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The guardrails for our democracy have officially fallen. Congress, our courts, MSM & press, 🔴 & even some 🔵 state & local govt. bodies have failed. We’re the last line of defense to uphold it & protect the constitution 🖕BBB -🏥🛒 for all! 🗽⚖️ ✊🏾🤰👵♿️🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚 🚫🧊

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · Dec 7

Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, has created 20 short lessons from his world renowned book.

Each day 1 lesson will be posted here for us to learn & absorb the content together.

🔂 to take your followers on the journey with you.
🤝Together, We are the Guardrails. 👫👬👭👬👫👬👫👭

LESSON 1: Do Not Obey In Advance

YouTube video by Timothy Snyder

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 10m

I hope you Feel Better… all of this chaos going on is not helping. I understand what it’s like, my insomnia is awful, I hate you are experiencing it.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 16m

Beijing will block exports containing even trace amounts of Chinese rare earths essential to U.S. manufacturers

Those materials are key components in production of everything from electrical vehicles, medical scanning equipment,
U.S. defense munitions, precision weaponry to military night vision

Trump’s 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing

Beijing defends its new rare earth export curbs and warns its readying “corresponding measures” to counter any new U.S. tariffs.

www.politico.com

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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 41m

I have yet to see this supposed #DutyToDisobey expectation from the military be carried out. They’ve so far obeyed illegal occupation orders into LA, Portland & Chicago & illegal murder orders in the Caribbean.
It’s clear the military follows illegal orders.

#WeWillNOTBeOccupied
#TheseAreWarCrimes

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 50m

That line, “there’s more that unites us than divides us,” can sound like a cliché. But right now, it hits.

All of us want affordable healthcare. Nobody can afford premiums that triple. Nobody wants to see service members standing in food pantry lines.

Party divides completely fade on these issues.

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 34m

“We are talking about this because crime has gotten out of control in our cities”

People not liking you is not crime.

You cannot storm our cities because your feelings are hurt and you can't win public debates.

Are they going to drag more branches of the military out to rake leaves?

#Pinks

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

www.theguardian.com

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Nana Boricua 🇺🇸🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊 @nana-mary.bsky.social · 54m

Remember?👇😉
“The senator was convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government and taking bribes in exchange for trying to steer aid to Egypt and quash criminal cases that threatened allies in New Jersey. He began serving an 11-year prison term in June”
#Pinks
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...

Nadine Menendez Blames Her Husband Before Being Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years

www.nytimes.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 34m

Who wants a ‘Lyin Leavitt
Doll for Christmas?

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 1h

Doctor claims Trump had a stroke around Labor Day and explains this medical memorandum from his physician.

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 2h

@governor.ca.gov is absolutely right...we've known it since his first term. Then, he had guardrails and people who respected our democracy, Constitution, and rule of law.

We're not going to let #47's coup win. He and his regime have to be voted out.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

This shutdown is proof that Trump and his MAGA Republicans don’t care about the American people.

They don’t care about federal workers who aren’t receiving paychecks, they don’t care about your flights, and they don’t care about Americans being able to afford health care.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

The first wave of missed paychecks from the government shutdown is likely to hurt the economy in many communities.

The longer other services remain shut off, the more the shutdown’s effects will spread.

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 2h

"The bride, resplendent in a unicorn outfit, and the groom, dressed as Kenny from South Park, walked down the aisle — in reality, a sidewalk across from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland — in front of a crowd of about 30 onlookers Friday."

#Pinks

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 3h

This is a great video to explain Judge Perry’s recent ruling. She just handed Trump a civics lesson for the ages reminding him the military defends the Constitution, not his ego. Protests aren’t rebellion; they’re democracy’s heartbeat. 💗

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 2h

Steven Bessent, State AG Ken Paxton of Texas, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has one primary residence mortgage in NY and another in Washington, D.C.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 3h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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M 💓 @liveadivinelife.bsky.social · 2h

When the comedians mocking you are less weird looking in costume than you are in real life.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler open as Kristi with an I Noem and Pam Bondi with an I on SNL. Wait for the 'Old Yeller' joke.
#pinks
youtu.be/WAPuAW7j4CE?...

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler TORCH Noem and Bondi... It's BRUTAL

YouTube video by Keith Edwards

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 3h

Del has some thoughts and says The Dementor In Chief is already talking about invoking the Insurrection Act ahead of the Oct 18 “No Kings” rally. The guy who tried to overthrow democracy now wants legal cover to crush peaceful protests!

#NoKings
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 3h

I can relate. People assumed I was a yoga teacher until I told them what I do.

Also I’m not immune to mansplaining.

“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
🧪

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s latest Truth Social rant claims Biden was president on January 6th. He literally forgot who he was overthrowing.
Unhinged doesn’t even begin to cover it his dementia is getting worse by the day. He’s totally unfit and needs to be removed!

#TrumpIsUnfit
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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M 💓 @liveadivinelife.bsky.social · 4h

💛👑🌟 Know your worth. 💛👑🌟

Stop putting an effort into those who show no effort towards you. There’s only so much you can do before you’re wasting your energy and time.

#pinks

A white box with black lettering. It says, stop putting an effort into those who show no effort towards you. There’s only so much you can do before you’re wasting your energy and time.

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 4h

WARNING TO ALL AMERICANS!

IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

#Pinks #DemVoice1 #DV1 #ProudBlue

youtu.be/gtbXB29mVao?...

GOP's Dangerous Game with Trump's Corruption | Sen. Chris Murphy

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 7h

Why isn't Convicted Felon Donald Trump demanding the National Guard be sent to Mississippi? 🤔

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal

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

At Least 1 Dead and 3 Injured After Shootings at Mississippi Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Nana Boricua 🇺🇸🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊 @nana-mary.bsky.social · 4h

¡Estoy asistiendo al evento de No Kings, “NO KINGS San Juan Puerto Rico” - ¡inscríbete ahora para unirte a mí!

Google No King’s for Protest near you.

#DV1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS San Juan Puerto Rico · No Kings

*¡¡¡ PROTESTA!!!* *¡¡Es hora de salir nuevamente a la calle!!* El Frente convoca a una nueva manifestación contra las políticas del Presidente Trump. El 18 de octubre, nos reuniremos frente al Tribu...

www.mobilize.us

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 5h

RFK,Jr. just laid off 1,000 employees of HSS. A deliberate act to further decimate the nation's CDC, which serves to investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, and collect data.

Expect sickness & deaths.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Nirvana @nirvana1978.bsky.social · 6h

🚨SMITH DOCUMENT DROP🚨
Let's remind ourselves what this was about and a few takeaways:
✈️Trump shell companies & PACs paid for travel, expenses, & organizers of rioters.
📸Fake elector certificates
...plus more!
📑Smith wrote Trump would've been convicted if he hadn't won 2024.
Convict anyway!🔗

#Pinks

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans will do anything to put more money in their pockets at the expense of people, animals, and the environment.

And thanks to @apnews.com for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

apnews.com/article/seal...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

apnews.com

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 8h

🗣️#NoKings
❌👑

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 9h

I wish we had the people who are not afraid to pursue this!

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