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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 21h

I am appalled at your attempt to revive "SAVE Act" voter-suppression. Only 1/2 of Americans have a passport. If you make this anti-democratic change, you will make it harder for eligible citizens to vote — and block millions of other Americans from voting as well. Stop undermining democracy.

cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 21h

#Dumpster trying to undermine voting with its "America 1st" BS rulemaking. Pls submit a comment b4 Oct 20. Example in comments.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22h

Here is Mark Bray's book. Let's all make it go to # 1!
www.amazon.com/Antifa-Anti-...

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Activist Citizens Library)

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Activist Citizens Library) [Bray, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Activist Citizens Library)

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22h

Scroll down to the bottom of the petition, below the photos, just above "Petition Starter, Megyn Doyle" You will see "Report a Policy Violation". Please share widely.

cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22h

TP-USA defamed a Rutgers professor & caused him to flee US 4 fear of attack - via petition below which accuses him of being part of "antifa" a hate group that does not exist. Please report on the petition site that this violates defamation policy. How to in comments. www.change.org/p/remove-ant...

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 17d

Nexstar and Sinclair are refusing to broadcast Kimmel. Contact them www.nexstar.tv/stations/ or sbgi.net/tv-stations/ as well as their advertisers to tell them you will continue to boycott their stations!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22d

NEW: Senators Demand Names of Foreign Drugmakers Skirting FDA Import Bans

Citing ProPublica's reporting, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said they had “urgent concerns” about the agency’s oversight of foreign drugmakers and whether medications coming into the U.S. are safe.

“Unacceptable”: Prominent U.S. Senators Demand FDA Provide Names of Troubled Foreign Drugmakers Skirting Import Bans

Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said they had “urgent concerns” about the agency’s oversight of foreign drugmakers and whether medications...

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22d

This is how to handle evasiveness. #epsteinfiles #dementiaDonald must be unhappy with Crazy Pants Patel right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

SWALWELL: Did you ever tell the AG that Trump's name is in the Epstein files

PATEL: The AG and I have had numerous discussions about the entirety of the Epstein files

S: Did you tell AG that Trump's name is in the files?

P: *crashes out*

S: We'll take your evasiveness as consciousness of guilt

cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22d

Here is a list of advertisers on ABC to call to express your opinion about the state sponsored censorship of comedians enabled by Disney/ABC. stopmediabiasnow.com/abc-advertis...

ABC Advertisers - Stop Media Bias Now

stopmediabiasnow.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23d

Exactly this

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23d

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 23d

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22d

Interesting that this was in the NRA case. Wonder how the justices will vote when it's in behalf of a party some of them disfavor.

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 23d

This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.

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The Shallow Grave of Richard Jensen (No AI.) @theragingcelt.bsky.social · 22d

The most dispiriting thing about this Kimmel thing is that Disney spent millions on ANDOR but none of them seemed to have watched it.

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 22d

Real action steps here to defend democracy.

They include this:

Flood corporate media with feedback: censorship isn’t entertainment. Contact Nextar, Disney, and Hulu.

Links in this excellent article from @demcast.com.

www.digitaldrumbeat.com/i/173964701/...

Shout Louder: The First Amendment Won’t Defend Itself

Protect free speech—make these clips go viral!

www.digitaldrumbeat.com

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Blue World @theblueworld.bsky.social · 23d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22d

Glad that Gov. Gavin Newsom is up for the fight and understands the danger.

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Peggy Shinners @pshinkicker61.bsky.social · 23d

Resist. Persist. Stand up. Speak up. Thank you Gov Pritzker. #WTFAmerica #Resist #Petsist

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 22d

Anti-censorship playbook. See who's advertising on your local affiliate and call to complain. Offer to boycott their products until they pull their ads off the station.
Contacts are:
www.nexstar.tv/stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
help.disneyplus.com/contact-us
#kimmel #censorship #jimmykimmel

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22d

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22d

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23d

In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.

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John on Brand @onbrand.bsky.social · 22d

This. All of this. 🔥

CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 22d

🚨NEW: Stephen Colbert's opening tonight will forever be remembered as one of the most powerful moments of late-night comedy in modern history.

This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥

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cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · 23d

Here is the bit about #Hatemonger #CharleiKirk that is the reason the #OrangeDumpsterFire attacked #Kimmel The real issue is he made #DementedTrump look like the moron he is by playing Dumpster's words unedited. Coda: now we learn Disney's Iger wants an illegal merger approved. Pass it on.

cassandrahoped.bsky.social @cassandrahoped.bsky.social · Sep 6

#winning