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Neil Daniels

@badned.bsky.social

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U.S. Army 3rd I.D./Retired-Oregon D.O.C. Parole Officer. Union-AFSCME 75 Former Chapter President/Sierra Club member since 2010- Wolf Defense. Anti-tRump / Anti-Fascist. No DM’s!

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Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · Nov 10

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow

In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

www.politico.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

www.thebulwark.com

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Stevijoe Payne, philosopher @stevijoe.bsky.social · 5h

The most Jesus like people in my life never once had to tell me what they believed or who they believed or believed in. Some were Jews, some were Muslims, some were Buddhists, some were agnostics, some were atheists, and some were Christians. They all were charitable people.

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Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · 4h

We will resist Trump’s troops with deadly force or bow down to a wannabe King. I’d rather be dead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · 4h

Right now we’re all just potential prison laborers. 🤔

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ʚEllexMayɞ 🩷 @ellexmay.bsky.social · 7h

I'm a strong believer in evil people getting what they deserve 😊

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 18h

It is clear to anyone with a brain that someone in an inflatable frog costume cannot pose the requisite threat required for an official to deploy a chemical agent into the costume's air intake fan. This is excessive force and fascism.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 1d

Yo this is wild AF

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
www.instagram.com/p/DPoq7b9Fez...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol & ICE operating under Trump regime directives have repeatedly attacked and detained US citizens violating their civil rights and human rights. Regime agents have also been caught falsifying reports, destroying evidence to cover up their actions. #3E 🧵

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students-watch.bsky.social @students-watch.bsky.social · 16h

Russia 2.0

He hangs banners of his face from buildings.

He has masked agents in the streets.

He has the government taking stake in businesses.

He's attacking the first amendment.

He's leveraging the military.

Controlling the media.

It's the definition of communism.

Trump's America.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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CA Madre @californiamadre.bsky.social · 19h

It would be funnier if it WAS organized. But it is just a brave cause to engender and hold close to your heart these days. When the fascists declare antifascist thought “terrorism”, we haven’t been worried enough.

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 18h

Antifa means anti-fascist. The USA has been antifascist since 1941.

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Robert Davenport Tanky (1590-1655) 🏴 @citynightcap.bsky.social · Dec 6

Speaking as a practitioner. Revolver. Never an automatic. Small caliber. No silencer. No subsonic rounds. Wear latex gloves and gloves. Pop em in the melon. Drop the weapon and the gloves. Take the cannoli.

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Robert Davenport Tanky (1590-1655) 🏴 @citynightcap.bsky.social · Dec 6

Me yeah well I bin situationally aware and doin best practices for about 60 years just to minimize the likelihood of somebody comin at me from behind and puttin 2 in my melon.

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Robert Davenport Tanky (1590-1655) 🏴 @citynightcap.bsky.social · Dec 4

Pretty good chance that global population will decline by a few billion in the next few years.

And pretty good chance the US population will decline by a few hundred million in the next few years too.

Huh.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

Live performance of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The song was written in 1966 in response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. It became an anthem for generational conflict, civil unrest, and later anti-war movements.

"The lyrics are still so relevant."

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Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · 20h

Grabbing people off the street without probable cause is illegal. These “ICE” goons deserve every bad thing that happens to them.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 21h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · 20h

If confronted by “ICE” resist with deadly force because your life depends on it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

ICE GOONS are undercover at a protest in Elgin.

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Ken Miller @sarcasticelder.bsky.social · 1d

The initial Civil War battles were between State Militias too:

"Let’s take a look at the relevant history of the path the Trump Regime has taken, putting State Guard units, uninvited, into neighboring States. The last time this happened was 1861-1865."

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THE TRUMP REGIME, USING RED STATE TROOPS IN BLUE CITIES, PLAY WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE; REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS OPPOSE IT; THE U.S. ARMY WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY AND ALLOW ANOTHER KENT STATE OR ANTIETAM

A SPECIAL REPORT: THE DEPLOYING OF RED STATE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO BLUE CITIES CAN LEAD TO HISTORIC DISASTER

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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chezer59.bsky.social @chezer59.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is converting America’s Constitutional Democracy into an authoritarian dictatorship.

This conversion requires violence to complete (ICE) & will require violence to undo. There is no peaceful resolution.

Citizens have a decision to make, fight now or civil war.

#TheWeekend #msnbc #uspoli

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 1d

CALM DOWN. There’s no civil war coming—just red states deploying troops to blue states, the government profiling by race, and a “dear leader” branding protesters as terrorists. Totally normal democracy stuff. 🙃

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Neil Daniels @badned.bsky.social · 1d

Now is the time to prepare yourself mentally for what is coming. You will either bow down before King DonOld and his jackboot Nazi’s or you will fight. If you choose fight, it is a fight to the death. To the victor goes life.