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Darren Shea

@darrenshea.me

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Nerdy SF/computer geek, AuDHD dad/husband, leftist, feminist, disillusioned Humanist, IDIC, LGBTQIA+ ally, amateur guitarist/songwriter, Jeopardy! loser (2015). Austin TX (-ish). He/Him. AI sucks. NO CRYPTO! Abolish ICE!

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Darren Shea @darrenshea.me · Jun 1

Let’s tell it like it is.

It’s not “ICE is conducting mass deportations”, it’s “the Trump Regime is engaging in a campaign of ethnic cleansing using a secretive police force which has no accountability”.

Anyone who thinks they’ll stop with those who aren’t here legally is fooling themselves.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 39m

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Darren Shea @darrenshea.me · 19m

It’s not a coincidence, though. It’s the heart of the problem.

The Republican Party has been using The Southern Strategy since Reagan, diminishing the voices, wealth, and power of black Americans. Of COURSE they are opposed to their oppressors, who then use that solidarity to oppress them further!

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 1h

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Gerald Glenn Saenz 🇺🇦 @garygsaenz.bsky.social · 39m

It's being called "No Kings" yet somehow the GOPedos have decided that no kings means you hate America. No kings means no fucking kings. Just like "Release the Epstein files" means release the Goddamned Epstein files.

a man in a blue shirt is standing in a field and says c ' mon !

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in a field and says c ' mon !

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Darren Shea @darrenshea.me · 31m

Yes, they are that afraid.

Peaceful assemblies put ideas into the heads of others - ideas the powerful do not want to be considered.

The Regime is exploiting propaganda to keep their cult away from reality, but giant marches get attention, and the Regime’s lies are so insane people will see it.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

Darren Shea @darrenshea.me · 39m

There were some orders by a judge, but there is no indication DHS is respecting the orders.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

This is the face of the health care crisis in America.

It’s what I’m fighting to change.

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Neil Before Zod @waytowichneil.bsky.social · 5h

I no longer believe that the words illegal/legal, moral/immoral, or ethical/unethical have any meaning in the United States.

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 21h

How on earth is this justified? The govt is blatantly killing foreign citizens in international waters.

AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WTAF.

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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 15h

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 12h

The rule of law means future accountability must always remain possible. DHS is implying that accountability itself is illegitimate - a stunning rejection of democratic norms.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 5h

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Darren Shea @darrenshea.me · 5h

Even though tear gas is a chemical weapon whose use violates the Geneva Conventions, there is no law in America to prevent police from using it against people they disagree with.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15h

the most unsurprising thing in the world is now every rightwinger, all yhe way up to JD vance, have explicitely defended this and the statements made by those in this group. and that’s by design, every single rightwinger is now an extremist nazi

onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

these people know how extreme they are

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 20h

All Americans Should Be
Outraged By This….

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

GOV. WALZ: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business — the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Trump’s the one with government interference." (From @atrupar.com )

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 18h

Just a reminder

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 14h

Jack Smith pointed out something important in his comments. Re: Roberts' reasoning in the immunity case Smith points out that the problem w/his logic is that he's worried about presidents being afraid to do their jobs for fear of retribution when the real problem is the one who seeks retribution.Yup

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 9h

Corporations should not be able to post any profits until they have given all their employees an annual pay rise that exceeds the inflation rate.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Bob @definitelyjustbob.bsky.social · 7h

Seems to me, the people who really hate America are the ones who think "No Kings" is a controversial message.

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 22h

They wonder why an entire generation simply cannot make major life decisions anymore.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 16h

This!
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