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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 37m

Prediction: Donald Trump will be remembered as the worst president in history and his presidency will be in many senses nullified.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 9h

In Swedish the word for sad is ledsen. That is funny because imagine being the son of someone named Led and inheriting his name. That would be sad.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 9h

In Swedish the word for sad is ledsen. That is funny because imagine being the son of someone named Led and inheriting his name. That would be sad.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 10h

He found out that the MAGA movement is Christians only and Hindus are not welcome, even if they try to toe the line in this way.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 11h

All signs are yes.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 11h

Is Trump deliberately manipulating the stock market to enrich himself and his proxies?

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 18h

These are the elections on the ballot in 2025.

I will be reminding you all EVERY DAY about this.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 12h

A big reason it takes the form of anti immigration is that gives it plausible deniability because it allows them to say "we are only targeting people who don't follow the rules and do not assimilate" as opposed to overt racism where that part is said out loud.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 12h

A big reason it takes the form of anti immigration is that gives it plausible deniability because it allows them to say "we are only targeting people who don't follow the rules and do not assimilate" as opposed to overt racism where that part is said out loud.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 12h

Immigration opposition in its contemporary form in America is racist because it is aiming to suppress potential nonwhite population growth.

It also often assumes that the white immigrants are too culturally different as well or are not significant enough in numbers to care about.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20h

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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Chris H @biscuitsmom.bsky.social · 1d

The first term we were a world laughingstock. This time, most of the world is pissed. First because we were stupid enough to let it happen again, and because this time his incompetence is harming the entire planet. We are running out of time to win our former allies back.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 14h

This redistricting stuff is scary.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 15h

As a man, I would like to say that women are smarter on average because women are less likely to vote conservative around the world.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 15h

This is happening NEXT WEEK.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Park Slope Brooklyn” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Park Slope Brooklyn · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** We're holding the No Kings Park Slope event to accommodate local people who can't get to the main event in Manhattan. We encourage you to go to th...

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 18h

These are the elections on the ballot in 2025.

I will be reminding you all EVERY DAY about this.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 18h

I totally agree.

Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 21h

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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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday confirmed something that most financial experts knew: almost nothing is safe from stock market shifts or even a recession, including cryptocurrency.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is going to go down as the worst president ever and one of the only presidents to have ever tried to classify the opposing party as enemies of the state.

energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is going to go down as the worst president ever and one of the only presidents to have ever tried to classify the opposing party as enemies of the state.

energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

As to the second, Judge Perry examines what “unable” means, what it means to “execute the law,” and what the reference to “regular forces” means.

She concludes that it requires a situation where civil law has broken down and the military is unable to handle the situation.

Altogether then, the phrase "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States" means that in order for the President to call forth the militia to execute the laws, the President must be incapable with the regular forces-that is, lacking the power and force with the military alone—to execute the laws. This understanding of "regular forces" is not only consistent with the ordinary meaning of "regular forces" at the time Section 12406's operative
language was initially enacted, but it makes sense given the evolution of the Army over time.

Here, there has been no showing that the civil power has failed. The agitators who have violated the law by attacking federal authorities have been arrested. The courts are open, and the
marshals are ready to see that any sentences of imprisonment are carried out. Resort to the
military to execute the laws is not called for.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday confirmed something that most financial experts knew: almost nothing is safe from stock market shifts or even a recession, including cryptocurrency.

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 1d

One plays by the rules other democracies do and one doesn't and acts like a dictatorship within its sphere.

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1d

But there are differing rules for both political parties…

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Thinking Bluer (he/him/they) @bluefuture.bsky.social · 1d

Every Democrat that endorsed Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey deserves to lose their primary. Same with those who endorse other Republicans.

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