a strong effort to get the names of all of these people to match with the videos of them committing assaults.

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1h

This is what I keep thinking and telling panicking people around me. The more it's clear people hate this, the more extreme they're gonna get because they know their time is short. After the no kings rallies it will likely ramp up dramatically, but no way out but through.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h

Your creativity is needed for the resistance! 🐸🐸🐸

#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1h

The more high profile people and politicians who promote this and show up, the more successful this will be. Numbers matter, but so does leadership. #NoKings

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 6h

People like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk aren’t tech creators — they’re tech colonizers.
Rich white men who used privilege and capital to seize an industry built by real innovators, exploiting the minds and labor of creators while branding themselves as “visionaries.” #Pinks

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 2h

Someone needs to put a big ads right outside airports with videos of what she's doing to innocent people. As far as asking how it's legal, it's not. That's why after this crisis courts need to make it clear that illegal acts do indeed matter, by imposing legal consequences for illegal behavior.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2h

A video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown is now playing at airports across the U.S.

How is this even legal?

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 13h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 2h

He looks like he just walked off the set of Napoleon Dynamite, the sequel.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 11h

Whatever else comes out of this crisis, the idea of white male dominance being preferable to DEI should be dead dead dead.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20h

"Affirmative Action for Incompetence"

The Trump Administration is purging the government of qualified, competent individuals, indicting his enemies, and replacing them with the world's most mediocre conservatives on Earth.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Affirmative Action for Incompetence

The Trump Administration is purging the government of qualified, competent individuals, indicting his enemies, and replacing them with the world's most mediocre conservatives on Earth.

open.substack.com

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 11h

He hates everybody and they hate him, so that's more of a challenge. Mocking and belittling seems to be the most effective, based on AOC's efforts.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

So Steven Miller is obviously the president. Trump is yet again, second in command, kind of, more like the comms director.

Does he have any companies or anything that we can protest in front of? Cause that worked really well with kicking Musk out of the government and maybe it would work here?

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 15h

there's one reason and one reason only that the Rs aren't nuking the fillibuster right now—they don't have the votes.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is weak and Republicans know it.

You're going to see more cracks and dissent.

Epstein Files is the major weakness; the economy, national guard overreach, and support for Israel are the other ones.

But Epstein is the main fissure that they can't hide forever, and they know it.

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12h

Thank God for independent journalism and internet to get these stories out. If we were still dependent on legacy, corporate and even local media owned by national conglomerates, we'd be completely unaware. We need to share these everywhere, because unless they see it themselves, people do not know.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12h

Does Ms. McLaughling understand any potential presidential immunity does not apply to her?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughling is now claiming that Debbie Brockman was arrested for "assault on a federal law enforcement officer" because she was throwing objects at a Border Patrol agent.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12h

Some true wealthy philanthropists need to step up in these troubled times and lift up efforts of people to improve everyone's lives in this country in various ways, from public schools, to libraries, to art, etc. The few who step up to do that will be remembered long after Bezos and Thiel.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump ended the National Blue Ribbon Schools program this year.

But, I believe that educational excellence should be celebrated — and it's why we're picking up where they've dropped the ball.

I’m recognizing 28 schools in IL as the 2025 Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker shakes hands with employees of Glen Oaks Elementary.

Governor Pritzker takes photos with principals and superintendents.

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12h

I love these little tuffies that say the same things in the same way. I bet they were hell in seventh grade.

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 13h

The viewership and reputation isn't gonna come back. It really doesn't matter what the government does to them.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 4d

So, imagine a 2028 that ends with a normal election and a Democratic president.

Does that president punish CBS? Does he kick it out of the Brady room's front row? Does his FCC go after its licenses? Does his FTC probe the Skydance deal?

No, probably not. No fear of reprisal if power shifts back.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.